Week ending date Saturday, February 28, 1863
The Rome Tri-Weekly Courier reported that since the hospitals were first established here there have been 1173 patients treated and “they are now nearly all doing well, and a large number will be ready for duty again in the course of the next thirty days.” They published the names of 16 soldiers who died. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 24 1863 tues.pdf
A letter from Capt. L.T. Mitchell described the apparent failure of the Union troops to build a canal to cause the Mississippi river to bypass Vicksburg. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 24 1863 tues.pdf
A notice was published that Capt. J. R. Byers ,Post Commissary, “wishes to purchase 50,000 pounds of soap, for the use of the army.” Citizens who have “any on hand or are prepared to make it” were encouraged to bring it at once. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 26 1863 thurs.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, February 21, 1863
News from the Floyd County soldiers stationed at Camp Young near Savannah indicated their “health had never been better,“ “the weather is unpleasantly warm,” and they were ordered to “hold themselves in readiness for any emergency, on short notice.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 17 1863 tues.pdf
Some deaths from scarlet fever and some cases of small pox were reported in the community. Captain Haynie was reported to be at home suffering from typhoid fever and from an accidental pistol shot to the hip. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 17 1863 tues.pdf
The 8th Regiment reported they were encamped near the Rappahannock river within sight of the enemy picket lines. “There was a greater quantity of snowfall than ’we Georgians’ have been accustomed to witness.” “We regret very much to say, the majority of our regiment is still without tents;… the boys build small bunks of logs and cover them with blankets ..” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 19 1863 thur.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, February 14, 1863
A token of appreciation was presented to Dr. Quintard by soldiers he treated. The “Rock City Guards” and “Maury Grays” “…determined to testify their appreciation of his worth by presenting him with a fine horse.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 12 1863 thur.pdf
An editorial was printed addressing the hospitals in Rome. There were four; “The Lumpkin,” “The bell,” “The Quintard,” and “The ______”, that were described as crowded to overflowing. They “occupy almost the entire city” and it was suggested that it would have been better if the government “erected in some shady plat…near a large cooling spring, a hospital of sufficient dimensions…” Although there was a “patriotic and unmurmuring spirit” among most of Rome’s citizens, the editor was “chagrined and mortified…to hear that there are some among us…making it an occasion to raise the already fabulous prices for their little articles…” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 12 1863 thur.pdf
On valentines day the Rome Tri-Weekly Courier announced; “The name of the steamer Wm. Ramey has been changed to the more poetic one of Laura Moore, in honor of a fair lady of our city.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 14 1863 sat.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, February 7, 1863
Word that “Serg’t. Geo. L. Aycock, of the Light Guards, died at Gordonsville on the 20th [January] from the wound he received in the battle of Fredericksburg on December the 13th” reached Rome in correspondence from the 8th Ga. Regiment. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 3 1863 tues.pdf
Col. A. W. Caldwell assumed command of the hospitals in Rome. His office was in the Blount Building. His orders were “for the command, discipline, and instruction of convalescents, and for the purpose of conducting them when well to their regiments.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 3 1863 tues.pdf
The weather in Rome made the news 150 years ago this week. “Wednesday night last was absolutely awful. It commenced snowing in the evening, after dark, it commenced sleeting; the wind blew terrifically, and altogether it was a scene of awful grandeur. Thursday morning the snow was several inches in depth--the weather cloudy and cold.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1863/1 Jan-Mar/feb 7 1863 sat.pdf
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