The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24

Composed of eastern mem in which
he said to them that they were now
supported by the 18th Army corps
that had come to them fresh from the
battle.fclds of the Mississippi, crown
ed with imperishable honors; that
they had never marched one step
in retreat, and that the 10Th corps
must say to them that the East has
sons with as brave hearts and strong
arms as those who have come to renew
their VOWS in anew department.
At Carrion Crow Prairie on the 3D.
inst, about fifteen thousand rebels un-
der General Green attacked one brig
ade of our men under General Bur
bridge, killing, wounding and captu-
ring about 500. The 18th Ohio Bat
terry lost two guns. Our Division
(lIovey's) was ordered into line and
went into the fight at charge bayo-
nets. The seth Ohio infantry recap
tured one of the guns belonging to
the 18th Battery after sharp fight
The election news from Ohio is in
deed cheering. 1t nerves our armies
for the contest to think that our own
native State is loyal and has given
such q rebuke TO traitors and peace
men. Great battles must be fought,
and many lives and much treasure
sacrificed; but the complete overthrow
of the "Southern Contederacy" is a
settled fact, and is only question of
time. The great scheme Of mad am
bition that has entailed untold misc
ries upon the South is failure in
whole and in detail The rebels have
learned to their. sorrow that the sons
of the north whom they affect to regard
with contempt can fight as stoutly and
chivalrously as they. When the fight
ing is finished we do not want tran
sient and unsubstantial peacc-!t will
not do to leave the fires of rebellion
smothcred, but still ready to burst
forth in flames at the very first breeze
of discomfort. We want q lasting
and enduring peace--not for ourselves
alone, but for our posterity through
centuries to come. The blood has
been so nobly shed on the battle fields
of this great contest, wonld cry out
from the ground that it had been shed
in vain, were the war to result in an
ing!orious compromise that should still
leave the seeCs of civil discord in our
soil The rebellion must be destroyed
root and branch, so that we shall for
ever have ah end of this bloody bust
ness. There can be no terms with it ;
it must be blotted from the face of the
earth. a compromise is impossible and
all talk of it is silly and arises from a
sympathy with the rebellion. Those
that are for the Union first, last and
all the time, know that the pathway
of peace lies through fields of forward
and determined war. Such war will
bo waged, and those that entertain
the hope that the Government will
ever make a compromise with traitors
in arms, delude themselves with an
idle dream. We must lay aside our
petty prejudices of section in this
struggle; we must exercise faith in
the stability of our Government, and
prove loyal to her cause; and while
the clouds Of war are rolling heavily
above us, and the food tide Of danger
is surging close to our country's heart
all will be well. If this faith is kept
close to our hearts, it will give us
strength TO conquer and courage tC
endure. Then will we know alike
how to welcome fortune or obscurity
victory or death,
Yours truly,
GEO. WILHELM,
Capt. Co. F, seth Ohio.