The New York herald., 1862-08-09

W t0ar hundred patients. was under the
OF myself and Or. George w. McAnister, and up the
arrival Of tho rcbss the mortality did not cxcesd AID
hall per cent owing part to tho heaLfui location
OF The hospital and the excellent water surrounding It,
There also large quantities Of farmhousss in the
vim, ~, which aboanded with poultry. eggs, butter ao
hrt va v.-s unable TO procure any or those ia
dispensable artacss, a. the inhaeitanis would
not sell them TO 10, not even for gold, and 0f
had no authority TO insist opon 1t. On sun
day the day which the battle Of Savage Station
fought Dr. McAistsr and myself forwarded to James
river three hundred Of tho PATIENTS and gave them
dss 70 creep best they could and TO my great
tonshment. they nearly all arrived safely after compet
Ing the journey, with the assistance of only arba
Iansss The doctors ordered TO remain--by the
medical directorwh the remaining in the hospi-
tai, numbering about seventy in all, mostly typhoid
fever. At ten O'Clock Monday morning squadron Of
the Second Virginia cavalry, under command OF Major
Brecknrdge (a cousin Of ex-vics Presdent), came
up and asked who was In charge and the nature
and number Of the In hospital The Major after
being fully informed accepting Of refreshments,
departed, leaving Captain Dickinson with portion Of his
charge. Captain Dickinson claims to be relative
Of Daniel 8. Dickinson, Of this State They very
courteous and availed themselves OF TO
undress themselves and made full change Of under
clothing After this in true Southern guerilla fashion,
they robbed Of horses, equipnents spurs, &C.,
without word Of apology. At the time they took
clothing they remarked that that the first change
they had had in six weeks they belonged TO Stonswa
Jackson's brigade, and we're always the They
then took their departure leaving guard OF three men,
70 whom Capt Dickinson gave orders TO allow remain
for ten days during that time they used
nor interference TO prevent walking about anywhere
within their lines. Ind many opportunities ascertain
the feeling OF the rebels towards the North moro
than instance have heard officers and privstes say
that they had loft their homes wives and families and
leaving gave strict orders that in they should
fall that their wives should bring up their children with
feeling OF hatred and anmosy TO the North, and at
the same time TO imbue them with the determination
twenty thirty years hence They profess the idol
arous attachment TO storews Jackson sndbpst Of his
rapid and that he only left thirty hndrcd
cavalry in the whole valley Of tho Shenandoah he
moved against McCelans army. On the 10th Of july
General Hill TO the hospital, preceded by
CONS ard gave us orders Immediately to get ready TO
leave for Richmond During the process OF loading tho
wagons General Hill hold OF the muskets which
they had captured and pack them the carts very
cayeuily though every Of them cod send.
We reached Richmond at halfpast ten O'Clock =. NJ,
when ths surgeons invited into the office Of the
Libby prison and baggage again searched, and
finding quarter Of an ounce Of qnine, they seizsd and
declared IL contraband. After little assigned
quarters the foor which already covered
with sleeping Union surgeons. on seeing this we
asked the privilege Of sitting up in chairs in the oce
but the request not granted. Failing this de-
nanded the right Of visiting patients before rstrng
some OF the cases being serious but this was not permit
tod. Underneath this which was occupied by the
oicers extending from the front-to the rear Of the
used as dead house and the rear portion for cooking
purposes, without any partition separating them aud the
stencil that arose to the ocers quarters particularly
during the night. is ndescribable. The surgeons
deprived Of the Of extending proper relief 10
the sick and wounded, as medicines were scarce.
There was no lint and adhesive plaster only
occasionally, and our bandages were made OF coarse
sail CLOTH We had stimulants proper food sup
Dr. Kttingsr OF the One Hundrodth New York Volunteers
and myself contained about ninety wounded mon, many
dissusiinsy dirty notwithstanding ali sis some twenty I
thirty suffers, captured at the White House. In
one extremity, and at the othsr there was like mum
ber or negroes. Al this the surgeons demonstrated,
which was the cause Of promise to remove them but
the promise was never acted upon II may be alleged
that under The circumstances the rebels could not do
otharwse This however, is crronesus. a. one Of the
surgeons seeing his patients sinking wrote TO General
abundance Of whisoy At savages station and Chap
lin Marks had volunteered to there for II this General
would issne an order TO that eject but no notice was
Doctors Powell and McAlstcr wero uncondtouslly re-
leased ana r.nrnen, WIN mamSor q wounaso, 70 sr
with him throughout the whole campaign, was also
leased and has returned with him The Doctors other
gon-First Lieutenant Powel-renaina in command OF
Company F, Second regiment Excelsior Brigade.
The following the deaths IN Cele.-i Hoa<ers Divi
Lieutenant J. c. Parker, 4sh New York battery; Cap
tain George 4; norey, GO. G. 9th Excelsior; John j.
I'd New York; N Horn. Co. r, 9th New Jersey $. H.
Hammond, co. H, 9th New Jersey Henry Insee @. II,
Co. i, I'd Excelsior Corporal Patrick sullivan Co. H. It
san Co. e. as.
Watts 20. =, sth New Jersey Ralph Arrowsmith, lst
New Jersey Ssey 0hnNNnes Co. "a New York
Co. II, lllh Massachusetts, Fcstmer, Co: D, 1o4ih
Psnnsylvana; Z. Lee, Co. D 2s'h ,sa pennsylyans J.
New Hampshire; Patrick Mccanrey, Co. F, I'd lamp
shre Corporal W. X. Ray, Co. lst Massachusetts A.
2sh Pcnnsy vsnia; Patrick Mc0 0anney Co +, I'd New
Hampshire; ). Wagner, Co !, "a Excelsior.
Richmond from lockers Division Hospital Bottoms
Bridge, Va, July 10, lS62,-
Potients-. aptsn w. Donaldson, Co. f. % Excelsior
y Iss sSekmors Co. % piSs Excelsior g. ssskey
Jersey N. Miner, 60. I'd Excelsior Theodore Hall,
90 X 4.h Excelsior John Mccarry Co. n LIST Excelsior
B. Ist New York G. H. Forester, Co. l. nth Massachi.
sets; james Brown, Co.. X. 5th Excelsior W. ste-
Co. X, 1lth Massachusetts, u. Fuller 90 A, 26th Penn
sylvana; s. Quick, Co. r. 7h New Jersey John Neil,
Jersey: G. Foster, CO. q, I'd New Hampshire; James
Martin Co. I, I'd New Hampshire; James Rodan, Co. b,
sh New Jersey y N haley Co. F. % New %
ID Excelsior; II Walton, Co 9, 9th New Jersey; Wal
ter Co. 10Th penn ys1DsyysnA snSn ,!s,rd. smith BAT, ah
Ysrs; J: Robinson; Co. 6, 81 Iacs!sos I.
Co. G. l1th Massachusetts, r. Snyder, Co. II, sh New
Jersey >. R. vank, Co: \, stl New Jersey >. CrOncr
Co. II, Stb New Jersey; T. McCovorn LIST louisiana
Nurses.--H. y. Martin ward master, I'd New Hamp-
shire ). Getts and wife, Co X, 26th Pennsylvania; Ser
steel, Co l. LIST Excelsior JAS sullivan, Co. A, 26h
Psnnsysvana; W. Tolin, Co. D. Goth Pennsylvsnia q.
w. Sedse Co. r, lst Excelsior sergean J. Morgan Co
II, 7th New Jersey Thos Barren, Co. J. 7h New Jersey
A. Parsons, Co. K, 7th New Jersey: Jas Abrams, Co G.
1st EBgneers.
Costs.-Jas. Thornton, Co. F, ID Excelsior J. w.
Broomal, Co. Fl, 7th New Jersey H. Hills, Co. X, I'd
Excelsior B. Flbrick, Co. "a Excelsior; Jas. Bandy,
EXCELSIOR VIM warhurs, steward, Co. b, I'd Excesior
Francis Kane assistant steward Co. O. % Excelsior W.
j. Swan, ASSISTANT steward, Co b. % Excelsior.
Siraoges tfnm other d,rissoa-E. Prior Co. d, Gath
New York; N. y Domaine, Co. f. 72d Pennsylvania.
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