Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-03-04
ASOLD|ER' STORY
The Late J. II. Deadle at Fort
Dorclson.
HORRORS OLA FRESH BATTLEFIELD
Campaign Miserics-A Moral Preceding
the Story The Piles of Dead and Wound
ed-A Night of SuGering-The Expert
snce of Seeing Men Slaughtered.

The sufferiEss of one man are Of no
consequence to mankind in general.
Sometimes, however, the one is a tyne
Of millions, and he is then justified in
telling his story TO point moral. The
battle in which here very small part
now seems to me the merest trifle, but
the misery which preceded and followed
1t grows greater in the retrospect. In
view of the prevailing jingoism, espe-
cially the feeling toward Great Britain,
/ feel justified i'll these details and shall
invert the usual order by giving the
moral first 1t is this: The man who
really wants war, lie it with Great
Britain, Spain or any other power, is at
heart demon. Smooth and bloodless
he may be, dressed in fine cloth and
clean linen, and with no spiked tail Wis.,
ible but at heart that man is demon.
The second day after the surrender Of
Fort DoncIson | crept out of the tempo
rary hospital in Dover. and, under the
combined stimulus Of whisky and qui-
nine, -; rted to find my regiment Three
days aHd nights cf almost continuous ex-
posure and very little sleep had done
their + rfeet welk ca me- But the sick
soldier, not too SIX TO walk, pines for
his q MI any and regime Mt as a sick
child I fns for home. As l moved slow
up tl' Nh 'Ae SlSi1t was interesting
A-c"N 'l4e llNof paEk lay thousands OF
cap urea guns ana 'tal4s OF our men
WIZ sun AiiIS tA.ih OH ana plIlnS
u ~ if'" wagons 44' rPbel commits
&c >'NI'9 LA t''A tAte"h oi'h, Il Il
sGi"l'i - "I'' 'iii-5-zs were carrying eli
'AA -%s45., - IL '-i-- ; ss i5'sl' iii HAY
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qua wi III ''!s ".ft .5l-'.' Is Inc le-
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co1.-d 10 i=.--=4 4E'o seIF4co = tt9t-
cIotl'es' t'.eea' --z-'' ssotlenS ef "eolen
carpets ana tNAh women 5 dresses and
piano covers. i he r. t'll MAS a gorgeous
Pau picture, Ike these l have
seen OF y NE A-e''i plaza en- fete day.
houseS "a" '-c shastIy array or
"ouhCed iAe H. ana III one place the sur
eeohS were san baSy with knife and
sa", Ial"are anu 'ourn4quet. Out be
yohi 'ile 'lhtrehch1aeht lound the
s'i' t0n.r D,''ieIS Stl4l orlhSihS III me
ea'' ",' Inc u p"'t'e from Hfs' TO
Aas' 'A'eI"''u near eiSht miles, from the
creeh he4o" 10 the swamp above, ana
',ie holi""s ih'elIocheu III scores OF
piaces' "nlle III me uhc!eared lo"lahds
@ne crush was so mick mat as the lnes
VI n"''ie s"il'iy eh,lis1a men lell dead
.tiu were oStr1cohea. ne hunting par
IVES "eie ee"l'iilns every where among
@'o ousE's anu iose' anu III 'ile nios' uii-
eApec'eo ptaceS came upon corpses al
,e"aS h'tIiDIS s"oiieh' Ior 'he weather
n"'' 'ut H.u vain DIS suuo'en1y as III urn
" eo4' 'iic itis' hIsh' u ',ie siege oe-
eSei1u'u 10 'Ae holloM we I''d crossed on
'ie u'S vi u"''Ie. Inc log caplh from
"nieh Woo" ana hof chlIuroh Aad
lcu "' 'i,e ilISU si'o's nau Deeh turned
1n'o Ac4u HoS'i'al' i4t nhuu around IL
was spo',a Win o!oou' ana small
ne"p u "49soNtfeu ilhlpS lay awaiting
ieiiio'"l ana a4leaoy accomplishing.
ciieu oh 10 the camp we had occupied
.,io hieilt ocIore our pa'tIe ana FOUND
'iieie " 1t" sllsn,Iy wouhuea or exhaust
Gu men OF inc irSt N eLf''sha regiment.
'o1u At t!lef bllo"ee hau mao
'eiS sA"i p ASL' iheIe soon AFTER we lelt'
anu our Ll7r"6e was SAoI an 10 pieces
"nt ti''t ''-1"ce ana Crult brigade
haq gone Oh 10 + orr Henry
louiu space III wagon 4oad OF SICK
anu "ouhoed' win SISTER OF charltS
~ 'o,lli-iaHo' ana we moved on "A hsilt
.@ln I''u nosUh 10 li'4l' Out all along 'he
Ao'''i LAY s4' IL AKA eAhaustOu lhen-on lhe
sio"l'u, oh ioSS' on pies OF rams OF any
.iiiiS 'AeIr cohiraoeS could Tx LOT 'hem
D'Iolo passing Gil. itt u gum blanket