The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-12-20
ll', Ambulance Stories.

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IetH oi b9asii777- III - 9volG
d. a specimen ofwhat might be written,
l condense few incidents in the ex-
perience of dresser who has been i'm
the service from the beginning of the
| war. 9. ry ,f,,..,,,..cT III, fT+ sr.rr.r
His first. experience was in the first
Bull Run battle. He then drove an
ambulance, and tells his story substan-
tally rs follows: sn.E Du6 ,l3up
"We ambulance men knew but little
OF the Iw ltll work before us. Lil>c i.
great many others, who ought to have
known better, went out to that bat
tie very much as / would have gone to
n clambake at home-with no other
thought than the jaunt would be pleas
ent one--pcrhaps a little exciting but
not really dangerous. Butwe were soon
brought to our senses. lrlDfuc3 laa
/ SIN five minutes after the, first shot
was fired, l was called upon to take a
wounded Lieutenant to the Hospital
He was not more than twenty years Of
age, and had his sword arm wrist shat
tered. He had tainted as he fell, and
was still insensible when we picked him
up. The Surgeon soon matle his ap
pearance, the arm amphtntcd and the
poor boy comfortably disposed of be-
fore the effects of the .chloroforn had
passed off. His first question was as
TO what had happened, and when told,
he suddenly rose up on his elbow and
inquired What did you do, with my
ring p The Surgeon banded it to him,
the Lieutenant Kissed it, asked me to
place itaon his other hand, and almost
instantly wentlto sleep. lie was con
veyed safely 70 Washington, soon, re-
covered and did good service after
wards ina score of battles. II s9alI
yd 'fWhen the battle lwas oraigingwith
greatest fury, and when ne all suppos-
ed we had gained the day, l was dree-
ted TO remove 4 Venerable looking grey
bearded Major toa.the rear. He had
been stunned by nearly spent canister,
which hit him on tho head, but had
drawn no blood. / found him quite
dolious, land + remember the first
wordsrI heard d,asaf I reached him were:
"Willie my boy, 90 right on With your
men. You mustn't seem, torskuik.y l
will be with you directly. - L afterwards
learned that this "Willie" was the Ma
jor's son. He had behaved as his father
wished him, snd after the fight, had
leave to accompany him. He recover
ed from the effects of the conclusion
before he reached w ashington.l T.
81, was, soon afterwards ordered to
take wounded Fire Zouave to therear.
He had been hit in the left hand by u
minnie ball. but paid no attention. to it
until he tainted from the loss of blood.
AS we We're lifting him he Recovered,
and swore at us terribly for daring to
take him from the field. He declared
he wouldn't go and a Surgeon being at
hand, two Of his, fingers We're amputat-
cd and roughly dressed, when he broke,
away from us and rushed back into tho
fight. Three days afterwards, l met
the same Zouavc in the Hospital with
a. gashed cheek, which he had received
from the sabre of u Black Horse, Cay
alryinan, whose horse he had bayonct7
cd, and whom he declared he killed,
with the butt of his mHsket @fter he re-
ceived his sword cash, Fmet the same
bravefellow, with Majors straps on his
shoulders, ,cat Ahtictam. 2la hHn tTDc
ffiAnother hcascrI drenlernber4--a tall, ?
raw -boned qnixatci from a. Westci1l
State, The. Lieut.. Colonel ofthe -regi
mep, hal been woNndgain front ofqia
of the masked batteries, from before
which our troops had been driven, and
lazy there. Ills men had made several
efforts togct him off but in Iqveryr reasea
they were driven back. -TLiS good felT,
low told ms companions he would try
to get off the body if they would per-
nit him to go alone. Permission was
given, he boldly walked outh ercct to
lwhero the lieut. Goloneliay took him
uptenderly in his arms, mterposing his
own body rs muchas hccould. between
thecncnynnfl tho us oundod OF liccr, md
to carry him. or During
the perilous march, Observation-Disclosures.
bull t wounds, but neitheg made -him a
bandpn his, burden, which lie brought
away safely Although, thus br9ye ",
this Severe trial, Undressing his wounds,
(which were not dangerous but painful,
he was astimidas a8hiid.i'i Hcshraik
from thesrobe ash believe hoinouldnot'
have donefl'om asbayop etc spd scnn,est
as fearfhl oflbeinglrtart by thciDoctoir
as if hps was about 10 be faked by a
chain-shot. And this soft of timidity
is olton seen In the bravest men. They
would face the cannon's mouth without
a sbuddcr, but they cannot bear to lie
down helplesslyi, to- have their wounds
,dressea.o HeisSas ~ psrlatiy eIy ebrnye
man who fights camly and suffers hinl
sdlf to be tortured by the Surgeon with
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