It having been reported that the wounded soldiers would all be brought to St. Louis, a telegram was sent to Gen. Halleck, inquiring the facts, so that the relief committee might be guided thereby. The following is Gen. Halleck’s answer:
TO C. H. ELDRIDGE: All wounded are sent to Cincinnati, Mound City, Evansville, and St. Louis. No distinction is made between States, or between friends and foes. It is simply a question of humanity.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major General.
This entails more labor on the committee than was expected, but it will be cheerfully performed.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 20, 1862, p. 1
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