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1862, there were two hundred sick and wounded soldiers at ; 
New Albany, Ind. There was no government hospital there. 
Governor Morton was in Washington; Holloway directed ' 
Mayor Barnett at Evansville to “Employ a good physician and I 
get the largest and best house possible.” A hospital was fitted | 
up.^^® Then came word from General Halleck that the men I 
were at New Albany against his positive orders.^®^ This | 
caused some commotion, but finally the medical director at 
Louisville permitted those too sick to be removed to remain.^^* 
In December, 1862, Morton asked the Secretary of War to es- 
tablish a United States hospital at Madison or reopen one at 
Evansville, because of the number of soldiers to be cared for.^^^ 
From August to October, 1862, many Indianians were in 
the hospitals in the East. A special agent was sent to co- 
operate with the regular military agent and visit every hos- 
pital on the Potomac.^^*^ Another was sent in October to visit 
Indiana sick and wounded in the neighborhood of Harper’s 
Ferry. Morton himself visited hospitals and carried sup- 
plies to the territory around Washington in the same month.^^^ 
In the middle of October, W. H. H. Terrell visited Harper’s 
Ferry and the battlefield at Antietam to investigate the con- 
dition of Indianians there. It was at this time that Mor- 
ton’s private secretary inquired of Terrell : 
Complaints are made from good sources about [W. H.] Dennis’ finan- 
cial matters. No reports or vouchers have been submitted by him. I 
hope you will look into this as you are aware of its importance. Does 
he really do any work or is [it] theory.”^ 
In February, 1863, Morton defended to Secretary Stanton 
the case of a surgeon in the Thirtieth Indiana who had been 
dismissed by General Sherman.^^^ 
The Governor’s efforts to guarantee to the Sixty-sixth In- 
diana advance pay and bounty in August and September, 1862, 
won from General W. Nelson the exclamation, “Would to God 
that governors of other states would take the care of their 
General Telegrams, III, 106. 
Ibid., Ill, 107. 
^^Uhid., Ill, 107. 
133 General Despatches, IX, 272, 273. 
no Department Despatches, XV, 296. 
ni General Despatches, IX, 16. 
142 /bid., IX, 34. 
143 /bid., IX, 102. 
144 W. R. Holloway to W. H. H. Terrell, October 17, 1862, General Telegrams, IX, 119, 
145 Morton, Letters, II, 202, 
