Experience of a Confederate Chaplain—Rev. A. D. Betts, 30th N. C. Regiment
    

June 1 to 12, 1864

June 1—Go to Regiment and find many of my men in Winder Hospital. Busy and very weary. Return and spend an hour with Rev. Dr. Rosser. Spend night at wagons.

June 2—Meet Revs. Hines, Power, Webb, Plyler and others.

June 4—At hospital.

June 5—Preach to my Regiment and hear Patterson and Brown at hospital.

June 6—Ride into Richmond and hunt up several wounded at sundry hospitals and greatly fatigue myself.

June 7—Walk, walk, walk. Secure Pell’s transfer. Find Burroughs dying. Visit many wounded. Return to wagons.

(NOTE—Found Wm. E. Pell, son of Rev. W. E. Pell, of N. C. Conference, at Chimborazo Hospital. He told me he wished to get to some other. He was well cared for, but was the only N. C. soldier there and was lonely. I secured his transfer to N. C. Hospital in the same city. He lovingly reminded me of it frequently in Raleigh after the war. )

June 8—Preach to my Regiment. Messing with Dr. G. L. Kirby.

June 9—Rev. N. B. Cobb preaches for me. Division moves and he and I go to Richmond at midnight.

June 10—Visit wounded in two hospitals.

Sunday, June 12—Rev. Best preaches for me, and Dr. Brown for 4th Regiment.

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