The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-30
HELENA. March 10 1912

NY DEAR WIFE: i received vou
worthy letter yesterday evening. 1t was
dated the I'd inst
l was sorry to hear of the acts of the
Copperheads at home, but it did not sur
prise me to hear from them, as | now do.
They have to come out with their col
ors in fun. Mark WE'LL "those men who
are not for me are my enemies" A man
has to be loyal man or traitor. The
very men who are wanting peace and
an armistice so bad are traitors. Thev
have prOtracted this war, and are doino
it every day.
They have tried their best to make us
believe that they are working for the SOL
diers good. Some may have believed
item, but | never did; and now the time
has fully come that every soldier despises
the last one of these men, and the day is
not far distant when they will be silenced.
Mr.. Hannah, public man, clerk of
a county in Indiana, has promised us
that he would not take or ask any house
rent until the war was owe, and now tries
to collect it only to discourage me.
tell you he has to DO little more
than this to effect anything of that sort
| will send you the full house rent in
Confederate money for him, to which
side he rightly at heart belongs. I am
sorry you have paid him twenty dollars
IN loyal money last summer.
Such men should be very careful
what they are about. .---
If he thinks he discourage s me he is
very much mistaken. Ny trust is in a
better being than one like Mr.. j. B. Han
nah d Co. We all have to die sooner or
later. Death will and is bound to come.
1t Is appointed for us all to die, and
say bully for the man that can say death
shall be swallowed up in victory. To
him it has no sting
As long as live, | will fight for nv
freedom, and know our children will not
curse me for it. Cheer up my good
wife! There is better time coming.
This war is all kinds ola war. It is aP
l believe, the great war | do read about |!
1t my little pocket book, when the bad |
people will be overcome, because there is
no truth found in them.
Enclosed you will find forty dollars in
Confederate money. Please give il TO
Sqlre Custin and tell him to inform and
give this money to Mr. Hannah, and 7
thought, had he waited a little while
longer and taken a few dollars more of
oval money which | would have tried to
give or sent him towards house rent. if
would have been great deal better for
nlm than the way he tried to work it and
.rled to sell our horse and then could not
10 IT. This letter and yours l will have
published in order to let the world know
he facts that Petersburg, has some of
hese men, too which wear lambs cloth
ng for cloak, but are really devourinp
wolves. Let as beware of them.
We are under marching orders. 7
will write soon again. / hope this NAV
ind you and the sweet little ones we'll
L am your afectionate husband,
VIM C. ZEIGLER
The following note he addresses to
Ir. Hannah:
HELENA, March II.
Mr.. Hdan0h:-I sent you forty dol
ars in Confederate money, to Squire
Justin, to be paid to you for house rent
have with all the compliments of the a
eason, the honor to be T
Your humble Dutchman,
VIM c. ZIEGLER,
Volunteer, belonging to co. II, 9th :
Indiana Infantry, I. S. Army. !,