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q DR.. Littlc's Wsr Record.

* DR.. Iittlc's Wsr Record ~
ETA JANE, IL. 5.-MRS EpIToR: U.,
Ihe last chapter If "Recollcctit ms of ia,
Mck'ssick hangers been fubIishn,I, 4
would n at this time he nece> s;,ry f5r me
10 ask srace in your paper to giyca skstc.
Of Dr. Little's war record: y, IN 81
Tho rc"''cr of those articles will remem
Der that DIR. Iitlc's name was mcni one,
incidentally st different times and places
but no, so rs To give tho general u aicr
aist'nct ida of the composition of the maj
whose untime y death his constituents hav,
20 recently been called upon ta MOURN
Should L err I'M what i am about t, say,
hope some competent authority will correct
ne:
| Tho writer first met DR.. Robert title nj
| Camp Hampton, miles below Culumti,
s. C., on tho 18Th of December, 1861. lie
was member of Capt. Nick sscks Com
pany, and with it was cred into the
service OF The Confedera States by Col
John s. Preston on Dec. II, 1861, aud with
II sharei the vicissitudes of soldiers if
until tic rronulgatien of Gen. Lees crlcr
surrcnder ng the amy Of Nor, ,hern Virginia
t. overwhelming forces and resources, nj
Appomnt OK Court House. Va. April o,
1868. Dn'iug the dark days intervening
between the above mentioned periods, VIC
hnd DR.. Lit,'c atcrnating between the
dsuntless Cavnlryman, riding erect amid The
huzzahs of a charging Legion while The roar
| OF cannoEs and the rattle of musketry
mingled with The groans Of the wounded
and dying TO give pathos to the scene, or
with the go"ileuess Of n woman sitting by
! tho size of n sick or wounded soldier ad-
fessional Kill was bufficd by the rapid ap-
| p, oach of death, we hear him recommending rs
| to the sufferer the Great Physician Of souls
| upon whose remedy-the flood OF Jesus
Chri>t-hc my depeLd with imp icit couti-
dence. Such was DR.. Robert Little, the sol
der, physician, gentleman a d tue christi'n.
| When our command went into service "n
the coast Of South Carolina in 1861. the
men unanimously ag' ccd that DR.. Little bo
exempted Fl ON military duty and be kept in
camp to look nficr the sick or such cth'r
casualties IS night require his professional
| servi'c. The impression he made upon the
| officers and men Of the other companies was
| such rs TO secure to him their confidence
a,d resulted in his refus to accept the
position of Ass stant Surgeon of the Hell
combc Lrei II. He ha cast his lot with
Co ID" and in its ranks nc chose to act the
| part Of II so dicr. But he was, nevertheless 8,
made Sergeant.
| HIS first p int of success was scorel In
treating the measles, which made their ao-
|
ut Adams Run. These, with other Diseases
incident t, camp life, gave the medical
forces of the command much to do, and DR..
Little was given full control Of the Iactice
in Mckiss'ck's Company. As the sick
would recover sufficiently TO be moved he
would T., commend few days Through, ac-
cording 10 the nature OF the case. and III
Suggestions were always honcred at head
quarters. And what is no dOutt without n
parallel, he was never charged with partial
ity, that know of.
during the Summer OF 1862, when the men
were falling on Mi .ilcs, from mal.rial
fever, an: the hospi ais were filled with
s sck, DR.. Luilc kept all his men in camp
that he could provide f'r, ami as ia 1 as they
got able to travel sent them home. For per.
hars six weeks his shoes were net off hi,
feet, cxcepi fra few momcuts at a time
During t@is time his brother, ii. Camilla:
Little, died a, Camp Williams.
Wheu we ct to Virginia and the com
mand vas Gale into more active service II,
was ''prescut' or "accountcd for at c,cl
roll call. When a fight was on hand he wa
in ranks uud ready for duty. AT vii Jams
burg, Va, on tic 9th of September, 1862
I he was am ,ng the mcu uho with .Cplens
tire, yet lie Derived iihiatsas'" Ike s.ass.a ""de
HShlH, NJ pivc Branch, on the Ytb =
F Tepr"ary' 1913 when Two companies of IN
hoici mCc LcE ion, under Col. McKi.sic,
mn mn inc own Virginia Infantry, under Col
i"Die' met the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry i,
hos'lc combat saw in Dir. Little the Iiyh
e't evidence Of chris'i.n. When fh,
nght was ever and The Telera,s were drive,
t, Io" 'he hcid' one poor fellow, dressed il
nlue' win his brai's cozipg out at the bu
ot nie, 'ay on the roal side in bed o.
suow ana mud. In this semi. .consciou.
conol ion he would try to raise bimsolr D.
ieet ana say "liurrah for the Unon -
VI. L'Itl' smolnted from his horse and
raising his wounded man to sirine nos;.
'lon offered him an op d to to anil Tn. %. co,
sulsions which he knew must soon he .ti,Io !
IN death. Instead of leaving the roor fellow
'"ere 10 die uhDoticcd, lie asked one of Tho
inen 10 remove him into the church buildino q
"u" mere Piactd him on an improyisrd he'd
Where lie lay until death camo to his rol;of
In TINS deed alone we find in DR.. I'm.
modern Samaritan and the answer TO Johs
question; "How shall man be ius. viii
God?" 1"'' Win
These are but few of the many reool.
=; rh nHVe flashed upon my mind
give them merely that his bioor.nhou, "nu l
arrange them in the galaxy Of virtue, tbo;
centre around his name. Tb.v mr.. ~. .i
ensivecslng of an enthusiastic stirit aetna.
.eu ny popular sentiment, but thev arc
Jewo OF truths brought from the l,byr;nth
1e'is 10 emoa!m the memory of a noble and
worthy man. ""'' ""u
on t'mes eternal camping ground,
lbs humble tent is spread
my non"r marks as solemn ground
Ills blvouac with the dead.
JAMES l.. STRAIN.