Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-01-07

quietly and cody held out against every
attack we made, one after another Not
withstanding the fact that solitary bri-
gades had to stand their ground from !
until o'clock l. NJ, they performed
ais of increditablc Yalor; and il was
only when the news came that jackson
was upon them i'll the rear that. about 8.
they retired before our advance. De
spite the dreadful carnage i'm their ranks
they marched ON with streaming banners
and rolling drums, and carried with them
ali their slightly wounded and all their
baggage; and when the cavalry regiments
of Davies and Wicklam went In pur-
suit, repealed this assault also with per
feet GOODNESS.
TIIE BATTLE FIELD BY NI.IIT-II:EADTUr
CONDITION oT AFFAIRS NJ RICHMOND.
by this time night had come on and
oyerspread the field Of death with darkness.
compa>hionately shutting out from the
eyes of the living the horrid spectacle of
slaughter Quiet gradually returned
only Il feeble cannonade could bc heard
upon our i;rthc>t left. and that. too.
little by little, died away. The soldiers
were - t;.arfully exhausted by the day's
strug"lc that many o. them sank down from
their places in the ranks upu-' The ground.
Although |. 10. could scarcely keep the
saddle. great was my faii"uc. ! has
tened with one OF NV ai;l~ To- that guar
ter ot the field where the struggle had
RACED the most iicrcclv. The scene OF
u.
enemy lay prone where tiey had stood
AT the beginning ot the battI-. The num-
ber of wounded was fearful. too, and the
"roane and impioriug cries for help thai
ruse on all sides had. in the ub~curitv
of the II Int. chastity effect that irozc
the blood in ones veins. Although i had
: been upon - many battle fields III Ita,v
and hungary, never had my vision be-
I held such a spectacle of human destruc-
ton. The preparations for the transpor-
tation of the wounded were too trifiin@.
AMI the force detailed for that purpose
was either too feeble in numbers or had
TO proper knowledge of it, .,niics. Even
the medical corps had, bv the terrorS of
the situation. been rendered incapable ol
attending 10 the wounded with zeJl and
efficiency With inconceivab!e eNcrtiun
| at length succeeded. with the assistance
of some humane officers, in bringing about
some kind of order amid this fiightiul
confusion. Hy the happic-t Glance
found some Union ambu. incy>. had al
our men that could drive and knew the way
pressed INTO the service, and set To WORK
TO get the wounded 10 Richmond. 4
most hc;,rtrcnding task ii was: for otter
the poor sufferer would expire lust a ",
were about to extend him succor. Is
midnight We had got tn" first train ready
Ii consisted OF sixty wagons with I'VE
hundrrd seriously wounded | cautiUusi,
and slowly conducted this train with sue
reached | was met with refusal: - Al
full" WAS the reply To NV inquiry
9 Forward to the next hospital was my
word Of command. All full - wa
again the answer.
Just then friend said to ms that If
would wait he might be able Ia help me
a hc would have 4 nci"hborin. tcncmou
used as a tobacco warehouse prepared fn
| TOR a hospital. So | had to make up IN,
the street with my dyin" chargc. | lii
| my best 10 supply the poor fellows wit
water. tea and other refreshments. - :,
= to alleviate their suticrin%s in some degree
| but the late hour of the night and the an
tation of the city prevented me from pui
= ting my design into more than haii cNccu
ton. At length the S1-callcd huSpit;
= was ready, but | could scarce believe n
, ewes when | saw the dismal hole OtI;TV
n me bv that name. Thcre. in open ioft:
= without windows 81 doors. Il lew plank
. nailed together were TO b" tine beds of Ill
: unfortunate defenders of their countr,
Z During those DAYS OF fate the soldiers ha
: endured all thingS-hun@er. thirst. heat
Y nothing could rob him of hi> courage. h
II Indifference to death, AT the door OF IA
! friends whose property hc had def; IA lee
II for WHOSE welfare ne hail exposed his lit
c and Ihesa friends turn him away To- Z
IT oIcn barn. where. without dressing for h
ir wounds or any care. lac l. left to peris
|. And vet this city had a population
II forty Thousand souls. had churches adm
}, r;,bIv adapted To conversion into hospital
r had cIcTgyIncn III Numbers But neirh
= the tluorS of the churches opened. n
/, were the ministers of the Goep-l there
l. succl.n tlle last moments of the Jvii
- soldier Sad and di~I.irited. | ":,y'. q
10 "rl..r to carry in the wounded: east @
nj ,nu-. -l:.I,re at IN" li",I~e ut' Death II
re hsrrnr. sui iiI"n -v,u"- Uy-rli iui' p
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