Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-12-24

James III. Holt, was sick in bed-said he was
we'll cared for.
At the general hospital at Evansville, Ind,
under charge OF DIR. JeancOn, there was but
one soldier from Wisconsin he had been
furloughed home and had not returned.
At Louisville, Ky, are several hospitals.
The Clay general hospital, in which there are
seven patients from our State, the Critten-
den general hospital was then under charge
of DR.. Marsh, who has since been succeeded
by Samuel Gordon, NJ. D., of Marathon coun-
ty. Albert II. Hoy, II. d., OF Racine, is as
sistant. 1t has seven Wisconsin patients.-
This hospital has lately been removed from
its old location, corner of 9th street and
Broadway, where it was branch "a" of Clay
hospital, to new buildings corner of 18th
street and Broadway. The new structure is
upon the army regulation plan, with the
modern improvements-all very nice and
good. The Foundry general hospital, A. b.
Prescott, NJ D., surgeon in charge, has seven
patients from Wisconsin. The Brown gener
al hospital, B. d. Fryer, NJ. d., surgeon in
charge, with eighteen Wisconsin patients,
and the Empire hospital, lately under charge
of DR.. Gordn, which last your agent did not
visit.
AT Jeffersonville, Ind, is the Joe Holt Gen
oral Hospital under charge of H. p. Stearns,
II. d. Here are 6S Wisconsin soldiers. Here
also is Jefferson General Hospital under the
charge of NJ. Goldsmith, NJ. d., where are
l39 Wisconsin inmates. This hospital is on
a very large scale, the largest visited except
one at Madison, Ind. The corridor is a cir
Gle of more than 600 feet in diameter, and
the different ward buildings diyerge from the
circumference of this circle. A chapel is in
process of erection, $50 feet long, and IS
feet in extreme width. A steam engine is in
use by which they saw their wood, grind
coffee, cut cabbage, beside other uses. Gen.
eral Hospital No. is at Jacksonville has
seven Wisconsin inmates under charge of j.
Gardner, NJ. ID.
At New Albany, Ind, is General Hospital
No. 4, under charge of S. j. Alexander, NJ.
D., Wisconsin inmates; also General Hos
pital No. 6, under charge of E. S. Crosier,
NJ. d., which has % Wisconsin inmates On
the day previous 400 had been received,
transferred from Nashville, without any pre-
vious notice being giveni consequently they
were in a state of some confusion, which
would naturally subside after a sufficient time.
At Hospital No. s, A. S. Green, NJ. d., Sur
geon in charge, there were Wisconsin in
mates.
On the General Floating Hospital Ohio, w.
ing lin the stream at New Albany, under
charge of j. A. Octalong, M. D., there were
sixteen patients from Wisconsin Regiments.
At Madison, Indiana, General Hospital, I'M
der charge of G. Grant, NJ. d., there was
only one patient from Wisconsin that needed
any particular care. Two others were there,
detailed, and on duty in the wards, content
ed and happy There has been six transfer
red from this hospital to Madison, Wis, a
few DAYS before. This is the largest hOspi-
tai which your agent visited-has go wards
with a capacity for $500 inmates-has a
pleasant healthy location.
There are three General Hospitals at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, in one of which, the "West
End" found none from Wisconsin; at the
Washington Park Hospital but one, and at
the Marine Hospital but one, and he of the
Y. r. c., detailed.
At the two Hospitals at Covington, KY,
found by personal examination there were
none, and by examination of the records of
the Medical Director at Cincinnati, that
there we're none at Camp Dennison, or at Gal
lipolis, and but two at Indianapolis, therefore
your agent deemed it inexpedient to proceed
any further at this time, towards Pittsburg,
his ultimate destination in his letter of in
structions.
In nv intercourse with the officers and
men of the Hospitals, have experienced
nothing but kindness; they have manifested
Willingness to grant me every facility for
making my examinations as fully as | could
wish and have time to do, and | feel myself
under obligations to them for their acts of
kindness and to agents of other States with
whom have come in contact. / also am
happy to find, as have by this examination,
that the Hospitals generally are in good con-
dition; floors clean, beds clean and good, the
officers, nurses, and attendants, as far as
l. md nd atf 70
of the inmates, and of the $50 Wisconsin
patients, the most of whom have seen and
conversed with personally, taken by the
hand, spoken kind and encouraging word,
questioned them particularly and singly.
are you well cared for 2" g Is there any
thing you need for your comfort you do not
get ?p and other like questions, / have
heard complaints from not more than twelve.
tits more to be desired than expected that
every want should be supplied at all
times and every time. 1t is not possible
to be done under the most faYorable circum
stances; therefore am forced to conclude
that, as a general thing, everything is done
in hospitals that a good soldier win expect
In some instances Ia fewl some wanted ar
tieles of clothing found they could be sup
piled by the Department, and so advised
them. Others wanted Sanitary supplies par
ticularly tobacco; these either supplied them
directly myself or prepared the way for them
to get them from the Sanitary rooms. There
we're but few of the whole number from Wis
ccnsin that were severely sick or dangerous
ly wounded-two only seemed to be very
near the end of life. hra sa.3
Our soldiers were all delighted to see a
man from Wisconsin, especially one who had
been sent by the Executive of the State to
look after them, thus showing that they were
not forgotten; and it was really pleasure to
see their countenanees brighten up when
they heard it announced that a Wisconsin
Agent was in the room, and to see them clus-
ter around eagerly listening and inquiring.
The largest proportion of those found de-
sired transfer to the hospital in this State,
to be near their friends and in a more congo
NAL atmosphere, and your Agent gratifed
them by doing all he could in the matter,
which was to make application for them TO
the Medical Director of the District
Respectfully submitted,
ID. r. SPooNER,
Wis State Agent