Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-18
HEADQUARTERS, GoLIsBoRo' NC.
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address to them
HEADQUARTERS, GoLpsBoRo' NC.
Feb.usr, IS 1853.
The undersigned has been placed in ch.rra |
of the troops iG,North Carolina. In sseanirg
cnmma-d be would. address q few woris Of
extortatiUn Ia his forces:
SuLDI.H: Your brutal and maglignant ere.
my Is putting forth efforts ur' x~a,ipl-d III the
history OF tie world. HAVING iaiiet TO sub
iusa:e You, he is lnu,iir:,cd with the thirst
i:r sengeauc-, aid is d'..Ling forward his
iereign u.ercbnaries IL piuhder your property
and Ivy Waste yo,.r homes. But his mara,,-
ding hosts have BEEN SO often beattu aai
ba!iied tnat they are unw discouraged aud
,!emuraiiz.d. Should you be able TO check
li,-m evrry~Iere for the nexv sixty dase.
ti~ three hundred Thousand whose line e&
p:res IN Mary will not re list, and the war
will END teiore July. Should the scoundleis
however gain a single sui ,tanti!l SUCCESS at
ny one point, the war will be prolonged
iu:iny tie entire administration Of Lincoln.
II becomes a solemn duty then. TO labor aud
tight during Ih- next TWO months as we have
never dnI.e before. We must plake the war
unpopular with the murceriary va'.dalS oi the
North, hy harraSsing and annoying them. We
must cut down u six feet 10y two the di,nen-
>lons of the farms which these plundcrerS
propose to appropriate. Yon will have To
endure more hardships. and to 6Iht more
desperate battles than you would have dose
Were YOUR ranks properly filed. Our cities,
GOWNS and villages are full If young aud able
boiled skulkerS, wearing the sen6lance OF
lien, who have lodged from the battlefield
under the prnvisiocs of the exemption bill.
Inc scarn of the fair sex, aud the contcmpr
.nfsli honorable men Lave not been able to
drive these cowarGly miScreantS into the
ranks. 81 lon! is Thy can fat'en upon The
III ri.s o: toe cour'r, a:n! %s,.l.er their worth
less rarcas e, frniu Yankee bullets they ar
rl,-ensihie tns arne- Bul the day Of rrtrbu
ton rwa!ts these aburtlous OF buna ,i.y.
In. If avs, descendants will execraie tueir
me,n.,ry, when the finger Of sc,rn is painted
aud the tarur = uttered, lie is The son. III
grand SON. or a grcai-gra;d-son u an exempt
nd cXurtioner.'
Do your full duty, soldiers, and leave these
p~,ltrnns AMI Williams To the -Xecratinn o
psteri'y. Ali commanding officers ste here
b. ~ lnrd To furnish. the name, oI officer:
aud r,en who distinguish tle,nSe!ve, in pich
ri battles and skirmiShe>. Those SD dis.in
guist,ng themselves will be recommended
for promotion, and their names published
in the PRINCIPAL papers OF their respective
Sta rs.
Tue ~.Gan:rv have to bear the brurt o
ev, ~ battle ard 10 endure special hardship
IN every camraign. The post of danger aut
OF suffering is ;ie ro,i ri honor. Hour In
ersy be ever won. 1t viii be du: mainly tt
tie ;ntotui.eb!. pluck and ,turdJ endurarct
OF ur heroi: infantry.
The ConIcdel ate artillery has behaved NOS
uobiy, sni tue wun'icr il, tina, with intrri"
.uu. aud ammunition, il has been able Il
cope successfully with Inc splendid armaincn
ui The euc,ny. Ii has been u mistake, how
ever, to contend with the Yankee artillery
Reserve your fire, as at Fredericksburg, fm
tie uia>sss of infantry ar1 no not withdraw
your. guns Just when they arr becoming
cit .cuve. IL is glorious to loso guns h'
lighting them to the last. 1t is disgracetul Il
save them by retiring early ircm the fight.
I'll. cavalry constitute tile eyes ana vars O
,h4 army. Tue safety OF the entire com'aan,
depends upo, their vigilance and The faith
{, tulncss of their reports. The Ulcers AN
men who permit themselves IL be surprised
I deserve to die, and the commanding Gener
will spare no efforts TO secure tneu. their de
. serts. Almost equally criminal arc the scout
who, through fr ght, bring i'll wild aud sensa
tional reports. They will be c"urtAmar;iale
Tor cowardice.
Many opportunities will be afforded to thu
cavalry to harra>s the erlemy, cut oil bis sup
plies, drive in his picke,s, &c. Those whit
have never been in battle will thus he enabled
to enjoy the novel sensation of listening Il
tue sound of hostile shot and shell. aud tho>t
WHO h~v- listened ag;. at way III will be al
lowed to come sonlt niles nearer, and com
pare tie sensation CAUSED 10y the distant cali
npnade with that produced by the rattle .
lxu-ketry.