The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-20
BLUFFS, IOWA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 90, 1864: i ~


tre-efilist neither wifi they discourse
any one who has the material In him {,
make soldier sf,-~,, :. Il.
saill fha kiaiiof life 6ns our u, Hospital.
Their exposure 10 ALL sorts Of hardship
tana to all Kinds 6F Fdi%eSSSd gFaadaiiy an
cFoaelies upon slfsise scDs8s8A Gsioass ID
1hsY Tinslly sueeatmb.to Alui iaiissasea %
tnete3alan 9 4gi. liz Y6 i.s*.fa.3 .sttt Tea
|, She detailed her experience. becinmih.
oFfe Setit co,S lieii Sh efiffftiff fifa1 nd
lvaas~eaapon fyaelssbtnags tEhesmet sllB ar
Eng gnn 3ltg retEsat.s,aY ;slll Sanitary stores
and had meyer seepjt in 50 lad "A eensf
ton. II was dishearte ned. The scurpS
prevailed, Together b#ftll lii sSslas ean i
small pexl and AL other. cam D. diseases
y, Y hen s3expeG tjiqp YeHt tQ, Askagsas
Post, 700 of the worst, Wounded were
transferred to the stdainer CIV Of MenF
phis, tan dts4hE epito Gaireg o5h heaeaonf.
panied ~tleh,s and neRerg be Conc, ossinca
E., haa shs seS s,t kgshf 81 ss Q5 ~
the passage. Dp: RawSS n T'Fpas on board
and rendered most avnluabb bbeservicessa 40
could testify to the truth Of her gsse ertions.
Such heart Rending scenes SUCH calling
for wives, mothers and sister,, she never
wished to witness asain,5 Shes detailed
many personal incidents eoniaseted tvith
the trip. She bad With, her .,en. that oc-
Casion, and on the boat, a large lot, of to-
matoes prepared by the fathes' Of Des
Moines. The poor nsen who had .trGtaing
but army rations for a long time, 1gived
great benefit from them, and from other
sanitary stores i'm her p6sseskiRra ri .
She then traced; ;the coprseoRthe amy
to Yonng's Point where 1t was quartered
in the mud, and where a large Tot OF
stores arrived to itSfgreat relief Thence
the army went to Grand Gulf. =. Then' fof:
loved the bloody charge Of the, 20, and
the siege Of Vicksbufg. She vtssY wtssY Ypir3eisent
at that siege, and WAS there ON the 4th of
july when the Nntional FlagiwHs swung
to the breeze over the walls OF. tAeaaHefi
city. That was q proud day for our sol :
diers. Never bef6re was our natal day
celebrated with so MUCH fenthasfAsn ~
BUTT never will be written rim ansiheok
1.-The boraships. the pFiyanqns, tie, sqf-
ferings, patiently endured during that
siege. ~" S.F| -" .''."t <fH 30 :
- WIS n. General steeleleft sudAsasyifpr
Little Rock, he left nearly, 3;0lp sick at
Helena with no accommodations; They
were on the pavements' and III the steets,
and a swarm Of fits surrounded them =
She reached there a short time after and
found thsm in 9, wretched eonditiun. -
Having few stores with her. and. finding
it i'm possible to make tile" poor sufferers
comfortable I'M that sic ky plateg she
joined her entreaties to theGeqaest oi the
Surgeon to haye them removed, aRd went
up to Memphis to urge the necessity of
the stof+. The order was finally issued
for their removal, and she returned with
a glad heart. ). E.. ! j,as4 t., 80. .;
She had now .justsrsturned from Chat
tanooga. Was there on Newly ear's day.
1t was very cold, aud there WAS mbch
suffering. The army there, 40 Ear as sup
plies are concerned, is in q depIorable
condit ion; but so far as relates to SPIRIT
and fighting capacity it could not fbeo
beat. The soldiers, look UP proudly, At
Lookout Mountain. and Mission Ridge -
Tie army there and at Knoxville, at the
tia4e she left. was on little more than
half rationa. The, GoveEnmante was NOT
at fault. It had not the means. of trans :
portation. It was building FIaili oads. and
doing all in It's power to obviate the aitif!
eult The railroads will lsoonu be como
pleted; but in the meantime there, will
be great suffering and piiFation. Sup,
plies cauf1ot reach the army in large
clian titles, ,':i, +s.H3 h"i32& sdJ*2 a. n 3
- She said Sanitary Commissions were
doing SO large. a business that, they could
not always give tlie" necessary attention
to,tietaiiss ESomo of tho goods may II taiT
TO reach their rlestinatien,' IN dong So
large, y business this is unavoidable = Ia
There IS 4 Class Of patients in the hos
pitals of the South who1 arc not now
reduced to relish, food She had pnogds-
ed plan which would meet the wants ok
these, and the Christian CoA1mission was
adop ing Il. The plan was ID establish
$pecsals lsaieFs sihheas, where 5dalicabIsss can
be properly prepared and eeqnopizsd. -
The Christian Commission had author
lied her to draw largely on them itor
fundsfto carry out thsohleot psoposed.l =
Ths speaker, con Relnded With m. earns
est appeal, for the Orphan 4Asy Iuan.-
which She has tst2cch IL cart, aid ask ed
tile Iegi4 latofs present If the tifodese re-
quest. Bos 4 an nppropriatio 1apf. ea 5000
would be ssfused: :f4I Nas the Eintsnti6n.
to give every body an onnortnnity TO eonl7f
tribate at0 thfF n6bfs tenterpf4se The,
patriotic csisens oi I6EsS wi ma ks ~ II
q fitting ssepanenE tosthsa huauasE OF
our falen ldiers,, ~. -. ri a zttaaYfg; 8;
The address was listened K: thropg pghs
out witii marked atts ts6n M efid ffea z
air artsSrupteR hsetaispiarees. Gtses aes~'
,eribed many affeesihg soeaesG showing
the great good that frequently results
from the Timely begtowal of proper Saili.
tars Supplies i The greatest scoas4Hin5e1ff'
to5tle speaker and the strongest tassaFs
ance she can have that her leflce fel;
lowed her with, the closest attention and
Ffivelfest HI terest fies I'll The fact tiat Rep,
SeSanfAtive HaHwasas eaiet.as gharch
during Divine service. p
xxv Yohk3, Peb. f5ffkc.L The tterald;::s ];
Washington special says it is pnaaFstood
that the HbveFn fieft is pref paring Il pfd'
test saagaiisist' tfisF Frehth occupation cl
G8fexicd a~D-- Of d4T .aauT aAE -.
. / The ;Trihnhe's New hem letter Df the
I1ta aaysxss .ssI glts EsiH4i 1sf - stsaEfI :.
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