The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-12
PICTURE OF GLORY HHES TlE GLARE
Is PAST-iNDiA.
,rrRR ruE HATTLE.

Is PAST-lNDIA.
AFTER TuE BATTLE.
Near milnight. Nhsn about rti;r
ing 10 rest, an order sas received
lram the commander In chief 10 de
isch IN officer and nnr hundred pi"-
arrrs, Tar the purpose of cnllsellng
Che Wounded, and sl-n snch arms and
accaulrrmsnIs rs cnnld be iound 0n
The field Of battle. Ibis severe duty
desolred upon mr.. ~ ihr other ON
GERS we're laid up frpmlihe fatigue
lhry had undergone throughout ihr
day. Several palanquins belonging
10 the head quarters arrr kind, arni
TO bring in Tho Wounded. Is nnns oil
the public dOoiy buys could br prnru'
rid they having dispersed in search
Of plumber.
The scenes Of va and misery lex
prricncrd during This dark aud dis
NAL night. in my progress over The
field Of battle amidst the carnage oi
the day. will n,ysr be sifsced from
my m"mory.
1.-The groans AMI screams NJ the d..
ipg snd wounded constantly firnsk
my ear. IS also the pi,eous wsilings
of the wives. daughters. fathers or
sons ioI thnse sho had fallen. or tie
rrieslnf oihrrs In search Of their mi,s.
ing relatives. With these heart rrnd-
ing sounds acre often mixed the lid
rxrrrsiions Of the dying. sho arir
attempting 60 repel the marAudsrs
~ho came Tor the purpose oil plumber
and rapine.
We found many babies of our.n~ q
so!tiers in . perfect state II nuiii.
Which plaiuiy r,iuerd they had mi
ESCAPED thosrl indisni,ies onrrei "a
The dead snd dying BY the prof,gais
followers Of 3 camp.
Our enemies were ircatri in The
same manner; the wrrtehrs nho y an.
dered over the field in srarch Uf plum.
der spared neither friend nor foe sleH
there was q prospect 81 btoiy. We
rescued a considerable Humbrr VI ihs
waunded from this innri, death, Tho
mosi terrible ~ the imagination; buI
! several of them had fallen victims i
the cosardly assassins or ihr inclr
money uG the wraihrr bclure NC could
| siT'rd thrm rrsrue ar rc!Ir!. The
ground vas soft clay. Witch had brrH
! saturstedhy the heavy rains and rod
den into a qaaSuiire by THE passing
AMI rrpasSing d mrn. auim Is. aud
carriage; misty. DIR zzling rsln I, u
necessarily, and these circumstances
rendered nur tnil rxrFcfiins.Ii % III nl'
aud ;ejious. We had To wait a ron
| siderable time Tor IherreIurn If Ih'
! palaIq Iins frun the iir;d hospl'al.
| HhIIhrr our wnunlcd we're canyr, ed.
80 that the morning dawnsJ ere our
task Mas rpmplc,cd.
! The scenes Nhirh | v illness q in H.,
hospital was scarcei! less harrow ing
o. ihr feelings ibau ihnsc in the firId.
DIR. 4. sad the rest III The staff eut.
played all that skill aud rnrrs, cnuid
sug s"st f"r thr rrIiri of the suIirIrrs.
san them per!"rm several very Jd
Echii OPERATIONS aud smI,aia,inns. al. d
especially onr an Lieut.. H.. ahus.
Knee MAS severely shattered. lie su,.
iained thc "p'raIlnn Ui;h unGl,nrhins
courage but expired Sum utter i
had been cUIDpir;ed. Few. indr ed, al
;h"se "ho received gun. shot wounds
survived. FIR thr fractures were grr.
orally so extensive rs 90 bring uu
'"ck'j'~. Many young aspiran,4 Tor
military tsmr. dszzlrd by the "pride.
pomp. and circumstance uf glori,u,
war; would have ihrir art!nr sad 1,
aa'nped by witnessing the scenes IN
Tue hF!d aud ia The hospital Of Ma
hedpaurc.
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