Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., January, 1863 — Carmine Sarracino, 2003 In Ward E, cot nearest stove: Erastus Haskell, Company K, 141st New York Volunteers. Typhoid. Diarrhea. (Killers deadlier than the minnie ball, the canister shot, the bayonet.) For the typhoid, stimulants: whiskey, and wine punch. For the diarrhea: cotton felt bellyband. Though burning with fever, he shakes with cold. …
