M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-01
scenes Among tho wounded

that State, are rapidly being hurried
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Scenes Among the Wounded.
During the'retreat, | was surprised
to note the few EXPLANATIONS OF dis.
tress from our wounded men. Now
and then the mangled soldiers uttered
piercing groans: sometimes, during
the rough process o! transfer from the
ambulances, they gave vent to their
agony ia heart.rending shrieks; but
generally, their endurance was heroic.
DR.. Nagruder, soon after the firing on
COL Hunters column began, took
possession of the Sudley Church,
about bals a mile from the field, and
instantly the seats were removed aud
blankets spread upon the floor for the
wounded. The little building was
soon crowded, and its floor crimsoncd
with warm blood. The alter table
was used for the operations upon the
men who were more severely injured.
The surgeons of the New Hampshire
and Rhode Island regiments, US well
as those of the New York Eighth,
Fourteenth, and Seventy-trst regi-
ments, and OF the Fire Zouaves, were
in attendance, and worked with great
energy.
Within the hospital, the victims
were chiefly Of the Rhode Island reg
iments. There were some, however,
from the Seventy. first, the Fourteenth
and q number Of the Zpuaves.
In front Of the building, in a pleas.
ant grove, the ambulances crowded
un'il it was impossible to unload them
with any degree Of rapidity. Then a
dwelling house near at hand, q barn
and a wagon shop. were successively
occupied, bu! all proved insufficient,
aud the dead and manged were lain
on the grass in every direction. And
what a scene it wasl Here Npoor fcl,
low with shattered arm, imploring the
carly attention of the surgeons; there
pale youth, exposing his fractured
head to the pity OF his fellows; then Il
dying man Bathing the green sod with
his lite's blood; and scores lying about
in strange confusion, all more or less
injured, and shocking specifies to be.
hold twas a sight the memory Of
which no lapse of time can remove,
and such as language must ever fail to
describe. 1t was not SO mourntul and
impressive, however, as the field OF
battle, where were strewn in wild con.
fusion the dead aud dying, and for a
long distance every foot Of the soil
was drenched with human blood.
Mr.. Arnold and myself dismountcd
i and co-operated with the surgeons, as
! Jar as lay in our power, in alev:ating
|fhe distress of the poor fellows; but
, many received no attention whatever,
; and died without an audible mnruier.
4. The shell wounds and those causod'by
{ ehe ritied cannon shot were meat
{ ffrjghrfuI. Legs, arms, heads, and en-.
{ tire bodies,werc iearlulIy mangIed.-
The musket wounds were less reppls-
i've, but in all the dreadful sightti
was nothing to disguise tie unttta
horrors of war.
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Killed ahd Wounded Of the I'D Ohio
Regiment. 1907
,WAsHrNGros, y aly 26.
The following ha list. Of the killed,
woundeit and missing inrtht % Ohio
regiment: killed-Sergeant Alfred
Powell, Lieut. S. w, Dempsey, Lieut..
Sam. Irwin, Sergeant A. ,Donuell,
lrivatcs, Stroud, Eho0. Q. fanigan,
Polk, Bush, John Ctegan, John Nc
Farland, carrier, VIM. Maxwell, Nj.
Macarthur, Wm. Baird, %. Nor ow,
Robert TosSo, Polk Mccormick, aud
JAS. Mugpny.
Wounded--J as. Morrison, slightly;
Polk Lcrkin, JAS. Mcnamara, George
Taylor, Color Sergeant John II, Nor
ris, Sergeant j, D. Wilson. Corporal
W. A. Tucker, slightly; j. Mcken-
nan, badly; Y. Mollen, A. Fitzpatrick,
John Bosh, Adolph Wabuck, Patrick
II. Dennill, danSerously;ADan. Nor
rill, l'raei G-,Ferguson, slightly
Taken Prisoners-Assistant Sur,
.goon j. A. Farqnar, W. AlConnolIy,
hospital teamSter, Howard; Surgeons
boy, Joseph. MisSing-Second Lieut.
Henry Simpson, Company B; Ser,
geaut Major W. j Thomas, Company
ID, and 140 others. Dlserter-Sec-
ond Lieut.. Frank r. Mott, Company
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