Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-05-27
TO OUR LADY FRIENDS.
LETTER FRoUruE7ar

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LETTER FROMTHE Ia5th
/ CAMP NEAR franklin, TENN, May Is.
am specially interested in the ladie.
OF Irumbull County, / would be glad II
think that there were no Copperhead.
amongst them. There was time wber
1t seemed impossible for disloyaltv TO en-.
ter into the hearts of any in the Iowa
North. The patriotic fire that warmed
every breast, the rapt enthusiasm that
perVaded every public assembly. the
scores of young men that eagerly rallied
around the national standard at the an
proach of danger, did not foreshadow
events that have since transpired. There
We're few to sympathize with, and none To
defend the villainous traitors who at
Sumter, first fired on the proud emblem
of our country's honor. Untold blood
and treasure have been expended to wine
out that foul insult. The true positions
OF men have been exposed. Those who
were loyal then are loyal still. Those
who loved their country more than self.
and liberty more than wealth, are even
more determined than before. Driven
by force of circumstances from an inglor-
lous concealment, the Copperhead has
raised his Shiny head and-hissed. Our
own homes have not escaped the fatal
coil The charge of Copperheadism is
not confined alone TO men. | hesitate 10
say 1t, yet believe it is true that women
at home have done more TO defeat the
cause Of our country than the most |
avowed rebel sympathizers among the
men. Their influence has of course been
more silent, but it has not been less ef-
iectIve. BY bad advice in discouraging
eniistments, and through desponding let
tiers since, the hated object has been ac-
compllshed. The following extracts from
letters from wives to their husbands in
this Regiment will serve to illustrate :
Dear Husband Il was glad TO hear of
'f your good health, but | do wish you
would come home. Get discharge if
you can, If not get a furlough You may {
hlnk me foolish for writing to the Colo
lel to give You furlough. but don't
Don I take No. for an answer. but get I
through and come home as soon as you |
an If You once get home, | can man G
ge to keep you here" Another writes :
Mrs.- says that if s. gets home. a
he Will keep him in bed three years be- "
ore she will let him go back again. - S
gain" Mrs.. has got over being =
ray since she heard of the death of her v
usband. People think the way she act Il
d did much TO cause his death. She G
rote such awful letters to him-threat- 8
ming to kill herself if he did not come q
ONE" II
The amount of injury done by such m
tiers can scarcely be estimated. Good ~
'idIers neglect duty, become discourag- a
|, homesick, are taken i'll and finally 10
e. and all in great degree from the eff tr
cts of such wicked influence. Is it pos - -,
Die that the givers of such advice can cl,
ann relationship to the mothers of the
V"lution They disgrace the memory
their ancestors. Their progeny must
generation of towards, undeseryine WI
inherit the blessings of free govern III,
snt. no
| turn from these unpleasant refec-
ms to do honor to a larger and nobler tai
lss of women at home, whose devotion Is
their country rises above selfshness.- tn
lth fearful eyes and faltering lips they do
lie us God-speed when we started for ge
field of carnage, on which our ma S. sta
ms honor must be defended; and, du- ia :
the privations We have since endured wit
y have continued to send us words of 9th
pc, counseling US to be brave and meet ire
18th rather than suffer disgrace. "If aas any
l are killed / will teach our boys to tina
tate your bravery and they may live aga
avenge a fathers death,' is the Ian, '
lge of lofty heroism. Spartan Moth OF
your memory is imperishable. wb, E
ille liberty needs defenders it will live its
lhe hearts of the brave. Patriotism is linn
own recompense, and in all ages it has IN
lmanded the admiration of the world. sI1,3
len 1t rises to heroism, it passes into and
ory ana renders its possessor immor- will
Patriotic ladies of Trumbull county We
r influence has been felt in the army. In;S piaS
ough your efforts in behalf of the SOL the
Is many weary heart has been light pass
1 and suffering has been relieved.- ton
THE cp,rFrr1 day
Io-,I n T" i-h O1h 1hAENTS to I'll
ie I-0'n heSilneht are especially due tree
1u for favors lately received. large W
of carefully prepared dried and can bene
fruits, cheese, butter, tea, pickles cnH onH
IS, &c, received from the ladies of ter !,
rem through the President of the as "v
Society, Mrs. H. R. Harmon, was the OF tn
,e of substantial rejoicing last even bv =