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and the colored regulars seemed to suffer about 

 alike, and we were all very much weakened ; about 

 as much as the regular infantry, although naturally 

 not as much as the volunteer infantry. 



Yet even under such circumstances adventurous 

 spirits managed to make their way out to us. In 

 the fortnight following the last bombardment of the 

 city I enlisted no less than nine such recruits, six 

 being from Harvard, Yale, or Princeton; and Bull, 

 the former Harvard oar, who had been back to the 

 States crippled after the first fight, actually got back 

 to us as a stowaway on one of the transports, bound 

 to share the luck of the regiment, even if it meant 

 yellow fever. 



There were but twelve ambulances with the army, 

 and these were quite inadequate for their work ; but 

 the conditions in the large field hospital were so 

 bad, that as long as possible we kept all of our sick 

 men in the regimental hospital at the front. Dr. 

 Church did splendid work, although he himself was 

 suffering much more than half the time from fever. 

 Several of the men from the ranks did equally well, 

 especially a young doctor from New York, Harry 

 Thorpe, who had enlisted as a trooper, but who was 

 now made acting assistant-surgeon. It was with 

 the greatest difficulty that Church and Thorpe were 

 able to get proper medicine for the sick, and it was 

 almost the last day of our stay before we were able 



