The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-11-05
Ghs Gufastrr Ga5ette.
The War from a RsaeI wOman's Point
of View.

Of View.
a copy ofa letter written by the
wife OF a high rebel officer, to friend
in Europe makes its appearance in
g the,Easterp papers, 1t is dated Rich
,mond, JRly %. She says:
50 We'qre very uneasy about Charles
ton. Most people think now it is bound
TO fall. We want guns of long range
ours cannot compare with those of the
enemy,
Almost every man we lose now tells.
Being man oiiamily his loss is deep
ly felt; but the poor creatures they
bring against US are Of the scum of the
earth, and in many cases, 10 loss to
any one, The bombardment has gone
on now for days, without much injury,
but.we are very unhappy about Char
lesion, and it WI be Il dreadful loss to
the Southern Contcderacy. . :,
= blush for the North. and
ask myself can it be the same race |
once knew, soiquiet, paaccabIc and civ
nS baon l.t l,l,o ond ,I,o,. n,ns,' "ll
q be. crazy. DO not suppose you have
the slightest idea Of our aullorngs-of
bnnsoIass lamili.s snf,'rors .,fI,,1n,
..trom ',Iacns in 4,o L'nj, nf on, Sno
,n;os
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f,rooJ 10 do tLoi. o,,,, ,ror,, oni;rol,,
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ment or1ho non, no.rno. .,,tn, N,cy rrt
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them TO st,,vo or d;o IN ,l,oi,, ,I;.t Nc
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had children The aIways vnro h"J
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woman and children slept. and indeed
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I,. mcauo mas crossed 'hto virginia
anu we nrc now hpur'y expecting an
'o."cp i'SnV' i'ce mas oeeh rc,il'"rcoa
N nave ho uoupc ,!' pa' nc WIN WIN
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