Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-19
CHEsrSuT GROVE CBEATHAN Co. TENN. !
September IL 1861

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September IL, 1861.
To my Son and his Brother Soldiers an Ctn.ps:
Asian an old man, in bad health, and
may not see you again, and have spent part
of my life in camps, building Mills, Iron
Works and Roads, will make few remarks,
to prompt you TO do your part, aud to submit
to privations and hsrdships; and to those
that are at home, TO unite with you, or do
what they can to add to your comfort aud
health. while yOu are exposing your lives
! and health to protect our homes, property
and liberty. And as I have more faith in the
sc,s of men than their words, and to convince
the soldiers that am their friend, and know
a little about hard work and living, | will
state part of what did do. md by the Will
of God will try TO do. Part OF my time
worked IA hours per day, for 50 per month,
clothed myself, slept on plank in blankets,
lived on corn bread, bacon aud molasses;
sometimes we had coffee. made from parched
corn OF meal, and sweetened with mOlasses.
As mother gave me part of my clothes, saw
ed part of the So per month. ard have had
interest in my favor from that time. At one
time. while putting in some deep FONDA tons.
we bad to work the pumps day and night for
nine days, and the little eat or slept in that
time was in wet clothes, lin which l did
wrong) While cutting the tunnel at the
Narrows of Harpeth, had two sets of hands,
and pushed them from midnight to midnight,
except Sunday; ard have been on the watch
Aarl- ninhta on land and nat
have been slandered, robbed and defrauded
by many.
Last October went TO Springfield. at my
own expense, and told Mr.. Lincoln and 9th
ers. had been in most of the States, from
| Canada to Mexico, and bad cause to think he
aud hi sparty would destroy our Government,
and subject it to the control Of England and
France, and that thought it better, cheap
mr. and safer, to lead men, than to drive
| them. and gave them some of ESOp's fables,
and told them | had some idea of buying
some of their rich land and stone coal, and
them, and spinning and weaving of wool and
1 cotton and let others alone. they would make
money and friends by it, aud ours one of the
| greatest of nations. Aud from what the War
has cost them. L reckon they begin to think
about what it will cost to complete the job,
what they will gain by it, and what told
them. | was long and strong for the Union;
| though, after it was broken, and the war COM
menced, as the South had produced the grass
and grain that gave strength and action TO
my bones and brains, / gave and loaned over
| 5000 a. an outfit for the soldiers and their
| families, / let the State have $500 worth of
Leather on a credit, to make shoes for them
and have $500 in bnak to loan the Govern
ment to pay them, besides my war tax. L
| am spending about half OF my time in getting
| shoes, blankets and clothes for them, and will
| try to go with them to your camp before win
ter. Many others are doing as much, ard
some much more. Many of the Girls and La
dies, rich and poor. are at work for the sol
dier<. and acting well their parts and God
has blessed us in fields of grain and battles.
for which we all should be thankful, and try
to retain his favor.
II You will live sober ana cheap. as | did,
| think it Will promote your health and
slEcll8tu- pCdCC anu AdppluFocs anu ChuDAC
you to loan the Government one half of your
wages OF lore, retain your liberty, and have
something to live on in your old age, and to
| give to your friends; and above all things,
| try to get the aid and favor of the God that
made and controls the land and sea and all
| that is in or on them, at his will, and try to
| act like Washington and Franklin, and re-
| member the fear of God is the beginning of
| wisdom. and that he has said that righteous
ness exalteth a natl IN, aud that the meek
shall inherit the earth, and that you have
but one time to die, and that it is better TO
die in just cause than to live in disgrace.
l hope that health and good luck will at
tend you all. and that you will have better
time of it than your grand fathers did in OBJ
tanning our liberty; for sometimes they could
not get bread enough to eat, and the blood
from their naked feet stained the ground and
snow on which they had to march.
/ hope good men from all sections and par
ties, that is blessed with better health and ed
ucation, by the aid of God, will shortly re
store our country to peace. and as Washing
ton wanted it to be, and let you all, from
North and South, return to your homes and
friends in peace, to spend your time so as t.
benefit yourselves and others; for we have
many wants, and are subject to sickness, &C
cidents and taxes, and to make mistakes
which we should try to correct and forgive
and save what we can with prudence, anG
prepare for long life aud war, and favor
able judgment after death; for we know no
of what, or when time will bring forth; fo
your brother Joseph died since you left us
The others are getting well. and wishes you
all well, and well to do, and safe return
home s. W. ADHESION,
| A MECHANIC
n. 3. l hope that each Regiment will
agree amolg themselves on some plan to saws
part of their money for themselves ant
friends, and like band of brothers to aid
aud protect each other from the various
temptations of camp life. S. W. A,