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In 1863, just after the fall of Vicksburg, I visited the hospitals in Helena, Ark. Going into a large ward one day, filled with sick and wounded soldiers, I saw in the farthest corner of the room a very sick man. I noticed him the more because he was looking towards me, and there was upon his face such a look of agony and despair as I had never seen on any human face before, and I trust I may never see again. I said to the surgeon, who had stepped in with me, --
"You have one very sick man here. " And when I designated him, he answered, "Yes, he is almost gone; poor fellow, he'll not live long. " I said no more, -- my heart was too deeply touched, -- but went directly to him. As I approached his cot-side, I said tenderly, "You seem to be very sick, my friend. " The look of agony deepened in his face as he answered, --