From the
Richmond
Dispatch,
7/25/1861
, p. 2
Reception and
Accommodation of the Wounded. - Many sick and wounded soldiers came down on
the cars yesterday and the day before. The committee of citizens appointed for
the purpose are constantly in attendance on the arrival of the trains; private
residences are open in great numbers for their reception, and the committee are
daily sending the sufferers to pleasant homes, where sisterly and motherly hands
are ready to minister to their wants and alleviate their distress in every
possible way. Our men suffer like heroes - scarcely a groan escapes them - amid
all the trials of removal from the cars and transportation through the streets.
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