Letter from a Wounded Soldier
Chenango American, July 24, 1862
Isaac S. Fitch, of East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], wounded in the battle before Richmond, and now in the hospital at Baltimore, has written to a friend in this village. He says that he is getting along very well, being able to walk with a crutch. He speaks highly of the Hospital accommodations but says he hopes to leave there soon and join his Regiment where he is more at home. We make the following extract:
"There is a plenty of everything here that is needed in a hospital; plenty of attendants, under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity and every one does her duty. But how is it in the beautiful valley of Chenango? Are all doing their duty there? I trust they are. Our Country has called once more for help to maintain its existence. That call is to all who are able to come forth and strike a blow for their country. In this her hour of peril it is their duty to come--a duty which they owe to God, their country and themselves. Now is the time for them to come; their brothers in the field are looking to them for help, and shall they be left to perish and our country sacrificed after all they have suffered? God forbid. I trust that Chenango County will send forth a regiment to help her sons already in the field, and that you, my fried, in common with the loyal sisters and mothers of America, will urge upon the brothers and sons of our valley the necessity of coming to the rescue of their country immediately."
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