Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-05-21

this Bill. For his reasons, have only t
refer your readers to his speech on tn
occasion of its passage, which will beprint
ed for distribution in few days.
Harmon.
(C0ntiHued)
The mats cover the floor and with boot
under for pillow we again turn in fo
the night. Tuesday at ii A. N. we reacf
Savannah. Seeing the wagons of the l9tI
o. on the shore, soon single out Evans
and learn several of our sick are there
| stop, while DR.. l. and Mr.. B. 60 on. Sa
vannah is an old town, picturesque spot
which a free population would soon make
beautiful city. 1t has a brick house
headquarters there of Gen. Smith, where
also is Medical Director Hewitt, (about
whom see Sec. Stanton's terrible letter,
and several other buildings of only com.
mon style. Population about 1000. In a
log hut find Townsend, Burnet, Shafer,
Haight, Adgate, Adams and Nelson. slight.
ly sick, but taking care of themselves, ,oc-
casionally getting medicine of the DR.. OF
the village. Milo Burnet and j. C. King
are in the Hospital. Major Hall, laboring
under threatening symptoms from the
wound in his forehead, is in a neat little
cottage on hill half mile of. Capt. Nc
Lure is there also, only minus a toe. We
cheer, and give medicines and aid as we
can, and return to find the barge with the
wagons of the 18th gone, but just then
the boat Superior arrives in charge of It.
Judkins of Cincinnati, in his party is DIR.
Ashman of Hudson, who greets me heart
lily, and going with them to the Post-Sur-
geon, DIR. Davis, we arrange for removing
some thirty sick and wounded on the re-
turn of the boat.
We reach PittSburg Landing at P. NJ,
Tuesday the l4th of April, nine days af.
ter the second days fight. As we near
the landing we are astOnished to see a
huge maple on the bank with hole thro'
its centre. made by ball from one of our
gunboats, through which you could thrust
your hat. The landing is crowded with
boats, but we wedge in, and soon we're
ashore and toiling up the steep bank, un-
der the hot sun, we gain the summit
Looking round, we say, this is all for
war" and wondering where we'll find our
boys, we strike out for the woods and the
tents. Horsemen, footmen, mule-teams,
with provision, ambulances with sick and
wounded, privates, officers, civilians, doc
tors, regulars of the army, and volunteers,
piles of brown army muskets, scattered
clothing, dead horses, half-buried, half
burnt, clumps of graves, fifty or hun
dred on a hilltop, great pits of buried
rebels, acres of thick underbrush every
thing shot off from foot to six feet above
ground, here and there still unburied
corpse, or half dozen of them. Through
such like objects we hurry our steps, to
Nelson's or Crittenden's divisions, but no
one knows where any one else is, and
some did not know where they were
themselves. Asking an officer ON horse
back for Gen. Nelson division, he laughs
and says, "Oh, go on two hundred miles,
till you find an elephant, with pea, seek
for his head, that's Gen. Nelson % We
approach party at dinner in the sun,
and are about asking for Crittenden's di-
vision, suspecting We were near it, when,
up rises Prof. Gross, tall and courteous
with his mild looks, crying out, '.halloa,
Dr. your name, Gen. Crittenden, DR.. Har-
mon, from Northern Ohio. thought he
would be drowned at Mound CITY, but he
made grand jump" We join the din
ner table, but Tom" first takes US with
in the tent, and our appetite is up to the
very hardest fare we ever saw man par
take of. There was blunt frankness a.
bout Gen. c. that made you at home, and
his tanned face showed he had roughed it
with his men, in the heartiest way posi-
BILE. A few rods farther, and Capts. STRAIT
ton, Miller and Stowe, and Its. Bell and
Smith, Orderly Reed, Wilson and many
others of Cos g and g, of the 10Th Ohio,
rush forward TO meet US. They have Just
pitched their tents in an advanced spot,
and as we meet them we can almost see
the new life current sweeping through ev-
cry feature. They can't realize that old
Warren has sent us, but as they catch the
the noblest thing old
Trumbull ever did" is uttered by many,
and expressed by all.
DIR. !. found Capt. Opdycke of the 4lst, |
while Burton had preceded me to the !
10Th. Capts Stratton and Miller were
we'll. Capt. Stowe was already sick, worn |
out, and troubled with cough and dysen-
terry. He frightened up, however, and |
told us of his men, &c. | prescribed for |
him, and in the morning he was more |
comfortable, prescribed again, and also |
Thursday eve. Friday morning he felt |
quite well, but l advised him to get fur |
ough and return home with us. We
vent to see Col. Beatty, but met Lt-Col. |
who told US it would be
useless to apply, as orders were very strict. |
Capt. s. would not ask it on account of
and so turned back, as the Sc
Iuel proves, only to die. He gave me a
list OF his men, noting their condition |
and also plan of the ground |
contested by the 18th. His remarks show |
now coolly he saw all that occurred while |
ieath's dance was going on and himself |
moving in the reel. A cannon shot tears
/ Limb not three inches above his head-a
life ball goes through his pants and boots,
mother grazes his coat, but none hurt
him. He is to fall by disease-with the
idings of coming victory all over the reb-
i territory, swelling up to full music, as
he brave man yields to the subtle foe,
whom courage cant Withstand, nor all the
,ickets of sagacity and prudence ward
If.
Tuesday night we. camped with Capt.
'tratton, our time being partly occupied
With prescribing for Its. Bell and Ball,
nd c. Waters, and brother B. also claim
d ''wee drap" for his stomach s sake
The wind rustled through the forests and
he horses and mules made stir occa-
ionally, and twas said the pickets were
ring a mile or two in advance, but our
arth-beds proved a good one for Sleep
lam, eggs, coffee and "Tacks," made us
trong for our next days tramp.
We found Major Mygatt and Capt. OPP
,.ol-o of tl,a lIct halo and hearty Can't |