, 1862-03-12
FROM NASHVILLE AND FORT
DONELSON.


D0NELSON.
Condition Of Wounded in Hospitals.
GENERAL HEALTH OF our TROOPS,
Reports efthe Chicago Committees.
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Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago TrIbune.1
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Ma1ct3, 1859.
Yesterday We visited the hospitals: Of the !
city for the last time. None Of our boys have |
died since our arrival on Tuesday last, nor are |
any Of them expected to die there. No surgf-
caloperations have been performed since then,
nor will there probably be any: The fact is,
all our wounded have been cared for 60 well
by citizen surgeons and nurses, that all they
require now is continued care, which AM
satisfied will be given them, The only bad
feature about the wounded is that the erysip-
elias has made Its appearance in q light form
at the Femele Academy Hospital. There are,
however, but four cases, and they are of in q
room By themselves, at one end Of the build
ing. Ex-GoV. Wood and his son, Major Wood,
have been visiting the hospitals during the
week, and doing all they could to cheerup the
boys. This was not hard to do, for they could
daily, and almost hourly, hear ssYankee Doo-
die" and ''Hail Columbia - from the "Lin-
coin troops" passing by.
General Grant, Doctor Brinton and Colonel
Wallace ea1ne up on Thursday from Donelson
and visited the boys at the various hospitals
This kind attention on the part of their supe-
rior officers operated like magic on the poor
fellows. At least dozen Of them were iulme-
diately cured, to use their expression, and
were ready to accompany them back to the
fort, there to Join their regiments. Some SIX
or seven did go down on Saturday, and they
may be able to leave at the rate Of twelve to
fifteen every week.
The Ladies' Academy, often referred to IN
previous reports, is owned by Mr.. E. D.
Elliot, avery bitter seeessionist It was taken
for hospital by the Confederate Government,
and as it is well adapted to the purpose and its
owner rather marked man, it will be kept as
from some unknoWn cause, drove the nuns
| away from the hospital one night, but new
| ones were there before noon Of the
next day, and their services will, be paid
for by the surgeon in charge. Dr.
s aetiSes service M for many years, and now WI Divis-
ion Surgeon, has been detailed to take charge
| Of the Nashville Hospitals. The Doctor1 is un-
donbtedly the right man in the right place.
He will, learn, give employment to the
lean of but fon1, DIS. j. N: kercheyal, G. A.
I. Ma9feld, ": ?. Jones, and 7. A. Ateheson.
could learn Of but three Of the Illinois pris-
oners who had died at Nashville, Thos. Hen
Erickson Of the 41st, Co. D; John Elliott OF
The 17th, Co. B both shot through the lungs;
these left few effects which Shall send to
Gov. Yates; and Edmund Cornell Of the 18th,
Co. K, shot in the head. These three were
buried in Nashville. At Clarksvillc the dead
we're there buried, viz. John Leonard and
James Riley, both Of the 8th. Their effects
are at the hospital.
Most Of the civilians here from the North
are feeling the debilitating effect Of warm and
fogEy weather, and many arc leaving, Others
coming. The communication with Louisville
is open, and the road clear. save over twe
bridges. In two weeks the locomotive will
: r1n a1crg an Inpbstructed track, and the peo
nle OF Masaa1;a1e ,ri,1 return to their allegiance
~ LATER.
(Frorn one Of the Committed
t. FoRr Doss1eoN. March 4, 1862.
II There are but three Of our wounded here
:: and they are on board the City of Memphi
with about two hundred sick-1nostlY colds
fevcr6, catarrh, ,pneumonia, Inflammation Of tn
, lungs and typhoid feyer; none Of them, ",
learI, arc dangerous. There has been mue1
complaining here for the last two weeks, bu
; Of the men; and in the case OF many, to th
want Of that yitality and regularity il the sys
TEN which is necessary to undergo the fatigue
Of camp life; Again. as long as the soldier ]
well he vii, az general thing, put Into hi
: ntc. and that to a full surfeit when he can ge
it. Put such man On guard duty, or alm0s
any other duty which soldier is called upol
, TO perform, and he will soon be on the siel
list; and be won't know or learn this fact un
IaI ITrr g - y
experience. While here heard runlor tha
: there Heretwo cases Of cholera in the vicinity
. have been yaccinated.
c Offers have been made by the United State
!, | Sanitary Commission to furnish al the hosp
= tai camps 'ot the whole army, cast u well q
! west, with vaccine matter ut time when th
? ? armies Of the country were nearly all in cam
. and the weather was pleasant. In the regI
Y lay army service, the soldier Is yaccinated
: teer they may object, and did object as ger
: eral thing. A little scratch On the arm, woul
!: eaye the soldier the terrors Of the rasages crt
: ated by cholera, If not the. cholera itsel
- I In my former communication from Fo1
: Donelson, published on the 9Th Of last monti
y made this remark: "IAis department hz
;. been aud still is sadly deficient in medic:
= | stores.n I correct this here, By saying til
y post has been since the fight and still is,
= ! want Of sanitary stores and some medic;
| ekoAt6s 4AE AAl} a4ltA LILY 1Itk<l MAS H1lktSl
Il they had abundant supplies. The props
- requlsitlons had been made and were ansWe
= ed, I learn, ais. s.soon as they could be done
- - the regular way Of military business.
~ Dr. Brintou has been, since the fall Of Done
4 son, the acting medical director, and Il
- - large number Of wounded which we're brougl
- out Of the fight placed him and his associate
:. ~ in position where their work was continuou
= night and day, and they stood well at the
VI post. The services of the Chicago Commit.
- who visited Donelson were thankfully recet
= cd, and they: have the credit Of having dol
y some good. Our troops who lay down the
=! y arms to die upon that bloody field, lie bull
's in trenches on the FIRST ridge west Of the ont
r. entertainments. The long mounds Of ear
~ are not a few, aud the place is one Of natur
p. beauty. We should ask the Government
y = fence in that field and let 1t remain as 1t ne
= ID, the burial place Of brave, men, who low
i. not their homes too little but the!r. count
n :, -: =. =. :::D IS;
y. The Rebellion seetehed...sliail ii |
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