New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-28

ing 70 ny the green scarf IN the manner OF
flag, TO show that the place ia under the imme-
date care Of a surgeon. and is to be respected
accordingly. Whether the surgeon thus displays
his scarf or not, his position cannot be mistaken
for anything else. The wounded men lying
about, the cruel instruments in view, the busy
doctors in their shirt-sleeves, and all the sur
roundings, attest the nature Of the business there
going on, aud appeal, in the name Of our common
human nature, to the best feelings, and the safest
protection of the contendng armies. both sides
Unfortunately.
When man is wounded, be is, in most cases,
picked up by two or four men, and borne to the
nearest surgeon. The business of such group
of men cannot possibly be mistaken, for under
no other circumstances whatever do men ever
form in such squads.
Generally, there are certain soldiers detained
from each company of each regiment to attend
to those who may be wounded. These detained
men are always unormed; and in any event. the
men who bear of hurt comrade are by oil
civilized () foes considered, for the time, out
of the battle. They are, for the time incapable OF
hostihtes, and are, by all civilized foes, invari-
ably respected.
Surgeons are non-cOmbatants, and with chap
lains are, by all civilized foes, invariably re-
epected.
The green flag Of the surgeon sanctifes for
the time the place over which it floats, and ia,
by all civilized foes, invariably respected. An
ambulance filed with wounded aud dying men,
hurrying to the surgeon and the chaplain to have
flowing hearts. blood stanched. and wounds Of
the body bound up, and troubles of the depart
ing soul made lighter is q vehicle sacred for the
time, and is, BY all civilized fees, invariably re.
spec,ed.
A hospital filed with wounded men and ply
scians, protected by the yellow flag of the hos
pital and by the green scarf Of the surgeon is
sacred edfice, and BY civilized foes is invariably
respected
A church, dedicated to the worship Of the
mercful God, doubly sanctfed by the flag of the
hospital, and its every stone baptized with the
blood Of men who were dying for liberty and
right, was never yet attacked by any eiritized
foe since the world revoyed. believe it has
nerer been done until the battle of Bull Run,
Nhtn IL was Uoho ItOcl
That this brave deed was performed on Sun
day is merely an incident, not an aggravation,
for the wretched deed itself is the climax of ali
barbarity, which cannot be aggravated
have been thus lengthy and perhaps prolix,
in my explanation, in order that all who read
this letter may, by perfectly comprehending the
premises, and understanding the impossbility of
mistake and the moral certainty that the deeds
hereinafter described we're done by special order,
arrive at an appreciation of the enormity Of the
atroci,y, and the nature of the foe with whom
We have to deal.
Now 10 authenticated facts.
Lieutenant S. Il. Elliott of the 10Th Regiment
n. Y. S. 81. (Highlanders) was standing near
Col. Cameron of his regiment, when the latter
was struck by shot and fell MORALLY wounded.
The Leut and others instantly rushed TO the fallen
officer, Lieutenant Elliott, with twelve men of
the 9Th and 10th Companies of his Regiment,
raised the Colonel. and started to bear him of |
the field. No sooner was this group Of men dis
cerned by the field telescopes of the enemy, than
they were made target for an entire battery OF
rhed cannon and q number ofiniantry. the shots
struck on every side of them, being aimed with
great precision and they were soon covered with
dust thrown over them by the flying balls Finally,
n shell thrown by the rfed cannon battery, struck
in the center of the group exploded and killed five
men Of those who were bearing the dying Colonel.
The battery continued to play on them until they
were gu. of range, but they escaped without
further serious casualties.
Lieutenant Elliott says that the shots which
struck near them were not the chance shots of
a general engagement, but were aimed at them
specially they were discovered BY the field
glasses of the Rebels and then the guns were
aimed directly at them, and played on them till
they were out Of range-and with what murder
Gus effect has been stated.
There was no possibility Of mistaking the
nature of this group, or their humane errsnd.
The Rebels saw a number Of men bearing from
the fed n wounded officer, and instead of with.
hclding their fire, invariably the practice of a
civilized foe. they scientifically took the exact
range Of the retreating group, and brought
whole battery to bear on them, killing nearly
half of them before they had succeeded in
placing their dying Colonel in place of
safety.
Colonel Wood, of the 14th New-York Regi-
ment (Brooklyn), being wounded, was placed in
an ambulance, and was being carried of the
field. The ambulance was fired at persstently
By battery of rihed cannon. A projcctile from
one of these guns at last took of the top of the
ambulance, passed on aud killed three men of
the Rhode Island Battery, and dsmounted their
oun Tho fire was kent up 80 unremittingly,