American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-02-13
SICK OF TIE WAR.

The Providence, Rhode Island, prints
extract from several letters written by
soldiers now in the army of the Poto-
mac. which are very significant Ono
writer. who has been connected with Tie
army almost from its organization. md
who has never uttered word OF CON-
plant until now. writes:
DEAR c. ! am sick of this war
so sick that | do not care upon what
terms il Is settled ! have seen thou
sands of men living mangled on fifteen or
sixteen battle heIds-all for nothing.
Wives. sisters. mothers and children,
losing their husbands. brothers. sons and
fathers-all for nothing For here We
have been fighting for over a year aid .
half and we have not gained one point.
We have lived, and are now living on
ten crackers. a piece of raw pork, and
some miserable coperas-water. called
coffee per day. at TO fill the pockets oil "a
lot of thieves who are trying to make all
they can out of the people and the Gov
eminent The soldiers are all discour
aged. and will not fight as they would
once on the Peninsula. All We hear
from Washington is the niger the
black. filthy Niger. One Niger -
thought more of than twenty white men
who left home and all that Is worth liy-
ing for. to come and lay down their lives,
if need be, to save their country, while
the leaders are doug their utmost TO
ruin IT, 1t is not because we can't beat
the rebels. that The war is not over by
this time for we can beat them. But II Is
because the Government is too busy
thinking of The niger TO see that the men
are where they ought to be when they
are wanted You must not set me down
as a GROWER. | have good reason FOR
my growing. Almost every man in the
army thinks as l do. II Job had served
in he army of the Potomac. he would
have sinned. and most feartu ly too.
The following extract is from letter
written near Falmouth by member Of
one OF the regiments raised in 1899
The writer has been known for several
years in The village of Woonsocket, Mas
sachusetts. as an active Republican pol
i,ician. and was vote distributor a. lie
polls at the last town meeting which he
attended
Had known as much of the man
agement of things six months ago as l
know now, fifty yoke Of oxen could not
draw me out here II is "A id politi-
cal humbug. and got up to nuke Offices
{ Iezy Office seekers | wish the lead
ers were rs far the other side of pergato-
nv as they are Ibis side 1t has TUNED
out 20 be an abolition war, and ninety
! Inc soldiers out Of hundred say that
If The aboitiouists are To carry on tho
war they will have to get a new army.
They say they came out here to fight for
the Union and not for pack of id mig
gers These niggers are lazy and dirty
they will lie and steal. and they ale
saucy where they dare TO be. ii sol.
dier touches an officers Niger he will
get court martia.ed and lose months
pay niger is thought more of 10y
The government than the soldiers are.
They get as much pay. and don't hay"
10 Il Int any. A curse on such things !
| hope something will turn up before to
morrow night that viii sellle the war.
We got whipped at fredericksburg. and
We shall get whipped every time We
fight in Virginia / don't think Tire
North Is ii hit. any more than the South.