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| 260 On August 24 orders were issued to have a number of volunteer regiments mustered out, and among them was the Fifth Maryland. At once the people of Baltimore began to take steps for a reception of the men upon their return, and the State undertook the removal of the sick. Five Pullman sleepers were provided—the number of sick men being about a hundred. This train, under the charge of Dr. I. R. Trimble, assisted by Dr. Asa L. Wessels and J. Forrest Cochran, Ph. G., hospital steward of the Fourth Regiment; Dr. S. S. Holton, Dr. A. G. Barrett and Frank Carr, Ph. G., left Huntsville for Baltimore on August 26, with the sick placed as comfortably as possible on board. In addition to these sick there were a number at Camp Thomas and Port Tampa. The sick train reached Baltimore early Sunday morning, August 28. It was pulled on a track at North and Saratoga streets, near the City Hospital, and the 111 feeble invalids were received with a noiseless welcome by hundreds of relatives and sympathizing friends. Forty-seven of the sick men were sent to the hospitals and the rest were taken to their homes. All the sick had 30 days' furlough, and those who went to the hospitals were cared for at the expense of the State. The following Tuesday the train left Baltimore for the South, to bring the sick.Marylanders from Fort McPher-son and Huntsville. That day there were 79 men on the sick list at the Huntsville Camp, and there was a considerable number at the General Hospital at Fort McPher-son. This train, which was still in charge of Dr. Trimble, left Huntsville on the last day of August, with 80 sick men aboard, for Baltimore. Adjutant-General Wilmer was at the camp assisting in getting the men started for home. Dr. Eugene Opie, Dr. Harvey W. Gushing and William P. Riggs, had accompanied Dr. Trimble to aid him in the removal and care of the sick. The train arrived in Baltimore at midnight on Friday, September 2. Fifteen of the patients went to their homes in carriages, and the remainder, some of whom were extremely ill, were carried to the various hospitals. |