Wednesday, 9th—Still more of the boys are coming down with the ague. I had a shake of it myself today, for the first time in my life. I passed through all the degrees of fever and chill. Am thankful tonight to find that I am still among the living.

Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.
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