Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-19


uring endu ed for the past tw w'lve months /
n this great struggle for the maintenance
,f the Union aud the indvisibility of. E
Piyribns Ui,un, when that peace shall leave
" an undivided country And who can
Measure the joy that shall follow that peace,
ghen the'60O. 000 soldiers of the Union army
hall again return to their homes and meet '
With their wives aud children. their sisters
lnd brothers, after 80 long aud fearful an /,
ibscnce. Picture to Yourselves, dear read !
,rs, the meeting that is foretolli Of the re.i
leemed in the house ofsrest, of the fath-
rrs and mothers and children, Of thosbrofh-
IN aud sisters aul frieods, WIN, after' the
pilgrimage of life, through the osdeal of
death, shall be re e.united where the danger
Of separation shall mi longer he feared, and
the happiness that shall follow that reunion,
and you may then be prepared TO ,neasure
the joy that shall hollow this meeting. ,,,1 "A
Two Mules WEST or BoosvilI.E, II |
~ Miss, June g. 1867 ) I
Two days ago, alier short. march from |
our last camp, we found ourselves in one Of
those beautiful groves, Of immense size,
that are SO numerous in this part of the
country, and whore we were assured we
would be permitted to romsin until our reg
;,,n..t ~ ,ta,o h..r. r,d,,.., h., ,bs ov
cessive labor and heavy travel Of a four
months active campaign through the States
Of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and
M;ss;ss;n,; sho,ld have ,;,ne 10 recuner.te
and recorc, sn,,o,. ~ hat 'Ie, and act;v;,v
,bot b,a ~, i, .,ano,,iro occ,in,,sd amidst
,ho cons,on, ,,1 &C ,,,a, e,,nno;.n m.
I n,,o..,,, g. su,h . ,.., was or;da., -, II,
whn hi w.,ohod ,ho roa,s,;o, oe an, Rao;.
,non,s f,,,, ~ t,o ,;,,,,,,,, ,,,; Nov
.c,rce,v aver, ,oyclb.lf tbs;r or,o;n.lfcrcc ,be
] !, 49, hov;nn I,..e, b,rl,ua,,eds nj rlo,, he
h;nd IN N. y.r;s,,. bosn;,.ls ~ ,La I;,ss =,
orr nonh ns.;d,.s ,h;s wa h.vo nonc,,,.
t.d ,ha ona,,,.. loo,n,rv en @. onr
teams tbs, only means cftransno,tat;on we
have a. ,bo 20 o;las from our rresent 90 =, :
90 Hamburg b,r. hpsr ,,n,bl, to .rnn,v
ne vii rotiops and f,,rage. nm which acconnt
wa have suffered GOOD deal and have not
for the mast 9 or q tiay. had either bao0, 90.
tents or cooking u,ensil. with ns so that il
anneored sbsou,e,v necessayv that. we should
remnip here at leas, until tho Rail Roads
that have fa,len into our possessiou shonlJ
be- repairsd aud made avai,ab,e 10 furnish
us with supplies. And notwithstanding The
anxiety of the officers and mon TO have the
war nusb.d 10 }. s,,eedv concIosion the mn
n,rent nccessi,v Of tbs cas- se rscous;led tber
, % the sxneneJ ds,av ana thew went :,
: work d;py;nv wells and arranging 10 max,
,be mseIye, nv ,c,o,,,nfor,able as their seant,
s,,nnlv of comforts or even uecessaries woul,
nc,o;, rbe,o. and ,b;s ,bov dome tho n, or
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t'Au''}'. az ny hAssy re,'eae o' sho roo''
from coIlpth Loft the impression that w
, were notlikely to have an opportunity o
D meeting them very soon, not mt least with
. az, ,,sk;nc ,o,aar r,,iof,or ,ha,, tba
{ ou' ""As '''t, 'o ~ - ~ ~;
We were an'e 10 MAKE without pe''er iao''
ties for obtaining supplies. s5ga3I p"
u All these apparent necessities for remain
Q IN, ",s ,ou wcro - and tho n;ous couclps
,"s ~ M -. 49, a a,,;..,.. I r., n - = !,
+, IONS OF al, nahus 10 quietly Suo"'' 10 "
- lay for which there appeared no remed
VI ,,o., b, ~, i,Jox'' $40 ro ~ a -