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In one bed a young man, Company K, Seventh Maine-- sick with dysentery and
typhoid fever --- pretty critical case-- I talk with him often -- he thinks he
will die --looks like it too. I let himj talk to me a little, but not much.
Advise him to keep very quiet -- do most of the talking myself -- stay quite
awhile with him, as he holds on to my hand -- talk to him in a cheering, but
slow, low and measured manner -- talk about his furlough, and going home as soon
as he is able to travel. He suffers horribly, has to be constantly dosed with
morphine, his face ashy and glazed, bright young eyes. He asked me to read him a
chapter in the new testament -- how Christ rose again. I read very slowly, for
he was feeble. It pleased him very much, yet there were tears in his eyes. He
asked me if I enjoyed religion. I said, "Perhaps not in the way you mean." He
said, "It is my chief reliance." He talked of death and said he did not fear it.
I said, "Don't you think you will get well?" He said, "I may, but it is not
likely." And he turned his face away from me, and died.
Last Update: June, 10th 2013

Civil War: The Complete Work, The Lyrics

  1. Disk 1
  2. Prologue
  3. Brother, My Brother
  4. Lincoln: The Better Angels Of Our Nature
  5. By The Sword/Sons Of Dixie
  6. Tell My Father
  7. My Name Is Fredrick Douglass
  8. Freedom's Child
  9. Missing You (My Bill)
  10. If Prayin' Were Horses
  11. Virginia
  12. The Day The Sun Stood Still
  13. Oh, Be Joyful!
  14. Frederick Douglass: The Destiny Of America
  15. Father How Long?
  16. Reprise: Brother, My Brother
  17. A Nurse's Diary
  18. I Never Knew His Name
  19. Still I Rise
  20. River Jordan
  21. Disk 2
  22. Lincoln: The Bottom Is Out Of The Tub
  23. How Many Devils?
  24. Old Gray Coat
  25. With These Hands
  26. The White House At Night
  27. A Candle In The Window
  28. Greenback
  29. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
  30. Someday Lyrics 
  31. Regimental Drummer Lyrics 
  32. I'll Never Pass This Way Again
  33. Lincoln: Letter To Mrs. Bixby
  34. Five Boys Lyrics 
  35. Judgment Day Lyrics 
  36. Sarah
  37. The Honor Of Your Name
  38. Northbound Train
  39. Last Waltz For Dixie
  40. In Great Deeds
  41. For The Glory

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