November 13, 1861 – Troop Movement in Eastern Maryland

The Fourth Wisconsin regiment, Col. H. E. Paine, with the 2d Massachusetts battery and Reading (Pa.) cavalry, have moved from Baltimore to the eastern shore of Maryland, and are to be stationed at Princess Anne, to operate in Accomac county and the eastern peninsular of Virginia, should occasion require. While the Wisconsin regiment was at the Relay House considerable sickness prevailed, chiefly typhoid and camp fevers, and no less than sixty-nine of the convalescent invalids were so prostrated by the voyage across the bay that it was necessary to send them back to the Baltimore Military Hospital.

Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL

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