Keiser was fighting a potentially deadly illness and evading capture by advancing Confederate soldiers.
“Played Out” – Corporal Henry Keiser and Disease in the Seven Days’ Battles
“Very disagreeable on board” – An unpleasant voyage down the Chesapeake Bay during the Civil War
In April 1862, the 96th Pennsylvania embarked aboard steamers and sailed to the front near Yorktown, Virginia. The voyage took two weeks.