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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
ave not lost a man since coming upon the island. The lack of fresh provisions is beginning to be felt. I have not tasted a morsel of fresh meat for upwards of six weeks. Quite number of the regular soldiers have been attacked with scurvy, and a few of our men are beginning to get sore gums. Yesterday I succeeded in getting a barrel of potatoes, the first we have had since our arrival, for the hospital. You can imagine with what avidity they were eaten by the sick men. Assistant Surgeon J. Weeds, of the United States Army, goes North upon the steamer Connecticut, which is expected to sail to-morrow. He has been very unfortunate Coming with us on the steamer Vanderbilt, from the North, he was attacked shortly after his arrival here with a disease of the eyes, (amaurosis,) which progressed, in spite of skillful treatment, so rapidly that he is now almost blind. He goes on "sick leave," hoping to recover his sight when away from the glaring sands of Santa Rosa Island. The