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[ ??ly] pressing upon us--I was engaged in this duty almost every moment until Friday night when I became so much frustrated as to be until unable to sit up--I [?ed] in an ambulance until next Wednesday morning when I went on board of a steamer at Harrison landing and [ ] here. Our rent. mustered several but exactly to what [ ] I have not yet ascertained. Col Varney, A[ ] [Mudgett?]--Doctor Palmer and Hospital Steward were taken prisoner--[K ] Surgeon and a number of other surgeons in Brigade were taken prisoner so That There is a great deficiency of Surgical [ ] in Brigade and more for our rent. except what is [ ] from outsiders--