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ny office ol the amputating tables t he poor fellows i Common wevc lying looking at the operations withie disabled , . .giving his supremo indifference, not knowing howsoon their turn might come to indulgeinal electionTlthis istandthe same tortures. Imagination cannot»e scene of picture the horrors of a battlefield, afterOn Wed-o’clock I*.Blood farm,rr farm, and.consuming rrels of oil,nn engagement. The sight at first seemed almost unendurable. The blood of someamoito eThewhoiwas trinkling away in silence, while the dissevered limbs and disordered brains ofery lt;others, made them give rise to sounds, thatGod grant I may never again witness. Butassisists”ine houses, )’e mothers, who now seek a son, and yeTwhoeonsloyasisters a brother, or wife a husband, knowused Du- ! an^ ^e consoled, that even here the handon the sur- mercy i8 watchful, and better care isI the tlames bestowed on your loved one than mighttheir bawl and! and hateat first seem possible. We moved along8100,000. across the battlefield, near Sharpsburg,le principal an^ 0,1 to ^ie ^erc a Presenteditself, which was awful to behold. Thedead not having been buried, were lyingoss $1,000. | scattered over the ground as far as could3,500.be seen, together with cannon halls andoss 82,500. I .But these scenes have been described by mightier pens than mine. Myblood runs cold at the thought of such).sights, and here, while writing this com-Stow wells, niunication among the busy crowd, those000.wordsjof Thomas Jefferson strike uponoss 82 500. j niy ear, I tremble for my Country when$5,000.I remember that God is just, and God’s80,500.83,500.ncry. LossI.justice cannot sleep forever.” The nexttwo days we were engaged in buryingthe dead, the greater part of them beingrebelsthe Union men having been buried before. On Monday we were orderedto Harper’s Ferry, where we arrived onthe 23d. The town and country round0.Loss 81,SOO.Y FOR THE Co., ex-liavc recivedfpabout here is very much desolated, whichshows that war with all its horrors has10 Treasuryeveral inter-lestion:ME NT,Ie venue,st, 18G2.5th of Sep-been rampant here for the last year anda-half. The weather here is very drywith warm days and cold nights, which makes it rather unhealthy. There is agood deal of sickness in camp, althoughthe boys are in fine spirits, and are looking forward to the time when this warshall close, and we be permitted to return to our homes, deserving no higheris contained at, under thetainp is note 1st of J a ii-honor than the proud title of having belonged to the army of the Potomac.Respectfully Yours,Corp. W. M. LINDSEY.equji do tl pie tTheholdagaihardthe iof tlre bethe t of tlmouTheshoefallcoulandTnouipratmonThehiebefii 1thatCleldecireinacequetriotry, by l hat*Ijudjhim/Y tfsenmitnotelswinto Ithei
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 18, 1862
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