The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-10-26
4 Letter from ssDaddy Poei'' 90
the Yellow Jackets OF the iath
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the Yellow Jackets OF the iith
Regiment, Indiana Volunteers.
Ny Lambs;-If you ever read your bible
which is extremely doubtful-you will find
il recorded that one Nebucha6nezzar was
turned out to grass. and put upon yeget-
able diet for his sins. call this 10 your
minds nv doves. that you may take warning
from the fate of the above named individual
with the long name. BY timely repentance.
be enabled to turn a sharp corner. and luke
old eioofy who has great hopes of getting a
firm grip on you. some of these DAYS. That
YOU are great sinners. Is evident from the
fact that when you are called on to skirmish
with the rebels. YOU "fall in" with 4 great
deal more alacrity than when called on TO go
to hear preaching. And. then. you have
decidedly wicked. selfish. uncomfortable.
private mad house sort Of way in covering
every foot of available ground. between your
selves and the enemy. thereby rendering his
chance for a long and useful life extremely
doubtful
IL must however be confessed. NY children.
that YOU have some excuse for this unhealthy
way of dealing with traitors. seeing that il
would afford them the geeatest pleasure to
separate your jugular. on the first convenient
opportunity. an operation. which from my
knowledge of your character, would be rath-
er hazardous undertaking. And. then your
unearthly wells. whenever YOU get sight Of
the enemy, is enough to brighten any honest
christian gentleman ont Of his boots. 10 say
nothing Of the effect II must have on poor
devil Of rebel whose conscience is already
weighed down by his manifold sins The
careless way you have of shooting, not APP
pearing TO care where you hit the enemy,
is. TO say the least, very culpable on your
part, as from actual observation / hare no
tced that YOU would as soou hit them in the
head as not. which goes to prove that you
have kind Of wicked propensity for put
ting out of the way all traitors to the kind
Government OF Uncle Sam. Ii has also been
confidcntiaIIy reported to me that some of
you swear terribly when you get into fight
with the rebels. Now you know nv lambs,
that il is wicked to swear under any circum.
stances knowingly. Yonr daddy can think
Of but two excuses which YOU can make In
extenuation of this wickedness. First, in the
heat and excitement Of battle il is barely
possible for YOU TO swear, and not be con-
scious Of il at the time; second, that the
Governments pays the Chaplain for looking
after your morals, and therefore il would ap-
pear at first glance that il Is his business 10
look after your moral welfare. and keep you
from swearing. especially in battle. Since /
have been down here in America, the ques-
ton has been frequently asked, is the l4th
as ragged as has been reported. Ny reply
IS. that the 18th is 50 completely covered
with glory. that enc does not SEE the rags,
while looking at the man Now boys. aite'
making that answer for you, should hear
of your running from the rebels before get
ready TO Join you again. will drop every
thing and come up there and give some of
you welt;ng.
The good people OF Terre Hautc are get
ting up any quantity Of socks and other
things TO make you comfortable, through the
winter. part OF which I shall bring through
FOR You on my retarn, so | want you to be on
your taps" and give good account of your
selves. for there is rumor here that YOU
are about to Get into another fight. and il
must be said to your credit, tnat you don't
want much coaxing to go in. -
Ny children. you must excuse my plain
letter for YOU know that since the untimcly
death Of Reuben" whose mortal part wen,
TO Gil the hungry nav Of the 32nd Ohio,
am about the only one Of the 18th. who can
do and say what he pleases. prov ided he does
not do or say anything wrong
j. I. POOL.
Terre Haute. Indiana. Oct 20. in the year
of grace. 1861.
THs NKw ORIsASs "TrKrIf."-ln a
stray number Of the Picayune Of the 18th