Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-09-04
From the s8th Regiment.
u GR.slfs-Denr Sir :

Ed. Geselte-Dear Sir:
With your permission I will endeavor to
interest the friends of the 96th Regiment. and
{ the Union, through the medium of you,
worthy paper.
We are at present encamped on the bank OF
he Mississippi just below Vicksburg. But
xe expect SOON to leave for New Orleans, to
Join the army OF Gen. Banks. We have been
.onsilodat,d thus making the former lOIh
livisiOn at present the 4th division. Our Di-
vision commander is Brigsdier- General Lawer,
and our Brigade commander is Col. Sven Of
he Goth Indiana Volunteers.
Col Sven is gentlemen, and good mill
ary tficer. worthy in the opinion Of the whole
brigade of taking the command conferred upOn
lim. we now have new field of operations
,pened TO u.s. and ere long our friends may ex
,lect to hear from the cspturs of Vicksburg in
snoiher quarter, and rest assured that Bur
| bridges Light artillery" las the 96rh used 10
he called will do her duty, and win her share
| # glory. It was said OF the 96Ih at jackson
hat she had imbibed SO much Of the spirit oil
| her Colonel that she was too stubborn to run.
I'he rebels tried to drive in our pickets, or
hose of our brigade but the pickets of th G
96th held their ground and kept the enemy at
nay.
When our regiment deserts it, colors there
will be the best of reasons for it our weak.
kneed, er-hearted, rebel-symp paIhizing COM
radC are about all where they ought to beat
home-where nothing more startling than
thunder or the click Of an anvil will remind
/ hem of war.
noticed come time ago short article pur-
n0sing to come from the pen of q commission
d tficer in the army, saying that lhree-fOurth'
II not more Of the soldiers from Ohio would
vote for Vallandigham. l would say TO thai
,ficer, whoever he may be. that be is misera
ne sympathizer, that he has basely and wilful
| lied. There is no epitbet in Webster's un
abridged Dictionary expressive OF the mean
uess of such a man. He is, not only unfit t.
he called an American, but he is not it tc
live upon American soil, or anywhere else, un
es$ it were the desert Of Sahara Oh! how
| wish some OF those cowardy copperhead'
could see the effect Of their sympa,hizing d.
ings upon the southern people, and am con
fitleu' that they would in a great measure
change their tune. 1t is passing strange WHY
people, and many of them too with fathers
ons aid brothers il the army, will persist ii
he cry Of peace; when the cOnqnerinR armie
Il the Union are fast crushing the serpen
''rnPath their feet as they march onward in''
the heart Of the enemy's country, They ar
,most ready 10 yield; the last star of thci
nj c Is setting, ard yet Mort hern men, TO
ruihing but political gain are holding out i'll
lucementS 10 Ihem; urging them to fight on
What for =? because If they give up now we Il
he Vallundigham siri. will be politically lOs
| .urPver.
To yuu who have friends in the army. you
clamorirg for peace is but keeping them here
cease your fau, finding and give the govern
ment your full support and this rebellion, wi
4oon be wiped out and your friends restorte
20 you.
Who should want the war to close NOR
] lhan the soldiers Of The army before Vicksburg