The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-26

The correspondent OF the Mis- ouri RepuJii-
can thus describe. the Appearances ~ the dad
and wounded on the ground where the battle OF
ktoh Mountain was fought, On July 18th,
which gave Western Virginia TO the Unioni.ts
Ths dead presented . ghastly spectacle. Ii
vas complets concentration Of horrf's self
IL Is said that the features Of thoss who die by
other causes, are usually relieved by falnt
smils-that suffering Is rarely left imp intsi on
the countsnsncs OF . corpss-but that the
countsEancO OF those who arc sho. have
impressed upon than the traces OF
pain Those which | ".-sbout afty
exhibited nothing but the revolving
characteristics Of exquisite agony. There
was rot the faintest glimmer Of bogeripg
smile not Q nnssusnt of bsauty reuaining
The bright sun, glancing through the parting
lsayes, lent no kindly ray 70 soften the ngly
outlines; melancholy had no sid quiet sha low.
70 mtDgls with tho hard, forbidsing aspect Of
the dead faces on which gazsd with perfect
horror. Had th.re bssn evan traces Of augcy
pasicn, vindiclivones', revenge, dsAth could
not have stared 80 horribly a. II did, out OF
these ghastly liuaaneuts; we c0lli have felt
thsrs was still something human lsft in those
human faces but mere outlitss.
Tho faces OF oar own dead were a. fearfalv
brblddipg as those Of their dead ensmies. II
was impossible 70 drive from my mind re-
Elections upon the terrible In n'sns!ty VI grief
which thoss who SEQ tho forbidden c,uutsn-
ancss OF dead loved oaes on the fsld Of
battle must experience. | imagtae II musL
exceed all other grief for the dsAd-bs.
cause every feature is so distorted and un-
natural, 60 entirely devoid Of the tone OK sx.
prostiOu which friends havo loved In the living
features. Some were lying proas on the field aa
they had fallen with limbs s2ra sling, great
thick plo o.chss of ccagulated blood nsn their
bodiaG their garments saturated With the en-
sanguinsd hJw and their gaping faces and
stony syes, s,H'iog fall at the broad, brazsn
sky. 0Ge who had been shot down In ths
woods above the breast works, lay s'aik upJn
his face, one arm throRn with a convusiye
struggle around the II nb of fallsp tree. Clot
ted blood whic had flowed ont Of bis side, was
near him In thick Jumps. Bat the most hide
ous scene was that Of twenty. nino dead rSbels
packed together in trench -m,st Of them
with fearful orIdces psrfor iting their heads,
through which ths brain ooz ii Ia sicksning
clo's; others with miDia holas fu'l In their
breasts, come wi h shl.tnioJ Ii obs, and oShsrs
with lRcsrstsd and mAng' cd h,h, vita hsrs and
there a ppliltsIed bone exhibiting itssn. Oh
horrible! most ho. ale! Oar eva precious dead,
but few In number, had bssn mora teniIrly
gathsreJ, and kind comfa les had dsesntly
composed their StiG. ring fcrrs. I liftsi
the covering which concealed th0ir ioaniunat,
features, but saw nothing TO remove non my
miud ths; indslble Imprss ion Of unmi .igated
uglin ~ OF dead faces " tlan shot la bat 10.
Ons poor fellow Of tue Thirteenth Indians,
was shot In tho left 90 By grAps Eh0t. 1t
perforated tho brain and dislodgsd aud Gisor-
gGnized the whole inner structure Of the cram
ilm, from tho skull d. EnvArd, leaving a mon
strous cavity Of uni imagine Ibls h1rr n. The All
lsft the eyelid perfect, catering dirtc ly unt or
the nose whore Il jllns tho Iorahsad, withou
dish9uIlng th, nose In ths loa3t---a pogfsetiy
clean, but a very sins ulsr wound
Our own and rsbsl wounded Law st'eWn to
gethsr in blankets on tn holr Of II tgI's h'u' %.
There was no dffa once In he trea nent of The
60 ffsrers. Most Of them suffered In silence, a
fsW slept IoUndly, but oons noantd with TO-
tense agony. sh all not sttsmpt TO dopi,, TO
ghastly pictures tf horrid wounds and shuo-
dtrinR forms Of p-or victims, TO whom II wJuli
have besn msTciful N thsy could have died, M
who lay on the cold, cold ground, qaivsiipg
with agony, with no ehanoa to survive, aud yet
could not tke cut last suffering gasp.