Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-05-14
Interesting Letter From DR.. Julian
Harmon

tallS may be worth while.
Leaving here at scarcely an hours no
tice, Thursday, April 10th, on the after
noon train, we reached Cincinnati, Frida,
morning, and at :! P. NJ. took the car
for Cairo. Saturday morning we reached
Odin, where the Ohio & Miss. R. r. cross
es the Chicago branch of the Illinois Cen
trail. Here VIC waited till evening. and
tedious waiting it was. Some thirty 90 u
doctors, nurses. Tourists-all lookin!
after friends, who were, we knew not
whether among the dead, wounded, sick
or dying, of Pittsburgh Landing. which
was Vaguely looming up before us accord
ing to the papers we CHANGED to read, a
a sad, humiliating defeat, q splendid anC
glorious victory, a fearful drawn battle
ground strewn with the lifeless and man
gled bodies of friends and foes indiscrimi
nately mangled. \ cold rain added it
occasional showers, and only our hotel
the Depot and the grocery post office of
fered anything to %enliven the day. But
at noon We hear the sharp whistle, ant
"can it be an extra?" Yes, but not fu
off-rebels from Island No. l0-Five car.
-oficers-we inspect them and say,
lust passable ~privates." Fifteen or TWEEN.
ty cars-privates-and such are-what are
they, Burton? "Feeje Islanders, orsome.
thing, I can't say what"
"Give Us some water, say one. You've
mighty good clothes, guess We'll get some.
thing TO wear. and to eat, too" says an.
other. "What wereyou fghtingfo boys
Wall don't rightly know, they told uswe
must fight; that's we know A keen
wicked eye flashes out as he says, "for
our rights and a Southern Confederacy,
We don't care for the North" 4 whistle
and they passed to their Northern prisons.
Two hours more, and another train of
the same sort passed. What an awful i'm
migration, ifthey should eventually re-
main North. The whole rural population
of the North could not furnish half so
many so uncouth, degraded beings. Our
company has one fossil-he has but one
eye, and that sees but two Objects mig
ger and an aJoliionist, and these make all
the war!
Well, friends, how did your-these
fine chivalric Southerners? It's to help
such that you make such a fuss about sla-
very, was his answer. No sir, slavery
makes such whites, and that's one good
reason why every true loyal man would
have it destroyed, more that it has under
taken to destroy the best government on
earth. At length our train comes-all IS
full-Dr. |. and myself rushed into the
mail car, and the agent has to submit
In fact, an extra glass has mellowed him,
and soon lac chats of firmer piles of bags.
while now he has scarcely enough to sleep
On. A few miles and we reached Contra
LA and also two sleeping cars. In the
morning, as the Sabbath sun shines ont
Drightly-we glide along watery track,
| few miles, and are soon lunching in Cal
o.. Here are collins with dead from the
battle, and here are limping and tottering
soldiers, telling of the fight, and answer
ng innumerable questions about the dis
lster, the wounded, and Gen. Grant; and
lid the Ohio boys run! Ny cheeks would
glow, but / listened to catch the whisper
ngs of rumor, and waited my time for a
opinion.
Down below the Leeve in the mud we
zee one story building, filled with wound
ed. There's one from the 4lst Ohio, slight
wounded in the hand. lie tells of Lieut..
McCleery and others of Co. 4, at Mound
City Hospital, six miles up the Ohio. To
get there is not so easy. Every body is
,rowding to Gen. Strong, but the guard
says, not open till s o'clock. The slow
hour comes and we hand Gen. s. our
order from Governor Tod, to
proceed to Pittsburgh Landing, and ask
for transportation. You are all right says
the clerk, but first go to Lieut.. Tygart No.
9. found Lieut.. 7. hadn't yet had his
breakfast, and that's more to him just now
than my paper. He back, but
endure-no more can go-positive
orders from Gen. Halleck. ! propose to
visit N. C. Hospital and wait a boat fur
next day, but my order says nothing
Of that. Stubbor Lieut. ease of-A
dozen more refusals-but here's aman in
PRODUCES a He gets a pass-my
time has conceive got b. mere chance
Of course, close by the three-'Lieuten-
mt, please read this order again, its pos
ire for us to go 10 Pittsbusg Landing
smiles, recommends to Ger.
andsoon we have transportation aboard
5he Platte Valley" to leave at 5 P. NJ.
We up our hats to Gov. T., and say bles-
ed order, that. 1t stands US in extremi
.. We tried it on a U. S. Quartcrmaster
It Cincinnati lie was too sharp, but it
vas amusing TO see him read an order
rom Gen. Halleck, and then ours, and
inally concluded he would have to foot
he bill himself. He went at it like a
hunting up nice p~recedents, pro
md con. Law is law, but the judgeof the
makes it.
A brother DR.. from Highland county,
SKIS me TO help him. lie only gets a
'ass TO NJ. c. Hospital, and that now l
ant get myself. / visit St. Charles Ho-
Ell, AMI hear the Captains, Lieutenant
nd privstcs, tell Of Sundays surprise
unning-Sutbborn and fearful resistance,
ut steady defeat of Gen. Grant, till at /
,. N, q motley crowd of at least ten
thousand are driven to the rivers
dge, from which nothing can rally
hem. Buell. and Nelson come-Am-
brigade cross-Col. A. is forming in
ne to go up the steep bank. An officer
regiment was all dispersed, says,
For Gods sake, don't go there. you'll be
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