Past Life Memory - I Was a Civil War Nurse

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Dream shared by Laura

I dreamt that I was a nurse during the Civil War working in a train hotel which was being used at that time as a Confederate hospital

My job as a nurse was to change bandages and take care of the men. One young man who was poorly schooled but very respectful and kind from North Carolina said that he knew me from another place. I asked him which place was that and he told Richmond. He told me that he had seen me working there as a nurse. I told him I did work there but not for very long. All of sudden the young man grabbed my arm and said, "His Pa did him wrong." I asked the young man what he was talking about. Again he replied, "hHs pa did him wrong." I asked him to explain what he meant. He grew angry and replied, "You know I don't need to explain." I really didn't know what the young man was talking about, so I played along like I did, and asked him what he saw.

He told me that for a period of 9 months he was on guard duty in Richmond and while he was there he saw on several occasions a young Confederate officer with me. The Confederate officer was an aid de camp and was at that time engaged to a beautiful wealthy southern belle who was a lot younger than he. However, everyone obviously could tell the young officer was not interested in the young girl that much since he spent a lot of his free time visiting with me at the hospital. After a while the girl broke off her engagment to the officer. A few weeks later an important general was in Richmond for a visit. While he was there the officer and the general got into a horrible argument.

The young man from NC was on guard duty that night and over heard some of it. He told me the argument was over a girl who the young officer had just met and soon married. The general was distraught that the young officer would marry so quickly after just meeting someone. The officer agreed with the general to not have any further contact with his new wife and that she would leave Richmond immediatley or face jail time. After the young man told me what he knew he looked into my eyes and said, "His pa did him wrong. But you should have stayed any way. He cried for you every night in the front parlor of the office thinking no one could hear him. I've seen men die and scream in pain, but that was the worse." I woke up soon after that.

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