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The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Medical staff of the army. (search)
hment due his crime or error, and become an example and a warning. It is to be doubted whether our armies have suffered more than other armies in like situations. In less than three months McClellan has lost in front of Richmond, principally by disease, soldiers variously estimated by the Yankees at from 100,000 to 170,000 men. He has, by the most favorable accounts to him, lost two thirds of his army. This has occurred, too with unlimited resources and supplies for the care and preservation of health and mastering disease. I merely mention this to show you that disease which afflicts us does not space the enemy. Your letter has been laid before the Surgeon-General for his information. I have thus answered your letter at length by instructions from the President, and am directed by him to thank you for your interest in the health and welfare of our soldiers in the field. Very respectfully, your obd't serv't, Wm Preston Johnston, Aide-de-camp to President Davis.