The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-02-03
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hospitals in and around thssisy 1foubd uinsty.ol
nve soaClers and oflicen from Mmnesota, nearly
found detaied ior nosplsasp y dss vbo iSW Tsse,o
Tuesday afternooh took the g tia,sn .,s 4, aY y
freesboro,. where the sick and woGnded al 1thaea
Eighth were known to be, and. ,reached there :
about dark. On examining the books of tie
nesotials in the two hospitals, ineindine I tVc
oficers-al save. one, 81 the Eighth keci-
ment. had previously seena several 'cf 4
the wounded of this regiment in the ,hospi-,
tails Of Nashville. II the course of
Wednesday, 4 found all the men, and Iwaaal
happy to 1ind them all in. good spirits, and !
nearly nearly an doing wen: the hospita a buildings
for hospitals, are all comfortable; and under
the watchfnl eye Of Gen. Van Cieve, are ID most
excellent cOuditi0n. d1ga 5gadtfw aasy' aaiGsn
Thursday morning, Ct TIVE o'clock 4, De-.
Of proceeding to franklin; hut on reaching
Msssys Isogla oRtsip 70 pFS1ss Sf ssp %
GERS of Nashville, and also the ofieen Of the,
Sanitary Commission, were confident that we
had no Minnesota men there, and as the time
was approaching when I Insust set my face hoEne.
ward, engaged the services Of my friend, q.
j. Emo, Esq, who Is State Agent for Illinois,
and also an officer of the Sanitary Commission,
train should pass, and send me sthenames and
cases of any that he might find there. From
his eminent business talents, and singular fldel-
ity of character, IkuoW he will prosecute the
matter better than could have done, had I
succeeded in getting there. u 4 have not yet
1 should have have on gone from from Mulrrfteesboroo Mlrf to
Chattanooga but the medical staff Of the for.
mer place assured me that there had been o
general cleaning out " Of the Chattanooga hos
pitfalls, d little before the, late battles and that
I would not find Minnesota man there in
general hospital. This representation, together
with the scarcity Of time determined me not
to 60 there; but that no one might, BY any
probability, be overlooked, or neglected, OBJ.
tanned pledge from the Rev. VIM. Earnshaw,
chaplain of the U. 8. A., who was lust starting
to Chatan0Oga, to make thorough overhaul
ing OF the hospitals, and send me the result;--
also, TO secure, at once, any assistance that he
might find necessary. From his large expe-
rience and great reputation Of active fidelity In
/, all sorts Of army work, feel assured that he
will not fail to find any men that may be there J,
/ have not, since, heard from him.
Thursday evening I left Nashville and came
to Galatin, where found the 11th REGIMENT
though not all together. as they were scattered
along the road for several miles, guarding
condition, there being but twenty-five men in
the Regimental Hospital. and few of these Of
a dangerous character of disease. There being
mo General Hospital at this point, the sick can
not, of course be as well cared for as are those
around Louisville and Nashville; but I am
persuaded that very few .Regimestdl Hosp;tdLs
are In better condition, nor the patients more,
comfortable. They had Just received q liber.l
donation from the Sanitary Commission at
Louisville, and from that source can, any day.
receive anything that may be necessary to Their
comfort All the officers seemed to be doing
their duty well |; and had occasion to observe.
especially the active devotion of the Surgeons
and Chaplain to the wants of the hospital. 3
Friday morning I took the train for Louis.
ination, I found that in nay absence 1t Nash- !.
Vile, seyenty-eight men had been sent round
from Nashville, by river, to the hospitals Of
Louisville. These, for the most part. had
missed; and to see and converse with them
all: required the whole of Saturday.
y Late Saturday night, Itook the. train for st.
Louis, and reached there Sunday P. M. In ali
ferson Barracks, / found sixty-three men. a
few Of these, however, had previously seen ::
In the hospitals around Louisville. II should
also be borne IN mind that the 9Th Regiment.
now in St. Louis, keeps up no Regfmeutai .
Hospital, but sends its sick directly to the
General and Post Hospitals The sixth d mn
idly regaining its wolted yigor; but several Of
Its men are 90 broken down by their summer's
exposure at Helena, that'they win not return
TO active duty. Many still have ague, and are,
Having shaken hands with an the pasients in
and around g. Louis, on Wednesday mornine. !,
the 18th inst, turned homeward, and reached
81 Panl' without accadeat. "let, or hisd.
IS the result Of my observations have q, - i
report that have Travelled over twothons:rS ,
miles. .-have seen and shaken hands vifh three
hundred and eighty-eight Minnesota soldiars.
have distributed seventy dollars among those
,ha MnGse pSy nas zen long delayed, and have had
veteran" BY telling him Of sLoyed ones Il
home, and assuring all, that Minneoots Woud
never forget her soldiers. Our wOundaS nscn
are really all jubillant over their recent vicfo-s
nes and many . wounded man h1S charred.
~ me 20 ~, on reaching home, that [" lfinneso.
- a Snau pevef % ashamed ofher soldioUirE 81
. Inc hospital system has now deyeloped into
magnificent proportions, and IA the perfecfiou
OF i!e eappnances, may challenge critcfm.} NV.
er, N the history Of the world, has there been
sucn Doundiess 4benlity In providing for the
comfort Of the sick and wounded soldier. The !.
government. itself. = more than princely in its
''S0l o.ay. 4Oney nes scarcely peou counted,
-cven By millions lin the erection and fur. d
nishing Of hospitals and private munidcence
has enabled the Sanitary and Christian Com
nisaiOns 10 We With each other In not ouiY re, +
sponding 70, but sctuslly ANTICIPATING, every
call Of dberess Nothing that the Slck Or
wounded soldier On de.ireis beyond his reach.
n he h at1ei to comnunIcats his Wishes to TIE
ageufs a eifhsr q these commimlons. gsI -
( The 1t Of dck md wounded which I hers. =.
with t..armit i1e!s!ss. think vuy neaFiy =
eyory sick q wounded man q the ontS d - 4,
pitats whsss / 1--we sbssp. Idare not ~ - !
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are o6ende0bel3y0s - ] 1--we psoved. Ncifher
csn ~ fnAt eswy s0sse n scogyocelywrf1ea 20
nor The rsg5mme I'D coa1pany alWsyD ieou0e1.
h givsn. 1ub 70 repe1t fhe ocoE13ion
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