Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-20

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OF Freedom may bring. ilutheiF2BIlence i
visible courage Which wounds canuo
subduc. And all these are the victims
Slavery. -
Torn to pieces By my personal contac
with this huge wat ealamily,f L Walket
away from it for .eliSf, out Of town to th,
level plain at the Ndtlh " est to commenc,
there the study b RprDsIde's battle o
fredericksburg. 0A the edge of the plsir
was huge grain warehouse, like the freigh
depot of an impOrtAntsrailroad way station
Aud by different roads men leaning heavily
on poles as they walked, and propellinr
themselves, weresgoipg to 1t I; and meu
slowly carrying knapsseks we're going to il
and about laysyas they looked TO my i'm /.
perfect sight inlf llistanee, heaps Of grain
IN bags. Close hand they were wounded
soldiers covered With gr4y blankets. Hero
vas . new hoslllHll tEstyast door was al
most paved with wounded. A storm OF
rain was coming aud the sassiluous
nurses Of the ,Elhris NJ and Sanitary Com
mission came ont OF tfa building to gather
lpto sit' Sthe NE pies hptty lying under
iblen tais, a. sitliog j, ,p, ,tei PfInR wet %
Ipalatul mo Zion. ItiWasIaJ ~ tRileee 10 aS
sist In this labor. Before beiupi finished
the capacity of the building was overfloWed'
For shelter against the comiug down, pour
of water. went considerable way 10 an
abandoned meal drying mill, open on all
sides TO the second story, blythe stripping
on for soldieFly use Of the weather-board.
ing. Past this were carried on hospital
stretChers the excess of the wounded over
the capacity of the grain wArehonses-
severely wounded, for their faces and en-
tire figures were blauketed. Aud the
bearers made many journeys, aud hurried,
And so there was another hospital in
house to the very north. Westeromost sub
nrh OF tue city. The RAIN began TO fall.
From somewhere suddenly appeared upon
the foor OF the open mill u ulau carving
blanket marked U. 8. one of whose feet
was bound up in bloody cloths. Soon
came in negro with knapsack on his
back and uuslung it, aud laid down his
mead upon Tin q corner, and went TO sleep.
dis arm was 6andaged. A drummer boy
with his drum the whole drum corps al. |
most was sent IA from the front to act as
nurses sprang into the building, glanced |
carelessly at tue bandaged foot, made a |
funny face at tae negro. then looked at |
the furious shower aud whistied. He was
whfstiiHg 10 temporary hospital. Be. I
tore the storm had entirely ceased, a hauI-
sOne young gtrl, in q EhSrt blue nNnneN
skirt and vide trnWseFs, With great free
dom aud Vigor iu her step and the swing
of her arm, went by t6e :aiued mill, carry
Jog a tin pail. evideally full. Au orderly
followed her with loavesin his arm. They
turned cotuer aud disappeared. Bread
and cOH1e bad gone to another hospital. |
A distant "Ya-a-a-upW behind me
and crack of h whip male me turn. a |
negro teamster was jerking the single rein
of bis lead mules To make them Quit the
road and 20 over little grass common.
He drew an army wagon filled With i
Another followed, aud another,
and anether-then an. open wagon
loaded With rebels, all lSbaudageJ; tIen
thres mure covered. six EVsItU .T@iGous. Anil
disappeared beyond the grass co...mon,
aud all went to some hospital. slIOspita!s
Richest Two words 10 hu.
man language to express human misery.
'Fis Slavery gave occasion for their en.
ploymeut in Fredericksburg. You choicest
men OF the North, Who bleed, languish,
suffer, aud die here, you bleed, languish,
suffer, aud die under the talOus Of Slavery.
In guanO warehouse magnificent vet
eran, leaning agains: the wall with his
blouse on ito protect him from the cold OF
the briCks,) whose lett sleeve and shoulder
were thrown back so ts to relieve the stump |
of his ampItated arm from their weight,
beckoued me to him. al have not ate, Sir,
for three days. When will rations be ssrV
ed to us2" few across the street to the |
Sanitary Commission rooms, and repeated |
the pitiabIe statement, and asked for food. |
"Our supplies are wholly exhausted" ssid |
the attendant. I'VE have literally nothing |
here save empty boxes"
Where the wounded in this city got their !
food that night, God only knows. Where
bandages were got to dreSs their wounds, |
kRhuy TF r.
plies here whatever, do not know, do
know that in the great Baptist Church hos
pital, under Frank Il. HAmiltou's caro-,
there was nothing-literally nothing. Aud
II surgeon as distinguished as he; with
title won by years Of professional service in
the field to the highest persOnal influence;
with his experience in getting things as u
Corps Medical Director-if he was desti.
tutG. it Is fair to presume that every hOspi.
tai here was destitute. know that he was
without bandngcs, lint, medicines, and
stimulants, and saw one OF his nurses, a
young aud beautiful girl from New Hnmp.
shire, go TO more than ono secesh house
and beg in vain for old sheets and pillow
cases; aud l heard her express purpose to
go to the Military Governor OF Frsdericks
burg, and beg him TO order raid upon the
shelves aud closets of the she dragons left
on kuaEo uete W Gu6H tuRtllNe Feoel nus
bands. OF the destituLiOn Of utensils aud
conyeuiences for tho care OF the beIplessly
sick in these hospitals, it ia unnecessary to
speak. Every Imagination viii supply for
itself the details Of nameiess horror and
suffering that ensued upon this want.
What ia all Ihis2 Shall it be baptized
inevitable accident OF war, and let to slide
Into the unrememberGd2 have done more
than my share oi warfare upon official per-
sons, aud have grown weary. Ill were not
weary Of strife / would search for one OF
those pens whose strokes draw blood and
empty offices, and, so help me God! would
never let up upon the officials responsible
for tho criminal want OF preparation al
fredericksburg for the wounded from
Grants battles In the Wilderness, until
they we're out Of place forever, and forever
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