Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-17
Scenes on a Battle Field.

A correspondent of the St. Louis Demo
crdt wites from Carlo under the date of
Nov. II, giving description of the shock
ing scenes presented by the battle field at
Belmont, the next day after the conflict -
lie says:
After getting permission under the FAC
OF truce to go and bury our dead and re-
lieve the wounded, who had lain upon the
field for nearly "a hours. the FIRST thing
we saw after landing was two of our dead
men lying beside an old house. Three had
been thrown into a corn crib near by, and
four lay wounded in the house nearly
dead We went on through the woods
until we came TO a corn field where sixteen
OF our dead were lying j1st as they had
iaIIen, and here we also found three
wounded, who Immediately received the
attentions of our surgeons. We also saw
here large pools Of blood from their dead,
who had been removed FROM the Geld in
WAGONS. Geifle 81 ball ! milo furthersue
came upon large party OF the enemy
buryiDg their dead, WI ich til ey had collect
ed from the different Tickets; about fifty
bodies were lying abont awaiting burial
none of our killed were among them CO.
ing further through clearing. we came TO
the fallen timber where our bows charged
and took the enemy's batteries, and where
loss on both sides Is represented as fright>
full. The enemy had removed and buried
their own dead, and we found twelve os
our men in the position they had fallen.-
On the river bank we found a number of
our dead; and here it was that one os the
most heart rending scenes Of the whole
battle was enacted.
Capt. Brooks, Of Buford's regiment,
came upon the dead body of his own broth
er Who vas surgeon in the rebel army:
he knew he was a rebel surgeon. but did
not know he was in the engagement until
he stumbled over his corpse. The scene is
described az affecting in the extreme. and
1t certainly forms one of the must thrilling
and horrible Incidents III this unhuly rs-
bellion. Capt. Brooks buried his brother,
and put slab at the head of his grave.
AT this point great many of the enc
my's dead had been thrown of the emc
bankment to escape orr notice, but we saw
where they had been dragged and pitched
Oh the bank. One Of our party looked
over, contrary to express orders. and saw.
as he supposes, IS or 100 of bleeding and
manglet cornseF, heaped on heaps among
the dlsnianiied rebel artillery. Eavins
buried our dead-sOme IS in cumberland
oii"S'he d"ay ABOUT ~ OF our wounded
We again reached our transports.
Oar dead were mostly lying upon their
backs, and everything taken from their
BODIES that could he of value to the enemy
The ccuntenances Of the dead were mostly
expressive of rage. One or two features
were expressive of fear. One poor fellow,
after he ives wounded, bethought himself
TO take a smoke; he was found 10 a sitting
position against tree, dead, with his pipe
in one hand, knife in another, anG his to-
bacco on his breast
a young lad about sixteen, was found
lying across a log, just us he fell grasping
his musket in buth hands.
A wounded man with both legs nearly
shot of, was found in the woods singing
the Star Spangled Banner but for this
circumstance, the surgeons say they would
not have discovered him.