The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-26
The SOldfers' Vote.

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| Those Copperhead politicians, who arr
hoping that the day will come, when theil
principles will be in the ascendant, will
do well to mark the character of the sol
diers' votes. The soldiers OF our owr
State and of Ohio, were permitted to vote
in their camps. We were prepared tc
see large majority of their votes cast fol
the Union candidates. but we must say
that the overwhelming preponderance Of
the vote in favor of their candidates sur.
prises US. The Democratic journals,
which have told us that more Democrats
than Republicans have gone to the war,
must admit that either that claim was uu
founded, or else the Democratic soldiers
have aba ndoned the party candidates. =
In several Of the Ohio regiments Vallau-
digham did not geta vote. In others he
got just enough to show that the charge
made by the Copperheads, that the SOL
diers were lot allowed perfect liberty to
vote just as they chose. is utterly false
They have a saying in the Western army
that a copperhead soldier requires only
six months service to become thoroughly
abolitionized. The voting Of the Western
soldiers indicates that if the Pennsylvania
soldiers had been permitted to vote, Cur
tins majority would lave been many
thousands greater than i. is.
THE AR OF THE CUMBERLAND.
We are indebted to the publishers, }
B. Lippencott d Co., for the most sump-
tuous volume the war has produced,
volume of GIL pages royal octave, entitled
" Annals of the Army of the Cnmber-
land" and literally illustrated with steel
portraits, maps, wood engravings, etc.
The contents of this book are varied
There are biographies of officers, with
portraits engraved on steel accounts OF
departments narratives of expeditions
and battles; anecdotes, recollections, bits
of poetry; official reports of the battle
OF Stone river; an amusing police record
of smugglers, spies, aud scamps-in short,
iull, true, and particular account of
what great army, we'll commanded, was
able to do in the Valley of the Cunber-
land.
Independent of the Biographical and
historical portions of this volume, and the
amusing aud sometimes thrilling incl
dents related in the police record, the
description, minute, but not tiresomc, Of
each department, will enatle the civilian
to understand, as well as if he were on
the spot, what the organization of an army
in actual service really is. There are
about dozen departments, all of which
must work together, and must work well,
to produce that unity which is requisite
for success in the field. All is here ex-
pidiueuj 80 tAat He WHO runs may
read"
The literary execution of the volume
is respectable. Of course, there is an
almost unavoidable tendency to pile up
superlatives, in the lives of the officers,
but the simple narrative Of events is clear
and plain, and the account of the battle
of Stone River, near Murfreesboro, Ten
nessee, on the last day Of 1862 and the
two opening days of 1868, is a model of
terseness and accuracy.
The steel engravings are numerous.
The frontispiece shows US General Rose.
Grams then lkencsses Of his staff are
grouped on one plate; and the other
general officers, each with his staff, are
similarly exhibited. There are seventy
four Of these portraits in all. and the
groups are embellishcd with pretty
vignettes illustrative Of Incidents in the
war. There are nine wood-cuts, cromo-
lithographic map of the battle of Stone
River, several diagrams showing the po-
sition OF troops, and steel plate OF
monumental design to
The brave who sunk 10 rest
with all their ceuntry's wishes blest.'
This superb work is for sale at ]. w.
OGDEN's City Book Store.
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