Year: 1870

much like it. Day after day could be
seen sick boys and men upon the arms
Of their comrades, carried to the regi-
mental hospital, and almost as many
carried out again and 10 their long
dwelling place. Camp fever was
making & terrible havoc in the whole
brigade. The Doctors call, to come
and get your quinine, was generally
answered by one hundred, or more ut
each hospital, duringthis month, some
being seated and others lying pro-
miscuOusIy on the ground surround
ing the druggists bench. This could
not be avoided, the tent was already
full of those who were not able to
come up thus. There in that den Of
sickness WAS something TO be seen,
groaning, tearing Of bed clothes, pray
eTs ascending to heaven, and even IN
that pile Of human distress you could
have heard expietives used-Only COM
mon, however, to one in distress, and


whose brain had been injured by few
er,-that would make tine cold
chills penetrate all through your sys-
tenn. Here in one corner Of this great
tent might have been seen the good
old nurse administering medicine and
cooling the brow Of one for whom lie
yet entertained hopes of recovery;
there the surgeon applying his instru-
ment No cries of pain from this poor
soldier could be heard; no he never
felt, his name had already been added
TO the dead list, and aletteF sent home
TO tell the awful news. Such were the
daily scenes during this long month.


The heat, too, was very oppressive.
Must I, too, be carried and aid
among those suffering people? The
time wss drawing near; the looks Of
my slender body was telling a truth
ful story In my bOyish face could
already be seen that soon another
would be added to the yet crowded
hospital Aspear or ball sent through
my body might have ended all the suf-
fering TO which ] was now to be-
sublected. Soon ON tine arms of kind
brother Twas conveyed to this abode OF
the dead and dying. Here, amid life.
and death, for six long weeks, brother
still at my side, lay on little cot
of twigs. Now I could see a smile on
his face as the danger was about over.
This Is good news thought he TO write
home. Ahi it was too good to be-
true. Ere the morning sun arose to dis
perse the gloom Of night, you might
have seen that brother with tears in
his eyes drawing near and bending
over an almost Iifeless form. On the
same bed, racked with pain, I might
have been seen again. A more hOrri-
BILE disease had now taken hold on my
weak body, and for twenty-four hours
that great monster of death look down
upon me. shall ever remember DR..
B., for the timely aid on this trying
occasion.


Our brigade must move, and those
who are expected to survive the sick.
ness must be hauled along. Two sick
comrades lying on cots, one on each
side of my bed, the doctor had no
hopes for them. Together We are
moved into a log cabin about forty
rods distant, there to survive the storm
or perish. AS we were placed i'm our
several positions for ease, and as the
troops are marching by, each one keep
ing step to the music, one Of my COM
rades is drawing his last breath-death
has ended his miseries. In the ranks
marching along, with down cast look,
was the brother Of this unfortunate
youth. He did not know the result.
Who was the first to tell the news that
would almost break that brothers.
heart. He is not to know it until the
regiment is far away. A rude coffin |
was constructed, and another soldier
consigned to his eternal home.


Now, for another trial; during our
stay here nay suffering was protraeted
with a disease known as the erysipelas, |
and for one long week was tossed
about from bed to floor, in o state Of
delerium, and DO In spite of all the |
Doctors effort to make me at ease.-
The morning sun arose in all its splen- |
dor and beauty andI was some better.
My conrad was now able to sit up erect. |
A rebel horde was coming, following |
closely in the rear Of our long train OF |
wagons, loaded with forage. The am
bulsnce at our door, i'm which we were |
placed and carried off at break-neck |
speed until our train aud rebels were |
left far back In the distance. The |
boys are caught and the train is burn
ed, but they have given up the chase |
for our ambulance, and our horses are
along at ease. We reached
Lancaster just as the sun was sinking |
in the West. Through the kind hos |
FATALITIES of n Union lady were allow |
ed the privilege of being placed under |
the roof of her hOnse. Spectral delu- |
siOns were before me during the whole |
night. In The morning as day light |
We were again placed into
oar movable bed, and as night ap- |
and after a ride of fifty |
miles, we halted i'm front of the cry
sipelas wards of General Hospital,
Camp Nelson, about sixteen miles
west of Lexington. After such long
ride, and the condition in which was
found on our arrival, you can well
imagine why this incident is remem-
bered so long. No earthly thing can
blot it out. For six long months
was helpless being. Hopes for my
recovery were blasted. Life amount 4
ell to nothing. Why would not some
kind hand sever the single thread upon
which my life hung. For my pres
ence here am indebted TO Miss A, |
OF New Orleans, La. For her christ
character, and indomitOble /
will to act as such, in my opinion and
Others, who had better Judgment, she |
saved many who, under the care of
many, would have psrished. Though
at a great distance, yet her name shines
on my memory as bright as that Of q
sister. J. V. L.
.5t ALI the Difference.





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jealous lawyer, not over rpunctiliOus in
his illusions to the court, nor very
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