The Portland daily press., 1865-04-06
From an Agent Of the Maine Camp hos
pital Association.
CITY POINT. Va, Marcn o, .0os'

Ulbdl AsbUc4ubAeAA'
CITY POINT, Va, Marcn o. .0s
DEAR E-Receiyed your letter yesterday
Terrific. a, mo last night. Report says Inc
roho,a 49, .Ia attack, and that our loss was
tonr s,l,ad .Dd twenty wounded. Every man
- ...s,a Of doing duty was called out 10
Ae.e .%a FORKS, and the boats were In reaai-
uAn - take away the people If the enemy
ness osded in forcing their way through. Mrs.
Msybew and both left our bed ana Kept
| lamp burning all night.
We have dispensed great many goods the
Last month, among them several hundred COM
fort bags, many of them containing letters,
which are great treat to the sick soldiers
with time wearing heavily with them. Quite
an interesting German was in this morning,
to whom we had given one from lady In
Holden, Maine. He had answered the letter
and brought US her reply to read. She said
they had sent about 200 comfort bags this
winter, and had received nearly as many let
ters. "One mail brought thirty letters" He
is an educated man, being good Hebrew,
English and French scholar. Says he enlisted
for the love OF our institutions. He was will
ing to fight for their preservation, and will
not yield to any native American in devotion
t. our Government.
A German has Just come in who says he has
had his knapsack stolen with all his clothes
and asks if we will give him shirt, drawers
and socks. Mrs. NJ. asks if he has been to thu
"German Relief" He says "yes, but could
get nothing" She then tells him to go to thu
"Ohio Relief" las he belongs to that State,
and If he can get nothing there to come bacl
to US. he has just returned saying he obtain
cd everything there but the stockings; w
gave him those, and he went away quit
happy.
A report has just come from the front tina
he Southside Railroad is ours, but we dar
not believe it. Lieut.. Il. has just come in from
he Engineer Corps and we must give hin
some dinner. copy from Mrs Ms journal
having been too busy to write mine up.
"Sunday noon. A messenger came 70
me to go to the 9th Corps Hospital to see GU
wounded men. Found Capt Goldthwaite
with an amputated thigh; Capt Crosby witt
flesh wound in the ankle; Lieut. Hunte
Just expiring with wound in the bowels
and Lieut.. d winal with a flesh wound in tn
thigh. The wounded continue to arrive.
TUESDAY morning.-Went out TO visit ou
men. Found some of the 1st Maine wound
: ed whom l had not before seen, and the
: went to see the officers in the 9th corps. Foun
8 them doing well. Returned for some thing
:. for Capt Goldthwaite, and found Snow (stev
}. ard of the l8th) Chaplain Purington, Da
:. gett, and ]. Harmon, OF the LIST Vet We
: back with them to the hospitals. Had visi
also from DR.. Sturgis and Rev. DIR. Adams, {
Gorham). DIR. s. came to bring the remain
/, OF corporal who was killed in the charge
Saturday. Chaplain Adams came with IL
body of Capt Cakes of Old Town, and pas
1 ed the night. He slept in the room with tt
body"
e This will give you some idea oil our wor
You see that this is the Rest for all Maine pc
7. pie, in all their troubles, and for many othel
r One of US visit these wounded men once
l. twice every day, preparing for them whatev
u they need, besides answering numberle
l. calls at home Some one is at our door eve
three minutes, from eight in the morning
y nine in the evening. Besides, we EXPIRE
ot money and baggage for the soldiers, look
b. their papers, and answer all letters from pt
q sons sending stores. Some days we have 8
?, swered eight such letters.
/ Capt. G., SO sadly wounded, has just sent
some wine, refusing that given him by t
Doctor, saying he had rather have State
Maine wine. Our supply Of brandy is almt
of exhausted. We need whiskey, brandy. al
s. some nice wine. We have current, elderberl
t, and alcohol. Some nice brandy and sher
X s0isas1.ppb sfanuy M 1nsk1ffg punch
r in most cases. We need cologne and bay ru
It The condensed cider is very nice. I dol
a know what we should do without it. 1t a
Is swers the purpose of fresh lemons. 1t is
: new thing here and both the surgeons al
e men are delighted with it. We have give
out about three fourths of it. Lemons are &
! scarce and so high there is great demand II
/ the cider. Lea tJNf
i gave can of peaches and one of plum
from the E. s. box to sick man who said b
would make drawing for me to send to Il
donors. If the the little girls would put the
| names on the articles, they would get lette
for every one. The Yarmouth box containe
a number Of letters addressed, ITO Sit
Soldier,""To Wounded Soldier ,""To Sc
5 der" Those produced great interest; v
s were besieged for letters until they were
= gone. Nothing gratides them more than
: chance for correspondence. iNgWntR
t A Connecticut man came in yesterday VIII
3 said it was the first time he had spoken to
woman for more than a year. Long sickne
had made quite child of him. A boy can
in who could only speak in whisper fro
the measles, and asked for comfort bag. q
was from Michigan; said he was an orphan
had lost three brothers in the war, and he
, the only one of his family left. 1 gave BIZ
the bag; he examined it with evident sati
faction, and when he came to the letter |
was delighted, said he should have CORE
pondent now. @ 4NA r.
.slse, ss.r .r9 D. Cav and Gloomv