, 1863-07-20
TEE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
The Wounded and their Condition,
Letter from DR.. Bellows: President Of
the o. 8. Sanitary Commission.
q. 8. SANITARY CoMMrssrov. N. 7.
AGENCY, No. s21 BROADWAY, N. r.,
fnesdny, July II, 1863, clock i. n.

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runid he 1eft fr6m ench cnrns in cnre nf nnr
wounded. md no detail Of Vel men to nurse
ali Int M i've Of Their own SURGEONS. and one
can sec The Inevitable misery Of the situ-
aticn.
There WIS most Inadequate guop1fes Of
coaree food, and none Of suitable and dclIcate
food. within the reach of the hospitals. Beef
and hard tack we're the only things In tolers-
Bic abundance. Transpo1tatioa for the
Of supulies. vas necessarily rerv gcarce and
was chief source Of disfress. The roads
were througed with Woundefi men. hero m
canes and there On crutches' not seldom
with nmputated arms. and heads aim
bleeding, making their wav on foot from tha
corps Hospitals two, three and four miles, to
tic dcpot AZ the hospitals themseIves3,at elves,
first lie spectacle % Was intensely srA1t wretehed
Men with both legs shot ofI.-shot In the eve.
The mouth, both hands gone. or one nm 1ost''
= ere living in rows thaT seemed pitabIe. and
III onderlul patience, fortitude, ind patriot-
ic pride, iacinE theis sufftrings, The rebcls,
as Was iust, had to wait their inrn fur hayinr
thcir wounds dressed. ID or % their lin iimbs M amnmtas @
ted Till the Union men had been cared for:
hen they were treated with eoual kindness
ard attention. MANY. inter six DAYS. were
looking forward us to an unspeakabie bless
isr. for the nunutatson of fheir shattered
limbs. Ihe terrible dest!tution Of many Of the
Lorrib1e for recitai. Had tt not heen fnrthe m.
xearied iabors of tha nennie of Gettvshnro- ~
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