Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-27


in the churches uf tie surrounding villages
and hamipts luwarti, Brcscia ell Of which
haze been sciz:,l ny ihc surgao:l, tor hospital
PURPOSES Ii is 4 blessing iin.acii that on
such occasions is this t!.t country Should bc
50 well supplied with large and elegant
churches, for they FORM a'uhrabc hospitals,
and serve as rc>tl,. place Tor wounded men
who might otherwise ,lic ua their carts on
the highway for want Ot shelter. Tie hos
pial and churches OF CaS:ieIione are reserved
tUr the wounded officers and the men on
whom capital operations are to be performed.
especially Tor the ainpulaied. The medical
officers expressed surprise ut the dispropor-
ton Of men who were brought from the field
with wounds of tie arms and legs, and IN
effect we observed tbs sinsularty among tie
wounded. But then it Must be rcco!cctcd
that ii is only wounds O! the circumference
| that arc Mut fatal, and that these Cl the chest
and abdomen generally REMAIN on tic field.
rhc must horrible wounds to luUk 1T, how.
ever, Were those OF tIc face. Two H1ulav"s
OF Tie First Regimen had tic whole ull,ici'
Jaw Carried away, and yctlIea h::srv fellows
walked bcLind Tie ca";; OF lEcir comrades
rnurc dangerously wounded tI:n themselves
S,nc had tueir eyes cln.ri from tlowS with
lie h,ltiS OF til. urlska,>. "r!.rrs l:,,l their
cil"rks or rIo,ltll hanging in il;ai.stHr ivuE
sword cuts, others HE checks swollen 10 caoI-
i u.ul, ,in.uusiul, from h%i; that Ilat! IIrced
!.eir lacaS through AMI through.
In. Cen! l;r,ir- ha't established lsir GE-
Iaia, in the IIoll.; Il. which 80 !a, pl.;crG
oar carriage lnl- safety daring the 1attic. S.y-
era vi thrSe mrll Wee wulIHdc'l near Tie
Emperor, aud the surgeon to the corps AZ
s,l!el uie that the Emperor had :. h:ili On the
top Ul the shoulder, under the cpaulcttc
Several Of the officers uf His Al&ieaty's etni-
mujny We're aisn wounded, and from all | cln
learn the casualties among the officers on the
French side were numerous
It anything were wanting to prove that
! the Frenc!, were tho nuot ntmirahc soldiers
in the wcrl;l, III wei! on the field pf batlie rs
when wuurded; it wa. ss,rciy manifested Gil
this memorable tla=. With Tie exception Of
rw men who were dying as they were
iuIiing along the streets in the carts, and
from whom escaped the involuntary gruans Of
the dying hour, not Il ;ford rt complaint was
uttered and SAW officers and men, on whom
the blood was oozins from gaStlY wounds,
calmly smoking their pipes rs they passed
along OH their way in search OF an dmGnfance
and surgeon. Altogether i. was fearful
siglt, and excited tie Pity uf the mos! hard
hearted. The women who had remained in
the town of Castislionc shed tears appa
rently ut the utter hopelessnesS OF rendering
assistance to such q number OF brave and sui
fering men. Yet every house was thrown
open, and every hand was. ready to aid in
alternating their pains. For the most part
they. asked but for wine or water, for the loss
of lIood creates thirst, and the tatlgues Of
the day must have beer great from the length
OF the battle and the extent OF ground to
fight over. Many of tic soldiers were naked
to the waist, their coats having been torn to
pieces in the bayonet and hand to hand fights,
and their shirts torn up to staunch their
blood. All were covered with dust and had
their clothes more or less torn, both officers
and men, and presented even in the absence
of blood-stained clothes, the most pltiable ap-
pearance. But all who were not suffering
had stamped upon their countenances that
quiet, determined look which soldiers acquire
in BATTLE and which is called in tile French
army the professional air."
The air Of resignation, and the quiet, re-
spectful manner of these brave fellows, rem
lered the scene more touching, more sympa-
the,ic y noisy, bravarlo air would have Sc
riousy tictracted from the sympathy and the
horror oil the scene. But all this, as the
wounded men said, was nothing to the field
of battle, only on tue field of battle they
thought neither of their own wounds, nor OF
The mass of their dead comrades over whose