. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . -rooms of variousplaces of worship werecrowded with ladies volun-teering to sew, as fast as fingers could fly, the rough beds railedfor by the surgeons. Men too old or infirm to fight went on horsebackor afoot to meet the returning ambulances, and in some cases served asescort to their own dying sons. By afternoon of the day following thebattle, the streets were one vast hospital. To find shelter for the sufferersa number of unused buildings w
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . -rooms of variousplaces of worship werecrowded with ladies volun-teering to sew, as fast as fingers could fly, the rough beds railedfor by the surgeons. Men too old or infirm to fight went on horsebackor afoot to meet the returning ambulances, and in some cases served asescort to their own dying sons. By afternoon of the day following thebattle, the streets were one vast hospital. To find shelter for the sufferersa number of unused buildings were thrown open. I remember, especially,the St. Charles Hotel, a gloomy place, where two young girls went to lookfor a member of their family, reported wounded. We had tramped in vainover pavements burning with the intensity of the sun, from one scene ofhorror to another, until our feet and brains alike seemed about to serve us nofurther. The cool of those vast dreary rooms of the St. Charles was refresh-ing ; but such a spectacle ! Men in every stage of mutilation lying on thebare boards, with perhaps a haversack or an army blanket beneath their. FOOD FOR Till: (N 11 ; \Ti: WOINDED. RICHMOND SCENES IN 62.
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