Some seven or eight sick or recovering soldiers were brought
down from the camp yesterday to take passage on the Northerner for St.
Louis. They were left at the steamboat
office at the landing to await the arrival of the boat. As she did not come for some time, the poor
fellows made their way, as well as they could, to the hotels for dinner. One of them, when he arrived at the Le Claire
House, was so sick that he had to go to bed.
They all obtained their dinners, as we take pleasure in saying that the
practice of the hotel proprietors here is not to turn away any soldier because
he is short of money. During the rest of
the day the soldiers made themselves as comfortable as possible. These men belong to the 4th, 6th, 13th and
16th regiments, for which they have just been recruited, and are now ordered to
report themselves for duty, although they look very unfit for duty as
soldiers. They left only one man at camp
McClellan, who is believed to be insane.
His name is Love, from near Washington.
He has since been removed to a private residence. Camp McClellan is therefore now entirely deserted
for the first time since its establishment last August.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, May 10, 1862,
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