New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-25
MALVERN HILL HOSPITAL.


| To h> Editor u The " y. Tribune.
Sir: Certain errors occurred in dispatch of your
Hsrrsons Landing correspondent, published in The
TRIBUNE of the 18th inst These | was at first dis-
posed 10 let pass, but finding general wrong I'M
preston existing at the North relative 10 the treat
meut of our wounded, will now state some facts.
Your correspondent states that "the doctors Of the
different armies dined together" etc. As far as
Germs the three Union Surgeons then Just released
DIR. Chamberlain, 18th Michigan. DIR. Jewett, 10th
Massachusetts, and myseli-l can certainly say that
we did not dine with the Rebel oilicers In fact,
these officers were ON flag Of truce business and, as
40 engaged, the guests of Lieut. Col. Sweitzer,
Union officer in charge, and we Of the Medical De
partment had really 10 call to have ANYTHING 10 do
with them. And If we had paItaken, we could not
have done so with " the utmost good feelings; the
wrongs of our brave wounded too fresh IN our
minds. too recent the repeated exhibitions Of Geld
unconcern and brutal neglect Of wants and sui
feriDgs by the Confederate officers.
justice oompels me to state that the attention
showed 20 and entertainments pressed upon the
Rebel officers by DIR. Watson, Brigade Surgeon IN
charge OF the Vanderbilt, was almost sycophaOic
and III marked cont asst 10 the cold unconcern with
which the UulOn officers were earlier received. III
only after earnest representation that breakfast
was ordered and made ready for my f0iniing
wounded; and though it was known our ambulance
train had been loaded since daylight, or soon there
after. and that We were weary and famlshed, yet
DR.. Watson offered ms surgeons no breakfast or other
reireshmcn; but for the kindness OF one OF the IN
ferior officers we should probably have gone With
out, as there was no chance for US to buy our
breakfast.
| | am astouisbed at DR.. Wstsons statement
! iallegedl Of bis belief that our captive wounded
would be wen cared Tor by the Coniedciaes, alter
what had told Lim Of our bad treatment. here
I al t,lfh all
the necessities and poverty Of tue Rebel oomInss-
ma; and medical department, still culpable neglect
OF proper action and sending proper supplies, and
an entire indifference 10 ouI mems suffering, seemed
tie policy ana prevailing feeling Of Tie iesei au-
I thor iiiee.
/ | notice also the name Of W. G.. Warner as one Of
our wounded IN Richmond from Malvern Hill. This
fellow got drunk, abused some OF our wounded, and
10 cap all, stole some eight boiiies oil our hquor
! lOuI supply was most amcntably deficient before,
for our needs, and deserted from rs. lie was leit
behind es an attendant. Til he turned up III Rich
mOnd, had no idea of bis whereabouts. L have
mentioned his evil deeds in my report to the Med-
cal Diroctor Of the Army Of the Potomac,
/ The list Of dead which left on the Vanderbilt,
and which You have published, then incom-
plete. furnished full Est, 81 in all, to the re-
porter of The World. This list appears Ill to.days
| IVorid and is official and authentic.
/ | came North in charge OF wounded on the hos.
ptal ship Exerpe, and there some OF our former
patients who were sent to Richmond, and heard o.,
the untimely death o. many OF the severer cases
their deaths hurried on, if moi caused by the inhn-
mainly OF Transporting badly wounded men Sereh-
/ tcen m'iss over Tough road.
Major BaInum, I2th n. Y. V. is doing well and
has gone Oh TO HE home in Syracuse, n. Y. Lieut.
Hardin, 7tn \. \. ". Is dead. lie had bad aa am
puiation o. the thigh. Capt. II. X. Hewlett, Com
psny +, 36ih n. Wv, has come noIne--is doing
we'll
III. II. Fellows, another ampntation case, wounded
also ia the face and shoulder died IN Richmond.
He was noble young man.
can speak with candor Of The uniiring ass'duity
and cordial cooperation OF my fellow surgeons.
Also IN my official report j mentioned several
specially netorious soldiers who had acted hos
,,i,al attendants. Among them Sergeant Ssage
! Alb Michigan Vols; Corporal j. NJ. Buddy, blst
Pennsylvania Vols; Corporal NJ. Brennan, 9th
T.. s. Infantry; Private Harvey Lewis, 4th Micbi-
gan Vols. Private Fred. Vincent, 18th New-iork
Nols; Private Yaeger, 5Jth New-iork Vols.
Private Jesse Mattin 9Th New-York Vols; Phi
waite Hugh Mcnamara, 36th New-f ork Vols, and
Private Philip ,harion, I'd New-York Vols.
DE- Guild, Medical Director Of Gen. Lee s army,
seelncd 20 feel Tor in our POSITION and we had he
idea that but for e0nstraining orders from hlghe.
an, borities he would have done much mOie for Us.
Oar instruments were taken from us by authority
o, july 5, before we had done with them Eariy
IN our cautlyity our stores lett by our own army
we're broken into, and Oil our colee, sugar ana nuch
vi our liquor stolen ~. oc4uen'i! VIC oi'en 'eieu
from petty iarccIIes. 80
deciaediy object TO your correspondent Calling
Malvern Hi "A Rebel hos ital. The Rebels termed
il the Yankee Hospital al Malvern, anu our own
people did all the work there.
Respectfully,
CHARLES r. WHITE Assi.iaAt Surgeon u. ,. Army
Senior Surgeon u Maven. Nil Ao'piial, near Turkey
Island bend, James Rive: Va
Boz Io,k, July 1872