The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-20
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child.
But do not wonder at Il. Ny dear huaband llsa
peg pesids me. wounded unto death, perhaps have
lost all hope Of saving him, though thank God for
the privilege Of being this moment beside him.
And besides this. all around me the sufferers lie
moaning In agony. There has been little time to
tend them--poor fellowM True, the surgeons are
busy all tho time, but al tbs wounded have not yet
been brought In, and II seems ~ IL the time will
never como when oar brave msn shall have been
made a. comfortable a. circumstances may permit.
II Ia awful to look around me ! can see evary
imaginable form Of suffering, and yet am helple1s
to aid them any Of consequence.
Elm 9 night before last have not left my hus
bands side for moment, except to get such thinge
~ required or to hand some poor fellow cup OF
wafer. Even ~ I write my heart throbs schiuel .
to hear the deep groans and sLarp cr.es about me-.
f. IL sleeping but dare not close my eyes, lest be
should die while sleep. And it Ia to keep awake
and In manner relieve my overburdened heart
tnAs l am writing to you now under such sad
auspicea.
On the morning Of the Sd inst the Asht begun.
The attack was made on Gen McArthar's div,siou
and We could plainly hear the roll OF the artillery
here As it Is about two miles and half distance
awful awful dayi l had seen r. a moment early
In the morning. but 1t was only q moms1 t. whom
be bads me goodbye, saying hurriedly. a. he tore
himself away Pray for ms, my wife, and If fall
goa protect you There wss something In his
look and tone which struck chill to my heart aud
every moment after knew the nght had begun
felt as IL he had indeed fallen. I cannot tell how
long It was before heard that Oglesby's brigade
was engaged. but 1t seemed m age to me. After
that my agony was nearly intolerable. never
had thought Of fsar for myself; was thinkina
only Of =. Then rot the word th It he had bean
hotiy pursued By the rebels and had fallen back.
Later In the afternoon l succeeded In gaining q
little Ineligible information. Poor Gen. Hackie.
man was shot through the neck while giving com
msnd. and fell mortally wounded He ded betweeu
10 and IL O'Clock the same night have since learn
cd Up to the time of receiving the wound he had
acted with the greatest bravery and enthusiasm
tempered by q coolness that made every action ef
fectve. When dusk at las. put an end to the firs,
days conflict, learned that Gen Ogesby had been
dangerously wounded, but conld gain no intelli
gencs Of my husband l could not bear the sus
to search for him then, started out to the battle
Aeld.
20 how shall describe tbs search of that night
II locked like madness. It was m adnsss But all
over dead horses tramplcd LIMBS, shattered artilie
ry-everything that goes to make up the horror o.
. battle feld when the conflict Is over They were
removing the wounded ali night. Oh. think how
awful to stumble over the dead and hear the cries
OF the wounded and dying, alone, and in the nigh,
time. had to Start off alone, else they would Nc,
have let me Co.
"As you may suppose, 1 could not find him.
either among the living or dead. Bat the next
morning., Just after SUNRISE / came to a lttle
cump OF timbers where horse had fallen-his
head shot eff and his body half covering a mar
whom l supposed dead. His face was to the ground
but as stopped 10 look closer, perceived q faint
movement of the body, then heard faint moan.
stopped and turned the face upward. The heat
and face were both covered with blood, but wher
turned it to the light knew 1t In spite Of its dis
dguration. Oh, Godl the agony of that momen
sckeued me aim 3st to suffocsti0n With q strength
thought impossible In me, l drew him. crushed
and bleeding, from beneath the carcsse Of our poo
old horse, whom we had both SO loved and petted
and, dipping my handkerchief in q little pool
water amongst the bushes, bathed his face ane
pressed some moisture between his parched, swol
len lips He was utterly i1sansibe, and there wel
q dreadful wound In his head Both limbs wer,
crushed hopeles ly beneath the horss He was u.
terly beyond the reach of human skill to save bu
as soon as possible had him conveyed to the hos
pital have nurRed him ever since, hopelessl,
aad with hsart breaking with grief Oh! how
many wives. ow many mothers, arc to day mourn
Ing the dead and dying He has not opened hi
eyes to look at or spoken to me since he fell Oh
could he but speak to me- once before he dies,
should give him up with more resignation. Bu
to die thus-without look or q word! Oh my
heart il breaking!'
THE PROGRESS OF THE DRAFT IN MARYLAND.
The Yankee draft is progressing without any re
ss,ance in Maryland. TIE Baltimore SHn of Sat
urday, has the following about the state of thing
at Camp Bradford, the headquarters Of drafted
men, near that city:
The order of Gen. Shriver relative to the amour
TO be paid to substitutes has had salutary effec
in bringing up only such az had made up theil
minds to adhere to their contracts and keep fatt
with the Government There were plenty of substi
tutes on hand, and there were some who wanted
them; but difficulty occurred first in the differ
ence between the parties as to the amount. anG
secondly with the substitutes with regard 10 depos
itiug their money with the General until they shal
be assigned to regiments. The price at which sub
sttutes held themselves was three hundred dollsrs
and the largest piice paid was two hundred and
twenty i've dollars. There were several who pre-
sented hemselves who were entirely accept able
they could be assigned to regiments and the General
refused to receive them Subsequently, all but one
agreed to the terms, and were accepted. Thst one
was escorted to the gate and another substitute
was Immediately procured and accepted, who did
not feel apprehensive that his money was sac
while he entered upon the work In good faith
The order Of the Commanding General had th Q
effect to keep almost all the midde-men aw sy
themselves during tho day, and then only those
who felt disposed to accept of fair remupera alton
for their services The proceedings are now SO
conducted that 1t Is next to impossible for fraud te
quired to declare under oath what he was to pay
and the substitute what he was to receive and the
amount was then paid into the hands Of Genera
ehriver, that the substitute shall escape there
Ia left an amount sufacient to procure another
substitute without forcing loss upon the Govern
ment
Late in the afternoon detachment of eight Of
Captain Olayton's cavalry was detailed to escort
squad of substitutes to the Camden station, where
they embarked for Olearspring, in Western Mary
land to join the Maryland 7th regiment Oolone
Dushans, Of the Maryland lst regiment, was q
the camp in search of men for bis regiment, and
there was disposition evinced by the substituted
to join some Of the regiments already organized.
4 a. o~k MI in <ho e$npr of Ill
the drafted men and substitutes who had not beer
detailed to other commands. They are progressing
very finely with the drill and the men seem to taxi
an interest In the work.
TIE DEMONSTRATION AT TRENTON IN HoNOI
OF GEN. MCCLELLAN.
Cen Mcclellan has been receiving many token
of respect since his arrival at Trenton, H. J. III.
people assembled In large numbers around bis hote
on Wednesday night, and gave him . grand sers
made. letter says:
After the serenade, Andrew butcher, Esq, ex
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives of New
Jersey came forward to introduce Gen. MCCLELLAN
to the assembled multitude A. soon q the Gene
raj appeared at the front Of the hotel he greet
Cd with the most tumultuous applause Cheer fol
lowed cheer throughout the entire square. Lsdie
waved their handkerchiefs and Joined In tho ap
plause It was with the greatest difficulty that any
kind OF Or0er could De restored. Wnon tno cneef
Ing was but partially checked. Mr. butcher address
cd tho enthusiasts throng in . few remarks, Il
which Cen. Mcclellan responded - follows:
my friends-ror feel that you are all my
friends-I stand before you, not a. = maker Of
speeches, not - . politician, but as . soldier.
came among you to seek quiet and repose and
from the moment Of my arrival l have received
nothing but kindness Although l appear before
you as . stranger, am not. am not altogether
unaequainted with your history Your gallant
soldiers were with me In every battle from the
here bear witness to their devotion to the cause
for which We are fighting Here the upr0ar com
pelled the General 10 cease for few moments