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Tag Archives: camp fever
Regiment Reduced by Sickness
William Patterson wrote his mother again from Camp Wood, Kentucky on February 9, 1862. In this letter he reports that he has had Camp Fever again, this time for 15 days, but is doing better. He also reports that the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, camp fever, Civil War, family history, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, history, illness, manuscripts, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, typhoid, William Patterson
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Camp Fever and Mud
On January 30, 1862, William wrote his mother from Camp Wood, Kentucky. In the letter he tells his mother that he had not written for awhile because he had been “takin down with Camp Feaver, “(typhoid) as did many others … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, camp fever, Civil War, family history, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, history, illness, manuscripts, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, typhoid, William Patterson
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