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| Battle of Stones River (cont.) | |
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[Up] [New Search] 'Civil War' segment written in July, 1998 by Rich Wallace |
Dr. Albert Wilson was
assigned to the division hospital immediately after the battle. In a letter to brother
Henry on February 5, 1863, Wilson reported he was still in Murfreesboro, caring for "...many
poor fellows (who) were too seriously injured to admit being moved even a short distance."
Dr. Wilson told admiringly of a local plantation owner, William Smith, who gave up his home for the care of the Union wounded. "His entire family took quarters in a Negro hut. He claims that he asserted his influence as long as it was safe to do so for the Union and would be glad to have peace restored with the Union." |