American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-12-28
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sustain this cross, so typical oftheir struggle,
ecen to the bitter DEATH A venerable minis
ter pronounced solemn blessing upon these
banners, and the whole brigade marched in
review By column of companies before our
new Generals, Griffith and Hill.
General II. is almost an exact counterpart
of his brother, Capt. i. P. Hill, of our regi-
ment-equaIly as good looking. and on account
of this honorable similarity Bricks has taken
an extra liking to him. If be proves as good
"a General as the latter has shown himself
Evans.
The soldiers were, evidently, very much
affected by the prayer Of the old divine You
would be astonished, Sir, to witness with
what earnest and decorous respect our troops
treat all matters of rengion- We are more
pereeptibly christian people in war than il
peace Derision in holy things is rarely
heard and never encouraged in our midst.
aud Bricks, being happy to assert that he is
no mocker of divine principles and institu-
tions, though great sinner, Is proud of this
1t may justly be taken as some evidence of
the fact that our soldiers are alive 10 and
thus humbly acknowledge the many instances
of manifest provideutial Intervention in our
behalf which have occurred since the opening
of hostilities.
An election was held some days since. in
the regiment, to supply the vacancy brought
about by the promotion of Lieut.-Col Griffin
to the Colonelcy. 1t resulted in the choice
of Capt. w. g. Kearney. There could not
have been selected from among the Captains
a more accomplished and fitting officer and
gentleman. Major Henry's defeat, we think,
may be attributed 10 the opposition of that
anti Madison county element which, unhsp-
PLY, exists in the regiment, and whose sup
port Capt. Kearney, as the leader of a Kinds
county company, able, without sOlicita-
ton, to get, and which he certainly did get
so much so that he elected thereby for
granting an equality of merit to the two gen.
tlemen, yet popular sentiment and reason are
generally upon the side of regular promotion,
and no man in the 18th regiment will for a
moment question the high character for ell
cheney, ability and genuine chiyalry as an
officer which Major Henry universally Sus-
tains The old Majors high sense of honor
and tenderness of feeling impelled him imme-
diately to resign his commission as a field
officer, and in an eloquent manner he asked
the regiment simply for a welcome to the
ranks. The polite and courteous request,
signed by all the officers, was unavailing to
alter his determination to resign, and the
q boys" of company c. were glad to get him
at their head to supply Captain Singleton
place, although they felt that he had no rea-
son to construe his defeat into any kind Of
rebuke whatever. He was almost unanimous
IL elected Captain of the Z" Confederates.'
Our Congressman, the Hon. E. Barksdale,
a very entertaining speech to the
regiment this evening. The boys" were
enthusiastically pleased. as he had inst come
from their homes, and told them of the sen
timent there in reference to the 18th regiment.
and spoke also of the girls, in whom. on ae-
count of the long separation, these young
men have gotten to feel aa intense and tender
interest.
This letter has grown to such length that
Bricks concludes to postpone certain small
things which he at FIRST thought to tell you
Of G. ". B.