He went to
Manassas, and found General Beauregard, who sent orders to me to
remain where I was until further orders, and to send for the
camp-equipage, rations, etc., of my command. A number of the men
spread over the country in the vicinity of the battlefield, and
picked up a great many knapsacks, India-rubber cloths, blankets,
overcoats, etc., as well as a good deal of sugar, coffee, and
other provisions that had been abandoned by the enemy....
"After I had received orders showing that there was no purpose
to make a forward movement, I rode over a good deal of the
field, north of the Warrenton pike, and to some hospitals in the
vicinity, in order to see what care was being taken of the
wounded. I found a hospital on the Sudley road, back of the
field of battle, at which Colonel Jones, of the Fourth Alabama,
had been, which was in charge of a surgeon of a Rhode Island
regiment, whose name was Harris, I think. I asked him if he had
what he wanted for the men under his care, and he told me he
would like to have some morphine, of which his supply was short.
I directed a young surgeon of our cavalry, who rode up at the
time, to furnish the morphine, which he did, from a pair of
medical saddle-pockets which he had. Dr. Harris told me that he
knew that their troops had had a great deal of coffee and sugar
mixed, ready for boiling, of which a good deal had been left at
different points near the field, and asked if there would be any
objection to his sending out and gathering some of it for the
use of the wounded under his charge, as it would be of much
service to them.
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