Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-28

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,srs on the journey, and also empty bot
lies to take the place Of canteens. All our
whisky and brandy bottles were washed
and filed uF at the spring, and the boys
went of carefully huggi9g their extempo-
rised eanteens, from which they would wet
their wounds, or refresh themselves till |
the journey ended. | do not think that
man Of the 10000, who were transported
during our stay, went from Gettysburg, |
without a good meal-rebels and Union |
lists together, they all had it, aud were |
pleased and satisfied. "Hsve You friends |
in the army, madam 2" rebel soldier
lying on the floor OF the car, said to me,
as gave him some milk. ayes, my ;other
is on --'s staff" 81 thought SO,
ma'am. You can always tell; when people
are good to soldiers they are sure to have
friends in the army" We are rebels, you
know, ma'am," another said; "Do you
treat rebels so - 1t was strange to see
the good brotheriy feeling come over the
soldiers, cur own and the rebels, when
side by side they lay in our tents. 'Hullo,
boysl This IS the pleassntest way to
meet isn't it2 We are better friends
when we are as close as this, than little
farther off" And then they would 60
over the battles together: 1--WE were here"
and "you we're there" in the friendliest
way.
After each train Of cars daily, for the
three weeks we were in Gettysburg, trains
of Hmbulances arrived too late, men who
must spend the day with us until the
P NJ. cars went, and men too late for the
P NJ train, who must spend the night
until the 10A. N. cars went. All the men
who came in this way, under our own i'm
mediate aud particular attention, were
given the best we had of care and food.
The surgeon in charge Of our camp, with
his most faithful dresser and attendants,
looked after all their wounds, which were
often in most shocking state, particular
ly among the rebels. Every evening and
morning they we're dressed. Often the
men would say, ''that feels good. l
haven't had my wound SO we'll dressed
since l was hurt" Something cool TO
drink is the first thing asked for after the
long, dusty drive, and pailfuls Of tams-
rinds and water, "a beautiful dring," the
men used to say, disappeared rapidly
among them.
After the mems wounds were attended
to, we went round giving them clean
clothes had basins and soap and towels,
and followed these with socks, slippers,
shirts drawers, and those coveted dresing
gowns, Such pride as they felt in them !
comparing eolors, and smiling all over as
they lay in clean and comfortable rows
ready for supper, on dress parade" they
used TO say. And then the milk, partiou
larly if il were brolled and bad a little
whiskey and sugar, and the bIesd, with
butter on it, and Jelly on the butier-ho~
good 1t sll was, and how lucky we felt our
selves in having the immense Satisfaction
Of distributing these things, which all Of
you, hard at work in villages and cities,
we're getting ready and sending of IN
faith
Csnandaigua sent cologne with its other
supplies, which went right to the noses
| and hearts Of the men. " That is good
now; ;"-"Tn take some Of that; -
"WoTth 8 penny sniff; "-"thst kinder
gives one lifej "-sud SO on, all round the
tents, as we tipped the bottles upon the
clean handkerchief some one had sent,
and when they were gone, over squares of
cotton, on which the perfume took the
place Of the hem,-Hjust as good, ms'am"
We varied our dinners with oustard and
baked rice puddings, scrambled eggs, cod
fish hash corn starch, and elway as much
| soft bread tea, coffee, or milk as they
wanted. Two Massachusetts boys, espe-
| cially remember, for the satisfaction with
which they ate their pudding. l carried a
second plateful up to the cars, after they
had been pat in and fed one Of them till
he was sure he had enough. Young fel-
lows they EPra lying side by side, one
with right and the other with left arm
gone.
The Gettysburg women we're kind and
faithful to the wounded and their friends,
and the town was full to eveIAowing of
both. The first day when Mrs --
and resched the place, we literally beg
ged our bread from door TO door-bat the
kind Wemsn who at last gave us dinner
would take no pay for it. "No, ma'am,
shouldn't wish to have that sin on my
soul when the war is over" She, as well
as others, had fed the strangers focking
into town daily, sometimes over fifty of
them for each meal, and all for love and
nothing for reward; and one night we
forced reluctant confession from our hos
tess that she was meaning to sleep on the
door that we might have bed her whole
house being full OF course we couldn't
sl.oW this self-sserifoe, and hunted up
some other place to stay in. We did her
no good, however for we afterwards found
that the bed was given up that night to
some other stranger who arrived late and
tirsd;-"An old lady, you know, and
couldn't let an old lady sleep on the door"
Such acts Of kindness and self-denial were
almost entirely confined to the women,
Few good things can be said Of the Get
tysburg farmers, and only use Scripture
Language in calling them HeVil beasts. p
One of this kind came creeping Into our
camp three weeks after the battle. He
lived five miles only from the town, and
had "neVer seen q rebel.0 BE heard we
had some Of them, and osRa dpRn to see
them. "boys,' We said, marching him into
the tent which happened to be full OF reb-
els that day waiting for the train; fBoys.
here's man who never saw rebel in bis
life, and wants to look at Youin aad there
hs st0Og with Ris mouth wide open, and
there they lay In rows, laughing at him,
stupid old Dutchmsn. "And why haven't
you seen rebel?n Mrs. - said; Gwhy
didn't you take yOgr gpa aAd help 10 drive
thea out oF your town. "a feller
mighter got hiti"-whieh reply was quite
too much for the rebels, they rOared with
laughter at him, up and down the tent.
One woman, we saw, who was by no
means Dutch, and whose pluck helped to
redeem the other sex. She lived in liLGe
house close up by the field where the hard
sst AghIins Was done, red-cheeked,
strong, country girl. Were you frightea-
ed when the shells began hyingT' "Well,
no; you see we was all a baking bread
round here for the soldiers, and had our
dough a rising. The ne.ghhOFs they ran
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