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ir,\ bfcsr'i' lie ChriKian Com minion atul the^ i Sanitary Coir,milieu have been doing a 3/iej aoble wox t hero. The thousands of wound-; or h eJ inou in end around the town, in hospi-i d i taU and private dwellings, will ever bear in f prj 11 * kind Tcaieiubiauce the uutiriug efforts of )' js 1 tile members of tlie Commissions to soothe»'.! their sufferiuspi uitd alleviate their distress.• *Night aud day we know the Christian Commission have labored faithfully and in defat-igably; as have also a large number of volunteer female nurses, who flit arouud the ^10'i-ttiilt;CitIftifolic j Get:theenf mwounded soldier, giving those little kinu-ucsse3 and tender assistance, which the female heart alone can furnish. Amongst ihoi-c noble men of the Christian Commission, who are giving their time and labors J ^ for the wouuded soldier, stands pre-eminent that whole-hearted man, Geo. II. Stuart, of Philadelphia, the President ot the Christian j Association, who spares no time, no labor, and gives of his means by the thousundK, to alleviate the suffering sob dier’s wants. We have heard several addresses by him in the lat two or three days, and cannot refiain from giving our humble tribute to his whole-souled, generous he irb and open hand. Such men canThe*awn’*takeThereadnever be forgotten.\? SSrQnite a number of the wounded sol- •*'Sc er a-matefield is te« cede* a vie)j fcfightat thdieis have been kindly taken care of by our citizens at their private residences, where the poor fellows receive the kindest treatment, and everything possible is done for their comfort and relief Our citizens well deserve the good arid undying name they have earned during the continuance of this war, by their humane and patriotic labors ia behalf of our brave aud noble troops, and we feci satisfied that Gettysburg and its loyal citizens will not be forgotten wheu the history of tins War is written by the future1! are fthistorian.^,llSF*Tho 105th Kegirncnt, Pennsylvania Militia, nearly all of whom are from this 1 lie h county, uuder command of Col. Pueiilek, ! of tin arrived here ou Sunday lust, their term of the C service (9 month*) having expired. They . Hewhis n hour both day i ed, ii ea lob the ]to crlt; the «M ca«!ideasISnotieiihave done excellent service in the campaign, the 5and look like veteran soldiers. They have been ordered here to be mustered out, and paid off—which will be done very shortly.Ufitf-Wo learn from one of our under-f aaedj *•Where in town, that the number of coffins ’ and li manufactured here for the transportation of cscaplt; the dead soldiers home by their friends, jfo)amounts probably to six or seven hundred i* » ' » •“..... f ilalready, and we presume this mournful business will be kept up for some time yet, Ccme The town is full of inquiring relatives for ^ ro,u those near and dear to them. Some have nccessto go away cheerless and uusatibfied, thethesi:reirmi from t ineutsInFt restiocr-placc of their friends not being Clt* 0 identified, from the vast amount that wcra ( le hurried into their mother-earth, without a mark to tell who lies there. Thin is pain- rccLe( f nl to a father, a mother, a wife, a sister; but ^ac'c * suali is the inevitable consequence of a £U,1S fearful and tremendous battle, like that of the three days of Gettysburg, fly - .vflS^Tbe wounded soldiers are being removed by the hundreds daily. There are! jog B} several trains ruuaiug every day; and os ornair rapidly as their improved health will allow, the Uniou and the Rebel wouuded are sent oo to Uicy Hospitals. The deaths in the field and town hospitals have been numerous; yet every attention has been given, which kiud,generous heart* cau bestow The djing pillow of many a wounded sol-j dicr has been smoothed by kind hands.U iS '--------Iwhatplace, to Gcrics mlarge ’Lhrnn
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Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jul 21, 1863
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