| Near Bentonville |
| March 20, 1865 |
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| General Bragg |
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| There is great complaint of the
treatment the wounded receive in the rear. General Johnston desires
you would send a medical officer of experience in the field to
Smithfield, to take charge of the whole matter. This officer will
give orders for such changes as may be necessary, in General
Johnston's name, and will immediately communicate by telegraph with
Capt. J. M. Robinson, engineer in charge railroads, Raleigh, calling
for trains to carry off wounded {on the North
Carolina RR} as fast as possible. Any hospital arrangements
at Smithfield and the depot should be of a temporary character. |
| Archer Anderson |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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