A Connecticut Case.
— This young man in bed 25 is H. D. B., of the Twenty-seventh
Connecticut, Company B. His folks live at Northford, near New Haven. Though not more than
twenty-one, or thereabouts, he has knock'd much around the world, on sea and land, and has seen
some fighting on both. When I first saw him he was very sick, with no appetite. He declined
offers
of money — said he did not need anything. As I was quite anxious to do something, he confess'd
that he had a hankering for a good home-made rice pudding — thought he could relish it better
than
anything. At this time his stomach was very weak. (The doctor, whom I consulted, said
nourishment would do him more good than anything; but things in the hospital, though better
than
usual, revolted him.) I soon procured B. his rice-pudding. A Washington lady, (Mrs. O'C.),
hearing his wish, made the pudding herself, and I took it up to him the next day. He subsequently
told me he lived upon it for three or four days.......This B. is a good sample of the American
Eastern young man — the typical Yankee. I took a fancy to him, and gave him a nice pipe, for a
keepsake. He receiv'd afterwards a box of things from home, and nothing would do but I must
take dinner with him, which I did, and a very good one it was.
