Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-25
<Army Correspondence or the Delaware Gasetse.)
From the 2oth Regimsut.

From the 2oth Regiment
GRAxD JUNCTION, Tenn, J Uly 18th 1852.
Eddcr ofthe Gazette;
Our mail communications once more open
ed, sit down 10 write few lines TO the
Gazette. For month we have been without
any mail, and the boys were quite uneasy,
more especially the QTxetic part who sighed
to hear from their Dulcineas. At last our To-
cation becomes known, and part at least ufolr
mail forwarded to this point. When 10 camp
near Bolivar we expected TO go 10 Memphis,
and this suppose caused cur mail to &c there
We were detained at Grand Junction. how
ever, snd here it is likely We may remain for
some time. Two Regiments, 68th and 18th
Ohio are here, also the 9Th Indiana Battery
and 2 companies Of the 4ih Illinois Cavalry.
Hurlhuls Division is miles 10 the front of
rs. his ucId Quarters being at La Grange. -
Gen Sherman Is at Moscow, 3 miles from
here. Our present location is about so miles-1
from Memphis, % from Bolivar and 45 from
Corinih. @lhe name Of this place, Grand
Junction, is certainly a psradox-thcre is
nothing grand about the cm5ryo city. Some
25 or 80 houses, rot very progressing in ap-
constitute It's present craEdtur. There Is but
one good well in the place and that is nearly
2GO feet deep. Coed water Is therefore Il
precious article Wherever we encamp our
Colonel makes il matter Of the greatest i'm
porturce TO secure good water. This ti;nc We
have got as good as can be got under the cir
cumsIa ances. Ne are not eEcImped with the
Other regiments but mile south, in beluti-
full sy:Nau grove, dsIiohllH for lis grateful
GOODNESS.
As NC are within miles Of the Mississippi
State line. the people here are of course strong
secessionists. Ihey loudly cling - the hope
thut the confederate arms will be finally sue
eessful, and s0Rle Of them arc vain enough 10
say at viii take half the northern army 10
corqqcr the State Of Mississippi, the tigers
las they call The people, will never submit.
But -fondest anticipation is foreign Inter
vention. Deludrd parricides drowning men
will catch at sIrawsl They have risen with
out lgovOcation against one Of the best Cow
crnments undvr Heaven. and by bribery, in
Iinidaton and coercion, they keep ali army in
the fehl prolonging the horrors of civil war.
But their CffJrts are lruitless, their hopes are
iallucious, and their career of treachery will
shortly terminate. We believe with Brecher
that God Leycr permitted the heroes OF the
Revelation to build up 50 great a Government |
only 10 be torn down by migrate monsters who |
care not for The blood treasure wasted SO
long as they escape he halter.
language fails 10 convey an idea Of the
cnormity Of the crimes, the amount of suffer- !
.ng and toll brought on by the ambition of
beartiess recreanls. \ hundred battle-lelds |
red with blood. brave men dying on the reek- !
ing plain. thousands dying from exposure In
hospital or prison, pining, sinking, suffering
weary soldiers full Of devotion TO their coun-
try-these are some of the results attributable |
to tie diabolical actors in this terrible drama |
Bat this is not ALL conaagration aud viueGcc |
go hand in hand in war. And oh the deep
anguish OF many a widowed heart, the blight |
ed hopes OF many happy circle the unknown
grief OF many "a desolate heart-who shalI tell ? !
But tie bour of relribulion will come. Each |
new battlefield will be more tunguinaFy than
the IA /. Fallen comrades VIII be revenged.
''The blood they shed shall only serve
No:e deep revenge nurse.'
When Peace shall smile upon the land once
more there will be few who did not eacriGce
something for its purchase. But country is |
not worth having if not worth fighting for
o Freedom
'''Tis swerter to bleed for age at thy shrine,
Thsn 10 sleep but chaius.''
How could the sons of Liberty who would |
not suffer themselves TO be dared by the Lion. /
calmly set down TO be devourcd by the wolf p
No traitor hand shall mutilate the alter Of
Liberty, but sure destruction shall overlake |
him. No hero who falls in freedoms host
shall be forgotten. Friends at home, forget |
rot those who fell as martyrs for the land they |
loved. /
Here follows poem, entitled 80 Drop a |
Tear 1o1 these lafo Died. which is necessarily |
omitted, but will appear in our next issue.]
Lieut.. Hills arrived in Camp yesterday
morning. lie never looked more fresh aud
much pleased to find the Company in better
health and spirits than they enjoyed since the
Battle of Shiloh
Company D may yet see the good times
that are coming. The boys are as jovial as |
ever saw them. All honor 10 the brave hearts /
that never despair.
John May has joncd his company after
three months absence. lie was detaiIad ll,rs-
ing at Savannah, and sert with the wound, 4 10 +
Ait. Vernon, Ind. Geo. South has been SICK
but is now recruiting. We have two boys
who are an honor TO the company, both quite |
young, Mcmillan Fleshman and rhos. Crafty. !
They stand right up. Fleshman has never
been excused from duty yet,
If you Jolly set would see, --'
Just pay visit to Company u
I'll first begin with Darwin ruller,
Fat, fair and funny, healthy color,
His face is smiling as the moon;
And next in rank is j ohm L. Boone,
Wallace, Mckay, and Alexander. =.
And Mayheld, like French Commander,
james Heron, rosy as the morn,
Tom Palmer like a hunters horn,
OF fun and mirth the willing herald
Next comes. Sandy Dan Fitz Gerald,
Worline, Bills, and Roberts too.
All bully boys, a. jolly crewi
The Charleys I willnow repeat
As full Of mirth as eggs of meat
Carpenter, Thurston, jolly Weiser,
You read their histories in their eyes cir
My next are gentlemen of pil,
Who bear the honest name Of Smith