Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-03-12
Letter from the 10Th Regiment.

Corohoi,,,. c. a., o',.'.n 49, .'i,a',, ~ -
bad al 4. ,.eo,,,L. f t's.. "a yoa.cI ts.,.
si,,co I,s, 80. s,',, ss,,,, Ia,tor,,,'d nas
Jhon n,,r ,r,, s.s.,,s,d ,onob s,,I .nd,roI n,.n.
tri,Is hu, ,hoy ,vers ,,sryeI no endnrc ali hy me
0ln,ions bo,e .nd avowed ohiect on ,nnint Ioins
the Uonst;totiou iuyi,,te and re estald,shuv the
snnramarv nf the lava A. was for tbis tbs .nl
diers were wiling 90 iorepo the uop,lorts Of bomo
and oc,il tbeir liYea uuun the snn,a,iunrv battl.
field For the Usiuu. the Constitution and tIv
Laws they were williGR to fulIow wherryer tbc
glorious Stars and siri1es led tb.p. Tbov cboor.
mlly confronted a har,lships and braved ali dnn.
gers for the glorious purpose of defending the God
given boon of Constitutional liberty.
NV friend, thngs are sadly changed now Tho
devotion Of the army to the Constitution and the
Union is as strong as it ever was but the officers
And mer are dsbeartened and disoustcd win
every thing pertaining to the war p1liry of the
administration Every wh. re tho ca di,.,s v,,,,
In utit n nd gn hama nh. t,,iin, -, ,i,a.,,,,
ia every where pxnresscd and th,, s,;,,,,o ~,
motnlizntiun 4. .v.r. ,,l,.ra -, L .,, r,Ii.
army. one, the trjie of ina w .s, ia ,,, Ia ~,
n,,u,u,, liz.d ai,npd ,,ob Yi,n ;.'
their Generals ~, il, tha Observation-Disclosures :"
Tber, nr,, c,,,,ns ~, - $50 II g..
the uost dev ted cou6,i.nc. iu ,L p,'.,oeI'', ~
IN utt.r ,l,strus, a., hi. .I,I;,,, ,,,,i ,.,t ,t
Proclamation b,a nrovan.o ,il ia, h,, an -
yomit.d Ali the pn,rin,is,n ami ,G,,a,,,o
mi. nrcc nnlI, a., W ' 80. Uu' VI
or ;v;ii,us nr..ch,,,y ,I,,, ,i,,,a ~.
cal snlIirrl ,,l,s,a H., '"N p''''
set tb.n dnwn ui,h,,u, an, h.,s;,,, m ;,I 49,
k,,,as or L,,,h ' "' '0''S'' "
M, ,.,.. n,
os nili,ers s,v iii, ~ a., I;,;,', ."' 1
a IN ,a, n,t ni i, a. .o',,, .,' ,.a.., 4, 80
tious were accep,ed tbe ar,nv ,ynuId bn n,,r,,,1,
deuud,d of otficers Wh.u ,h. ma, s,,, a., ,,'
portut,ity ,hey viii desert hv ,bnns,,,'I, afn
wpII aware ,b,, man, ,s, ~. .', ','t"., w "'N
the vriter ia "A ,e,.I and ,,, IN 81. " 90,
vbo talk in tbis ,y,v nre D,.r,o,,,. ,i nit'
but can nss,,ro ,,n, ,h - '.,., ""I ~
and m sns,i,, ,h.,,, i 80 -, ~. P.''i ,a''
Cn,tain dn,nin nr ~ , W .ho VI
aon wno ono ,,f ,h, ""y " 'e" 'iou','
Wavpa co,,n,,. I'm, 80 ,,.,.I. ~ ~ Is ~, "
Anudstr,tio, and ,ba d. ~ 'he
can't H,,b, an, I,,,,,an ;,', ~ anl sa9o y"
What h,, cbangsd ,ha iSnn,,,i;,.,' C'n,s;', NJ
r w., a",'' '"e ~ uo,''in Oup'ai" nyeI
nnblo,n Iieuten,,t Jicoe,, Of uJoas w."
rhey are nil as hitter nSaiust tho A Adnin;,na,;y,
as INV ti,uttern,Its IN Hnimes co,,n,r N''o"
I'.,,,,,,',,s, -, - 'ounC' =,
blp about il nnv Iun,nr far i, ia ,ba .o,,ia ~
this army, VI
II il hriiavod tho or,r, Of ,ho p,to,, ci
about ma we do. mi. ia orstoinal m ,ha ,,>,'.
of otbcsrs ,sn;ssad ,or nraaat,' L. no;
ions ~e'>'S"e PO'''0"' 0P'"
Tho procI,r,,;o, I, mn, ,Lo o.i ,t;. Al d.
g auses dissatislnctinp Tb. I.,. I,ir,D., .e .""'
s,ssinat.nn' ne onr Dscnrsar q, ,,s !, a,'d ,,,,
subseournt treatment of the sicl, and ,''uduI
has ,i.hrnrtrned the mo, and n,,da ,hon, -, ~,
the doc,os rhe tac, "a ,hs MnI;o,t n.r,',,,',,
is AS rotten ne The ,,isrrha n',e,.Ii,,,
" mo have control can mate il M",e ,ooI ,h.,, ,'
no TO the hosnital il 10 gn TN ,he srays.,h,t ".
receive slpbi wound il =, eive s,hsmso,vas W, W.
to be butchrrpJ nv cxnrriment,g snrna~ns Wy
II written an, ,hn i,ist'.nr ,,t ,',, e ,si',,, n
partm,nt ,bont tIc limo nriIe h,t,loa NJ 'hD,.
would untold m ,b. world a ,'ic,ure s, bnr.,,',.
that II would make tho boart,s h,nod ,.,,, add
Men who had eat,n nothin,, h,,t b,n .re,ar, ~ :,
twn ~, ,h," s t.ii io'
bilious Generals igroranr vera carried n ,h,.
boats and l,r frn,n twantv. ,nnr p, G,rtv n;,,bt
nours without ro,d thair sys,ens r,n ,it,vn o..
sorbed the poisnns of th,ir ,;onrJs ,,,I nr"dncoL
certain death. From his cans. ''n,,v
daily. Yes, our noble wouudr,l soliicrs were l,li
IT, die like doss from actual storyauuu and nrr,
lcct; and when the generous and efficient Doctor
Pumerene complained To a Medieal D,r.ctor he
was told that it wa, not thcr fault, that the men
were out OF their hands and it was none of their
business One man was left ON deck twtv. .eight
hours with dead man on en.h side of him Win
out monhful to eat or having his wounds M ,resscd