Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-04-19

,at full length in the scalding rays Of the
sun waiting for chance to see the DIR.
hoping that he would give them something
Tor do something to prolong their lives.
Most of these were old prisoners and were
covered with scurvy sores. Legs and
arms all swollen, rotten and covered With
|maggots Many with rotten mouths. that
had no cups would beg and plead for wa
tier; but no one would lend them cup for
| fear they would catch the scurvy. Some
were out of their head, raving crazy talk
ling of this and that, some praying to God
/ for help. others cursing the same. Some
mot knowing what they was talking about,
would ask for things to eat that it was i'm
possible to get. In this way they lay
and waited until noon and not surgeon
came near. The call was postponed un.
It'll 3 o'clock Some went back to their
quarters or to the place where they stayed ;
Ssomc were bound to see the DR.. and get in
TO the hospital if possible, and waited all
day without a morsel to eat. When the
DR.. did come, he only looked at few.
Probably not more than hundred out Of
|three or four thousand got to the hospital.
Many would die before they could be got
back to the spot where they staid. Day
latter day would this game crowd gather
round the gate and be disappointed in
getting to the hospital or getting any med
.icine. Sometimes they would take out
four or five hundred in a day. A man
that could walk would hardly be looked
lat. Sometimes the surgeon would come
along and give a man kick and say
l"Whal in HI ails you p On being told
they would say, We'll get up and 60 to
|your tent and you will DO better by and
by" So they would be better when death
lcame; not before Lots of men died
every night, 1t was common occurrence
TO wake up in the morning and find a
dozen dead bodies within a few rods.
When one died their tent or mess mates
would take their clothes and what other
stuff they had. | have heard men say
they should be glad when their compan-
ions died. SO they could get their things
Thousands of brave men who left their
homes with cheerful hearts. and bright
of the future died when if
they could only have had a shelter from
the sun and storm, to say nothing of the
food, might have lived toI
zee their homes again. Willard Morse
E Morgan died suddenly Tuesday Au
gust I'd. We went to roll call in theI
morning and on returning found him dead
We knew he had not been very we'll fol]
some time, but he never complained and
no ono thought he was going to die until
he was gone.
The examination Of the sick was con-
tinucd and several loads we're seen to col
of on the cars. On the 18th of Septcm
her the we'll ones began to be taken out
and sent off, This encouraged us great
deal. On the 10th the Doth detachment
had orders to be ready Our detachment
was the Tooth VIC shall come next; We
Expected orders; We got them just at
|uight We we're drawing rations st the time
I'VE left our ratious and hurried to tear
down our shade and get into line. There
was more excitement than | ever saw in
battle where every man was in danger Of
ibis life. IF a man was gone some one
else of some other detachment was put in
This place and he was fanked. Everybody
was anxious to 60. Some bobled along
| with a stick. others not able to hobblo
were helped by their friends. We were
obliged to leave several behind to 90 to
the hospital We got on tho cars little
after dark. Crammed in just as we had
been before We did not know where we
were going but it was the general belief
that We were going to be paroled.
heard New York boy ask one of the
guards if he thought it was SO. he said he
knew it was so. This was encouraging
Some sold what few necessaries they had
for bread, because they thought they were
going home and should not need them
One fellow sold his wife's picture 70,
something to cat and afterwards cried like
a child because he had sold it. We ar.
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