Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-22
Letter From Lady in Kentucky to n
Lady in Leicester.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 5, 1862.
Ny Dear Mrs Ebay before yesterday l
received letter from you, dated Jan. 18th,
conveying to me the glad intelligence that the
good ladies of dear old Leicester had forward
ed to me'a quantity of goods to be distributed
among our brave volunteers. Yesterday the
goods arrived.
To say that thank you with all my heart,
and, through you, "the ladies' of Leicester"
each and every one of them, is saying but lit
tie and giving poor return; but if the ladies
could receive only few of the thousand per
sonal thanks Of the soldiers themselves, as I
shall do, know they would feel repaid for all
their labor. feel complimented in the great
est degree by being made the dispenser of
these sPLENDIDLY MADE garments, and shall
do my best to have them judiciously disposed
of. look upon each garment with degree
of affection as being Leicester made
Yesterday, soon after 1 had unpacked the
goods, saw number of soldiers passing.
who looked as though they chad smelt pow
der" and l hailed them, and asked: "Have
you all got mittens 2" Eyes, all but three or
four Of us" "Well, you three or four shall
have mittens." So 1 supplied them, for
which they were most thankful, and one said
81 believe you ladies think good deal of the
soldiers" "Indeed We do" said !. "and
don't mean the brave boys shall fight for us
with cold fingers. Where are you from r.
continued J. "From the mountains of east
ern Kentucky; we belong to the eighth Ken
lucky regiment" 1 told them that those
nice mittens were sent here from far
off Massachusetts, knit by the NTassa.
chusetts ladies'. They seemed very much
compimented, and said they should re.
member the Massachusetts ladies'. "Let them
hear good accounts of the eighth Kentucky"
said |. eve ,ciH that" and we parted-they
going on, showing each other their mittens.
A regimental surgeon IA neighbor) has ask.
ed for some of the flannel shirts for his sick.
and l think shall give them to him. He is
wOman!y sort of doctor, and will put them in
the right places.
We have here in our hospitals two thousand
or more sick, and it is sad sight to 90 into
the long wards and see them The ladies 90
and carry delcacies which government does
not furnish, and clean shirt and clean pill
low case in the intervals of government ,Cashinq
day, is decided luxury Miss Laura FPS nice
coffee shall be carried steaming hot to some
convalescing, grateful soldier, by my own
hands; and l can hear the man with the
can be pulled over bandage and all, without
causing the least pain"
The women of America are doing a world of
good-a thousand fold more than they are
aware of. Do not be discouraged but continue
IN well doing. The dawn of glorious day is
ut hand. You who are so far removed from
the seat of war can form no idea of the i'm
mense labor attending such gigantic prepara-
lions; and we, who live as it were in camp,
can by no means realize the magnitude of the
labor. We must all be patient LEARN to la
Dor and to wait" We have an army of more
than hundred thousand in Kentucky, a ma.
jority of which have passed our own door with
all their baggage, commssary stores, arms,
artillery, &c. 1t is a great tax upon my time
10 keep the gIorIo,so--,l a. ,ro,,;, m
do. But assure you / feel repaid. when a
whole regiment take off their hats and shout
huzzahs for the noble old banner, as they near
ly all do. Every house on our square is Sc
cession, and also on the square above; and
no greeting is extended 10 the troops who
feel that they have come to secessiondom
fOr n lOnU untiI
where they lind us all out on our second story
verandah, with flags and waving handker-
chiefs, and their shouts make the t'welkin
ring" AT one time we had 10000 troops
camped as near 10 our house as Mt. Pleasant
Is to you, and from our windows we could see
the green fields beyond the city limits, thickly
studded over with their white tents; at our
open windows we could hear the music of
their regimental bands, and the firing of their
batteries would shake our easements. We
often went to see their parades, and the drill
of the artillery companies was splendid. But
they have all moved on where they will have
use for something besides blank CARTRIDGES.
and the new regiments that come in only stay
a day or SO. They are all pushing on to glo-
ry. We have in town the flags taken from
Zollicoffer, in his final and fatal battle, and
yesterday, the horses taken in that battle
passed our door, all branded with the c. S. A
Was not that splendid victory? You shall
hear of more But l am sure you weary of
my long letter. all on one subject, but it is the
only topic of interest here
1 can only repeat my thanks to the ladies
who contributed tile articles for the soldiers
How Mrs. S. must have changed since
saw her last remember her as a slender
light person, but now she must weigh at least
a thousand pounds, as you say she did the
tramping, and l never saw goods more com.
pactly packed; the barrel reminded me of the
magician's hat, from which he takes innumer.
able articles and finally feather bed As
took these out it seemed as though the pile
would fill several barrels
Please give my kind regards to my friends
whom you may meet, and believe me,
Your friend, L.s.R.