Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-28
Yankes I~eaters Fouud on the Battle Field.

Yankee %etters Found ON fae Battle Field.
The CrlestOn Courier publishes extracts
from letse found on the battle ground on James
Island, FIN which we extract the following:
A Iettefom Warwick. Ono State given May
Is, 1856 gives the following information,
which mR or may not be Characteristic Of the
North
"Asaia K was married on the I6.h Of
Februarj aud the 7th Of May they had a regu-
lar musa, and in the serape, his wife had =
young oe"
The Gl1wing IS ffom a letter written from
PfoviIete, r. L, Nay 18th:
" T0rbay that You are very tired Of staying
on that bland. Port BoyaI 5. c. and l sup
pose yol are, for l believe thas your comforts IS
very sntl, but | think you are better there than
exp0sedto the danger Of the battle field, and /
hope yu will never leave TO 90 there, this |
know wl not suit you, but William you VII
excuse 1s you know TIC reason l have for say
Jog so. Government has called for more men,
they wat a rag.mento of infantry 10 serve during
the warbnd one to 60 to Washington for three
months o protect the city while td2 other troops
q turthT South. think that hit will be some
lime bebre we can get to regiments raised here
Tor the Working class are pretty we'll tired out
and thecrams OF the county Is they call them-
selves % not care much for going silef al tbs
tdss about tie niPgers, the dirty set.
4 conclude with sending you a grddeal5 Of
love AMI remain your sincere iiend.'
We five more of the following letter for obYi-
Gus res0ns
"~PsWTUCKET, June 4-Dsqr HEIiam : We
received q letter from you yesterday, dated 3Iay
II, in which you say that you are going 10 leave
there. / suppose by this time You are far from
Hilton Head i saw in tOniehss paper that
there was a letter received in Providence from
d.. Stukney- OF tie 81 X lode Islaud regiment.
dated May -, from EIIstO Island saving that
stg uOUps rTom Hilton Head had reached there.
and would sal ia a few days IN tie expedition
= Charleston. 50 it seems 10 is there vml ale
going, instead Of guarding the railroad as yoa
supposed. 10 Is too hard that yOa had 10 leave
Hilton Head nov, for We b pei you would not
have to leave after all the summOrs,s. There
VIII Dc more LANCER where you are going, and
l hCps you viii exercise prudence and care. OF
course [ need not tell y0u shat Won know vo, r
sell u you are going 10 AXE Charleston you
viii probably be IN an engagement. aud I hope
you viii be prepared accordingly.
Frank ) & IS has gothOme to-day with other
Ball Ran prisoners. they have had a grss.
battle near Richmond with great loss of life.
Our loss il killed was three tIJussod, the rebels
was much more.
"AcCianuan's army drove the enemy back,
both sides fought well. Richmond is not taken
u LANNt qHtc-GDS DuL we tNytcL every
day 30 hear Of its being taken. Tasrs will lie
hard fighting there. People d not seen to
th'nk thrTe will be much Of Il resistance in
Charleston. / hope they won't 1 hope and
pray they may surrender the city peaceably. I
thluk government DO not mean to delay this war
much longer. They GTe going to eight It out at
once. Ia tO-right's paper it says they are goI 2
to raise more money aud more men Tor the Wig
orous prosecution Of the war. The last regi-
ment that went out was really imposed on, for
they vent as they supposed Washington in dar-
ger. Instead Of staying there, they were put
wherever needed, some of them are already near
with McCIsnHau's amy. Some Of
the Massachusetts, men, I believe all Of them,
were sent home because they male q fuss about
having to stay longer than three months.
" lsuppose ihaTe is no use ia yOur irving 10
get a furlough now. l wish you could get one,
50 as to leave that warm climate Tor the samuer
There Is no news in Psutucket. The Con-
vent IS all built, but is net flashed inside. Tie
is postponed to next fall.
Good night, and good luck from your sfec-
tlouats mother and sister"