Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-12
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giai. AZ Colua0iAa Bridge, some sixty
saiiez on The o;hs. side Of Winchester, o.
Taez5ay ereaiug last, saa arrived here DC
SAtar1Ay- He brought down the orercoats
belonging 70 oar boys and distributed them
70 their families, inasmuch a ihe season
To- oVe.so1,s has nov passed away, sad
ihey Ars TOO eambrous to carry On march
he gises Us good account of the regiment
ia every particular Most Of them are il
good health and very feE are lsf: behind
il the hospitals. So regiment il General
Shields division is more relied upon By his
o6eeEs fer effective service when the hour
coaes than the lst Virginia They have
been highly esmPIialeutsd on more oeea-
stons than ore.
ThsEriAIs and experiences through which
lsz nza Of this regiment have passed viii
never b. appreciated, in all probability, by
our people as they should BE- For ter
days sud nights al one time, ir mid wiater
wbea the Thermometer was down at zero
they lay apoa the bare hills beyond Paw
PaE, --tAogE tent 10 oorT them. This wa
done by order of Gen Lander, and bsi
since been pronounced as probably II.
most unnecessary and insane orde- sver
g.Vea By any Of our Gensrals siaSe the val
commented OF enEEss ii resulted in The
death Of quite number Of the regimen,
Nothing in Ibe shape Of humanity could
bear sreh exposure with impunity. The
only wonder is that there we're so many
Survivors Besides this exposure the reg
Uncut has gone through grea, deal of til,
same kind. aud they hare stood i. like true
men, and 1t has made them Indifferent tc
almost everything in the shape of trial OIL
hardship
Mr.. Wilson gives US many intel es,iue
particulars concerning the battle Of Win
chester, and the participation of our troop.
10 it 1t was his unpleasant duty to b,
detailed for service on the field the nigh
after the battle. in gathering together Oul
wounded and alternating their suferings a!
much as possible. He says that the scene.
of death and misery were rerrible-such a.
uumAn the soldier, and make him feel WLal
terrible thing war is. In the clumps Of
bushes, behind stuups aud rocks, would be
fOnud the wounded, rho had craWlei awav
to await death or relief. Their agoniLiur
groans aud prayers could be heard through
the darkness, and were the only guides
their comrades had to the spots where they
lay. They were assisted 10 every possible
way that was available, but the night was
a terribly cold and bitter one, and their
suferinEs we're Incredible. The dead were
put in wagons, two layers in each wagon,
and hauled into Winchester, and from
thence either taken to burial ground o,
sent home.
Such scenes as these. however, form
only, like the school boys tale. the wonder
of an hour, and pass away almost with
their occurrence. The past is left with
the past in the mind of the soldier. New
excitements beckon him on to new fields OF
danger, and at last he lives, and breathe,
and moves in an atmosphere of indifer.
ence as TO the future. His nerves are har-
dsued, and strengthened and made imper-
vious. as it were, to sense of danger. aud
in this way it is, that armies are drilled
and disciplined into high state of efee-
tiveness.
In camp the life of our boys is rather
mOuOsOuOus. They, however, fish and
play ball and pitch quotts, when of duty.
Every day in the week is kept alike, save
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