Tuesday, October 21, 1862
Colonel William Lee became ill from exposure to rain during the recent reconnaissance in Charlestown. After returning to Bolivar Heights, his illness took a turn for the worse, and he required drier, warmer lodging in town for proper medical care.1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 178-79.
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