The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-04-19
FROM our WAR CORRESPONDENT
ARMY OF THE SOUTHWEST,
Cross Timbers, Arkansas, March IL, 1867.

ARMY OF THE SOUTHWEST,
Cross Tiubers, Arkansas, March al, 1885,.
DEAR EpisoR We all thought it strange,
pa,sipg strange, that Iowa had forgotten
her gallant sons wounded in the Pea Ridge
battle and as one By one they have sunk
under their wounds, We have almost cursed
tho apathy which seemed to pervade our
people a. home. But, thank God, we have
learned to-day that they were not asleep
Doctors Orr, Everett, and Bosbyshell, have
arrived at Ca.sville, and have at once gone
to work in the line Of their profession.
They could not get transportion for the
boxes the Indies sent so rs to bring them
from st. Louis, but they will probably be
forwarded to us in n few days. DIR. Bos-
byshell 10 now attending the 4th in camp,
and Dr.. Orr and Everett are at Cassville
With the wounded.
Tonight on dress parade, l read to the
regimen. Judge Baldwin's letter, overflow
ing with generous pride for the glorious
deeds Of the 4th, and sympathy for the
wounded and the friends Of the dead. The
boy, nil listened with the deepest interest,
and when the letter was finished they made
The welkin ring with three Iowa cheers for
The Judge and our other friends. When
soldiers are far from home and chahng un-
der supposed neglect, words Of sympathy
like these fall on them like oil upon trou-
bed waters. They feel that their brave
deeds are recognized and appreciated at
home, and that the friends they are fighting
for have not forgotten them.
Secondary amputations are becoming
very frequent 10 Cassville now, and arms
aud legs that il was hoped could be saved,
must be lest now, twenty days after the bat
tie, ~ith the chances against recovery star
ing the poor fellows in the face. Our sur.
geons are satisfied from experience that in
nearly all cases Of gunsbot wounds, where
limbs are badly injured, the sooner ampu.
sa'ien is' performed after the reaction, the
better. One hard fought battle gives our
Surgeons more experience in cutting men
~ than a lifetime OF country Practice
0rimes cut % an arm the other day where
the patient was far gone with lockjaw.-
lie told the older Surgeons it vas useless,
bat their e~oupsels prevailed. The Sufferer
Kept switching couvulsively during the ope-
ration, and after the stump vas released II
shreshsd and Topped about like 4 fishes
I'm; the poor fellow died in two hours
Surgeons in The army mus. learn sooner or
'a'ef that many lives are lost BY trying. TO
save limbs.
HE prisoners We lost in the battle came
home to camp yesterday, exchanged. They
confirm the report that Prices army is fast
d''crganising, and they do not think he will
stack US again. They we're we'll treated.
Ons OF the "a Iowa Cavalry says there
vas a m in camp one morning that
Seigel had been captured and brought 10.
Anxious to learn the truth he ven. TO the
oEeer Of the guard, and asked him il it
was 80. The oficer replied wi,h great en-
phasis, "nary ID Seiscl.r The pris-
ooers say the rebels givs the 4sh great
credit for their bravery. Camp um,rs
have become ono Of the great staples of
the army ; the most ridiculous ssorie, are
started by somebody ia sport, and 20 shro'
camp like Wild Gre. The boys we're in a
fever Of excitement . few days Z BY the
"nsws'' that . recruiting of6cer OF the reg.
p'ar army had come out here. and vas Civ
iCs volunteers who would enlist 10 she reg
ssf arny, twenty-five dollars bounty, snd