Smyrna times., 1859-07-21
The Wounlsd at the Battle Of solferlno.

AS the glorious facts of war and victory come
one by one. and thrill the blood of all who sym
pa ize with a noble struggle for ireedom-or
rnke delight in the recital of great events-lt
is we'll to look for moment now aud then upon
the other side OF the pcture-whch is strongly
presented in the following description of the
wounded from the graphic letter of Hon, Ii. J.
Raymond, editor of the New York Times, and
~hO an eye witness to the battle:
We came To where the great procession of
The wounded was turning down a cross street
to a church which had been taken Tor an hos
pIlal. 1t was certainly the most dreadful SIGHT
ever saw. Every conceivable kind of wound
which can be Inh ced upon men was here tx.
hlbited. Some walked along, their faces com
pletely covered with blood from sabre cuts upon
their heads Many had their arms shattered,
hundreds had thar heads tied up-and some
carried most ghasly wounds upon their thces.
Some had tied up their wounds, aud others bad
stripped away the cl"'hng " Inch chhted and
mude them worse saw one man walking
along with II firm siepand a resOlute AIR, naked
To his waist, and having bul ct wound upon
his slde--an ugly cash along hIs cheek, aud Il
deep bayonet-lhrus', received from behind, IN
his shoulder. Most uf those who were walking
wore serious look, conversing hut lntle with
one another though they walked Two aud two,
und few of them carried upon their faces any
considerable expression OF pam.
Those who were more severely injured rode
! upon don keys or ~ caTts,-and II few we're Car
rled upon mattresses on mems shoulders. But
those were mostly officers, aud nearly all sa "
carried in that way were 81 badly wounded
that their recovery is echrcely puSsIbe. One
! had both his l,gs crushed by cannon ball.
! Another had received a ball IN ms thigh, and
was evidently suffering The must INTENSE ag"ry
| Many of those whose wounds were IN then
! legs were SEATED ~ chairs swung across "A dom
key-une beng upon each elde. Several wht
were thus carried. and were supported by so
dlers walking by their side, were apparently
UNCONSCIOUS, aud seemrd TO be dying Ther
would com" arts, large and small, carrying 3
). and some If them 10 o! l5 each. A steady
stream of these ghasIy victims OF the battle o
the dav poured through the town stood II
the crowd by the side OF them the sad pro
cession passed along, aud watched II at thu
point for over an hour 1t was not interrupted
| for a moment, t,-rXcrpt now aud then by crOwt
of orIsoners,-and 1t ConIInurd thus from abou
10 IN the morning, when it began 10 flow, unIl
/ left the street long after dark Every church
every large hall, every private hohse I'D 'o"'
has been taken Tor the service Of the oundpd
Those whose Injuries are slight, after having
them dressed, passed al once INTO the ranks "A NJ
mingled with their comrades | looked int
the church as passer by. All the srais, raul
ings, &c had been removed; ma'tresses ot ha
had been spread upon he floor, end were com
pletely filled with wounded men, IN every etsg
of suffering aud Of peril, lying side by side
The surgeons were dressing their wounds; SIS
ters Of Charity and other women were giVrn!
them wine, and otherwise mlnls;rrng To 'hrl
; comfort but morning, | am sure, will daw
upon a large prop"rlIon OF them relieved fo'
ever from their pain. If anything can be NOR
horrible than soldiers life. It certainly IS
soldiers death.