Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-09-10
From the End Ohio Cavalry.
Foar Sco1r. Aug. 18th 3:

.Hessrs. Editors Il thought it might b.
acceptable - the most Of your readers. T.
hear from the Cd o. V. c., and learn that
although N numbers are decima;ed 10y
disease, We have not suffered in addition
10 other horrors, that of famine. In our
march 10 Fort Gibson-and return, / am
not aware that any portion of the End
Ohio lacked food; on the contrary cur
company "a vas paid a company saving
fund of one hundred dollars, on our ar
rival here, and we had all that We could
eat, on our journey, of such food SIS Gov
ernment furnishes, and on our return IN
der command Of Gen. Solomon, We had
plenty Of now potatoes, green corn, fresh
pork. Beef, &c. We would have suffered
dreadfully, had we kept on. We lad Tot
food TO last on half rations till the train
would overtake u.; besides this our men
were sicken!ng and dying very fast.
marching eli day in the no: sun, and
then only going five miles. sleeping on
thorns. or laying down in the boiling sun
with the thermometer At l30, drinking
foul water. and suffering dseadfully for
the wan Of good water, were al silently
doing this work. In addition 10 this, !
must gay that :" my eye the black regu-
lation hat, is the worst enemy our soldiers
have had 10 encounter. We did not en-
list 10 fight the elements. AMI il is lad
enough IL face the sun @: tEn country
with a white hat, but 10 send men into
the field with IL black hst, i'll this climate
is sheer madness. II is killing off III
men at a fex,riul rate, some of our best and
strongest. OF the sixty-three who were
transferred under Capt. Stanhope, from
the 9th o. V. c., 10 this regiment, three
are dead. viz. J. A. Richey, OF Williams
field, Ashtabula Co, II. I. Abel, Of Nee
ca, Trumbull Co, and r. c. Warren, OF
Hun,sburgh Geauga Co. These men
were us healthy as any Capt. Stanhops
had, bui struck BY the sun they persisted
while il was yet noon With them. Col.
Weir. on our journey down. was said 10
be drunk all the time, by his own num-
lie certainly would have killed all the
men. He i reported by his men to have
said that good soldiers could live on a pint
of corn Il day. soaked in water, and then
Use the water for drink. This gave rSe
to the story that NC were compelled 10
live on corn prepared in the manner men-
toned above. Col. Weir likes his corn
extracted in II different manner
This Kansas department is a humbug.
The leading men, army contractors, &c,
do not want this war TO end. "Othello's
occupation would be gone" James y.
Lane in II speech here the other night,
said Kansas was eight millions Of dollars
better off, than when the war recommended.
of course the longer the war lasts the rich
er she would get. Bleeding Kansas
disposed 10 bleed the Government
10 the fulles; extent. II remains 10 he
how much Phlebotomising, the pa
tient will stand. Guerrilla will be the cry
as long as Kansas csn draw 4 dollar from
the Government. The only reason for
keeping troops here in large numbers, is
to build up Kansas at the expense Of Mis-
souri,.
There is no good water here, and The
troops ought to be stationed at Baxter's
Neosho, Cartahge, and similar
where they are needed, and whore
fruit, good water, and forage arc abund-
ant. If they had been 50 stationed, and
kept, since last spring. Our muster roll
would stand differently to-day, and the
bands been crushed out as many
Of these bands have their homes at or near
these places, and our troops living with
would o know their men. The
walls Of separation would have been dis
by this time and it would have been
easier Tor men and horses.