The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-05
NO.. IL.
General Banks, Appeal.

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General Banks Appeal.
The Boston Journal prints the following
appeal from Major Copeland. the Assist
ant Adjutant General to Major. General
Banks:
BosroE, Mass. May &c.
Have you heard the newSss Have you
heard that Massachusetts, General, and
the sons Of Massachusetts,, the brave Sec.
ond Regiment, have been driven out Of
Virginia, by AZ enemy that only ten days
ago was nearly PROSTATE before us?
You have dreamed that this wat was
drawing speedily to close. that We were
nqnsring and possessing this country;
you have seen the enemy falling back be-.
fore US al all points. For three months
General Banks has been working at every
disadvantage to reclaim 10 rs the lovely
) valley Of Virginia-to strengthen those
who are for us, and to subdue and govern
; our enemies. Three weeks ago to-day
! he was. with sixteen thousand men, ii
Harrisburg, Ote buhGted- iiiles from bis
preseu, position. holding twenty thou
! sand Of the enemy at bay, ready in one
day moTe to move suddenly on their flank
and. crush them. 80. Ia
}, Fremont was ready 10 Ucsupy stauuton
whence fifty thousand men would have
, rushed victorious on Richmond. The
day for the movement TO commencH our
death-knsll was sounded; ten thousand
tbsb ksre ordered from him for General
}, Mcdowell TO protect Washington. and
Banks with Six, ,th6usshda Dent back fifty
miles 10 Sirasburg-a little handidl Of
men to face twenty thousand. Slowly
We fell back and most reluctantly. dispul,
ing the road with the enemy, conscious OF
the great emergency. but ready 10 die 10
project the-beopls who had learned to
trust in us--vith the enormous duty Of
protecting q railroad seventy miles long.
between Strasburg and Manassas and the
great Baltimore and Ohio, ,Railrpe1. 81
Gumbercd viii the sick ana baggage
Of the ten thousand ordered away. with
!. train Of aagons!T milec long, Which had
! been necessity for Gs, Who were .ron no
lines of railroad, or no navigable FLYERS te
furnish our supplies. We have slowly
yielded to the fores of circumstances. ]
was sent to Washington and Baltimore to
. ask for aid meagetly &tsrdily granted, be-
cause our troops are nearly all in the field
, and this morning we have the sad knowl-
edge that this three months of labor of
tho extent OF which you cannot conceive.
Is undone: That humiliated. sorrowful
= but bdutageous aud earnest still, We have
= been com PEELED TO return to Mtayland,: to
leave ,raitorous men and stem. hearted
women exultap, over the sad sight. They
bate sceb. as they hoped, the backs Of the
:. Yankees. g,
= Do you wonder that under all these
= disadvantages. Major General Banks with
:. his handful Of six thousand men have had
= = 10 retreat before twenty Eve thousand Of
the enemy.
Is it strange that he is driven back?
= What could have been expected? Thank
God the disaster is no worse. Thank
God that your ed regiment is still left to
: fight for the fag. Bit FOR Gods sake re-.
: alize the position. When our army march
es victorious through an ensmy's codt.
. try. they 60 like Christian warriors. seek
" ing 10 relieve the wounded enemies they
meet, 10 restore confidence to the tremb-
ling women aud children in the towns
, and hamlet and scattered farm houses,
rebuilding bridges and restoring 10 the
peopls Ibs comforts and security Of civil
izAd life.
The enemy follow our trail like hell
{ hounds. At Balls Bluff they shot pris-
- oners in cold blood. At bull RuE, they
rut the heads og dead hien-here shoot
], ing from b-hind fences, bayoneIing the
!" = sick and wounded by the way side, and
y Ppakiug + their boast that they had killed
. . Yankee. An INSCRIPTIONS enemy that
y = will lose no opportunity for treachsry and
outrage. ~ y.
they Sil ctoss the pStOmac river, ex-
ultant and reckless Of oil consequen.
+ res, for their cause is desperate, and
= . knowing that they must ultimately fail,
5 they burn to Wrsak on our friends the out'
!. RACES the, hare SO falsely and iOhumanly
:, attributSd IL US. go.
- Men of Massachu huseits! forget your
trades aDd business. which will be Of no
. value If this enemy lie no destroyed. The
= !; hands that hold the pen, Ihe ruler and
the hammer were made in these days for
a better things. Seize the musket and sa-
= = Der and respond to ,ha .ety Of the wound
= ed and dying who are in the enemy's
- bloody hands. =.
~ Come to rescue Gen. Banks and the Cd
. Massachusetts regiment. one Of tie mob
!" !" lest aud most earnest you have yet cent
=, "r SIT.
u L speak to you with fervor, because
h, have been in the epemy's country nearly
a =, a year. have helped to subdue and re-
y live. know the fehdshuess of onr foes
~ " have seen how Dobla bavs been your Of
y y forts, and hou eagerly you have respond
y ed 10 ,be former calls for troops. Once
30 more Ia, me urge upon you to rally qui'
:, e,lv for the honor of the State, for the
III lives of those yod love. A blow struck
al Al quickly aud surely now, will retrieve 81
10 " loss. Every tnsn who goes at once is bet
: ler than two when the necessity is past
70 - Let me carry back to the suffering trooPt
~ the assurance that you are cornfngInyouI
n might:
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