105. Gill, Dr. John
Civil War Letter: To Sister Anna

St.Charles, Arkansas: September 29, 1864
Gill's regiment is encamped in a very pleasant area "formerly a large residence and judge that the grounds were laid out very nicely about the house but everything is destroyed.." In addition to caring for his own regiment, Gill writes that "the 29th Wis. Regt has been temporarily assigned to my care (medical) besides some twenty cases among the refugees. This extra duty consumes nearly all my time." The river is low, and boats are stuck on sandbars (as was the case during the Red River Expedition) and guerillas continue to snipe. "Nearly every night we have firing on the picket lines. Our cavalry are out scouting every day. They killed one of their leaders a few days ago. A very desperate man. His name was Brown. A boat was fired into on Monday last, some twenty miles above this place. Some fifty shots were fired, but fortunately no one was injured."

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