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HEADQ'Rs 18th REG'T v. VIZ
BEKRYvlLLB, CIAKK Co., VA.
April 10Th, 1863,
Editors Intelligeaeer 8, ,s is
w 9 are justin receipt of the news of the
9nsuscessful result Of the assault upon
IChaHeston. This, with the check mated
look of our game at Yicksburg and WASH
ington, n. o., and the yefy juicy, nasty,
soft and gloomy weather, cast shadow
over the heart of every soldier. EngIand's
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suicidal insult TO our bread donation look
like an imbroglio approaching with per-
hdions Albion. Ofcourse these things are
smoothed over in polishedieditorials, and a
defeat made nearly, to appear victory in
the skilful manipulation of oily words By
llwell4meaning leader writer's. a soldier
does not deceive himself thus. 1t is an in.
stinct with him to look disappointment
and disaster square in the face. SeIf-decep-
: ton is played out. How often 1 heard 1T
exclaimed this evening, "now boys Ne are
good'for our three years" Dependency
gives place to desperation. and if an enc
my should attack the 12th'Va. in her pres.
present fit of general ill-hunor, some
body would be hurt, sure. The army
feels that this war is to be ended only by
hard fighting, and who is more fervent
peace man than the4enlisted man. One
and all know peace can only como by hard
knocks, and each one is really to!take his
chance at ouce and often in the thick
est of it. The organ Of the rebels never
spoke more truly than that, "the Yankees
are Just beginning TO fght;r, Look at the
desperation of our recent conflicts and
skirmishes. AS sfor admitting the idea of
tailurei believe that the faith of the army
in our final triumph is as uudying as that
of the Christian 'devotee. Whatever may
befall individuals, the holy cause will not
ltaIl. We are learning, and at last getting
in earnest. The late election, the con.
scription, the emancipation, the growing
disposition of our commanders to keep;
citizen rebels from travelling in and out of
our pickets, to mark their locality and re-
turn as guerrlllas and murder them BY
night, the policy of feeding ourselves in.
stead OF putting guards over rebel property,
the measures taken to force the slinks, de-
sertersi to duty, and the cultivation of
backbone generally by the people and
government, are the soldiers joy, and have
4 so invigorated the army that its former
dishear:ening campaigns are forgotten,
and all sagain living, burning, enthusiasm.
Burnside'e order to shoot all persons
aiding the enemy. to exile to the delights
OF sunny Dixie all sympathizers, "there
shall be no treason in this Department. -
hGs the right ring! {, xA.s5.
IL is Burnside the patriotic, the modest,
the magnaninious, the determined. We
are coming to it, Only let deserters be
shot. ~
Let us not hear skulks say that "pshaw,
tits nothing to desert, our government
will never shoot anybody, it is not the poll
icy Let one or two examples be made
in each army corps, aud there will not,
be over 100, as the average desertion per
regiment in the D. s. A. Let not private
be punished by death for an offence for
which aa officer is cashiered, who is. two
fold more u criminal. =, speak -the.univer=
Isal sentiment of the men who bear the
brunt, and we are7comiug to it, and we are
waiting for it. Let us not be compelled
to stand guard over secesh grain stacks,
preserving them TO feed the rebels iFper-
chance we are forced to fall back tempo
rarilyiHlet said grain stacks go to feed
Uncle Sans Commissary. This. we are
even yet compelled to do, but misfortune
aud sad experience will school even a class
mentioned by Solomon. Let pillaging be
punished, but let all army provisions be
seized and appropriated by AUTHORITY, and.
not soldiers forced to stand sday'and night;
in winters snow and rain or summers
heat, over vile rebels boarded stores for
rebel soldiers use at last. We are coming
to It. Do not suppose that where the
average of towards per regiment is over
| 100 that we speak for ohrselVes.u / have
no doubt you will be prond to hear that.
the 18th has but six deserters since its or
ganization. There is in this command $40
all told, decreaseIQ Of nearly 1O0ysince its
Reorganization. This for eight msnths,
winter service will; be found on examina-
ton and comparison to be light decrease.
More especially is this the case when the
kind of service in which we have been en-
gagged is considered. We have nitrc6ed
Eoyersone thousapd miles. ha3eIbksn ge1-.
erally without tents, have bigolacked-
on the frozen ground, under the chill sky.
of winter, plodded through, the depths Of
secesh mud, through the chill rains, and
climbed the mountains of tribulatfon in.
West Virginia, called the Cheat Range.
Have come through this for.weeks-and All
the same time beensJ through our regTmen5
tai aliinfaucy of measles and mnnps, and our
decrease is really small, even When cont
pared with more favored regiments. Our
| sick list is short one at presenta Cur
bencampment here. is the finest which ever
fell In Four lot. Moderately raised. ouEthe,