Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-26
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WHElE
THE INTELLIGENCE |.
AFTER sCENEs AND 1NCiDENTs
OF THE 2ga ~ z,l.tg.t y,
GREAT BATTLE OF SOLEERlNO!

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Correspondence of the New York; York Ftne..l e
THE wouSDED-TnE FIELD OF B ATrLR--.uIscp,.
LANEous INCIDENTS personal .opsERvA-
~, CAsTieLlosE, Monday. June %, 1859.
AHe Gay alter the battle, instead of going for
ward with the headquarters Of the armv r 70
mained behind to see tho wounded and - = ,ss r.
over the ground where the fight had been the
most severe. During the whole of FRIDAY nioht
and all through Saturday and Sunday. ea tHs
wopnaed OF both armies continued to be brought
w. They were removed from the field where
tnheF lay as rapidly as possible, and brought to
some point where their wounds couldhe dressed
All the churches and accessible buildings of this
Inwh' pubic and private, were occupied the
"tncerS being generally taken to private hOuses
go lar as practicable. But for thousands no
,slelter Whatever could be found, and they we're
from necessity left in the open air. AS fast MS
thelr wounds could be dressed they were re-
moved to the next. town beyond which is
Mohtechlaro, live miles distant, and from
thence to b'escia, twelve miles further, that
3elng the first town ofany considerable size and
at all adequate 10 the care of such nm iIn,nenSn
number OF persons. was at Montecbiaro when
me great procession began to arrive at the
entrance of the town stands a large building
used as hospital, fronting upon small omen
space and being placed at the angle of two di.
Verglng roads. AS the wounded arrived those
ot them who could go no further were tn; off
the carts, and left here, while the rest moved
on 10 bfeScla. | never saw SO hcart-rending a
sight as was presented in front of that hospital
The army seems not to be provided with anv
means OF removing the wounded, but relies en-
ureiy upon the conveynnccS they can procure
from the surrounding peaSantry EVERYTHING
Tor miles around had been called into reonisi-
uon For the most they consisted of the rude.
heavy eX-carts of the farmers, made to carry
~ nth thoTs 49, -,
Each OF them had fiat platform six or eight
.teet vide and twelve or fifteen long. Some Rav
was spread upon this, and upon that the woun-
deti soldiers were placed as thicklv as thew could
be laid-without shelter ofany kind, or pillows
tor their heads or blankets for their limbs, cx-
cept such as they might happen to have upon
them. The weather has been excessively warm
the storm on the day the battle, being the
last rain that has fallen,-and yesterday and to-
DAY the SKY has been perfectly clear and the air
nealed win the warmeSt rays of an Italian sun
The roads arc perfectly hard and very dusty:-
ana 1t was utterly impossible for well persons
to travel along them with any comfort without
protection Of some kind from the heat Yon
can Judge then of the intense suffering which
these thousands of MANNED and mut;lated crea.
lures must have endured during that fearful
Journey OF ten or fifteen mileS-performed at
the s!oweSt pace of heavy oxen, and compelled
constantly TO stop by some interruption of the
OSSS&AOt most
Ooduratc heart,to see the state in which they
arrived. The peasants who drove them seemed
not to have the slightest sense of their condition,
or to take the least pains to alleviate their aro-
ny. Some of the soldiers themSelveS-whose
wounds were least serious and permitted them
to move about-had cut branches from the
willows and other trees that border The road,
and made of them slight shade for soma of
those who could only lie upon their backs their
faces turned to the brnzcn and the burning sky
AS far as the eye could see, n dense cloud of
white dust marked the approach ofthe advanc..
| ing traln As the carts came into the town
many OF the poor wretches stretched out their
hands, Plteously crying for water, or for wine,
as they were perlShlng Of thirst. The people
OF the village had prepared so far as possible
for their reception. Committees had been an.
pointed, quantity of soup had been prepared
and the young women and men of the place
went to work to supply the most pressing me-
cessities of the poor creatures who were SITTER
ing on their behalf They went about from
cart to cart, asking what each needed and pro.
vidcG for them TO the best of their ability
AnStrianS and French were mingled indiscrim-
inateIY and were treated with precisely the same
kindness and attention. As a general thing tho
AuStrans were very. badly wounded, and seem
ed to suffer terribly. They were SO far as had
been convenient, placed upon the same carts,
and frequently six or eight carts would arrive
with none but Austrians upon them; but still
more frequently there would be three or four
Austrians upon cart with twice us many
French,--and in many cases have seen a
French soldier assisting the Austrian, who lay
by his side, into some easier position, or endea.
,voring to procure for him winter or something
else of which he seemed to be In need All
differences of nationality were submerged in the
intense and overmastering agonies oftheir com
mon fate. Upon cart which came up lay
an Austrian who had died on the road-and
close by his side was French soldier Just able
to raise himself from his place and beg for wa.
ter. As he raised his head he looked over at
his companion and said, as if envying his lot,
Poor fellow-he needs nothing now" The
Austrian lay ut full length upon the curt,--his
hands crossed upon his breast, and his face
which was turned directly. upward to the sun,
wearing an expression of intense Suffering
Five OF six others, less severely wounded,
, were sitting @ ci, in front Upon another cart
waist, except broad banlage which had
been passed around his body to protect
a frightful wound received from a musket
ball in his side,- bnll seemed to have passed
entirely through his body-his face was pale
land inexpresSibly sad and he had Just strength
enough left to lift himself I'M and CeC, Fo, vCnfnr