Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-06-04
Army Correspondence.
CANT lsr Ono CAVALRY.

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LAvERaSE. Tenn. May 18th, 1868. !.
Dean SIsrER.-Yours of May 10th came
to hand this morning. 1t found me as
usual, enjoying extremely good health. in
fact, ever since / enlisted in the service of
our once happy country l have possessed
that blessing. which above all others. we
should be thankful for. never have been
in the hospital. and scarcely ever have
called on the Rsgimsntal Physician. i.
/ did think you had forgotten me entire.
ly but as you say you have written your
letters have doubtless been lost, or have
gone the way Of all the Uni,n papers sent
to this army abou: that time. For sever
al months scarcely a paper, except Of the
|copperhead stamp. found its way to our
camps. but. think if our rery kind friends
had seen the reception we gave them they
wonld not have considered themselves We
ry we'll psil for their trouble True. in
some instances they had their effect, but
not among what we term soldiers. 1t was
Invariably among the ''loungers'' Of the
camps. such as mule drivers. black smiths
and those who have never been under fire,
and would not have remained there long
had they been. But the whitening con-
tempt with which we treated oil snch COW.
ards soon changed their way of speaking If
not Of thinking.
The soldier of Indiana and Ohio have
spoken IN plain terms to the copperheads
Of the north. but we have a palmer way
sill Of speaking. lone that sienccs forever.
and were we allowed our will we would
turn from the more honorable foe in our
front. to that dastardly. sneaking. coward
J one in our rear and send them SO far in
to perdition that the Devil and his Adju-
tant General. Vsllan1igham, would require
more "aids" than JEFF Davis could furnish
them to collect together their scattered
forces. Pardon my language. sister. but
when think of such hell deserving trait
ors | cannot refrain from heaping curses
upon their heads. They should be exclu-
deI from the society of all loyal people Of
the north. evsn their presence is a disgrace
to our free institutions. and they should be
sent into 'Dixy" where their sympathies
now are. Even the gates Of Heaven sho'd
be barred against them. for men who wo'd
by the downfall Of . governme mt so mild
and bene6cent as ours was. try to benefit
themselves pccuniarily or politically. would
be mean enough to melt down the golden
harp into coin and let it out at two per
cent. a month. Ell 80 eeia
You ask il this war will erer close?
thing il will.--at least am not discour-
aged yet. and feel safe in saying. that the
majority Of the soldiers.--I don't mean
the camp loungers. but the fighting men.
--are still sure Of success. filed by such
men as Rosecrans, we are ready at any mo.
ment to march upon the rebel lines. And
after having conquered our enemies here.
we will look to those elsewhere Then,
will the copperhcads of tho north. cry in
vain. "for the rocks and mountains to fall
upon them" and lille them from the ven.
geaucs of . justly indignant, and deeply
insulted soldiery. go "a naw sh
You ask me If l am not "heartily tired
of this long war;? I am. But if my
term Of enlistment expired to-day, to.mor-
row would again find me enrolled in the
service for three. yes fer ten or twenty
years. but what l would fight this most
unholy rebellion to close. ~
As tits getting quite late. and we mus,
be in our saddles At the first streak Of
Of dawn. will seek my couch OF cedar
boughs and join my msssmates in that re-
freshing slumber. which nature. in obedi
ence to the will of her creator. has prepar
ed for Gil her TIED sons. - "a
Hoping for speedy reply, I reusin
your affectionate brother, Ed. i0odt'E
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