Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-06-04


private letter, which was handed Us to read, a
it will be perused with interest by many, as
If comes from one of our brave young men
or the Allleghenies, who volunteered, and is I
now serving his country i'll the 10Th Illinois
regiment
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, May 3. 1862.
DEAR PARENTS:
Some time has elapsed since have written
home. and within 50 short time what great
victories have been achieved by the Federal
army. Never since history was given to
the children Of men, has 50 many, and 50 I
successful battles been won. There has .
been great hue and cry that our generals .
were incompetent Of the task set before /
them, but thank God. our leaders have led
their men forth to battle in a righteous
cause. and ne was pleased. and crowned our
generals and men with victory. We as
nation have everything and every cause to
be proud We have them within our grasp,
and before another year shall pass away the
United States Of America will be all tran
quil. peace will gleam throughout the land,
and that the glorious Star Spanglea Banner
shall, and viii wave from every city in
( America That fag. that traitors would
/ have trampled in the dust, will protect
and see that the laws If our country will be
fulfilled. We as one nation can become
/ great, but if we get split up into factional
parties we will become like the rebellious
/ States of Germany, victim FOR any strange
/ power.
The chivalry OF the South, to their sor
row, finds out that :" the blue-bellied yan,
kees'' will not always run as they did at
Manassas and Bull Run. Hosseau's Brigade
from Louisville, kentucky. was nothing else
but the theme OF comment among the chi-
vaIrv Of the South. The rebels called them
traitors to their cause, they were low lifei
and when they met face TO face the chivairy
Of kentucky, Cn the rebel army how the
rebel Kentuckians would clean them ont.
. At Pittzburg LauIing they met the Fourth
and Fifth kentucky (Rebels) face to face.
Was retTibuti0n ever dealt out as 1t was
there: revenge was sweet to the brave Rus
seau. his men fought ike demons and cut
the Fourth and Fifth regiments to pieces,
they have been revenged. How many a
poor mother has heard that her son fell in
: the moment uf victory, but he fell in a good
cause, and can say, as the mother who
spoke these few words, when her son was
brought home corpse with the American
flag wrapped around him. she unfol3eG the
hag to Sc the mortal wound as she stood
t gazing on Ler Efcless boy, she spoke, "
have covered you up many a time. but now
FIR the last time cover you with the tiag
yc your country, which you so nobly de
, Tended" What could the poor mother hav,
said, On the Other hand, as she gazed ~ hci
{ child had ne been traitor to God and Iii
! country.
am engaged a. present running a loco
d motive for the L. S. Government. ON th,
81 Memphis and Charleston Eailr al. and it i
Il very dangerous occupation, most ever,
: day for the last two weeks the trains wer
i fsel into by some unknown person or per
Il sons, along through different sections f tl
III road. Some three or four have lost thei
, lives, and some eight or ten wounded. Onl
It last evening the train that followed me dow
u from Belefront was fired into. and tw
u young men dangerously wounded, one ha
y two buckshot in his scalp, and the other ha
}" two in MS back. They stopped the train a
soon as possible, secured the woods throug
> for miles, but could not find one white mar
~ The other day the citizens set a small brid2
III on fire and burnt the lower props of, the
then put It out, presently a locomotive can
- along, the engineer saw the bridge, and a
was right as he supposed, but as soon as Il
engine struck the bridge it gave way. pr,
cipitating the engine and two cars to Il
~ bottom Of the creek. The engineer w
- severely hurt. The fireman got caught b
tween the smoke stack and the cars ar
y, was burned to death. and no person there
: get him out, the most pitiful cries that ev
came from an agonized man, he begged
uS to cut his legs off, to shoot him to T
- Eeve him from such misery. but few of Il
-, citizens there was shooting at us. and !
could do nothing for him, he leaves your
wife and an infant SON
am IN good health, and have been as {
: down as JoneSboro. - miles below Decatr
ice Twenty-six boys, Tenth Wisconsin, we
mt guriing a brilge about 20 miles from hel
cts on Tuesday night they were attacked by ,
nm citizens, and were asked to surrender,
-, Sergeant was in command, to use his o,
GO words. told them TO go to HI. Th
!. fought from ten to twelve O'Clock, the ci
led zens were forced 20 retire, taking their de
ers with them, leaving one dead MAJ on