The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-04-16

fate of the army even in disaster, and
were only anxious to relieve suffering to
the extent of its ability.
A short distance above Fort Henry, the
hcdy of Union soldier was seen floating
in the river. 1t was not discovered until
the boat had passed, and it was thought
best to hurry on to the relief of the living
than to waste time in burying the dead.
During the day, our party organized for
systematic work on arriving at Pittsburg.
The hospital stores were unpacked, assort-
ed, and each package properly marked,
SO as to be ready for immediate use. The
corps of physicians and nurses were CLASH
fed, so that the work would go on harmo-
niously, as follows:
DR.. Slaughter, of Warrick county, to be
assisted by Messrs. A. M. Phelps and John
Handy, of EeWburg, and VIM. Bedford, Of
Evansville.
DIR. Mulhausen, of Evansville, with VIM.
| Reitz as nurse.
DR.. Harvey, of Hendricks county, with
R. A. Bowney as nurse.
| DR.. Johnson, of Henderson, KY, with
Ira Delano, Of Henderson, and A. H. Tai
bott as nurses.
DR.. Preston, of Putnam county, with e.
R. Kercheval, of GreencastIe, as nurse.
| Dr. Hurd, of Benton county, with s.
Kirkpatrick, G. S. Orth, and J. Riddle as
nurses.
Dr. Powers, of Tippecanoe county, with
J. P Luse and George Widick as nurses.
Drs. Keller, Stinson, Morgan, Kress,
Ronalds, and Conn, of Vanderburgh coun-
ty, aided respectively by Messrs. B. T. Nor
ton, VIM. Jervis,. S. X. Leavitt, @. A. Stark,
R. S. KornbroOk, D. Gresham, and F. M.
Thayer, as assistants.
Drs. Rocker, Billiard, Fishback, and Bas-
sett, of Marion county, with Messrs. L. s..
CLARK and T Hoover as assistants.
Drs. Patton, Hamlin, Hamilton, and Sill
man, of Gibson county, with J. G. Uric, @.
E. Marsh, J. Rosencrans, and s. s. Cook, OF
) Evansville, as nurses.
DR.. Stoneman, of Hamilton county, with
FL. @. Short as nurse.
DR.. Whitaker, Of - county, with T.
f Roush as nurse.
DR.. Todd, of - county, with - as
nurse.
Quartermaster Vajcn, of Indianapolis, was
placed in charge of the supplies, and Messrs.
John New, George Foster, VIM. e. French,
James Taylor, Charles Redden, ]. G. Given,
and VIM. McIacerny. appointed to assist
him.
) On Friday evening, general class meet
ing was held on the boat, presided over by
: Prof. Fletcher, with inimitable grace and
success. In calling the meeting to order
he cautioned those on board against certain
Indiscretions which those accompanying
similar expeditions were liable. to commit
and then spoke complimentary of the Char
= 7---e'- ~s-ss-.ss sAas gEIzIl-
ion that the time might come when future
generations would earnestly endeavor to
secure pieces of her timbers out of which
to manufacture canes and snuff-boxes, as
mementoes of the active part the little
steamer had taken in the Great Rebellion.
Patriotic speeches were then made by
nearly every gentleman On board, and the
enthusiasm and fervor of the passengers
were worked Up to a high pitch. Every
minister present spoke his willingness to
pray for the Union or fight for the Union,
"as the case might be-" and as two or three
remained on the battle field when the Bowen
left, we should not be surprised if they de-
signed putting their professions into prac-
tice. From the determination expressed in
their countenances as they gave expression
to their thoughts, we are confident the
rebels would find them true "sous of
| thunder"
The Bowen arrived at Pittsburg Landing
before daylight on Saturday morning. Il
had been raining off and on, all day Friday
and Friday night, and it was quite evident,
even before going ashore, that the roads
must be in the most wretched condition.
Learning that Major Ellston of the Indi- |
ana Eleventh was on board steamer living |
next to the Bowen after she had landed. a |
party of us visited him for the purpose of |
gaining some information as to the actual
situation of affairs To our great relief, he
informed US that our army was in no such
critical condition as we were induced TO
believe at Fort Henry. We then called at
Gen. Grants headquarters on the Jesse K.
Bell, undor the impression that we would
have to get pass to visit the different reci-
ments. No body seemed to be stirring on
board the Generals boat, except one or two
watchmen. sleepy Aid informed us that
if we called in the course of a couple Of
hours we could obtain the passes. We did
so, and were then informed by another
"Aid " that no passes were necessary unless
we designed going beyond the "Iines % Of c
our army, and he didn't think that womb a
be safe. We next called on Col. Charles l
Cruft of the 3lst Indiana, who was on n
board the Fanny Bullitt suffering from two 8
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