The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-09-04
discharge the duties of soldier we were

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discharge the duties of soldier we were
to recommend for discharge, and those
who were convalescing from fcvers, dys,
EMERY, &c, were to be sent north, that
they might enjoy the benefit arising from
change Of climate She same day that
we were detached, the tst brigade moved
to Jacinto, little village thirteen miles
southeast from Camp Clear Creek The
sick of the brigade were left in charge Of
our first assistant surgeon, DR.. Hunts
man. The regiments constituting the
brigade are the 4Sth and 59th Indiana.
18th Minnesota, 10Th Missouri, and 9Th
Iowa. The second brigade moved out
on to line with the frs, about the 18th
This brigade consists of the following
regiments: 10th and 18th Iowa, seth
llinis, soth Ohio and 10th Mo. The.
sick Ct this brigade were also left at
Camp Clear Creek in charge of Dr. Udcll
of the 18th Iowa
The whole number left behind by the
division amounted to 27O. The hospital
was established on the old camp ground
of the 9th, this being considered the most
elevated aud the hcalthiest locality
Good pure cool water pours forth from
the hills there in great abundance. One
spring about six hundred yards from our
old camp pours out at least thirty five
gallons per minute, and better water |
never drank. Twenty Of our men were
left back. This includes the lame, chronic
diarrhea cases, convalesccnt and ALL Dat
of the twenty but ten were taking med
icine, and none were dangerously ill
Within the last ten days most of cur men
have returned to their regiment we'll and
ready for duty. Eleven were sent north
on the day the regiment moved. Among
the number was VIM. Fleming Of Co. A.
| understand they we're sent to St. Louis
and are there in hospital.
Since our regiment changed its camp
we have been remarkably healthy, in fact
we have been very fortunate in that re-
spcct for several months. Not man has
died in cur regiment since the 4th Ct
July, nearly two months. Not another
regiment in this division can say the
same. In fact, | do not believe there is
another regiment in the whole army of
Mississippi but what has lost more or less
men during the last month. Al of our
sick now can walk about tie hospital
quarters.
The types Of disease this summer are
not of malignant character. | am con-
WINGED that under ordinary circumstances
the ratio OF mortality is less here in the
hon boz ~r1a 81
tieDt has all the comforts that friends can
bestow. Here we have an abundance
and that that is palatable too, to supply
tue wants of the sick. We have them
under our immediate charge where they
are visited often during the day-plenty
of nurses to wait upon them, and the
best of all, we prescribe their diet. The
morbid appetite for unwholesomc food,
which is SO often INDUCED to the great
injuryof the patients at home, is restric
ted here. We dictate to them uhat they
shall eat and uh ~ they shall eat, and
the result is most always favorable.
Right here let me say that the 5tn
Iowa has larger, stouter and healthier
class Of men than any other regiment the
committee examined. Out of ours We
only found eight subject for discharge,
while the average number in other rcgi-
ments was twelty; and one, 56th His,
turned ont fifty. In this regiment were
found boys who had been mustered into
United States service only II, IL, IA and
Is years old, and one poor boy, broken
down in constitution from excessive ia
tlyuc in carrying his gun and knapsack,
was not quite twelve years old Poor
little fellow . pitied him, and thought
to myself the officer who mustered in,
such children ought to be courtmartialed
and dismissed from the service. ! pre-
sumo however but few such boys have
been admitted to the service. 1t is to be
hoped that tie surgeons who examine
those now mastering in will not admit
man who is not sound and healthy
Sickly men are very much in the way
here and cut Of place. Well m n have
to be taken from the ranks to take care
o: them. Mastering officers cannot be
too careful.
/ | rejolned our regiment one week ago
yesterday. Our camp was then one mile
south of Jaciuto. On Monday last We
moved two miles west Our present
camp is pleasant one. The water here
is equally as pure as it was at Clear
Creek The country is generally tim
bered and but few cultivated farms, that
is, in this immediate vicinity OFF ten
or twelve miles south and southeast there
are plenty Of large plantations in high
state OF cultiyat:o on. Every field that
grew cotton year or two ago is now a
cornticld. OF course the owners are all
scccsh and away to the war. The old
men and negroes are only left at home to
raise the crops, an. since the conhsca
ton act the colored population have been
moved off too Our Quartermaster every
four or five days takes a number of teams
and fifty men for guard, and goes down
into this fertile region and brings back
loads of corn for our horses, and great
many apples for the men. They cook
the fruit and eat it with a ri yht good
relish, and it is a fine thing for them
For the last two months scurvy has been
in our midst, but since the men have
been supplied with fruit the scorbutio
tendencies have disappeared.
Dr. barrow, ID Assistant, has resign
ed his position and leaves for home the