Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-10-24
DELAWARE, OHIO, OCTOBER "a, 1862.
Now listen to the story of David P. WINS

/ to his father:
Il must state to you tho would suppose
/ You had heard it before jesse departed this
/ l;te on Aprile the 18th 1862 be died at the
| horsepitle necr Corinth understand fron hills
men that he was put away very nice = +
We have seen some pretty hard times hear i
| thot had seen some prety hard times when i
was home last but did not know what hard
times was have laide in camp half starved
AID have laide in line of battle three days at
time Oh 3 bskets not only onst but we had
| to iy in line of batrle neny day half starv-
ed have stood picket where could hear the
feds talking wee have not drawed eEy money
yet and there is 10 prospect of it now at this
tine
samuel Kitchen writes:
"'TiHes is hard Every thing is high and
scarce at that there is bat few things that eau
be got here we have one sutlsr to Brigade
re- go to mobile to lay ia their goods they
se!t very high there bant Been any filing here
siz { left Corinth suppose they Gt some
ct weeks Burg and Virginia Some time Back
We learn that the Arkansas ram has been
Blown up we was sorry to hear that we have
had Protracted meeting for the last week and
it holes on or three days longer they have
organized what they call a Confederate
Church"
"A Confederate Church." Well. what
next?
f. L. Lawrence writes;
'Se hav confation in camps every day the
men all say they will all goe home ii they dort
cloth en- and fead them we have not drawed
sny Money since we left them some of the time
we have plenty to eat and some times half
starved
John A. Hickman writes to his father at
Dover. Ark:
Il have heard some good news to-day which
mnst tel yoour Neighbor Feds who are sta
Toned near Cprinth and Rianza feI out among
themselves and had battle and killed 700 Of
,hem and don't suppose that there was AIRY
Southern man hurt"
There's news for you. The Feds ''fel out"
among themselves, had battle, and killed sew
en- hundred. Bully for you. Mr. Hickman!
james Ward writes to his father at Locust
Grove, Searcy County, Ark:
81 have nothing Strange TO write at the
present more than we have Very Bad Treat
naent. We don't fair Half as well as we did
when in arks and We have never drew any
pay since last October, and the Volunteers are
| leaving Continually. there Is not more than
lG0 men in our Regiment able for duty and
| think that all will finally leave, if we don't
| get better treatment. | think l viii stay and
. wait for Better times for have a good deal
due me from the Government and shall stay
and try them awhile Longer"
4 jesse Lynch writes:
"1bere is Meeting in fifry yards of our camp
| S'x Ter!esseas last night thirty Morners last
night and the Meeting is still holding on the
/ name Of the church is confederate church in
/ The ID bregade army in the west we lmve
/ got one CT rhe best preachers in the Southern
confederacv the feds is in ten Miles of US we
are getiug priIy bad s>urcd but we wont cut
up about it.
shoes is cheap from to 10 dollars per pr
boots is cheap from 20 to 80 dollars pants Is
cheap from to 10 dollars per pair hats Is
cheap from TO l 0 shirts is cheap from to :
dollars Tobacco is cheap from 81 to 50 per plug
we draw > pounds Deaf a day and one ounce
of Bacon a day and one pound of -four a day
and plenty of Meal G we have plenty of fruit
by paying Z dollar per bushel Beuter Is 60
cents per poune."