Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-05-24

mill, open on all sides to the second story, "a
the stripping oG Tor soldierly uio Of the wea
tntr-bJardiug. Past tlds were carried 90 hos
pltal stretchers the sxcess Of the w0ut d,d oye
rbn capacity OF the grain RHehouses- sever lJ
oinded, Tor their laces and entire hgur wcr,
hdukeed And the hear'is made many ,ui.
eve, and huiri,d. Ahd - tbets IS auothcl
DO pllai IN house ID the very north weston
most suburb D.! aeciy he rain began 70 iail
from somewhere suddcr y appeared upon the
Aj1r Of the open Old mill man carrying blan-
ket marked I s., ne Of wh0se feet were bound
d knapack on li- back ard unsIung Il, and land
down nls head upon II in a corner, and went 10
slsep Hl' arm was bandagcd A drummer
boy with hls drum the whole dr1m corps al.
most was sent IN from the front to acl as nurses
sprAng into the building glanced earnestly AZ
me tauGsged luof, made +, my face al tho ne-
grU, 3heu look, at tHe furious sIower and
Nhsted. lie was ~tBtnng IN temt0rary
hospital. Before he storm tad OF trely ceased,
hand,Ome young gil, IN a short blue flannel
SKIRT aod Wide rOwsefo, with great freedom and
Wsor IN her sep ana The SWING Of her arm
vent by he ruined mill carry ug tn pail,
evidently full. An orderly followed her with
lo4yts 10 bis arm. They turned corner and
dls4pl cared. Is. ad aud coffee had gone to
another hospital. 4 d stant " fa.a.a up2'
behind me and crack u u whip made NE turn.
negro teamstel was Jerking The single rein Of
bis lead mules to make tnem qIlt The road and
~ over little grass common H3 drew an
army wagon filled With wounded Another fol.
iowcd, and unOther, and auOthrr-then au open
wagon loaded with rebels, ali baudaged then
lbfet more cOyere sA.nule wagons. All dis
agte4rd beyond the grass common, and all
vent to some hospital.
" llOsptals etefy8hgrt !' Richest two words
IN human language to express human misery.
lis Slavery gave OCCASION lUr their employment
10 Fredericksburg. You choicest uen oi the
North who bleed, llnguIsh, suffer, and die here,
yOu Oled ianguish, suffer, and die under the
'alons oi S.ayfey
Ia guan0 warehouse magnificent veteran,
leaning against tue wall with his blouse On (tO
protect him lroul the cold OF the brlcks), whose
leil sleeve and shoulder were thrown back 10 a'
to reiieye the stump Of bis anputated arm from
Their weight. b,cSOnld Inc 10 him have
not at, oir, for tHree days w hen will ratous
be served 10 US flew across the street 10
The Sanitary Commission rooms, and repeated
the pltable statement, dnd asked tor food. "Our
supplies are wholly exhausted, said the atten-
uabt % " e have ilEerlily nothing here save
empty boxes. "
" here tbe wounded IN this ey gat their food
that night, God ouy knows. Where baadages
we're gUt 10 drsss their wounds know MT. II
.here we're any hospital supplies here Whatever,
| do DOT know. DO know that IN the great
X IfaTt IL ll.u
lltUn .are, there was nothing-literaly nOtii-
ihg A d At j surgeon rs distinguished as h.
With a title won by years oi proiessona service
10 the held to the highest personal Influence
WIN his experience IN getting things as Corps
Medical DlrectOr--ll be was destitute, 1t ls ialt
70 presume that every hospital here was cest-
tutc ! know that he was without bdndages,
INT, medicines, and stimulanis al d saw one Of
MS nurses, young ana beautiful glrl from Nsw
Hampshire, 90 u more than Que o1cesh house
ami b-g ~ VAIN for old sheets md pillow eases
and heard her ,xprss purpose t. ~ to the
Mlnury Governor Of fredericksburg, and beg
him " order raid upon the :. ewes aud closets
vi the she-dragJus LETT on guard here bY their
fugitive rebel husbands Ol the dcstItutiOn OF
utensils and convenience for the care OF the
neipe'sly sick IN lbese hospitals, 1t is unneces-
'dry 10 peak. Every Imagination will supply
or itselt the dct IT'S Ji uameless horror and sui
erlng that eusued upon this want.
W nat Is all this Shall IL be baptized the
inevitable accident Of war, aud let 60 slide INTO
he unremembered | have done more than my
'uare OF warfare upon Official persons, and baye
srown neary Il were not weary OF strife
you'd search for one Of those pens whose strokes
nd ,Hi h.i,
I0d would never let up upon the eff .las
es, onslole for the criminal want Of preparation
II Fredericksburg for the wounded from Grants
,attles in the Wilderness until thy were out OF
llace forever, anu forever under the feet OF the
engelul friends md relatives OF this army of
neglected sufferers,
The music Of cavalry band floats in the
senIng air from the he IT ol the city lsIt
he sublime and sustaining Old Hundred "
y hen ! reached hc place, crowd It bandaged
o!diers surrounded lue players They sat upon
be steps Of church at the corner of Princess
nd George streets. 1t was a hospital. Large
,ubhc buildings occupied the other three corners.
-ech was a hospital. The uand next played
waltz, uuJ upon the very center OF is yOluptu.
usly swelling waves OF concord, appeared the
nexorlbe stretcher, black with the blood of its
epeatcd irelghts ary'lOokibg men bore
trough the crowd, sJme desperately wounded
,ore tuem somewhere Aud nen Of the SAM
AIRY Commission, aud Of the Christian Comms.
iou, followed them. All honor TO these urganlza-
lOus The Nation owes them an eternal debt OF I
.rautude ain witness to testify that for /
our days a considerable portion OF tins army OF /
njlred soldier would have starved, and gone
Without suocor or care IT It had not been tor the
eso urcts aud devotion OF ihes' organizations
But Slavery, the cause o. all these woes I
'rcuts OF the wounded in Fredericksburg from
he ba tes OF the Wilderness friends and rela.
ives oil the soldiers ol Grant army beyond the f.
\ wilderness, let Us all jon hands, and swear
pom our country altar ihai ,os ,oiH n,rer case
has 0dr unht hs AGrda Sactry IN N United /
Ndits s dead toreuer and totsrr buried!