Who Can You Believe

[Linda Anderson]

Fanny wrote in her diary about Fred's injury.

Washington - Friday, May 11, 1866. "Rose at six 1/2 - fine lovely morning. After breakfast I learned with pain that dear Fred's wounds were worse - yesterday - Anna [Fred's wife] says - the inflammation extended below his cap - now both wounds are festered - last evening he was too weary to sit up - & last night very restless and feverish. Anna is not well - so anxious. Surg. Gen here this A. M. & says Fred has been working too hard. He came to breakfast seeming well as usual - & went to Dept."

Auburn - Thursday, September 13, 1866. "Drove with Anna in [the] morning. Slight chill on return.
"Anna tells me that she thinks Fred's wounds are now about in the same condition that they were before the hot weather commenced - they have been much worse. At present the pulsing of the brain is visible."

Sensitivity and Civil War, Patricia Carley Johnson