The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-24

accommodated with TOomr are bound for /
the Alton penitentiary.
The boat started at four o'clock, and |
dropped down to give the passengers a |
sight of Fort Defiance on the point. She |
then steamed up, and, being hailed at the |
upper wharf-boat, stopped and found there |
Gov. Morton and forty-four other gem
tlemen from Indianapolis, on their way to
Fort Donelson, to see the wounded of In
diana. We were in luck, for without the
Governors aid we could not expect to reach
the Fort. The Governor and his party had
given up Gen. Paine in despair, and con-
cIuded to ask passes-from Gen. Sherman at
Padueah. ,
When the boat arrived at Mound City,
party of us went to the hospital, situated
in the long, handsome row of brick stores
belonging to the Mound City Co. The ar
rangements for taking care of the sick. and
wounded were good, and several huHdred
of the wounded had been brought from
| Fort Donelson. The steamer Diamond had
| Just arrived with one hundred and sixty
three, three having died on the passage.
The wounded were being carried to the hos
pital on litters.
The following is a list of the Indianians
| in this hospital, including those brought by
the Diamond:
David ]. Temple, Co. E, SID Regiment;
Charles Gootee, Co. A, SD do; Thos. Sim
gleton, Co. E, sd do; VIM. Hodson, Co.
B, sid do; Thos. Dowdell, Co. D, SD do;
jeremiah McKelvy, Co. d, SD do; w. T.
Edwards, Co. G, SID do; John Hoaghland,
Co. f, SID do; Thos. Cox, Co. G, SD do;
John P. Lonergan, Co. /, 52d do; John
Milholland, Co. B, SID do, J. II. Keeghler,
Co. G, sad do; James Alexander, Co. B,
| SD do; VIM. NJ. Harris, Co. A, sd do;
| n II IN
Byan Tor Ryan,, Co. f, SD do; Benz. F.
Layton, Co. E, 44th do; Jas. W. Shepherd,
Co. X, 3lst do; John Dunn, Co. ID, 3lst
do; Henry Merce. Co. G, 18th do; George
Osborn, Co. K, 18th do; Isaac w. Brinton,
Co. A, 18th do; VIM. Moore, Co. F, 25th
do; Christian Vistmeier, Co. B. 18th do;
Frank Brown, Co. G, llth do.
} The following names were given to US
as belonging to the 18th Indiana wounded,
but as they were not in the official list OBJ
tanned from Surgeon Walker through Adj
q infant Walker, they must have belonged to
some other State. ~ v. M means Indi-
ana, Illinois, and Iowa Volunteer Militia,
= and " Ia" means Iowa and Indiana In
the hurry of moving the wounded there
necessarily will be mistakes.
; Jasper franklin, Co. A, 25th Indiana;
Andrew Muth, Co. B, do; Fred Smith, Co
/
i same regiment, no company given.
{ Chaplain NJ. Bigger, of the 50th Illinois,
;, who had the wounded of the Diamond in
charge, stated that a largeper cent. of them
were injured in the legs and arms, and thai
G but few of the operations had been " CAPT
/, tai" But few ampntations had been per-
formed He also said there had been but
little complaint on the part of our wounded
They endured their sufferings heroically
# He said one wounded rebel on board made
r more fuss u ~ 40 of our boys.
DIR. Atno:, formerly of our Insane Hos
pital, is at the Mound City Hospital to as
e sist in taking care of the wounded. So il
d Bayless w. Hanna, formerly of Evansville
Is Letters of inquiry directed to either vii
doubtless be promptly answered.
. The nature of some of the wounds of tn
n above were ascertained. Those Of tn
a. wounded on the Diamond could not be as
y certaiEed, owing to lack of time.
a Frank Brown, of the 18th, lives in Terr
Haute The writer talked with him FL
, received ball in the knee, but was not Sc
riously hurt. George Osborn, of the 25th
le was hurt severely in back of neck. /. w
lie Brinton, of the 18th, was injured in LEI
IS hip VIM. Moore, of the 25ih, had the sec
al oud finger of his right hand shot away
Ie Christian Vistmeier, of the 18th, had til
i tibia of his lower leg fractured. VIM. ST
d Harris, of the SID, had bis left elbow shat
? tered. E. H. Franklin, of the SID, was she
e in the shoulder. Merritt Byan Tor Ryan
IA had his four front teeth carried away
i. The unfortunate men are faring as we
- as could be expected.
b., Another boat load arrived Just as W
q. were leaving Mound City, too late for us t
ID get their names. She had on 1913.
or The Courier arrived at Padneah at l03
| n hi aid
n Andrew Wallace and Lawrence M. Vancl
Id OF indianapolis up to see Genert
ly Sherman, and returned in due time wit
r permission to visit Fort DOnelson, and to b
accompanied by the boat and those on board
th The Governor made himself personally re
re sponsibla for the conduct of the party Will
ne at the Fort. The boat left in an hour an
en- was soon steaming up the Cumberland fror
nd Smithland az miles aboye), under tn
guidance OF Capt. Throop, who knows the
d. and the Tennessee river like book.
,et When daylight came, we found ourselye
er well up the river, and successfully passe
d. Dycnsburgh, Eddyville, Miman's Iro
d. Works, and Canton The river is skirte
"a by narrow bottoms, running back to range
air of hills, in the sides of which may be see
e- traces of iron. Rocky knobs OCCASIONAL
n project out towards the river. The shore
IN give evidence of the high and sudden fresl
20 cts to which the Cumberland is liable.
RS The people along the banks, on the gres
IA, Union question, were so-so-sort o. half an
es half. The women, l must say, were fc
be the Union almost to man; but the othe
en- sex showed frequent signs of indifference,
n The star spangled banner floating from II
as jaolS-staif of the Courier ala not elicit th
D. enthusiasm that it should. Our boat too
up several Union refugees. One gentIema
e. got off at Eddyville who had been drive
FRS from home five months ago. He wei
! " ashore with Union flag.
IN. The Cumberland is quite crooked, and
ey summer is a beautiful river, embeIishe
le. with island-gems. Our business men kno,
ie- that before the rebellion it was a eres
on stream for business. Since the capture {
is. Fort Donelson, it begins to look livel
re again. God grant that our glorious arm
les may soon bring Nashville under their cor
1t troll, hberate Tennessee, and restore I'll
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