, 1862-03-28


Ing accommodations for 1 100 or 500 patients,
demands large and continued donations il Or
generosity nnd care. In Selecting the articles
most required, I could have done no better,
nor used more discrimination and Judgment,
than you have IN the selection Of articles for
"a1ded. remain, respectfully,
'~ Your obedient servant
,slmonsy s<s general Hospital, Aosad Gty, illinois,
March %, 1852 ~:
ha &c zs IS 1e as, Exit sst !, e s1ty s1s & &
f. tie Mound City Hospitax. ~ go ~
To the Hon: Judge Skinner, and Members Of the
sanitary commission, Chicago:
I'm behalf Of the sick and wounded SOL
tary Commission, FLOR sthe ~yaluabla supplies
which hare been so ltberally sent to the Gen
eEal Hospital at Mound City, SINCE the battle
ct belmont to the present, during which time
more than tour thouAand soldlefs hare been
under treatment in the :Hospital.- --..,- - -
an. cases & been the very things needed, and
were evidently selected ::by:. committees who.
understood the wants Of sick and wounded
soldiers; and BY means OF, such supplies the
ststers of Holy Cross, IN discharge Of their
duties as constant nurses of*the poor sick SOL
dlcrs, hare been enabled to save many lives.
Ihe visits OF Hon. Judge Skinner, Mr. Os-
6o11e, Dr. Rogers, Rev Mr. sPorteE -Ar.
C!arkson, and Others, hnve alt been attended
with happdest results to the Hospital.
We are most happy to hear from Rev. Mr.
Patton, that the generosity Of the citizens Of
hax An1 and &1ta%7
may continue to look to them for aid. We
have at present 200 beds in the main build
ing, and GOO ID an adjacent one. .
And while We thank you, in the name Of
the suffering for all yoa have done, accept our
profound Sentiments Of gratitude for iii won
will do.
:. TEE SISTERS OF HoLI Cross, =
Acting o. q nprses @ inGeneral Hospital Mound City,
4. Letters from Chicago Physicians, who at our
request, volunteered their services and had o.
portuDtty to observe the nature and effect Of
the operatioDs ofthe Commission after the bat
tie at Fort Donelson. It is impossible to in-
sert the fuil reports made to rs !; but the fol-
lowing extracts will convey an idea of their
purport;
Alex. Fisher, n. D., after an interesting de-
tail of the professional labor performed by
him at Paducah, during several days, adds:
THE supplies furnished by the Commission
L Ea" EAAAeu anu cstltu 1pr Dy rev. Mf. fatLer-
son. In few hours after they arrived, saw
them in the Office Of DR.. Austin, the Medical
Director, and the same afternoon they we're
distributed among the poor wounded soldiers,
! u Dr. Ro!er's hospital, that is, a portion Of
tlem: From what saw, I think they were
distributed to good advantage
| E. Andrews, u. D., in closing his detailed
| report of labor, observes:
- take pleasure, also, in stating that the
surgeons sent by you, unlike some Others, all
worked quietly and faithfully under the orders
Of the army surgeons in charge Of the several
| noisy, they were highly useful, and a great re-
LEI to the overtasked medical officers of the
| service. saw your stores in use among the
patients, but refer you to DR.. Hollister for q
tull account Of their disposition, which was
made more under his observation than mine. =
!. Brnckerhoff, n. D., had charge, in part, OF
lou SICK and wounded soldiers for 48 hours,
| during their transportation to Cairo, and bears
testimony to the value Of the medical services
| provided through our Commission, and ac-
cepted By DR.. Hewitt, the acting Medical Di-
! rector,
| R. L: Rea, II. D., reached Fort Donelson on
| Thursday afternoon. On Friday afternoon,
| going on board the boat st City Of Memphis, u
| which was crowded with wounded soldiers, he
found it almost entirely without surgical at
tendance, his astonishment at which was in-
creased when he passed on board the ssAlien
Colllcr,'' On which was the Cincinnati delega-
| ton, and found. he saws :tten or fifteen SIR
geons of my acquaintance from Cincinnati
sitting or Standing in the cabin enti4ey ,uoc-
eapitd." DR.. r. continues 1T was told me
BY those seeming to know, that some Of the
sCity Of Memphis tie Needed ST sursical a :,is at.
tention. and actna11v Went m hoard 3nr that .'
| purpose, when DISAGREEMENT snrineinar M, m
| between them, they left the boat entirely at
the mercy OF nature and chance for assist
Dr.. r. then s,iyes = rerv. interastino oocor,,+
| nf tke worl, dGne 1,v tha rh;onno s,re;e;'.,.
who nj nnre took rhorga ~ tha hcat ~ wnr1p;,
| day and ninht with t1,e wonndad s;dad i,I ~
gentlemen Of the Chicago Citizens % Committan NJ s
From Drse Tevdocl- sn5 % Hoiiis+e. e 1,ae hoa,
oroat 1a,na - f-o, h;o1. ~ 5Ht iePolt "
n Mea inc as 9ny
at Pad1cah: -''S'A9
"From Dr.. Roller wa hare learned that tbo
patients lis charge were sadly IN war want m Of
and towels. Of which tere 1Sas MT ono n tha
hospital: many sti1I wearing Tho cloth;nor - ;ata
soaked with their hiood 7n +be Jsn =
battle. now eSceedinpiv Offensive I o'5 Iro1n ~
Euppurating wounds. So areat Vas was
the pressure in all directions at 7his time, i
cincE, even. imperatiyeIv dsman5ed hv son,e
Of the cases consn1tatinn bod 11i+b ~ otpn-s tp
Of the delegation from Chicapo whn ~ wera 40
cupied in tic same manner amon@ the otf- ~
er tospitalg of fho citv fe1e@Tanb;o Gi d;e
patch was sent ia yo11r noent at E51rp +o11;1,r
for supplies to a 1arre nnonnt He sent CO..
entecn boxes Of assorted stores without a.
lay.n
Having returned to Cairo TO carry natients nm
the river, Drs. Heydock and H8iIister afid. as
to their preparations at our rooms- N~
"Thc Sabbath was. as ne believe we'll snant
in selecting and boxing M. nj the SanitorT d.
pot, shirts. drawers. SOCKS. conforfah1es9 nj.
lows and pads for wounded limbs. and manv nv
other articles which contributed nnsneal.ah12y
to the comfort Of two or three hnndred nan.
g1ed, suffering md patient men. whose cxnree- w
sions Of gratitude and surnrise, IN feof m.
moved, would require . stoicism which We N
not claim to possess, or envy. if nosaessei 1v
another, -
5. Mr.. s, D. Ward. Comptro1ler of chicooo
arrived at Fert Done1son. aTnonrr thc earliest
from this city. as volunteer In a minnfa
letter to our Commission. he sars ss1 fonnG
the Chicago Surgeons in active service an
ta ogs9u Ine !Eny OF MemRnls, PM, seemingly
Tnrner the snryeon IN n, sr1o ~ soasnaj - ~
mit thc chnrye r. fha;r han3s' ~ - 1os 49,
Cairo r. had ohta;nad e., ~ ps41ae b.t tessslu t
yo11r r,nms fhe needad hoe,i+s, I;o Mua
~ a., fha tT;t- ~ sFft..al,Is, sFft.~t pRllso. 10
rnorn +hon onoa TIA ~ ~ ~ te...:Ps1 hss
4T7at thnv shnnjd ~ 1oI-a ~ ,e
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Ia ret1,rna9 - Ga;rn " u alouu4 Clsy,
,n,1ol, -,.r.i - - - "nele, Ne says !1onnd
thara +1roa 49, ~ ~ a. 5uul ooo9s, aud sIaln
nr Ho4Jo,i. Ia5a '4 1ssl1e, eaaoa} mofnlng,