The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-09-19
Letter from Company q, l0th Reg
inacnt Indiana Volunteers.
CHRISTIAN STREET HOSPITAL

CHRISTIAN STREET HOSPITAL.
PHILADELPnIA, PA, Sept. 4.
DEAR SIsrER:-I embrace this first OPP
portuni.y to let you know how l am getting
along. [ received flesh wound on my
leg last Thursday night. August 18th. whii~
in battle, but an 4e st ali Well 'n have se
III, Mich 10 write about, but l VIII first
tell you who is killed and wounded in our
company that know of. Samuel Hndnan,
supposed to be killed, S r. Schlsgle woun-
in abdomen, Charley Davis wounded in leg
slightly, Bsrj. Jewett wounded in leg,
Charles Kelley slightly in arm. Joseph
killed, Randolph Fort killed, Jefferson
Hinder wounded, Hugh English wounded;
Joseph Curtis shot in finger, James Vhet-
love wounded slightly, A. P. Carr slightly,
r. Williams slightly. As have not been
with the company since yesterday morning,
it may be that some of those l have named
are living. heard that VIM. j. Bennett
had not been heard from since that night
Joseph Bennett was not in the fight. Major
May of our Regiment was killed. Our
Brigade suffered very heavily; lost about
~ killed, wounded and missing. The
fight took place after dark about eight miles
west of Manassas Junction. on the Center
Vile Pike. 1t opened with artillery and
then the infantry followed. We fought in
an open field at distance o: fifty yards
The balls fell ike hail, but l saw no man
run. Every one stood up and fought like
men, but it was no use; they had too many
men for US. Our forces fell back 70 the
edge OF a grove, and got our wounded of
the field. We started about midnight to
Manassas and got there about sunrise.
lett from there to go to the hospital.
walked two miles TO the hospital at the
celebrated Weir House, Beauregard's head
quarters. There l found ali the boys rom
| our company. stayed there over night
and walked the next morning to Bull Run,
going to the general hospital; there stay led
over night. The next morning l started
| for the cars at Fairfax Station, which was
about ten miles. walked part of the way
aid gave out and go. iato an ambulance
and rode the balance of the way. We got
TO the station at dark; the train was loaded,
and hundreds lying on the ground waiting
til! morning. | got up on an old cart and
rode to Washington. arriving there next
morning. We then got every thing to eat
we wanted from the good women of Wash
ington. We stayed there all that day, and
the next day in the afternoon, we started
f3r the cars TO go TO Philadelphis. We ar
rived at Baltimore about midnight. where
we partook of refreshments, and started
from there about daylight. We came very
slow and arrived at Wilmington, Delaware
about ten O'Clock. where it appeared as if
every man, woman and child were at the
depot, with baskets filed with something to
eat: splendid pies, cakes, peaches. apples
and pears. filled my haversack with
these delicacies. We arrived in PhiladeI-
phia in the middle of the afternoon, and
were placed in ambulances and carriages
aud drawn of to the hospital. We got plenty
of accommodations here aud every attention
given TO US that was needed. l have writ
ten about as much as have time TO To- dav
| viii take walk over the city rs soon as
am able and report TO you am, as ever.
your affectionate brother,
TT WATSON.