From the Richmond Dispatch,
7/29/1861, p. 2
Sick Soldiers and the
Ladies. - A private in the Princeton Guard, writing from
Camp Lee, under the date of yesterday, speaking of sick soldiers, says:
“We had, for several days, the fore-part of this week, 25
or 30 sick soldiers, (I think a detachment of a
Louisiana
regiment,) who, as we are informed by them, received little or no attention,
and who would have suffered but for some kindness from soldiers, entire
strangers to them. We came to the city the 24th, informed a friend of
their condition, who communicated with the ladies, who sent for the sick
soldiers yesterday, 25th. We suppose they are in the hands of the
ladies now, and know if they are they will be taken care of.
“The ladies of
Richmond
will long be remembered by the soldiers of the South. We might say, the ladies
of the Southern Confederacy will ever be reverenced by the soldiers. Mighty has
been her work, and with a will has she applied her indomitable energy. Much will
we owe to the ladies for our independence.
“If we get sick while here, send us to the ladies of Richmond. We are happy to see them about our camps; they cheer us with their
presence.”
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