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The ladies in the vicinity of Mt. Laurel, Halifax county, have forwarded to the army hospital at Culpeper C. H. a box containing towels, sheets, pillow-cases, shirts, drawers, bandages, lint, &c., to the amount of sixty-five or seventy dollars--all collected together in eight or ten days with but little trouble, and not much cost to any one individual. If every neighborhood in Virginia will do likewise, our hospitals will soon be well furnished. As the soldiers are endangering their health and lives for our safety and benefit, we should see that they are well cared for when sick or wounded. All that is lacking in this matter is to call the attention of the ladies to it. I propose, therefore, that the ministers of the Gospel in every neighborhood in Virginia call the attention of their congregations to the wants of our army hospitals. As the soldier can carry but few clothes with him, when sick he is in need of a change of linen. From the managers of the hospitals we learn that half-worn drawers, shirts, sheets and pillow-cases will be very acceptable, and anything suitable for a sick room, whether you have new or old. A. B. C. Mt. Laurel, Halifax co., Va., July 2, 1861.
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 4, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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