The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-12-29
The ricId Of Inkermaun alter the Bsl,l,

/, The Field Of Inkermaun after the BattI
g The Correspondent Of the London Heral,
who went over the ensnnguined field Of IL
hermann after The battle Of the 9th of NJ
tember, gives the following description Of it
horrors:
I'll have sal, over and over again, thst i
was sight which could never be described
considerable number, some eight hundre
to one thousand Russians killcdand wounded
were lying among our tents, and here ais
were many, too many, corpses Of Zoutve
'hd French infantry Of the line. A. oul
wounded had been removed, and the wounl-
ed of the enemy were being gathered in
The Kindness and attention Of onr fellows 10
their helpless enemies vas beyond al! praise
They brought them water, got knapsacks tc
put under their heads, and borrowed blanket,
IN which 10 cover them from the raw nigh
air. Here und there small groups Of then
stood absorbed in pity around some PROSTATE
foe, to whom their Kindness came too late
and who, shot either through the head CT
lungs gqsPed out his existsnce in psiaful sohs
or terminated it in a horrible convulsion.
I "A littIG above the line oftents was the
brow of the hill overlooking lnkcrmann
Hights. Here was the spot where the Al.
lied artillery engaged that of the enemy al
ter the retreat and here the sight was sick
ening indeed Suffice 10 say that here. n.
mong the carcusses Of some two hundred kill
ed and wounded horses, lay the bodies of
our brave English ard French arlilerymen.
all more or less ?rightiully mutilated. Some
had their heads taken off at the nesk as if
with TN axe; others their legs rome from the
hip; others their arms, and others, ogaia,
who were hit in the chest or stomach were
lter,l smashed as if they had beel rr..l.
cd in machine. But it was not alone nc ~
lies who lay here; on the. contrary, fUr on,
of theirs there were ten Russian corpsas: uu,
the latter were all killed by musketry before
tie artillery came up.
Passing up the road to Sebastopol be
tween heapI of Russian dead you came To-
the spot where the guards had been COM
PEELED to retire from rtiu defence OF the wall
above lnkermann valley. Here our dead
were nearly as numerous as the enemys.
Across the path, side by side, lay five guards
men who were killed by one round shot as
they advanced to charge the enemy. They
lay on their faces, in the same attitude with
their muskets tightly grasped in both hands,
and all had the same grim, painful frown lp-
on their features, like men who ere struck
down in the act Of closing with their foes. Be-
yond this the Russian guardsmen and line /,
regiments lay thick as leaves, intermxed
with dead and wounded horses. The latter, |
with fractured limbs, were now and then :
rising, and, after staggering few steps, ro!- |
ling over among the cOrpses, snorting and |
plunging fear!ully.
up 10 the right Of the wall was .
the way to the two gun battery. The
path lay through thick brushwood; but the
path was slippery with .bIood, and the brush
wood was broken down and encumbered with
the dead. The scene from the battery was
awful, awful beyond description. | stood
upon the plrapet at about.. nine at night and
elt my heart sink as | gazed upon the scene
)i carnage around. The moon was at its
full and showed every object us if by the
light OF day. Facing the was the valley of
lnkermann, with the Tchernaya, like band
Of silver, flowing gracefully between the hills
which, for varied and picturesque beauty,
H'5"' Wv "i'h pu'b VI thC VOL i tl
shall never recall the memory of Inkermann
valley with any but feelings of loathing and
horror; for around the spot from which
the scene lay upwards of five thou
'and bodies. Many badly wounded also lay
here; and their low dull moans of mortal
agony struck with horrible distiHctness upon
he ear, or, worse still, the hoarse gurgl'ng
'ry and vehement struggles of those who
we're convnlsed before 'hey passed away
Around the hill small groups of men with
hospital stretchers were searching OUT for
hose who still survived; and others agar
With lanterns bu silly turning over the dead,
Uoking for the bodies of officers who were
Known TO be Killed, but who had not been
o"nd. Here also, were English women,
whose husbands had not returned, hurryipg
bout with loud lamentations, turning the
aces of our Gead to the moonlight and ea-
gery seeking for what they feared to find.
These latter were far more to be pited than
he nanimate forms Of those who lay sdugh.
cred around. The aalbulances, as they
ame up, received their load of suiTerers,and
ven blankets were employed to convey the
wounded tc the rear.
"Outside the battery the Russians lay two
md three deep. Inside, the place was liter {
lily filled with bodies of Russians, Guards
men, 55th and goth. The fno tall forms of
our poor fellows could be distinguished at
glance, though the gray greatcoats, stane d
with blood, rendered them alike externally. {
Fhey lay as they fell, in heaps; sometimes l
'ur men over three or four Russians, and
ometimes a Russian over three or four of {
'urs. Some had passed away with smile I
IN their faces, and seemed as if asleep; 9TH ]
RS were horribly contorted, and, with dis t
ended eyes and swollen features, appeared /
o have died in. agony, but deiying 20 the ]
asst. Some lay as iG prepared for burial, as G
hough hands of relatives had arranged their /
nangled lmbs, while others again were al v
most in startling ! osilions, half standing or c
ineelinG, cluiching their weapons or draw
ng cartridge Many lay with both hands q
extended toward the sky,as if to avert blow |
n utter prsyer; while others had malig- q
ant scow of mingled fear and hatred, as il, t