The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-15

Was tOOk WIN y i0VcI, Out III gnu WdS.
for | got the doctor to let me in the same place
with my brother and he says we're Citing
along right smart, and he'll let us out at the
same time.
SOLDIERS PETS.
A cluster of tents, the yellow flag floating
over which indicates that they are used for
hospital purposes, stands near them; and
around that by which am sitting are ranged
q hundred or more ambulances and army WAC
ons. the horses and mules attached to which
are tethered to the poles or wheels The dig
nifty of q separate stake driven into the ground
and of greater length of rope than usual. is
assigned to one Of the mares; and the favor
itsm is accounted for by the presence of a
young colt frisking around her, which is the
pet and plaything Of all the soldiers and team
steers in the neighborhoOd. In the absence OF
sisters they have left pt home, they are much
addicted to pets. One sees them pass on
march with pet dogs following them, or with
pet squirrels and rabbits, and even Kittens on
their shoulders, or peeping out rom under
their jackets. A little squirrel picked up IN
the Wilderness, where 1t was covering on the
battle field, terrified at the sound OF the artil
lery. belongs to one OF the officers with whom
mess, and divides attention with the colt.
81. .ertr IN HOSPITAL.
I One vouup Lad found reading hymn-book.
which he said had probably saved his life the
night before Il was in his waistcOat pocket
during the engagement, and Mimic ball, which
would OF. erwise have gone into his breast, had
glanced against its cover and fallen to the bot
tom of his pocket. He showed me the ball
with much satisfaction. and told me he hoped
he should live to get back to Wisconsin and
show it to his mother, who had given him the
hymn-book. Ho had. however, q few minutes
before been shot in the leg. A man lying, with
one OF his arms off next the narrator, was very
anxious that should provide him also with q
hymn book; but whether he was Influenced
most by piety or by prudence shall not pre-
tend to say. There was one young fellow from
your section OF country, though cannot recall
the name of the town he mentioned-he was
severely but not painfully wOunded-who. see
ing some clean linen rag which one of the
doctors had left on the ground q little distance
of. asked me to tear him off piece that
would serve him as a pocket handkerchief
Thinking the surgeon might have Get apart the
linen for some special purpose, and preferring
IN any case to give him bona .fde handker-
chief. if had one left. felt in my pocket,
and there at its bottom was the last of my
email store. 1t was rather q nice affair: the
cambria not of the finest. but with quite styl-
ish border round its edge, he pronounced it
bully" as l handed 1t to him. The outside
fold had, as usual. the Commissions stamp. but
it soon appeared that there was still another
mark on it, for he had scarcely unfolded it and
held it out for an admiring inspection, before
he uttered quite shrek of delight, and asked
me if | knew his folks at home, and if they
had given me the handkerchieftO hand to him.
1t appeared that besides our mark there was
worked in thread the name Of the relief society
in his native place, and he gave sundry rea-
sons for his positive assertion that the mark
ing must have been done BY none other than
his little sister Lizzie.
With many of the men had become scuua. Mt I'd
In the hospital tents, AID with soma l had st II
stronger Il g, dating from the battle fed ard these
made my appe rance by their ambulance ne of
them, poor fellow shot through the wlndr ipe was
evidently dying; and when in til course OF the even
ing ne Oh q, was e. that had been inst umental
IN acced'ng to his wishes at this time SEEMING to
be pretty strong and comic table when he left the
hospital ne had heen2laced la one of the wagon :,
abd mad now writtenon clip Of paper. which wss
nanded TO me these words: 81 can neither eat nor
talk Tie JOlting OF the wagon makes ME feel ve Y
bad Please move me to one of the amhulances''-
signed with his name and, as always with solders,
MS regim Mt and company. 80 l made the nj ces-
sary arrangements with the surgeon who was in
m'dical Charge OF the train and, with the aid Of a
stretcher. had him moved to an ambulance driven by
an old lrishman, whore favor had pro, lat d dur
ing ten mile drive with him the first day OF my en-
trance into the army
III PEIsONERs or wAR.
Coming out of the enclosure. stopped to talk to
several of crowd tsome three hu dred) of rebel
prisoners, VINO stood or sat In two groups under
guard Some of them in great trep daiion lest the
shells sent by their own people should reach them
(Ife Smelling and musketry but especially The
cannonading. gees on more or les. all The time J
One of them was a South G ,rOna Col, mel named
Brown, am told who SIT on the ground whit ing
pie of sick with his pc, knife, which ind CT a
Tat officer who stood over him. and probably resent
ed the cutting down rom its maximum prop rtlors
OF even piece of wood to inform HIM that he would
certain be taken for q Yankee IL he persi,ied in
whiting The Colonel only grinned how, yer, and
went on pairing; perhaps beginning to ensert in the
idea that worse things might befal him than to be
taken for Yankee One of them an Innocent
looking mild eyed young lad -aa many of them are
is the son OF the woman who lives 10 the log cabin
by the side of which am now writing and is now
therefore prisoner W thin few yards of hi mot b.
ers house The or woman has been to see him
and declares with nlny tears that be WIS led awav
ny h's hbors against he entreates Her tro BILE
IL shared by the boys grandfather an by several
Young sisters very prsty and delicate looking t.
outstanding that they have shoes and wear such
uncrino'iL ed gowns OF striped homemade stuff as
B!ddy would scOrn to use tor a scrubhing- cloth in
the North, and live in cabin with two roon s. log
ceied and log walled inside as well as outside and
with hardly anything in it but an old ward obe a
rickety table couple of beds with the inevitable
couDterpane Of checkered stuff and the equally in
evitabe spinning " heel. tla