The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-04-15

| w u"iuVIl Vl fsdeni anu leave II as a desolatl
| wilderness, AM, from what | can learn, propert,
has been equally disregarled on both sflss in th,
late advance and retreat. The soldiers are suC
| t'rlng such mserics that almost any amount O
| misconduct IL eNCusalle. The camp is a sea q
mud, almost bott tJml,ss in some places. Then
are scarcely any tents the rain is pouring
soaking snd penetrating; n rain cold choerlees
uhmitiSatcd; and many Of the men have only
single blanket and few have shoes. They hav,
no cooking apparatus, nnl are eating raw sal
| PORK anu raw turu!ps, anl drinking water
! Mhlch contains the sec's of dyscntcry. Mlny o
! the mon, It thoy had arns would he unatlo "a
carry them, aul lie Oh the wet earth hndlled 10.
s'thct tor warmth, too weak and hcpcss 10
| sasE"r to the nearest hospital she'd, diving with.
OUT an arm 70 save or nm eye 10 pity, " ono
mute shallow watching all. scarcely fares II
h,ttcr with the siyk anl wounded, except those
who ar IN priyatc houses. he number H. 30
Nast, the appliances small, the aspect ul airAirs
SO gloomy, and the luk,N aUmu,ss in the cause pi
tc,essi1n 50 great, that tho nursing machinery
has Eiycn Nay, unable 90 bear tho strain.
Yesterday Ill, deaths among the soldiers
reached goo, and today long funeral trains,
bearing the uncoracd dead 20 thcir n,mec =
graves, havo been pacing every hour. | visited
a church, the beet managed Of the hospitals.
containing 400 s.,k. There were few iron
bcd,ic,ls aud u large number of MARRIAGES ON
the iiuor, lut even here many men were living
Nli riN 'lll Y tNNtit WIN Ilttp OF tN'fun " 4.
The building was ovcrJrowlod and filthy; there
was no attempt at classification: paticuis drlr-
ious in fever ri,iuss were side hy 81 3. with
thu'S IN thc last exhaustion Of l, srulcrN, Ct
struggling IN the agunius If death. A ictil
"hrcakdown' oder pyIyadcd tlo builing and
ghhstly conyalcsccnts in groups half naked,
Ncr' huidl.l together wherever aNlcant corner
could bo found. There were uo shirt, and the
mcr, however III, even though near To- death,
were In their ordinary clothes. with their over
co'is for pillows. On one oi the beds ~ young
officer, burning viii fever, lay. H. had owl
IDENTIFY been dclica,cly uurtur,d, aud his bright
eyes were fix 4 with di, gsyl, un-
natural lus'ro upon n miniature Uf n
rcgil-lOoking woman, which he held In
his hectic wasted hands, hi' ho, purple lip,
all the while murmuriuy "Mo'h,r mo,her. ~
lie was covered with a single hl.uh ot-enoueh
~ lonF as disease waa burning ia h. veins Of ire
aud head rolled from si..o ,u sidc unoasly with
the intense pain, Nluly irving go tud relief or
rest on tie hltl, unyiHdiIg knapsnck, which
was his only pillow. knott 10y him ,ul hatlcd
hi, itcr with some water, while one uf the i,rly-
fohri ladies placed pillow urd his hc,l
Al, mother knew you would ,omc he said
' this is the fir momunt ul comfort have
known fora week.
The wort place was mn oll rranary outside
Nmhy.lc, to which many 90 th' v oundyl had
lc'H carried 10 lig hc.ilc thc fever and i, cnl,iy
patients " lie WHO entrrs LDfl l.a,cs hope
behind mi.t well he written over It's low
two roi hut 'tuycs, damp, uuclan mud ~, with
the suell ot n chtrnr-housr, d.cafy, crowded,
helpi ss, luuo, life 1ni death iu horrible lux
tHo,i,lon no Wu'tIasset, no clvtl'as, few blnn-
kot- one water pail and two fmNl lin basins
i,r Owe 2il mon; no st.muliuis for low taycrs;
little medicine, no opiat's; the food, aalt pork,
hard bread. hominy nul rico l1lt cooked,
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