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PRESIDENT VISITING THE BATTLE FIELDS. 517
Frederick accommodations were made for four thousand sick and. wounded.
Besides a large number of private houses, the government occupied the following buildings for hospitals: United States General Hospital, City Hotel,
United States Hotel, Lutheran, Methodist, new and old Episcopal, Presbyterian and African Churches, three (Nos. 70, 71 and 72) High Schools, two
German Reformed Churches, Frederick Female Seminary, Bronson's Academy, part of the Jesuits' Noviciate, and the left wing of the Convent occupied
by the Sisters of the Visitation Convent. All hours of the day and night the
benevolent ladies of Frederick attended at the bed-sides of the sick and
wounded in these hospitals, aided by a large corps of volunteer surgeons from
Baltimore and the neighboring cities and towns.
Governor Bradford and his staff, with eighteen volunteer surgeons, visited
the hospitals around the battle-field of Sharpsburg, and the latter remained
to assist the army surgeons in their duties. After the Governor's return, he
issued an address thanking the Marylanders under McClellan—the 2d, 3d
and 5th regiments, the Purnell Legion, the 1st regiment of the Potomac
Home Brigade, and 1st Maryland artillery—for their courage and conduct,
and expressing acknowledgments on behalf of the State to General McClellan
and Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania.
On the 1st of October, President Lincoln, accompanied by John W.
Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, John P. Kennedy,
Superintendent United- States Census, Marshall Lamon, of the District of
Columbia, and several other distinguished personages, visited General
McClellan, and remained several days. He visited the battle fields of South
Mountain and Sharpsburg, and spent some time in viewing the prominent
points of historical interest. He returned to Frederick on the 4th, where he
was enthusiastically received by the citizens and soldiers. A speech being
called for, he responded as follows :
"I am surrounded by soldiers and a little further off by the citizens of this good city
■ of Frederick. Nevertheless, I can only say, as I did five minutes ago, it is not proper for
me to make speeches in my present position. I return thanks to our soldiers for the good
service they have rendered, the energy they have shown, the hardships they have endured,
and the blood they have shed for this Union of ours; and I also return thanks, not only
to the soldiers, but to the good citizens of Frederick, and to the good men, women and
children in this land of ours,for their devotion in this glorious cause; and I say this with
no malice in my heart towards those who have done otherwise. May our children and
children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy these benefits conferred
upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under these glorious institutions, bequeathed to us by Washington and his compeers. Now, my friends, soldiers and
citizens, I can only say once more—farewell."
On the 4th of August, the President ordered a draft of three hundred
thousand militia for nine months, unless sooner discharged, and directed that
if any State should not by the 15th furnish its quota of the additional three
hundred thousand authorized by the Act of Congress of July 17th, 1862, the
-deficiency of volunteers in that State would be made up by special draft from
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000550 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | PRESIDENT VISITING THE BATTLE FIELDS. 517 Frederick accommodations were made for four thousand sick and. wounded. Besides a large number of private houses, the government occupied the following buildings for hospitals: United States General Hospital, City Hotel, United States Hotel, Lutheran, Methodist, new and old Episcopal, Presbyterian and African Churches, three (Nos. 70, 71 and 72) High Schools, two German Reformed Churches, Frederick Female Seminary, Bronson's Academy, part of the Jesuits' Noviciate, and the left wing of the Convent occupied by the Sisters of the Visitation Convent. All hours of the day and night the benevolent ladies of Frederick attended at the bed-sides of the sick and wounded in these hospitals, aided by a large corps of volunteer surgeons from Baltimore and the neighboring cities and towns. Governor Bradford and his staff, with eighteen volunteer surgeons, visited the hospitals around the battle-field of Sharpsburg, and the latter remained to assist the army surgeons in their duties. After the Governor's return, he issued an address thanking the Marylanders under McClellan—the 2d, 3d and 5th regiments, the Purnell Legion, the 1st regiment of the Potomac Home Brigade, and 1st Maryland artillery—for their courage and conduct, and expressing acknowledgments on behalf of the State to General McClellan and Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania. On the 1st of October, President Lincoln, accompanied by John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, John P. Kennedy, Superintendent United- States Census, Marshall Lamon, of the District of Columbia, and several other distinguished personages, visited General McClellan, and remained several days. He visited the battle fields of South Mountain and Sharpsburg, and spent some time in viewing the prominent points of historical interest. He returned to Frederick on the 4th, where he was enthusiastically received by the citizens and soldiers. A speech being called for, he responded as follows : "I am surrounded by soldiers and a little further off by the citizens of this good city ■ of Frederick. Nevertheless, I can only say, as I did five minutes ago, it is not proper for me to make speeches in my present position. I return thanks to our soldiers for the good service they have rendered, the energy they have shown, the hardships they have endured, and the blood they have shed for this Union of ours; and I also return thanks, not only to the soldiers, but to the good citizens of Frederick, and to the good men, women and children in this land of ours,for their devotion in this glorious cause; and I say this with no malice in my heart towards those who have done otherwise. May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy these benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under these glorious institutions, bequeathed to us by Washington and his compeers. Now, my friends, soldiers and citizens, I can only say once more—farewell." On the 4th of August, the President ordered a draft of three hundred thousand militia for nine months, unless sooner discharged, and directed that if any State should not by the 15th furnish its quota of the additional three hundred thousand authorized by the Act of Congress of July 17th, 1862, the -deficiency of volunteers in that State would be made up by special draft from |
