When the wounded had been sent to the transports, the regiments compacted, the camps cleared of superfluous baggage and _materiel_, and the weather became more propitious, the army assumed an attractive appearance.
When the news of the battle reached the principal cities of the West, the Sanitary Commission prepared to send relief.

Within twenty-four hours, boats were dispatched from St.Louis and Cincinnati, and hurried to Pittsburg Landing with the utmost rapidity.

The battle had not been altogether unexpected, but it found us without the proper preparation.

Whatever we had was pushed forward without delay, and the sufferings of the wounded were alleviated as much as possible.
As fast as the boats arrived they were loaded with wounded, and sent to St.Louis and other points along the Mississippi, or to Cincinnati and places in its vicinity.

Chicago, St.Louis, and Cincinnati were the principal points represented in this work of humanity.