The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-07-09
Letter from Col. Collins Cavalry
Battalion.
Icorresrondence Of tho News.

Battalion.
PLATTE BRIDGE, May 30, 1863.
DEAR NEws:--Again 1 attempt to
drop the readers of your excellent pa
per few lines. We arc still stopping
at the old place. The health of the
men is generally good, and wo are for
the most part satisfied. Still, think
most of US would rather be opposing
those to oppose whom we were recruited.
But if we are kept here it can be no
fault of ours. MauyIemigrants are sur
prfsed to find Ohio troops here, and it
certainly does appear strange, when it
is known that there have been men re-
cruited for this service expressly. But
that is no matter Of mine, / have only
to obey my superiors, which l agreed to
do. IF I had a voice in the matter,
| would cast my vote to go to the scat
of war, j. o. into dctive SerUice. Suffice
it to say must be content with my lot.
Under the existing circumstances we
had much better be in the South, where
our service would be more profitable, or
we might be used to advantage in some
of the Northern States, where those Loy-
aI "Coppcrhcads" are abundant.
Once and a while we receives copy Of
your paper, which is gladly W, lcomed
and eagerly read. The last was dated
April 23d, and contains quite number
Of Soldiers letters, all Of which have an
unmistakable Union sentiment, such as
does the heart ola true Union soldier
good, and makes US feel that although
we are not there to share the glories to
gether with the hardships of our broth.
ers-in arr ms, yet our hearts are will
them; and if it be the will Of our com
mander we will soon be with them in
person.
1 am both griovod and aggravatedlby
the course pursued by some pretended
friends at home; but feel proud when
I think how many brave n!ct there are
in the field who, regardless of conso
quences, show determination to cling
to the old Flag, throu5h veal or woe, ant
who have the spirit to denounce the ac
, ton of those friends ( p at home, who
E instead of "making daily supplication
in our behalf" only lack the courage t
t staJ us in the Jack. Whatever the re
: suit may be, (I speak for all,) we fec
like pushing on to the end. Then,
there be those in rear Of us, who, hav
= ing the least cause of complaint, com
=, plain the most, and who are not sati:
:, fed with the war and the administration
% they will then have an opportunity
satisfy themselves and their hatred fc
!. AJolitionists, (Which, in their voCabul
i ty, means every man who 1oW not pu
> jme himself and disgrace the name |
- bears, by deSertion) l have no threa
. to make toward those benevolent just al
peace mahiag men. Tho lashings
conscience will BE sufficient to rcpa
- them for their patriotism. (?)
: Iwould not for the world bear Il
20 disgrace which will certainly fall {
or them and their ofSpriug. God forb
=, that n,y child should ever have the I
Election that his father ,vaS a traitor
is his coantry, or that he ever suffered t
Dd flag of his country to be insulted a
,b did not rctaliate. There are the
ne amongst us, / regret to say who have
to ceived letters from would. be- -frien
stating that the war was "played ou
. that it is "an Abolition war" and Il
~ the soldiers were coming home, and
49, such stuff as much as to say, $50
49, home and zoe toW Jack you IN it." ]
not single instance, which has fall
~ under my observation, but what
.. been denounced, in unmistaka
:, terms, and the writer of such conn
act nicatiOn politely requested not to Sc
III any more such. For my part have
its ceived no such communications, an
thank God have no such friends.
, it Some may probably think stra
am that the correspondent of the HiHsB
our Gazette has discontinued his COMMIT
the cations to that paper. For their ben
,ar. l will say, | saw him yesterday, ant
law gave me permission to state his reas
n is for not corresponding longer. lie S
c is "such communications as needs ,
tact give, knoto Mr.. Pike would not 7
- lish, and" said he, "the tenor of
ym- paper is not my kind, l was Demo
'ery and am yet DemOcrat-such De