. Incidents among shot and shell : the only authentic work extant giving the many tragic and touching incidents that came under the notice of the United States Christian Commission during the long years of the Civil War . ^J^:>?K SONGS FOR SIGHING. BATTLE OF NASHV/LLE. 433 tory, and so he accompanied us excellenty, while we sung our songsof Zion, and, Mv country, tis of thee, to the melody God save the Queen, familiar to every never did boys enjoy music as did our wounded in that morningmeeting. Surgeon Ford, of Nashville, already referred to as aconstant and valuable friend
. Incidents among shot and shell : the only authentic work extant giving the many tragic and touching incidents that came under the notice of the United States Christian Commission during the long years of the Civil War . ^J^:>?K SONGS FOR SIGHING. BATTLE OF NASHV/LLE. 433 tory, and so he accompanied us excellenty, while we sung our songsof Zion, and, Mv country, tis of thee, to the melody God save the Queen, familiar to every never did boys enjoy music as did our wounded in that morningmeeting. Surgeon Ford, of Nashville, already referred to as aconstant and valuable friend of the Commission, fur-nishes the narrative of Henry Cutler, a young Illinoissoldier wounded in the Nashville battles, and broughtin the night to a hospital: I examined his wound—in the right lung and liver,—and gavethe nurses directions about the dressing. As I was about leaving,he asked what I thought of his case. You have a very serious wound, I replied. -A- Martyr Do you think it is mortal ? You need not be -P«^o-afraid to tell me the truth, for I am not afraid to die. Such wounds, said I, are necessarily fatal, and I fear you havenot long to live. Well, said he, its all right, though it seems hard to die
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