Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-14
ao.piral Report Of Q. x. HEarshnII.

HAOsI7El&A Asepora OF u n MErehutls
Governor j. Pettus Executive Chamber jackson
Mississippi
SIR The following exhibit viii show a gen.
ersl statement Of receipts and expenditures al
the Richmond and Lynchburg depots, for Ms
sissippi soldiers, and also hospital expenses fl
sick and wounded of oar State We use al
Richmond, chiefly for our hospital necessities
two Confederate establishments - the Bailey
Factory and the Wynder Camp. Both arc
under Mississippi surgeons, and we are trying
to make them the general resort fer our suffer.
ing men.
But, in The confusion, after g battle it is quite
impossible TO assert the wounded OF each regi-
ment aud assign them to institutions under the
special patronage of their several States. Heace,
alter the great battle before Richmond our fell
low citizens were scattered into almost every
place about the city. Many Of them were gen
eToUslY taken to private families. All were
cared for to the full extent Of the capacity OF
the city and ebiity of the people and the
world never witnessed greater zeal, tenderness
and devotion to suffering humanity, than was
evinesd By the popuace OF Richmond Aud
the good women OF that city displayed forti-
tuds, perseverance and kindness that have laid
the families Of the whole COnfsdersey under the
most lasting obligations Of gratitude for their
attention to the loved and suffering inmates Of
It's thousand homes.
Our Offices are the general rendezvous Of our
needy snd sick. There Will be found the cloth
log, baggage, yalUabes, fixtures, etc, etc, of
nearly all our men in Virginia. There we attend
70 their wants; sick leaves furoughs dis
charges collect monies due on descriptive lists
obtain passports; transportation await calls
from the sick OF dying, where cur men Eeed
attention; collect the dues Of deceased soldiers
answer letters indeed, time would fail me to tell
the constant and diversified labors performed
requiring sometimes three and four active men
to attend to the business Aud it is wish great
pleasure / record the useful, Unwesried attention
Of Dr. w w. Divine 10 the thousand wants Of
our men, wh0 without his assistance, whether
+ am present or absent, would often be compelled
to endure many privatiOns and annOyances On
Office relieves the great mass OF Mississippi Oth
GERS and privates, of the toTmenting snnoyaneea
OF cireumlOcution and red tape
We are anxious that sll oar citizens should
understand our operations, and avail themselves
of our unchanged services for anything required
connected with the army.
ny private affairs at Yieksburg have been Sc
! completely crushed by the fortunes Of war, thai
it win be utterly impossible, after one year. en-
! tire devotion to the care Of cur army abroad
/ to give all my time, for the nsxt ensuing siz
months so unreservedly, unless great emergen-
/ cies arise. But expect to spend the chief par
/ Of my time with the Mississippi army IN Flr
I ginis, and mean, God willing, 70 20 with theE
I to Washington city, Harrisburg and Philadel
{ phis, and hope to read Mississippi news at mid
night in the light Of those burning cities.
Ny vouchers have been fled with Quarter
master General A BIZ West and have been ap
proved. Respectfully yours,
c. K WARsAHLL
I. S. All fresh recruits going to Virginia vii
/ find place of safe deposit at the MississiPp
depot for extra baggage. tits nesr the SPOTS
woed Hotel.