To prevent bleeding to death Warn wounded.
--An ‘"Old Soldier"’ writes that in the war of 1812 every soldier was advised to carry a string, to be tied round a bleeding limb and be twisted tight by a stick or ramrod, until a surgeon be found.
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The Daily Dispatch: July 23, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 23, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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