Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-01
[corre,pondence South Bend Rcgister.l


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As the details of that fierce conflict at
Pittsburg Landing at last reached us,
through the slow moving mails. the heart
of every Indianian, at home as we'll as here.
must be saddened at the terrible loss
among her brave soldiery. When the first
telegraphic news of the battle reached here
a week ago, which briefly stated that "thc
slaughter was great on both Sides" |
went to the War Department to ascertain.
il possible. what Indiana regimeDis were
engaged in it. and whether any was from
our vicinity. They hal no details beyond
the telegram; but thought that there were
four. and that the 4Sth Eddy's) was one
of them. So also the papers announced
the next morning. But day before yester-
day. when the Western papers reached
here, crowded with the details from their
correspondents, we learned that instead Of
four there were nearer twenty Indiana reg
iments on tha. field Of death-that the 4Sth
was not there, but that the 9th and 29th
were and hail suffered scverely-(and to-
day hear that the 18th was there also)-
and that our State, which has won such
honorable distinction by the patriotism
and heroism of the 60. 900 OF her sons she
has se.lt out to vindicats the old flag, has
sad record of killed and wounded to car
ry mourning to many houshold through
out her borders.
To think OF lbs killed and wounded
from single State on single field seems
incredible. and l hope sincerely that this
report may prove exaggerated. But the
fact that, even amid such carnage. no In
diana Regiment quailed or fed. shows that
her soldiers are animated with valor and
resolution akin to that of the bravcst he
rocs Of the olden time. The Spartan
mothers injunction to her son just leav-
ing for the battlefield, return with your
shield or upon it," so often quoted, seems
commonplace indeed. when We contem-
plate the sacrifices of American mothers
in this war. into which traitors have so
wickedly forced the country. s
can scarcely realize that there are men
throughout the loyal States who sympa-
tempt to palIiate their gnilt. Refusing to
submit to the arbitration of the ba,lot-bo
in which they themselves participated.
they raised the standard of revolt. gather
ed together armies, declared War, bonn
barde,l forts. and struck at the country and
the Union with the malignity Of despara-
ton and hate And yet when the nation
IS on the defensive. struggling for life and
existence against the PARTICLES. and her
sons dying by thousands in the sacred
cause of their country. there are those who
strive t. avert from these traitors the just
indignation of the world by charging their
sins upon others. sst 9 saf
II ! were to attempt words OF consola-
tion to those ia our region. who are filed
with sorrow and feel the keen anguish oI
''hesviness of heart 1 know how poor
and Inadequate would be even the sincerest
sympathy. Words cannot medicine
bleeding hearts, and there are some afflic-
tions which no consultations can assuage.
Even the knowledge that.
Fighting they fell. with their face to the foe,
Cheering their comrades on.''
is but slight palIiation to their grief =
And. when / see that ever one hundred Of
the killed and wounded are from regiments
mainly made up from the 9th District,
know how much sorrow there must be in
many Of its households. May the blow
be lightened to those whom this Slavery
Rebellion and Treason have robbed of hus-
band. father or son.
We cannot forget even while we con-
tenn Mate fheee <aer;6ces fhakfha lost hst