The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-08
LETTERS FROM 1.-THE DOCTOR. >,
HEoEGETowN, SEMINARY HoSpIr H..
July 25th. 1851,

EEoEGETowN, SEMINARY HospIr II
July 25th, 1851,
To THE FRIENDS AT HOME:
When wrote you last / told you a
/ ari'i battle was going on. I e partic-
uars OF 1t and the defeat of the Federal
troops and tue loss of life, and all CON
nec'ed with it, have reached you and
ihs1,.sa ySa long sgo; 14nr reports hayy
defeat was not near SO signal as was at
first feared. There has been heavy
loss-probably | 900 in killed and woun.
ded. The Goth n. Y and Ellsworth
Louaves, with some of the Wisconsin
and Michigan regiments, were the only
ones principally engaged-they covered
themselves with glory, but met with a
terrible loss. Their praise is in every
body's mouth. Our field officers are very
much censured-are said to have acted
cowardly. ShermaD's battery is not
taken as was reported
A more forlorn and wo bestricken set
OF fellows | never saw than they were the
next morning after the engagement.-
They came in i'll little squads
with rain and mud, some barefootcd,
some hatless-all hungry and perfectly
exhausted. One man was shot tn ouch
the neck the ball coming out of his
mouth-he walked and run 90 miles
without assistance. Others with their
arms off or balls in their legs, came the
whole distance unaided Their suffer
ing were great A great many came into
hospital completely fatigued, and now,
having little rest, have gone out well
enough. This filed up the hospitals
good deal and gave rise to the idea that
great many more were wounded than
really were. We have 10 this large hos
p'tal COW not more than fifty PATIENTS
We have discharged good many who
have become refreshed and have gotten
over their fatigue None on hand now
are dangerous or even serious-none have
died
There was great deal of fear that
Beaureeard would attack Washington on
Tnesday-folk went around with length
ened countenances that evidenly bespoke
good deal of dread. The day after the
battle was sad and solemn one to the
people here
The CoDfederates acted with heather
ISL cruelty toward the wounded. When
they pleaded that their lives might be
spared thry received the cruel reply,
We intend to kill all of you Cd ID
abolltlonlsts-- we don't want you as pris
oners, YOU are only in the way" They
fired into the ambulances run their
swords through the bodies of those who
had fallen, even though they were dead
and acted in every instance like the
veriest blood hounds. There is fearful
retrlbutlon awaiting them. As the Zou
ayes cried Ellsworth" at eyery man
they brought down, so hereafter the cru
city at Bulls Run will be avenged. He
who writes the history of that battle
with l'npartality will have a record of
vlndlctive cruelty to write such as has
never botted the fair page of history v
In reading it our children will forget
that it happened in Christian age and
10 professionally Christian land-they
will imagine it but the record of the
Dark Ages, Every preparation is being
made to regain what was lost-soldiers
ar pouring in by the thousand The
appointment Of Gen. Mcclellan to this
Division gives universal satisfaction.
You will hear from Manassas again
when victory will perch on our banners.
Farewell, THE DocToR.
GEoRcErOwN D. c.. .Juiy Doth Isc,