The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-18
From the Uniontown Pa, J Genius.
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MEssRs EDIroRs:-We observed in the
5 Genius of Liberty of the 18th inst. an article
entitled Camp Misery" Without giving
it any particular attention we supposed the
facts were correctly stated, but upon more
i careful examination we find it to be incor
, rect in two minor points. But one New Yorl
regiment was in that camp, and three tent
to each company were allotted, instead o
I two, (as the per order of Gen. Scott, datet
I April Sd, 1847, Order No, 9l.) It's no
: our intention to cast any imputation upon thu
commander-in chief, believing as we do, tina
he had as much regard for us as is usual fol
an officer of the Regular Army to have fo
q unfortunate Volunteers! But in order t
, correct the statement made by A. G. Mich
olson, and place the facts in their propel
light before the public, we submit the follow
. ing candid statement to your readers:
When the army left Vera Cruz, in the
month Of April, SAT, by an express order
from the commander-in- chief, each company
| was allowed but three tents--one for the Of
tcers, one Cor the sick, and one for the arms
I How could Mr.. Nicholson "swear that each
company had pie lty Of tents at the outset?'
when all who were there knew that none Of
, the volunteer regiments had more than three
to Il company, which were not sufficient even
for the sick, to say nothing of officers and
arms.
Mr.. Nicholson ettaches the blame to the
officers Of the companies. But how could
"sergeants" see to tents? How could even
, captains of companies, colonels of regiments
commanders # divisions remedy it, when the
commander -n-chief had ordered so and SO
to be done?
+ We are sorry that Mr. Nicholson should
, be thus duped. Ifh.s memory has failed
/ him, we hope this will refresh it, and that he
will honestly acknowledge his error. We
| will willingly forgive him, and with all the
generosity and kindness Of our nature, and
the open heartedness that soldiers should
cherish for each other, we will share with
him our last cracker, our last slice of bacon,
! our last mug of coffee, and divide with him
our last blanket We further hope that he
will examine the matter candidly, and not
suffer those who have no regard for Volun-
teer soldiers, or who manifest little or no
respect for them---save when military lea
der is to be elevated to some prominent sta
tlon--to lead him from the paths of truth.
! The Camp referred to, was located 2 miles
beyond Jalapa and known as Camp Patter-
son by the officers, but was dubbed "Camp
Misery" by the men This name was sug-
gested from the privations and deadly expo
eures ineident to th;s fatal camp! Vou -1aoy
form some idea of our condition and feelings
when we inform you that we laid fourteen
days with no shelter from the weather, the
/, rain pouring upon us almost continually, with
but y single blanket, upon the wet ground
for bed The stoutest hearts were quang
before the diseases that were rioting among
us, sending daily loads of our'comrades to the
grave or the hospital.
Our misery was in no small degree, aug
! mentcd by seeing the entire REGULAR
ARMY, officers and men, safely and comfor-
tably quartered in the healthy city of Jala-
pa, where we, too, might have been comfor-
tably situated, Cor there was abundance of
room. Many an indignant heart longed for
so2le Jackson-s spirited volunteer commander,
that would trample upon this inhuman order
that resulted in the untimely death of many
a gallant volunteer. This was but one of
the many instances 1--WE remember them yeti
in which the health Of the citizen soldier was
shamefully sacrificed to the convenience and
comfort of the regular troops. 1t was the
same contracted, arrogant spirit that caused
the regular officers in command of the gar
rison at New Orleans, to refuse our lamen-
ted Colonel Roberts shelter for the 81 regi-
ment Pa. Volunteers None but the Volun-
teer can know anything Of the indignities
that are constantly heaped upon the citizen
soldier by the officers Of the regular army,
that American hot bed of tyranny and aris.
tocracy. We consider it our duty as Amer
lean citizens, to refuse our aid in the eleva-
ton to the Chief Magistracy of the Republic
one whose entire life has been spent in this
anti-republican school.
But thanks be to God we have been safe
ly delivered from the insults, dangers, and
priVations of volunteer campaign. We
were conscious that we had, in the midst of
our tolls, the sustaining sympathy of our
American citizens, save the leaders of the
federal party, and we looked for no justice
at their hands, consequently we were not
surprised to see in the Pennsy sylvania Demo-
crat of last week, heaping upon us the fol-
lowing degrading epithets: { God have mercy
upon the author, "these cailiffs and serfs Of
party" ''the scum that rises uppermost
when q nation boils," these "camp cormo-
rants, "lying calumniators, "camp miser-
able beings "cowardly assassins, J" "cai-
lifts and ingrates," &c, &C.
These federal epithets fall lightly upon our
ears, and are easily borne, when cast upon
us here in the midst of our friends and the
comforts of home. But the traitorous words
of Corwin and bis vile coad were more
chilling to the American soldiers as they lay
at "Camp Misery" than the torrents that
fell upon their unsheltered heads.
Edmond Rine, John A. Cummings,
Absolam Cutler, G. l.. Conner.
Jas. P. Downer, Peter A. Johns,
{ James Shaw, William Freemen,
Solomon Shaw, John w. Skiles,
John Bishop, jackson Kirkpatrick,
John Fitzpatrick, j. Beeson Gardner,
| Samuel Page.
GE- More than Thousand men are now
at work on the railroad from Steubenville to
Newark, and the whole is to be completed
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