Newbern weekly progress., 1861-11-05

Twelfth beng at camp Lookout and tie Thir
teenth at Gaulev. The boys of the Tenth were
terribly mortified when ordered back ; never
in my life saw men more eager or anxious for
a fight than they ere. --..---
This flight viii not be easily forgotten BIZ
movements Gen. L. did ever since his advent
into Western Virginia, and, if | mistake not
it was all caused by the inactivity and blum
deriBg Of Gen. Cox ard few others of the
some lk. They represented things in a man
ner that led General Rosencrantz to believe
| that victory would be easily achieved
W hen our army came within ten miles Of
| Camp sewel the roads we're almost passa-
| ole, SO much SO that some of the wagons and
! ambulances were broken to atoms To cos
mopClitan journalist, the menacing attitude Of
both armles would, indeed, be glorious sight.
| There stood the Southern troops on Little Sew
| ell, gant-like in form, while our troops stood
looking on with amazenent, full Of chagrin and
| disappointment
1t was indeed, one of the most foolish. as
| we'll one of the most fatteneI-out, expedi-
tions that could possibly happen to an army, and
| 1t is 10 wonder that the men felt misera ble.-
And [ am surprised that General Roseneranz
did not see into it before he started. Had he
| 10, ked matters straight in the face, as a Gen
| should, he would have saved the Government
an enormous expense, the hospital from hun
| dreds of soldiers, and soldiers from i'll humour
| be fact of the matter is: Curni1ar EerrY
| u6out ,obich 50 2nuch has been said and aorit-
! ten, turhs out, more to our c0et. great 6lun-
der and sd mistake ard instead Of heapilg
| opproJrlous epithets on Floyd, calling him a
c01o0rd, he has IN tie @nd turned TO be RoSen-
| crans's superior as az officer and GeneruA-
| he out naan0ugered lin IN erery acoy and IN
| eyery sense Of the 7cord. We now find him
one of our most form dable opponents at Little
Sewel whereas, if Gen. Benhan's plans were
| followed out at Carnilax Ferry he acould be
| strongly con5ined in our penjtentioTy at COL
una6us t0getder NTH his s0d01c 6rjgode ZAou-
| sands Of men and millions ofdott0rs hare get
| to be erpeuded before the Gooermnent gains
tie adoa3otage Gan. ResencTt7,g gained bit lost
| at Ca7nlfa1 Ferry.
Capt. Hudson, Of Company c. Tenth Regi-
ment, and forty men, were detailed by Major
Burke to reconnoltre the position and strength
| Of the enemy at SeWell Mountain the 4th.
They took detour Of twelve miles, and cane
! in the rear of Gen. Wise's position, " here he
| found series of formidable earth works and
line of camps extending distance Of about
five miles He crept through the under5ush
| to within the distance OF all )ut fifty yards of
tneir camp ground. He staid there until dusk
when according to order, he made the best of his
way back 10 headquarters, where be reported
what turned cut afterwards to be Of the great
est consequence to our army. TOO much
bis discretion and valour in this instance, as
well as in many former occasions
The coalition Of the soldiers Of this division
| is appalling. There must BE at least 800
men in the different hospitals, and in some Of
the hospitals they are sha!netully neglected.
At Cross Lanes there were 211 men in hospit-
| al, and for two days prior to my arrival there
the men had not one particle of sugar, and had
to lay, during that terrific food, in miserable
sop Of straw, with nothing but a miserable
| canvass tent to screen them from the rains.
and, in many instances, / found as many as
| ten aud fifteen sick men in one Of those misel-
able excuses This news will surprise many,
yet it is true. Where does the blame IL? ,
At whose door will it be laid or how can it be
remed cd Il?
The surgeons say it IS not their fault then
who is to blame? While at Gauley Bridge,
Surgeon Menzies took to visit the hoSpit-
ais at that place, and | must here confess tnat
| never felt much shocked in all my life,
| tor there were neu in tt last agonies suffer
ing from cold and exposui They had no blan-
kets when | arrived there, bat Dir. MenZics
rode back Immediately to the Quarternaster
and it was with great difficulty he could ob
tain one hundred single blankets TO protect
rom the inciemency OF the weather two hun
ired men. Then, the floors, walls beds and
clothing ofthe men in these hospitals a9d tents
present most terrible af+l Disgusting Slegni
from the vermn, which can be seen crawling
and creeping along the whole place Not Il
nook or corner can escape the VerGlln.
1t is indeed lamentab'e that Our Government
would so lar forget the obligation it owes the
brave men who flew voluntarily to arms when
its rights were invaded, its dignity aad peace
threatened by a conspiracy which the civil
iZed word now looks upon as almost triumph-
ant. In connectian with this, | must State
| that the Surgeons are not at all to blame in
tbs matter, as they have no facilities whatev
! er by which they can alleviate the condition Of
| the sick and wounded Dir. Menzies is indeed
indelatjgable in his !abours to help and arnc;o-
rate the condition Of the army, 80 is Dr. Mus
croft of the Tenth. Nothing is left undone by
| these men. DR.. Shu,aark, Brigade Surgeon
Of the First Brigade has been unccasing in his
power toward helping and even rendering as
slstance to the sick and wounded
| The only brigade in the whole division whose
wants promptly attended to is the first
Gen. Benhauls, Himself and staff Capts. Sta
mage Atkinson, and Hawkes., are untiring in
their efforts. Major Burke, of the Tenth to
his credit be it said, has the most healthy reg
Imcnt, except the Fifth Ohio that have seen
during my soiourn in Western Virginia.
| The day previous to our fall back on the
mountain Cave towards Gauey, the Tenth
struck tents at 6, P. NJ, and at = the whole
baggage and tents OF the Bloody Tenth J"
were on the move. At 81 P. NJ, the same
night, Gen. Benham received orders from Ro-
sencrantz to halt. Consequently, the men Of
the Tenth had to remain all that night with
nothing but the canopy Of heaven to screen
| them, and had to march twenty-five miles
without food, as all their rations were sent
along before them on the wagons With such
treatment, it is impossible for men to feel
healthy or comfortable IL. E. j.
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