Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-27
The Pea Ridge Battle.

to his wife and reads thus:
"NEw FAYETTsvILLE, ARKANSAS,
March 5, 1862.
"Thank God, dear Mary, we've got the
Yankees in trap at last. They cannot
escape us now, We have more than twice
as many men as they, and we have plan
to cut them off and annihilate them. Be-
fore week has passed. you will bear of a
terrible defeat of the Lincolnites, such
one as will offset to some extent our morti-
fyinr surrender at Donelson. We are GER
tain of success, and l hope I will be able
to bring five or six Yankee prisoners to
Galveston next Summer.
"The Northern men will not fight when
they can avoid it but We intend to make
them this time, or cut their throats.
"The coming battle will free Arkansas
and Missouri from the invaders, and we
will then march on to St. Louis. and take
that Abolition city, and give the oppressed
Southerners there an opportunity to be
free once more. We hear that we would
be welcomed in ST. Louis by 5000 people
who have long suffered from the tyranny
of The mercenary Dutch.
The second letter from a louisiana Ma
ior to his sister, resident Of New Orleans,
and bearing date, "Little Rock, February
27,h," is quite different in tone, as will be
seen from this quotation:
DEAR SISTER CARRIE: You asked me
in your last letter what thought of the
prospect of our dearly beloved cause. To
be candid, have little hope for its success
now, though last December / felt confident
we would be recognized before the coming
June. l don't ike the Yankees bit; |
have been educated to hate them, and l
do hate them heartily but l must acknowl-
edge the South have been sadly mistaken
in their character. We have always be-
lieved that the Yankees would not fight
for anything like principle; that they
had no chivalry, no poetry in their nature.
Perhaps they have not; but that they are
brave, determined, persevering, they have
proved beyoud question.
TIE trouble with them is that they nev-
er get tired of anything. They lost all
the battles at first, ard after Manassas we
despised them. This year has Inaugural
ted new order of affairs. We are beaten
at all points. We do nothing but surren'
der and evacuate; and while l hate the
Lipcolnites more than ever, l respect them
Il can't help it-for their dogged obstl-
macy and the slow but steady manner In
which they carry out their plans.
have lost heart in our cause. There
is something wrong-somewbere. jeff
Davis and our political leaders are either
knaves or fools. They drew us into our
present difficulties, and now have no way
of showing us out of them.
If the South had known what would
have been the result of Secession, no State
unless South Carolina would have gone
out of the Union. We all thought We
could 90 out in peace; know l did, and
laughed at the idea of the North attempt
ing to keep us in the Union by force o
arms. 1t was not possible, we said. We
had too many friends in the free States
Such step would be followed by a revo
luton in the North, and the turning of ole
Lincoln and all the Abolitionists out of of
fee.
Oh, we'll, it can't be helped, Carrie
We are in for it.. 1t is too late to retreat
We must fght the thing uut.- y
l cannot help believing We will be over
powered. We are growing weaker every
day, and the North stronger. l fear tt
look at our future. We can't be subjuga
ted we all say. l hope not; but if we dc
net fly the country, l fear we will expert
snes E. something u like :. suhjuga'i0n' !.
May be I'm gloomy to-day; reckon
am. Who wouldn't be? intend to fgh
as hard as can, bnt I can't see my way
out. Tear up this letter.
Don't let mother or father see it. l have
expressed my heart to YOU because yol
are my dear sister, and l always tell yol
what l believe,
The correspondent of the New Yorl
Tribune says:
HOW McCULLoH DIED.
'McCulloch was struck with mimic bal
in the left breast-as am assured by on
who says he saw him fail, and after he wa
taken from the ground-while waving bi
sword and encouraging bis men to stane
firm. He died of bis wounds about l O.
clock the same night, though be insisted
that be would recover; repeatedly saying
with great oaths that be was not born to
be killed by Yankee.
A few minutes before he expired hi.
physician assured him that he had but &
very brief time to live. At this Ben
looked up incredulously and saying, "Oh
He'll" aud turned away his head, and new
er spoke after.
1t is reported that Mcintosh was struck
near the right hip with a grapeshot, while
giving an order to one of his aids, and
hurled from his horse. The wound was g
ghastly one, and though it must have been
very painful, Mcintosh uttered no groan
but calmly gave directions for his treat
ment. A few minutes after, be fell into
a comatose state, from which he never re.
covered-passing through Deaths dark
portal while his attendants supposed he
still lay beside the golden gate of Sleep.
REBEL HATRED OF sIGEL.
The Secessionists, so far as can learn
from the prisoners here, are very bitter
against Sgel, on account of his nativity
no less than of his ability. They attribute
their defeat mainly to him, and say they
would not have cared if they had been re-
pulsed by an American, but to be over
come by Odd Dutcbman" is more