Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-01-16
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From the special correspondent Of the
Ohio Stote Journal, writing from the bat
tle-6eld, near Murfreesboro, Tenn, under
date of January 3rd, 1868. we take the
following.
81 visited the hospital tents of the
18th Brigade, and although had nerved
myself to witness any amount of suffer-
ing, it made me sick of life, and disgust
ed with humanity. In close proximity
to large tent, saw nearly cord OF
amputated legs, arms and feet, imtersPer-
ced with slices of human flesh, lacerated
and torn by shells and cannon balls--it
made the keart sick and faint. Every
few moments men would arrive with a
wounded man on 5tretchcr, and dumb
him down as if be was a nero log of
wood. Such is war.
The Government, or Tathor the officials,
will appropriate building fer hospital,
aud they generally take the largestin the
city. For instance, it is a large ware
house or storehouso, Of three or four
stories. They make miserable bu1aks and
place them three feet apart along the walls,
until they reach clear around the room,
the length of the building; and on the
wall Immediately above each bunk, they
put the number, the head of the patient
to The wall. When that is filed, they
make two more rows IN the centre Of the
room, heads in the middle and feet to-
wards tho feet Of those lying next the
walls, with numbers pinned on the head
each bunk The sick and suffering and
dying soldier is asver personally attended
by the Physician in charge OF the hospi-
tal-his name even is unknown-iti is on
" his nas7l5er-and when he dies, it il
such a number is dead and Jor is wanted
The medicine given them is administered
BY an attendant called "ward master,
or in particular cases the Hospital Ste
ward attends to this duty. Hundreds
and thousands of the brave and patriotic
soldiers, who have left comfortable homes
in the North and all the endearments ol
domestic life, to fight for tho ConstitE-
ton and country they love, die in these
miserable hospitals with no one to give
them . sup Of water to cool their parched
tongues, or to receive their last requests.
In the morning as the attendant goes his
rounds, the glazed eye and stifIened eorse
ofa poor soldier in the range viii meet his
eye, and with pencil he marks his 'lHzl
Der, and box win be ordered, and IA,
poor fellow viii soon be hustled 10 tn,
s'Potter's Field" This, / am aware, il
strong talk, bat it is the truth--and fol
its confirmation appeal to our northern
soldi0rs-mon of worth and integrity
who have been inmates of these miser
able abortions. There is one thing NOR,
l wish to mention, and then / am through
with the dark side Of this picture. There
are in the North thousands of ''Soldiers
Aid Societies." the inception, the objec
and the continuation of which. refiec
honor on human nature but let me tel
them, and tell them honestly, that in mint
cases out of ten their donations are mis-
applied They may get them up with
ali the care and caution they are apabl,
of-appoint member of the Sanitary
Commission to accompany them, and il
person they may deliver them to the per
son in charge of the hospital, taks lii
receipt, and this be published to the worlc
yet [ say, and can prove, that th'
poor, sick soldier never tastes of the de
sicacies-ncver secs or feels the clear
sheets or soft pillows intended by the
benefecnt donors They are all eater
and taken possession of by the swarms q
hospital stewards and atLendantal. Dc
YOU believe this Go, as [ have done
and ask the poor, suffering soldier
stretched on his miserable 6unk filed with
yOrmin, and he will frankly tell you.
Ia the following extract this same wr;-
ter pays merited encomium to the Roman
Catholic Church and the Sisters o.
Charity
at is now pleasure to turn from this
dark and dismal description of tho ma
jerity Of Cur hospitals to an oasis--a
something that is in reality bright and
cheering. There is sect called Roman
Catholics a sect, that in my young days
l was taught to look upon as monsters
capable ct any crime in the calender Of
human frailties, who have hospitals uE-
der their own charge, attended by g Sis
sters of CHAR ty''-they should be called
" Angels" who know what true diSi3a-
terested charity is. have visited them.
therefore, | speak what know. Every
thing in ana about them is clean and
comfortable-scarcely death takes plac,
within their portals. If soldier is dan
gerously sick, you will see by the sid,
of his clean and tidy cot one of those
heaven born Angels, can call them
nothing else) ministenng to his every
want, with the tender care Of a mother OF
sister-they glide noisely from cot tc
-ot, cheering the dcspondent and speak
lg words of kindness to all. No one
Who has this heart of man or soldier
can help loving them with holy, sister
ly love. There is not soldier in our re-
giment but would beg, if it was possible
that when wounded or sick he would be
self, sooner than be taken to any other
should sickness Overtake me, l woult
rather die by the way-side with God,
canopy my only covering. Would tc
Tod there were more of them"
We agree with the correspondent il
1ying
The Great State Of Ohio shouId seuc
7 their sick and wounded soldiers, anc
ke them home, and let them rcmaiI
ere until they get well. With few ex
ptionS, the members of the old regi.
I.ents have not seen home or friends
ace they enlisted, and those Of them
v-ho are well, are content to stay and
I; yht it out to the end but they do ask
Ilat their wounded companions may have
tie privilege of visiting their homes un,
/ they are again able to take the feld.-
.Ihey don't want to stay in these mis-,
c"able hospitals to die. There is not .
ran of them but will come back as sooI
as he is able to shoulder his musket.''
A Murheesbore dispatch savs.Tbe los,