Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-26

ground. Entering the ward YOU see that the tents
are not only kept clean and neat, but are taste
fully ornamented with wreaths and engravings,
arranged according to the fancy of the occupants
Each tent has its motto in large letters, sur.
rounded with a wreath and hung mp mt the end.
For instance the motto of one { the tents in
Ward A is: Though broken and shattered our
limbs NAV be, our hearts feel strong for liberty.
In another tent: Our ministering angels-the
ladies. In the same tent with the first motto is
the following: To Miss Hall. our benefactIess-
Your ender care If wounded men
Speaks loud Of sympathy
For whom misfortune fell
In strife 70 liberty.
Angel spirits revive the hopes
In many an aching heart.
And you, in human form, each day
DO act angels part.
Be thanked for il, and do believe
Thai, in our future days,
Our grateful heart remembers you,
And for your welfare prays.
In ward b. Sd tent:
Our country which God in his wisdom designed
To stand as a sample for nations,
Not all the de>pOts and factions combined
Can sever or shake lis foundations.
In ward G. LIST tent: Don't give up the ship.
In ward d, LIST tent: Hurrah for Uncle ) IN.
In ward E, 4th tent: We live in hope. In the
ID tent: We bled for our country
In ward +, LIST tent: Welcome friends In the
Sd tent: Death to Traitors Some wag having
stolen out the letter ar, ;" il now reads: Death TO
'taitOrs"
Ia 9th tent, ward b, their motto is:
oh bright the wreath the warrior twines
But dark the heart il covers
For like "A blasting fire il shines
On widowed wives and lovers.
Immediately underneath these lines sits Gen.
Mcclellan upon his horse. with the words
underneath i'm red letters. Our General, Little
Mac, surrounded with heavy wreath of ever
he nfl, pf,1 of tho fapt
mistake not, hangs Il fine likeness of Gen. Banks.
Running around i'm iestOOnS overhead in the tents
of each ward is a large cord nicely plated to
geler of red white and blue cloth And nj the
head OF each bed, suspended by re-. tape, hangs
IA wreath with the likeness of some iavorite Gen.
eral or distinguished man, or. it NAV be. of some
battle scene. At the front of ward F i large
transparency, with notices, sketches and flowers
upon il. all made by patient with simply a bit
a beautiful chandelier, made of a wooden frame
entirely concealed from sight by its evergreen
trimmings. and having in its interior pyramid
of red, white, and blue, with stars upon it. This.
perhaps, is the most elaborate piece of workman
ship in all the wards. although this ward Is beau
tituily adorned all the way through The other
wards are all ornAmented in greater or less de-
gree SO much for the ornamental.
The beds are all made Of iror, with good ticks
Each tent has a good stove with oven in it. There
are five patients in each tent. The Doctors tents
with their mess ten. form another side of the
square And Oh the third is the post office, the
dispensary, the cooks tent, the kitchen with its
large iron caldrons the bakery, the commissary
tents. and the buichery. The fourth side of the
square is not entirely filled up with tents. The
names Of the physicians of this well regulated
and ably conducted hospital are DR.. B. A. Van
,larEi.afr SurUa0u in oh Dr. M m II hap
bcr-, Assistant Surgeon 6OIh New York resi
ment, temporarily in charge; W S Ely, Assistant
Surgeon l0Sth New York; and VIM Peterson,
! contract Assistant Surgeon, New York city. DR..
Vanderkieft is a native of Belgium He has
been twelve yc..rs in me service in both army and
navy in Europe. anu is considered IN unusually
fine surgeon He j. man of commanding APP
pearauce, and possesses great executive ability.
lie is ably seconded by his assistants, who have
won the praise Of all by their kindness and atten-
ton to their patients.
One great feature is the assistance Of Miss
! Hall, daughter of David A Hall. lawyer OF
high standing in Washington CITY She has
saved many valuable lives by furnishing deca-
cies for those unable to eat the palmer food lur
nishei at the kitchen. and by providing for them
every article neeiei to make them comfortable
She has two large tents under her charge. aud
two good cooks to assist her.
Another feature is the Chapel, which consists
of three large tents. finely decorated. In the
center of e'ch tent hangs. suspended from the
ridge pole, large chlndalier, ingeuOuSly m 'de
of wood. and completely enveloped with ever
green. Service is held, nearly every Sabbath.
by a clergyman from St. james College, an Eps-
copal institution near by.
There are now at this hospital the following
| Indiana bows: James ) Arthur, company f,
9th regiment fracture of left thigh; doing well
! ba i rr,,,, H-aar H.,untv. Ealsnu Su,nuar rom
pany b, 2Ith regiment. wounded in neck about
recovered. DAviess county; George W Demaree
company F. 7th regiment, injury TO spne i'm
proving slowly, Johnson county; JOSEPH Z
/ Hannah, company B, 9th regiment. wounded in
/ left shoulder; doing we'll. Diviess county; Philip
McManis, company F. 9Th regiment, wounded
/ in groin; doing well. Monroe county; Thomas
NJ. Gaskins company Z. 9th regiment, wounded
in head; recovered, Monroe county; John @
Williams, company +. 9th regiment, left lee
amputated; doing well, Montgomery county
james NJ Foster. company +. 9th regiment, in
dex finger. right hand, amputated; cOnvalescent
MOnroe county; Tilghman II. Gentry, company
| +, 9th re snent. amputatiOn OF lef, thigh; he
has had a secondary operation performed, also a
flesh wound in right leg; at present doing well
| Monroe county
The total number OF patients now in this hos
pital is one hundred and ninety-eieht. Thi;
number will be increased. with Iatents from
other hospitals, IN few days TO about three hun
dred A walk OF part OF two days over th'
field OF Ant etam. through woods and fields au'
in sight Of rildled and demolished buildings
furnish a vivid idea of the destructive characte
of the modern weapons OF war; while the numer
Gus graves and trenches give unmistskable evi
defce of the sanguinary struggle No descrip
ton. however graphic, can enable one to realiz'
fully the scenes of those memorable DAYS, Tn
10th and 18th Of September. The reality car
only be conceived by those who participated II
it, and who were 50 fortunate as to survive it.
LEN. GENTRY.