Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-12-17


We We're pleased to see In the CHRoN-
IcLE 80 many names Of the home patri-
OTIS who. colunteea ed on the 10th of Nov.
THAT'S right. friends and fellow soldiers;
no matter if Uncle Sam did use rather
forcible argument to induce you to enlist
the old gentleman got little testy at
your hardness and now, if you consider
your service worth more to your country
than the paltry sum of three hundred
dollars, come down and help us close up
this war. We will give you hearty
welcome, and feast you on "hard tack
and SOW belly. We'll initiate you in
all the mysteries ofr'Hay4 foot, straw
foot" and when we get in the. fight you
shall have an equal chance with ourselves
in showing the rebels your - bravery.
Capt. Burdick went home too weeks
ago on sick leave for twenty days 1t.
Jeardoe ''runs'' the company. We still
have Nellie with US, and although not
exactly the daughter Of the Regiment"
yet she is a great pet with everyone
Now DON'T imagine that ssNcllien is a
romantic young lady, dressed up in Uncle
Sans blue, and following her lover
through tho vars. No, she is only a
little "dorg," a rat terrier, that some of
our boys enticed from her yirtuous home
in DodgeVille, about a year ago. She
is good soldier, as she will rout and de-
feat whole battalions Of rats, always
coming off the victor. 5.s sqe....
The health of the Regiment continues
good, the cold weather htely having pro-
duced beneficial effect upon our appe-
tites. One of our boys whispered mys-
teriously in our car just now 'tPickles
and onions 60 bully, transportation facil-
tiles between here and Dodgeville are
excellent, wonder what the fellow
means. a
It is great pleasure to the sollsies to
hear from home. So email day is anx-
iously looked for by all, when we hear
the cheerful voice of "Sammy" calling
out "Hurrah boys, come and get your
letters" and as he distributes them, each
one is anziously expecting to her his
name called, until the orderly says call
told, when the lucky ones retire to their
tents to read the welcome miasive, and
the disappointed ones walk away with
elongated faces, muttering Il wonder
why it is that my folk don't write to me
oftener, and, gentle readers, wives,
mothers and sisters, permit me to say
that you do not write often enough to us.
Perhaps you will excuse yourselves by
saying. ooh, | can think Of nothing Of
interest to write about, there is no news
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about home" Bless your heart: there
is any amount of news. Give us all the
details of the little interests of home;
tell US about baby's smart saying and do
ings, how delighted little Charlie was
with his new boots. how we'll Mary is
progressing with her studies at school,
and how neatly you turned and dyed that
old silk dress Of yours, until it looks as
good as new, Write us occasionally what
Mrs Grundy has to say about the
Smiths and Jones's and Browns; and
if you are so unfortunate as to have any
copperheads in your locality, inform US
of their words and actions, so that we
can attend to their cases when we return
home. Write 10 us of all such little in
cidenss, they almost make us think we
are home again; and in the evening twi-
light we sit around our camp-fres and
talk of all these things, and sing togoth-
err s'Home, sweet home, ;, "My Mothers
Bible" and other pleasant all-time melo-
dies that awaken tender memories in our
hearts that have much to harden them n
this nomadic, demoralizing everyday life
that soldier necessarily leads.
"Taps'' are beating for ''lights out"
so good night. .II9 .4@I.s DAVE.