The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-30
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M use in letting your family know these things
SIR said I. i am fighting for my old Govern
. lment, the stars and Stripes, ana there Is %
! Innwer Oh Earth can make M" write lie 10 IN
, daughter Immense applause. From ina
i, hour on have never endeavereo 10 get am
word to my family, from the fac that other ON
GERS could not write theirs. Coz. Geddes de-
sirad m copvey information to his family. anC
was denied that privilege, i would not do To-
van northern men to h ar t"oatnA IN prison =
fTbey did not want our ttieads 70 know tina we
II were in nerson covered with v rmln, each an(
+ every officer; though am ashamed % tell 1t &c
Iaipbt: bns W. could not help il, The trutf
I.o1td nor then be told You know something
Of it 10 night. but stand here AID call my ma
ker to witness that have not told you the nun
dredth part of our prosecutions. lorhsatio"'
At Atlanta coufned in a court house, we
perceived a large procession coming up the
I street-two or three wagons and great con
course of men, women and children following
When they. were opposite to Us, we behelu some
men rise in the wagons and raise. their caps
TO us We counted them They were on the
gav to the gallows. They were United States
soldiers from the State of Ohio, and were ia
zen out and hung within two hundred yards o.
our prison The rope broke with two OF them
They were compelled to stand and oenoio tht
struggles of the other FIVE until they We're deac
penalty for doing what For endeaVorlne
10 get TO our lines. They had strayed off, reach
ed to that place, got possession OF a rallroa"
train, tore up nothing destroyed nothing stele
nothing but simply took pp7ie3slopoi thesLa'h
But they neglected To cut the Telegraph wire II
time news was tAlegraphed down 20 Chattatt
ooga A force was sent up, caught thfnl, 'nei
and condemned them without thelr kho"lhS
il; and then they took them out OF prison - 10
hung them. They died as loyal men IneJ
died n glorious aad heroic death. They died
for thpiT government. They were asked to re-
cant before they were swung of; but they sad
mo, we are ready We volunteered to sheo
our blood in defence of our country whose priv
lileges we have enjoyed We 2 at your -ser4
vice to do your bidding. They were hung. -
Sensation l have thel names. 20 you
W ant to compromise with those inen 81. .....
Twelve hundred of your countrymen ere on
their way home now They are perhaps to-
night al Annapolis. A lady of this city, Mrs.
Clark called upon me to day to enquire Tor hef
husband, who is one of that number 4hefe
are nos Two hundred OF those men VINO can
| hide their nakedness. They have not been
furnished with single garment since leaving
Macon Ga They are on their way home, bare
| footed bare headed, half naked, some OF
them With q piece of carpet around their IONS,
VIVA do VOC think If that you tender footed
amen GCueeis1 l hope you have none here.
| They viii not remain 50 when they ne" sans
peopte want o make this war OF eXteTmiha
! ZION; aud Ihey will join in the efforts 10 put
down the rebellion, move forward the arm v
never stop, but keep pressing onward NM y
lis ca usheG Immense applause Go to these
men. and their comrades who have been WITH
them, and join with them in marching south
again. Let us visit those prsonH-faliade-
ga, Macon, Montgomery, Madison-tearng up
their railroads, destroying their fortlhcatlons,
burning their bridges, not houses L " as re-
ported once as having said destroy their nous
es.' But never will destroy HORSEPOWER
woman's head-never. (Appansel Bat
will destroy or take their government property
aud their Notifications, and viii hang rebels,
God being my helper. Cheers.
| did not enter the army for the purpose OF
being promoted l seek for no such pro-
motion. | never asked the government
for all office If | do nos please them VIII
fight anyhow. Now my friends have NOT
time to stay longer with you ltues 90 on,
go on I have seven children that
| dearly love, who did not know that was alive
lun,i | arrived in Washington | have nol
| heard from them, and want to see them.
telegraphed to them that | would be home to-
morrow. and l VIII uol disappOint them
| Cheers j stopped here Tonight to tell you
how your countrymen had been treated | speak
the sentiments of every mat cGrtued with me,
| both kapuuiiran and Democrat when L tel!
you that we do not know party organizations
We Are going to our homes III this otate, ahu
we Will tell the Government, The candidates ana
the voters how we hSve been treated IL may
be denied III some quarters. l care hot' we
are determined to tell the truth. Here around
me are many of these men, my comrades ahu
democrats, some of whom went south as apollo
! r H. ill.,
Shareholders were with me III prison, we all
came home Well, call aboll'ionists II you
please. or any'blng else Appiause'I L tell
| van the slA yes in the south that we saw, are
| better posted than the butteInut gentry EV
| erv little act of kindness that these men re-
! ceiysd was received fFGuI the hands OF slaves
| Cheers. We have cume home ready to use
! every power that God hath given u.s. to put
d0wn this rebellion. Cheers 10 take ther
| properly. 10 take their ne groes, to axe every
THING rGreat and long continued applause.
| How do YOU think partoob OF our food
For six months your commissioned ofncer6
were fed like pigs. The pr6yisions.were brought
! in and put into troughs and lhcn distributed
by them upon the table. Exhibiting S'nao
wooden spoon. There, MY friends Is my
kuifs and fork and spe0n shall take 1t nome.
Each ofus had a similar one. made II Ii
was that Or nothing. When we arrived u,
! Fortress Monroe the first cup ana saucer a"u
perhaps the first knife and fork that these gen,
'emen bad used.for six months, was furhishea
nv our venerable relative, Uncle Sam
As n the policy to be pursued lose OF you wa. !.
.oI,,,nt tsht should persuade yoar young men ~
-, i,,to tie army, not expecting 10 get fine uni-
form and new ,bjanker eyefy month n9 waiting
for amouiances bagga. wagon, not letting your
ooioneis quarrel who should nave Inc mos gS s
Uaoe-and do fight earnestly and promptly INA
You may break up and crush this rebellion; I've
hundred and seventy-rine Of your kindred IL
hurled in ,he Southern soil, who died l. the prs
ous of Georgia Fifteen out Of all the lieutenant an
,,,t, we're taken lied for want of attention Inv
i; n,t = ,,ieasant subject to talk about, and mus
.tnp. f.r now my lime is out. Iappeal to ever!
rffi,,tr hat mas been with me, whois present, 10
ne tfur OF each and every statement nave nt"uo
bey ma, not agree with me politically on. W.
.aoy e. ~ 'ur testimony upon this suhJec'
We me All at vne mind and one heart for orr cfin
mon cuUniTy.-.