Fawn Creek Agst 6 1885
Mr W C Mclean asst Commisioner
of Pension you wished for more
evidence in regard to my being
treated for loss of eyesight I will
state that I was treated in Rebel
Hosppittal at Cahabe Alabama
while Prisioner of War the smoke
of the wood fires in the Prison
was the cause of my loss of
eyesight seven months in lice
and smoke and filth will ruin
any manys eyesight and health
also was Paroled and
arrived in our lines on March
21 1865 and put in a parole camp
in the rear of Vickburgh MI
and about Aprill 8 I was detailed
as Baker at the McPherson
Hopittal at Visksburgh
and one of the surgeons gave
me some medicine for my eyes
and in a few after I was sent
to Jefferson Barrack St Louis
as nurse and went here on
the Hospittal boat Lucy Bertram
and uppon my arrival there
was sent to Benton Barracks
another Parole Camp and
in a few days got a furlough
to go home to Iowa and went
on to Davenport and was
mustered out on the 8 of May 1865
so you see after leaving Rebel
Prison I had not mutch chance
for haveing my eyes treated
in Hospittal and whi I got
homa a Doc Atkinson of Lee Co Iowa a good
Phician examined my eyes
and said that part of my eye
was gone and never could
be restored and also a Doc
Rice an Optician examined
my eyes in N----- M------
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and he told me there was
no use treating my eyes as
part of the sight was gone
and never could be restored
so I then give up haveing my
eyes treated anymore I can
not tell where my Capt or Orderly
are as I never have seen
them since the day I was Captured
that was 24 day of Augst 1864 at
coldwatter Miss I sent my Atny
G.E. Lemon an affadavit last
month from Doc Geosee Flawes of
Greely Colordo who was Prisoner
with me an I wish you to send
me 3 or 4 printed affadavitts as
I wish to send you some affa
from parties that knew me
before the war and since the
war please send me the
affada as soon as convenient
your in L.F.B.
Geo. W. Culp