Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-11-28
4 Mo;:NING IN TIL HOSPITALS.


fr-.l t.- -nrJ.-' orresf 0udeut 1t the -Trir z
field n, oublicaa
CAur Hun, HAHrER's ,HsRnI, Nov. s.
TIC ways 81 90 red tape ass past fading out
u hy Our sick and woauded soldiers have 81 much
una,oes ary suffering eDtailed upon them, t,'-
who heholis it iron the outside Of complica-
ted % army regulations cannot possibly SLY. But
d. is very easy that if hai the entire corrs
of quarteIn. ,t-rs army surgeons ami hospital
stewards were making every ct IT how not 70 care
for these victims @ war, they could not sac
coed more perfectly IA they do. During the
summer months the -.s eminent buildings on the
hill opposite, AID tie u-r-.oIs Of the old arm0ry
plymas and Of Other licials, were used as hos
pitAis, Then the numt,r Of our sick was very
smal ]. compared With whag It nov is. Every pa
tient received at least the benson of light air
and sunshine Suddenly there cime az " ORDER
The sick all 10 be carried 10 Frederick They
r,rs 1rried 20 Frederick. They were dragged
from their beds twenty seven miles. and reached
their new qsarters just in time to be driven out at
miiuigh by the arrival f Jackson. II there is a
ptifal sight under the sun, il is retreating army
ut the sick and wounded. Hearing for certainty
Of the arrival Of the rebel hosts they crep: from
the lari cots which they had just reen laid,
Gu. under cover of tie protecting nig.t, 10 20
they knew not whittier. Some of the stronger
GONZALES .euts were able reach Hsgerstown. just
before ,hr rebels, again TO be driven away Many,
overcome By disease. exposure and suffering,
dragged themselves to some shelieriug spot % die;
other, rooucr worn out, sank down and died by
the roadside. After IT. shameful surrender, when
tlc grand army o. he Tepublic gain chCd into
Harp r.. Ferry, the airy, spacious rooms Of the
Morply mansion were once more filed with our
wounded and sick. Through the broad tmbra-
sures of lis windows their weary eyes could gaze
upon the Potomac and Shenandoah; upon the
hcis.rs Of Louton and Maryia upon the val
ley and the village below upon a panorama Of
nature ever changing and ever glorious It was
grand spot. - thought Gen.
IL was Just what he wanted for his he4Jquarters
The lesser mansions GROWING the hill. would
make sdcL pleasant rendezvous FOR lis d.shiug
stat officers. again the sick were taken from
t.,ir beds. fr N the G b uses s. commodious and
comfortable for all hospital purposes. aud this
tiue VLere were they carried Across the street,
o. i1e dilipiiatei houses into houses without
c4imli-s withou; widows, without d8oTs. Here.
20 .ow, narrow r5ou-s, blazing with tie sun
t.r Ugh The day, damp and -lii aitL dew and
frost al night, their kuapsak f.-l pi'i1r, their
blanket i.f he'd. they were laid on the door 10
DIE. They dId die. A piague-liks fever swept
them OF like chat.
One rainy evening two weeks ago, they carried
tLe s.cs ut the - Ponnsl l.a1il regiment f-1u
a house opposite. Il was "a dismal sight 90 see
them .-ry The poor fellows olt and thrust them
int. the -1lFerIng sutu.aLcss waiting IN the rain
before tle door. There were tao urr Tiers suffering
sikh a hopeless disease IL tie he'd H.- re- l.i. J.
distorted walk r-elmati 10, who more han o1ce
iu rit-0ls accents, had pre- scl o. me the wish
o. see tleiT wives, wLl were al R8y. 50 Kind -
at luil 30 them 80 much good. they said sob |
~ thy c.uid only be 80 home If but Tor sja-ls
das. With feeling az painful solictIic, I |
watched them carry these poor ueu away, sadly |
wondered where. / found cut this moruiu- The |
saw lies deep upon the er0uni, the air D, bitter
cold, Ouch weather tlus early Iu November has |
e
90 passing through tae tent warts at the general
hospital, 1 found hundreds upon huld-eI- u sick
uel, some iu the last stages Of nsuIf .i.H, iy-
seu-cry a1l tevers lying crowieiu upon tae 81 AMI,
With %. thing hut q single t.als.t he-"a % lem
aud its ICY u4mpu,ss- Ia one --u., / stood 70 the
head % a llan - b. seemed O. rae dying. IIis tea
tlrss bad tle Viu-lci, sunkcn look wlicl is the
sure precursor 1t death. l went and stood where
/ could se- his tace. aai % my establishment dis
covered the poor Pcuusy lvluiIu who bad So longci
t1 sec his wife The change ia him since J had
laak el 20 him las was appalling. And when /
SAID, 81 have been looking ilr you, but dii not
OK qect 90 lni you here he glsped. go we have
been moved half d zen times since they ok us
from tle brick house on the bin. Il is killing me
Co De upon the ground. wish l was AZ home,
ard my poor brother Then bis suusen eyes
closed. all be sank into death like letharsy
from which % Is TOO late g. rouse him. One mus,
be maia OF such stud as one half Of our clu,eitei
u" rAf-eNH- 20 gaze 100 such a sight uLu- we'd.
without maxim an effort ior iis alienation Ole
young ilAu, loE with the typhoid fever. sad --
on remember / was almost well when they to.s
from the brick house on the bill 1 -houii have
been able o. have lc lut7 30 a DAY or tao. But
they laid uo on the ground, took cold. alI now
Z sla ] never be we'll 20
II vas most .teous Co see the wasted hands
thrust out from under the blanket. boiling tle
battered black tiu emp which each one keeps wIth-
IA reach, and o. mara the ucrr tWttchll ut the
skeleton face, while its ogler asas tor baked /
apple, ~, MADAM, % Do wouldn't be % H4cI /
roatis, would you be SO sind as 90 brias mc a
spoonful Of broth ton rrow 20 How many times
have carried broth 10 dni the Que who vlialy |
thought that he could drink it yesterday. lying,
not under the sod, but uuier the stones OF s.i-
der grave. Every morning l miss a face which |
M we'd ne ~ilh SORROW yesterday.
DR.. Palmer, the new chief surgeon, has just az !
rived. lie finds upon bis hands nineteen hundred !
ami tity sick, with accommodations, Wrctclcl g.. /
that, for l-i six hundred lie finds every depart |
meIt 10 confusion, filled with culpable neglect /
and wickedness He is humaue. lie sympsth- |
ICES With these suffering, dying soldiers; he Is |
working night an day 70 bring me scm0lan-e Of /
comfort out Of this chaos. But shame on You 1
lfi -lTs, in your cumm.iious apartmcIts shame On /
you by your comfortable fires shame on You /
,1hlbitins yourselves on your p-aucins hoIses. |
spurrei anu glovei and cleaning with gold, while
az the foot OF the ball lie thirteen hundred Of O.
men vho e sht for their country, dying On the /
ground. N L. 4