Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-06-11
A Letter from Lieut.. T. 4. Hanson,

A Letter from Lieut.. T. A. Hanson.
We have been requested to print the fol-,
lowing letter from Lieut.. 7. A. Hanson, Of
the 18Th Ohio Regiment:
CAMP AT MuRRaEEsBopo. TEyy.
March 2lst, 1868.
Cousin Wiziiam Hardnian:
Ireceived your
welcome letter this afternoon while on duty,
supporting the pickets. Letters from frienda
are always acceptable to the soldiers, and
more especially when they come fla ,ght
with genuine Union loving sentiments. We
need some encouragement from home TO
counteract the influence which such infa-
nous and dishonorable periodicals as tho
Ohio S,atesman, Cincinnati Inouirer,
Zinesyille aurora and Citizens Press, &c.
would delight to pol ltc the ranks Of the
National army with. Icannct imagiDe how
in the name Of NIL that il sacred to the heart
OF Union people you can endure such
tfaotsabts docstinosas ure SOW being dissem.
mated throughout our land. would strike
to the earth any man who would denouncc
the Administration in terms like these,
when our country is assaled by armed trail
tors in the South, a1d cowardly assassins in
the North; who would stealthily take tho
ilie's blood Of our Republic and offer it at
the shrine Of despOtIc rule.
You ask Inc whether much dssatisfac-
tion exists in the army? ! answer, Noi All
the dissatisfaction manifested is with the
crouchiDg inbeciie wretches in the North.
| who would allow the slave drivers lash to
I play over their own heads before they would
allow their names TO be enrolled among the
defenders ofthe glorious emblem OF liberty.
Wei may they fear to stand ''as it were"
at the graves deyouring mouth, for their
souls are blsckeHed with sentiments too
traitorous for an Arnold. / wish we had
them here, where we could send them
South, where they could enjoy some of the
privileges and pleasures Of the cause which
they have espoused; they would then see
the reign Of terror which manfests itself
wh:rever the monster holds its sway. We
soldiers who have been enduring the hard
| ships and privations incident to an active
/ campaign- have suffered too much to be wi !.
ing to accept any proposals which the en-
emy should see fit to exact, bat will never
yield the point until our blood bought BAN
ner proudly h,ats over every inch of terri
tory known as the United States
have never heard a murlnur from a sol.
dier in the field respecting the Emancpa-
ton proclamation. The Federal Union, Il
niuSt ana Auit Oe preSeFred Is the motto OF
the soldier. Even those who have hereto.
fore nursed the Monster .Slarery," who
have bought and sold this God which the
copperheads worship, say that it slavery
stands in the way of restoration of the
Union as it was, let slavery be abolished.
When you see letters purporting to be from
soldiers denouncing the Administration,
rest assured that they are the productions
: Of some dark Internal spirit. member of
some secret conclave, such Us the Golden
,, Circle" would want no better fun than
to subjngate an entire county of thos, men
! who tuik Of ve-i.,iug tho draft, and szho
denounce the President and Cabinet. ] am
) sure their penurious hearts would quake
before man who has dared TO brave the
storm of battle.
We had grand review yesterday by Gen.
Rosecrans. His very Appearance win stimu-
late his troops, were they ever so much dis
heartened. All We want is unity Of ac-
ton and sentiment in the North. and the
monster will soon fall an easy prey to the
, united efforts of the gallant sons of free
|, dom. lam as ever yonr affectionate cousin,
L. W. HANSON,
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