From the Richmond Dispatch, 10/9/1861, p. 2, c. 3
A Field for
Benevolent Operations. – It is to
be hoped that our citizens will need no urging to come promptly forward to the
relief of the invalid soldiers who daily arrive in the city. They must not be
permitted to suffer for the want of proper nursing and the various comforts
indispensable to the recovery of the sick. If the hospitals do not furnish ample
accommodations for the purpose, it is the duty of all who are blessed with means
to receive them into their private residences, except in cases where the disease
is contagious. However much of personal ease we may sacrifice, the reflection of
having done a good action ought surely to be a sufficient recompense. We have
already alluded to the establishment of three hospitals, by the Georgians, in
this city. At the third, which is at
Taylor’s factory, corner of
24th and Franklin streets, the preparations are incomplete, yet a
large number of sick soldiers have unexpectedly arrived there. It is necessary
that the managers should be temporarily assisted, and we therefore invite the
citizens residing in the neighborhood to send in contributions of suitable food
for a few days. Any person who desires to engage in a work of benevolence and
humanity, can easily find opportunities of doing so.
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