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Medical concerns dominated Peter's letters. While he assured Clarinda that he had a strong constitution and could recover from the many illnesses and injuries he incurred, he also reported on deaths and injuries of other soldiers resulting from disease and battles.

Clarinda's older sister's husband Tom suffered greatly from a lingering illness. Peter ended up traveling to visit Tom in a Washington hospital. Peter also chronicled the death of a young tentmate from disease and of another soldier from a head wound at Chancellorsville. Peter wrote to one family, sending home personal items, and asked Clarinda to communicate with another family. He even noted certain soldiers by name who had frequented prostitutes in Washington and Alexandria and ended up with venereal disease.

He reported on receiving a vaccination to prevent small pox and whiskey and quinine to prevent yellow fever.

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Date	Summary	Transcript	Event Description	Theme
1863-02-02	02-02-1863s.htm	Pending.html	describes train, shopping,conditions at general Hospital Acquia Creek, Tom, Lumbard	m:g:
1863-02-19	02-19-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Tom back, William Jones, Demming, Tom Gray, Sergeant school, her walking to school barefoot	u:m:g:s:p:a:i:
1863-03-04	03-04-1863s.htm	Pending.html	sending pipe, could sell for $10, they call him whittling yankee, earned 75 cents whittling, got gloves, Ed [Burbiege] Tom	m:g:p:d:
1863-04-13	04-13-1863s.htm	Pending.html	says Monday April with blank date, hopes children better, mud dried up, grass green, left in charge of Camp with Lieut Walker, foreign general, Tom discharged?	p:m:g:
1863-06-28DB	06-28-1863DBs.htm	06-28-1863DBt.htm	Dear Brother, would have written if knew in Utica, does not write all hardships, discourages from enlisting, love to father and mother	f:m:g:d:a:u:
1863-09-08	09-08-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Lieut furlough, deserters to be shot, detached corps, Ben Chapman, Michael Keating, Phil Smith and Andy, Washington women, caught something, Tom, Sarah	d:u:m:g:a:
1863-11-20	11-20-1863s.htm	Pending.html	not getting her mail, she lost tooth and hair turns grey, hospital men furlough to vote, Culpeper, Rapidan, another Chancellorsville, no paper or sutler	m:g:p:s:g:c:
1864-02-20	02-20-1864s.htm	Pending.html	cold spell, daily routine described, breakfast, Charlie, Sarah, George Keiser, $1100 and 30 day furlough if 146 reenlist, sacrifice all life time for few days home	m:g:p:d:p:
1864-04-19	04-19-1864s.htm	Pending.html	sent to father for Clara, recd warrant, not sent for Navy exam, papers did not come, will try hard, preparing to move Fri, hurt finger playing ball,doctor excused	p:m:g: