The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-11-06

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The following letter was found on the
person of dead rebel soldier, who fell in
the battle OF Bristoe Station, Va, fought
some days ago. The letter is from the
brother of the unfortunate man, whose
death, with that Of so many thousands of
others, is due 10 the wicked ambition Of
the few bad men, who have precipitated
upon the country all the horrors of civil
war. To what extent the ravages of war
are felt throughout the South, the forego-
ing letter, written IN confidence, and in.
tended for the perusal Of ia brother, only
bears mute but eloquent testimony:
& THE LETTER.
WOLF CREEK, ST. CLAIR Co., ALA,
Sept. 23, 1868.
DEAR BROTHER:
ss. | embrace this oppor-
tunity Of writing you few lines to in-
form You that we are not all we'll
Every one Of my.famiiy has hid the mea
sles; the last one has just got up so he
can walk about. have done scarcely
any work in five weeks. | am very weak,
not able to do a days work. came home
from Blount County with the measles on
me, and have had a very hard time of il.
l hope these few lines may find you in
good health.
received your very kind lcttea, dated
August 10Th, which gave us great salts
faction to hear from you once more, for
your letter was 80 long coming, that we
had become uneasy for fear that you had
got killed when you went up TO Gettys-
burg.
Times have got very hard here. I do
not believe half the people in this section
OF country, have any meat to eat. Meat
here is seli, & at S<2 50 per pound, and
scarcely any in the country to spare: and
when it is to spare, tie people do not
want to take the Confederate money for
it. They look on the Confederacy as
about conquered, and when it is con
quered. the money will be deed. Some
people are Offering $40 per bushel for
wheat, and they suppose corn will sell for
S2 50 per bushel IN the heap aud SOM
say it will bring rs per bushel soon; and
considering such high prices, low can we
expect the women and children to be fed,
who are dependent on their husbands
wages to feed them? And many of them
have lost their husbands in the war;
What such families are to do | can't tell,
and the Confederate money is now worth
only one dollar in ten. The privates get
eleven dollars per month, and that il
worth little over one dollar in specie
Men who would fight for such Govern
ment as this, surely have not got good
sense. The men are deserting and com
ing home by scores, and do not think
they are to blame, although there is about
a company Of men to every beat, hunting
deserters and robbers; but believe they
come in faster than they take them out -
There have been several men killed by
the desertefs, and some OF the desersers
have been shot.
am afraid If the war holds on, ou,
country will be ruined by our men a,
home. Some time ago there were many
of our mea come from Vicksburg with
their paroles. ! suppose the Yankees
took about forty thousand Of our men
there besides what they took at other
places. Aud the word came last Satur-
day that they were exchanged, but the
most Of them do not believe it. Some of
them have gone, aud some say ,hsy won't
go without they are taken. l do not
know what will be done. do not believe
they are exchanged myself. believe
our big men are fooling them, and if
were them and they fooled me once, and
l found it out, l would never do them
any more good if lcould keep from it
l do think there is enough Of our men
killed aud died in this war, and If we
can't whip the Yankees we had better
give up, and let the war stop.
| think my boys have made enough
to do the family. But our Congress has
passed. law that each one has to give
the tenth of what is made. l think this
is very unjust law, where the men are
In the war and have no one to make a
support but their children. / do not
think they should pay anything but their
common tax The poor men have nearly
all the fighting to do, and l think the
rich men should support the war. l
hope the war may end soon. can't tell
what we will do for salt. and the gov :
'rnment is pressing all the cattle, SO that
Ne will soon have nothing to eat but
,fead. want you to write regular to .
ne. So | remain your alfectiouste broth
II until death. iN-