Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-11-25
VOL. 90 NO. "a.
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ted at Corinth on the 9th instant. vivid,
portrays the fearful emotions and anr;oo,
thoughts which torture the mind of an oh.
server during the progress Of battle, aud
narrates but one Of the many narrowing
seeses Of war:
"Oh, my friend how can I tell Won q
/ the fortunes thst have nearly crazed me n,
the last three daysl Pen is powerless IA
trace, words weak to convey one 1.-THE d
the misery have endured. thougbt nv
self strong before. have seen SO much n
suffering that thought nv nerves had
/ grown steady, and could bear anytbing
! but to-day am weak and trembling like !
/ frightened child.
But do not wonder at it, NV dear bus-
band lies beside me, wounded unto death
perhaps. l have lost all hope of SAVING
him, though i Thank God for the priyilers
OF being this moment beside him. And
besides this, all around me the SUFFERING
ne moaning in agony. There has been
tsssie tffne % tend them. poor feliows.-
True, the surgeons are busy all the time.
| but all the wounded have not vet been
brought in, and it seems as if the time will
never come when our brave men shall have
been made comfortable as circumstances
! may permit. 1t is awful TO look around
me. can see every imaginable form of
suffering. and yet an helpless to aid them
any OF COZ sequence.
Since night before last have not left
my husbands side for moment. except TO
get such things as required, or 10 hand
some poo: fellow ccp If water. Even as
write my heart throbs achingly 90 hear
the deep groans and sharp cries about me.
H. Is sleeping, but dared not close nv
eyes. less be should die while slser. And
1t is to keep awake. and in a manner re-
heye my over burdened heart, that am
writing to you now under nuch sad auspic-
es
"On the morning of the Sd instant the
night began. The attack was made on
GENERAL McArthur's division. and We could
plainly hear the roll Of the artillery here.
as IT Is about two miles and half distance
only from this place. Oh. the fearful agony
oil that awful, awful day ?-l had seen T.
moment early IN the morning, but il was
only moment, when he hade me GOOD
bye, saying hurriedlY, az he tire himself
awav: pray for mo. nv wife and. if |
fall. God protect you" There was some
thing in his look and tone which struck n
chill to my heart, and every moment after
l knew the fight had begun felt as il he
bad indeed fallen. Cannot tell how lone
1t was before | heard that 0gle5y's Brigade
ives engaged but it seemed an age to me-
Alter that my agony was nearly intolera-
bic. L never had though. Of fear for my
sell, was thinking only Of T. Then |
got the word that be bad been holly ?urI
sued by the rebels and had fallen back.
Late IN the afternoon | succeeded in
gaining little Ineligible information
Poor General Hackleman was shot through
tie meek while giving command, and fell
mortaily wounded. He died between ten
and eleven o'clock the same night, | have
since learned. Up to the time Of receiving
the wound he had acted with the greatest
bravery and enthusiasm, tempered by a
oo"lnsss that made every action effective.
when dusk at last put IN end to the first
days cobhict, learned the Gen. Oglesby
had been dangerously wounded, but could
gain NJ ;..~iIie---. ~r 4ay husband.
could not bear the suspense. Dark as il
was and hopeless as it seemed to search
for him then / started out TO the battle
field.
"Oh, how shall ! describe the search of
! that night? 1t looked like madness. II
was madness. But all night long stray
! gled amongst bleeding corpses, over dead
| horses, trampled limbs, shattered artillery
everything that goes 10 make up the hor-
/ ror OF battlefield when the conflict is over.
| They were removing the wounded all night
| Oh, think how awful 10 stumble over the
| dead and hear cries Of the wounded end
/ dying, alone and in the night time. had
to start off alone, else they would not have
! let me go.
"As ycu may suppose, could NOT find
him, either amongst the living or the dead
But the next morning Just after sunrise.
came to a little clpmp of timbers. where q
! horse had fallen-his head shot of and his
body half covering a man whom suppos-
| ed dead. His face was to the ground. bu,
/ as stopped to look closer, perceived a
faint movement Of the body; then heard a
ialnt moan. l stopped and turned the head
upward. The head and face were both
covered with blood, but when | turned it &c
the ilg5t knew II in spite of its disfigura.
non. Oh Ood, the agony Of that moment
sIckened me almost to sGifrcatiOn With q
strength thought impossible in me. I drew
MN crushed and bleeding. from beneath
! the carcass OF our old horse whom we had
! both so loved and petted, and dipping nv
handkerchief in a little pool Of water among
the bushes. bathed his face and pressed
some moisture between his parched, syol.
len lips. lie was utterly insensible. and
there vas dreadful wound in his head
Both limbs were crushed hopelcssIy be-
meath the horse. lie was utterly beyond
the reach Of human skill TO cave. but as
soon rs possible / had him conveyed to the
hospital. l have nursed him ever sine
hopelessly and with heart breaking with
grief. Oh g.! how many wives, how many
mothers, are to day mourning the dead
and dying, even as mourn nv diving !
lie has not opened his eyes to look at OF
spoken to me since he fell. Oh. could be
but speak to me once before be dies.
should give him Cd with more resignation
But to die tbus-without look or a word
Oh, my heart is breakingH"