Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons.
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Has been on leave and says that the army will move soon. Discusses his bad health. Discusses the reunion with his family in Baltimore after three years, who disapproved of his Union allegiance. Enjoyed visiting the Hopper family and is thankful for the care he was given. Encloses a few lines for Willie.
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Creator (cre): Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
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1864-04-05
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3 pages
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SFHL-RG5-174
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A00181718
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sc:188811
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Chambersburg, Pa. April 5/64
My dear Mrs. Gibbons,
I arrived here
early this afternoon, I reported at Annapolis
yesterday & was permitted to leave at
once.
It has rained & snowed every day since
I left N.Y. agreeing well with my
neural erudition, if not with my
health. I have suffered terribly
with the "blues" since leaving you
all, & have not yet recovered.
While in Baltimore, I made a visit
to my mother's house, she received
me kindly & I renewed my acquaintance
with all my brothers except the
elder one, he has not yet apologized
for the insult to my uniform, & until
he does, I will not acknowledge him,
my mother wanted me to dine at
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her house, but I refused on that account.
Everything seemed new & strange to me
after an absence of nearly three years.
I did not feel at home, & consequently
went but once to the house.
My health is rapidly improving, but
I miss you to warn & counsel me
against impudent [?], I always
forget that the causes that kill my patients
can act injuriously upon me.
All the troops that are now here will
elave in a week or two, or probably
I will be ordered elsewhere, I wish
Hammond was back in office.
What a delightful time I had at [?]
Hopkin's? how loath I was to leave?
how kind you all were to me?
But for your kindness & attention
I would have died, particularly
in the hands of my bachelor friends,
although they did all they could
for me.
I feel that I can never repay you.
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Please let me hear from you at
your earliest convenience, present
my kind regards to the family &
believe me
Yours sincerely
C. Wagner.
P.S. If you see Dr. Douglas tell
him the major leaves in a few days
for Chicago, & say to him the coast
is clear.
I enclose a few lines for Willie's
amusement.
Mrs. A. H. Gibbons
N. York
Chambersburg, Pa. April 5/64
My dear Mrs. Gibbons,
I arrived here
early this afternoon, I reported at Annapolis
yesterday & was permitted to leave at
once.
It has rained & snowed every day since
I left N.Y. agreeing well with my
neural erudition, if not with my
health. I have suffered terribly
with the "blues" since leaving you
all, & have not yet recovered.
While in Baltimore, I made a visit
to my mother's house, she received
me kindly & I renewed my acquaintance
with all my brothers except the
elder one, he has not yet apologized
for the insult to my uniform, & until
he does, I will not acknowledge him,
my mother wanted me to dine at
---------- Page 2 ----------
her house, but I refused on that account.
Everything seemed new & strange to me
after an absence of nearly three years.
I did not feel at home, & consequently
went but once to the house.
My health is rapidly improving, but
I miss you to warn & counsel me
against impudent [?], I always
forget that the causes that kill my patients
can act injuriously upon me.
All the troops that are now here will
elave in a week or two, or probably
I will be ordered elsewhere, I wish
Hammond was back in office.
What a delightful time I had at [?]
Hopkin's? how loath I was to leave?
how kind you all were to me?
But for your kindness & attention
I would have died, particularly
in the hands of my bachelor friends,
although they did all they could
for me.
I feel that I can never repay you.
---------- Page 3 ----------
Please let me hear from you at
your earliest convenience, present
my kind regards to the family &
believe me
Yours sincerely
C. Wagner.
P.S. If you see Dr. Douglas tell
him the major leaves in a few days
for Chicago, & say to him the coast
is clear.
I enclose a few lines for Willie's
amusement.
Mrs. A. H. Gibbons
N. York