Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-11
a BIsUoUaAGagG sFArnmRNT.

A member Of the l9.h Ohio regiment writing
from camp near Nashville to q paper at home.
says that At the present rsh Of defamation enc
half of the forty ihousspd Buckeyes placed st
the disposal Of LNcoLS last aa, win be dead
or lost to the service By the first of Nay. Tbs
he says has not been done by fighting, and ssks
what has been gained by the sscrifee7" If
toe half left do not learn a little wis5on they
are not apt scholars. TA2t the writes is wiser
as vel as ssdder, the following extrae.s from
his letter win show:
IN response to the last call of the President
for more troops, Ohio paced 81 bis disposal 40,
coo mOteof her loyal sous: at the prlssat rate
Of decimaton, 10000 D. Of these wiI bs 3ssd. aai
forever lost % the service, By sba 6rst of Ma-ea
next, if n0- already lost. Has it been dens by
fghtingl How much havs US gained BY the
sscnhca3 Absolutely nothing ia le next
battle in this department, if mob defeated, we
viii be unable TO aehisTs q complete success,
for the want Of q heavy reserve fUrcs 20 follow
up any success that may c-oTn cur efforts
Then will the cry e. forth as 90 what hes De-
come of the 10000 men Of Buelis army
Eighty thousand of those m5n were rsw
troops, fresh from shs workshops, fields, law
Offices, stores, colleges and school r1cms. or
that eighty Thousand, SIN satisfied that two
thirds are to-day unfit forseryica; half are little
better than dead men many sre dad; But did
they meet death on the field of battle, amid tina
crash Of arms, deGliug death aud destruction 30
traitors : No; want Of food, want Of clothing,
want Of medical attention, an evsrssxiag Of the
physical system, before they were Injured to the
tolls and priVatiBus Of camp life. I 1Ti.e tais
70 prove to you the necessity Of hUshalding cur
- TIe- So 1000
prepare for L. This army has been so injured
and decimstsd by its past treatment That fresh
levies Of troops must be made. Volunteering
viii never be Tesorte5 70 again. Then, if you
would save lie, savemOHey and ssvs our nation,
establish your military Ssmpsm every county In
the loyal States, end require eveFy a6le-bOdied
man to learn war; let a-dralt be made end &
sufficient number Of men Se put iu5J cam for
seasoning, with which 20 repleuish regimeuts
that are decimated BY disease. You do Bos
cOnceieYe, nor can YOU eTen by the mcst ex
tTavagant stretch Of ycdr imaginative powers,
realize the bitterness, iad alm3st universal de-
termination Of these pt0ph to Be separate snd
Independent They have the most productive
snd fertile soil on the globe, with q splendid eli
mate, and mountain Businesses to which they
can retire when defeated Ihsir lines Of com
munieaiOn are in the interior Of Tebel3om, Civ
ing them the facility of concentrating men with
speed, ease and safety and rs fT starving
them, that IS impossible, unless we destroy their
means Of reproducing and 70 90 this We
must first occupy The country, whereas we
nov only occupy the outer edges Of rebel
dom, leaving the great heart and center Of it uns
As to freezing them out By depriViag
them of clothing, each tsmiiy makes it a point
to keep their sons clothed, not in the least de-
pending or the government fer it and as for
those who have no one to eioths them, they
strip our dead and elothe themselves. Nov, Co
not say I am q erOsker because I do not ast.4
I tell you the naked truth, that you NAV
know what is Necessary Tor you to do that
success may crown our efforts. Did I not Go 4
ms should be Ease 70 myself and reesesnt
to my government. Ido not write thus to ais-
ven, but to nerve you to greater exsr
We have been ia great haste 20 settle
war speedily, and Gun success has been lin
ted.