Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-25
Price 81 per hundred.
- Dr.. Kitchen and wrirh, returned from

Fort DoneIson last night The party of phys
clans who left here on Monday of last week, ar.
rived at Cairo next day at noon. None of the
wounded had arrived there. and they went to
Mound City, seven miles above. where there is a
large. veil conducted hospital. capable of accom-
moiating 300 patients. The nur ing is mostly
done by the Sisters OF Charity, and everything
about the hospital looked neat There were
abou; five hundred patients already in the hosIi-
tai, and there was demand for physicians Drs.
Athon. keddick aud Rocker volunteered to stay
Drs. Kitchen. Wright aud Fshbaek went to Pa
ducah. They were authorized by Gen. Sherman
20 visit all the hcsl itals eight or ten in number
and the different Transports, to look after the
wounded. list was taken. and dispatch sent
TO Indianapolis. bat never came to hand
The weather was very bad and it would have
been impossible to send to indianapolis any Sc
verely wounded. In fact. the medical directory
positively objected to il. A steamer arriving
crowded with wounded in a very uncomfortable
condition, Dr. Fishback volunteered to accom-.
pany them to Mound City. Another steamer
soon passed with over 100 ounded aboard. with
out any susgeon. in charge of the Chaplain of
the Nth Indiana, who is himself physician
Cen Sherman, on being made acquainted with
these facts, sent Immediately DIR. Blackman, Of
Cincinnati, and Drs. Kitchen and Wright. on
Government tug to Fort Dopelson. The boat
was slow, had but small cabin, without any
sleeping accommodations. and without anything
to eat. Fortunately at Smithland they came
across the Allen Collier. with certain mem
bers Of the Sanitary Committee Of Cincinnati,
and Mr. James Blake, of Indianapolis, who kind
ly invited them aboard They arrived at Fort
Donelson the next day at noon, finding about
five hundred wounded there, mostly on steam
boats. Drs. Blackman, Kitchen, and Wright
were Immediately assigned to duty on board the
Fanny Bullitt, where there were about two hun
dred wounded. many of them severely so. The
boat was ordered down the river on Friday night,
which gave them time to visit the whole battle
field. The whole forest on the right wing. as
they Observed had been riddled by bullets and
balls, and the contest seemed to have been mos;
terrific A number Of killed still remained un-
buried. Dead horses were scattered around, and
pools OF blood were seen in hundreds of places.
Broken guns, sabres, spent cannon balls, ex-
ploded shells, and the like completed the scene.
The Fanny Bulitt leaving Fort Donei-
son on Friday evening. arrived at Paducah on
Saturday. Instead OF going to Evansville as
was intended. part of the wounded being des
tined for Indianapolis, it was the unanimous con-
clusion that the wounded should be removed from
the vessel on account of the offensive atmos-
pierre and particularly account of erysipclas
having assumed epidemic form. The boat
was therefore sent to Mound City with all the
wounded. At Mound City Drs. Athon. Fishback
Rocker and Reddick were found with their hands
full. The necessity for surgeons was so great
that the two last named were employed by the
Government to stay in the hospital. The two
first will return to morrow next day.