The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-02
Colonel Wood, of the I4th New York re-

A projectile from one of these guns at last
took off the top of the ambulance, passed /
on and killed three men of the Rhode /
Island battery, and dismounted their gun.
The fire was kept up SO unremittingly, that
the men in charge of the ambulance were
forced to leave il. In this case also the
ambulance was made special target, and |
was fred at until it was probably destroyed.
Lieut.. Col. Joseph ], Chambers, now COM
handing the New York 28th Volunteers,
the Colonel being wounded and in the in
! Urinary, tells the following story: e
Lieut.. Col. Chambers, in the thickest of
the fight, and while he himself was hasten
ing for reinforcements, saw near the brook
/ Bull Run) rebel deliberately bayonet one 4
of our wounded men, who was lying near
the bank of the stream. Even in the ext
gency of the moment Col. Chambers wheel
ed bis horse, rode up to the rebel and shot
him dead.
Surgeon Barnes of the New York 18th
Volunteers, was in the fight all through, !
and came out of it in his shirt sleeves, hav-
ing lost his coat, sash, watch, and all his
surgical instruments, having been charged
on by the Black Horse Cavalry, and com
PEELED to leave the field, being driven from
| under tree where he had established his
temporary quarters and where be was at
tending to the wounds of about twenty-five
injured men, part of whom were Secession
lists. 1ze
Surgeon Barnes went up to the battle
field, in the rear of the attacking column,
and, as soon as our men began to fall, he
took a position, with his assistants, under a
tree, in little ravine. The wounded men
were brought to him, and he took off his
green sash and hung it on the tree, to sig
Nifty that the place was under the charge of
, -
in rapidly, and in fifteen minutes be had
nearly thirty under his charge. AS fast as
possible, he attended to their hurts and in.
a short time had been compelled to perform
number of capital operations. He ampu-
tated four legs, three arms, hand and a
foot, and attended to number of minor in
juries. By this time, the enemy had dis
covered the place, and the nature of the
business of the men in charge, aud began to
pour in musket balls, and prejectles from
J rified cannon. The place became unsafe for
f the wounded men, and it was seen to be
necessary to remove them. The surgeons
assistants and servants had become separa-
: ted from him, and he had no one to send for
: ambulances, and was obliged to leave the
t wounded men and go himself
It was no easy matter to procure ambu-
t lances enough, and it was probably forty
minutes before the Surgeon returned with
+ the necessary assistance. When he return
: ed be found that every one of those acoulded
D men had been bdyoneted, or sdbred, and aCas
/. dead They were literally cut to pieces.
n Sum up these facts. There were 80 men
!, all dangerously hurt-they had all been
? cared for by the surgeon. They were lying
e on the grass in agonies of pain and thirst
o with their bandaged stnmps of limbs, rest
3 ing on the little hammocks-with their sew
e eraI legs and arms scattered about-and if
: mora could be needed to show the nature
: of the place, the surgeons green sash was
o flying as flag in the tree, and the surgeon s
: instruments were lying in sight, and yet
these 80 helpless men were there and then
: deliberately butchered-
If The Surgeon gathered up his Instruments
ARa htAfted t rsfFab IS fhf 9 Esf Ex aga 81 u
e struments under has arms designated be-
n yond dispute his rank and office, the infant
= ~, and a full battery Of rifed cannon play
: ed on him till he was out of their reach
he was compelled to drop his Instruments
e and retreat as best he could.
s Colonel SIocum, of the New York I'd reg
: ment, was wounded by grapeshot through
d the thigh. The surgeon went to his assist
: ance, found him, and attempted to dress his
g wound but the ritled cannon commenced
b playing on them, and drove them from the
n field. They retreated, four men bearing
!, the Colonel. In a short time a halt was
d made, and again the rifled cannon of the
o enemy played on them and drove them
b away. All this time the Colonel was bleeding
S his life away. From six several positions was
d Colonel Slocum removed before his wound
g could be properly dressed, although a tour
niquet had at FIRST been applied AT last
n they took shelter in the Stone Church fSud-
# ley Church, which had been occupied as a
hospital. THIS church was soon sheIIed by
9 the enemy. Colonel Slocum was, by order
: CT the surgeon, removed to the outside of
d the church behind, for supposed greater
: safety. 1t was soon found that the contin-
ual bursting of the SHELLS made it more dan
gerous outside than within, and the Colonel
was again taken inside the walls. His
= wounds were dressed, and he was, as soon
as possible, removed from the church to
Fairfax, and thence to Washington, where
he is now rapidly recovering.
The Smelling, and ultimate burning of this
8 church, is asserted by a cloud of witnesses
( Lieut.. Col. Elliott, Of the roth High
-, landers) N. Y, saw the rebels shellJng the
building while the hospital flags were fly
ing He states that the hospital was made
! a special target for the rifled cannon of the
{ rebels, who could not fail to know its char
acter, and that the attempt by them to de-
- -StEOy IT. anu slaughter ouf-WOunQeu men
u was deliberate, and was followed up With
the most persistent perseverance.
The surgeon of the list New York re-
: giment of militia was in the hospital and
saw the Smelling and the attempts of the
rebels for its utter destruction.
Lieut. James Wilson, of Company G,
New York afili+is L.
wounded men of his regiment, whom he es-
corted to the hospital, (Sudley Church),
and placed them in care OF the surgeons, be
himself remaining to render assistance. In
d short time, the Black Horse Cavalry
charged down TO the church, firing in
through the windows with their revolvers
at the wounded men as they lay on the
floors, and at the surgeons in attendance. A
number of men attempted to escape through
the doors, and were sabered as they came
oat
With Lieut.. Wilson was a young man