The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-03
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
MuRFREEsBoRo Tenn,
Feb. 20, 1868.


you print the name of our Major wrong.
Say W. T. B. McIntire, and you will
stand corrected" OF course it is no
pleasure to go to war, fight hard, get
wounded and may be killed, and then
have ones name printed wrong, so upon
this principle, the Major objects to his
name being printed wrong.
Well, the Grand Army is still here.
The mud has been intolerable for some
time, but with the approach of March
comes the wind, and now the roads are
fast becoming tolerable again. The cars
passed over Stone River yesterday, and
are now running regularly between this
point and Nashville The enemy has
grown less troublesome for some days
past, and only now and then he may be
found securing the country for some
thing to steal.
The 42d Indiana is as full of energy,
patriotism and zeal as ever, but, our de-
cimated ranks make the regiment look
lonely. Our old favorite, Colonel j. G.
Jones, is now in your city sick, and our
still highly esteemed Lieut.. Col. DENLY,
as it was was taken from rs at Lebanon,
Ky, and, at the late battle, we had the
misfortune to lose Lieut. Col Shanklin,
now a prisoner of war, (than whom a
drawer man never lived, and altogether,
with losses of old, tried and beloved off,
GERS, we feel quite lonely, but be assured
that the same fire of patriotism that call
ed US forth to fight, will still inspire those
noble boys with courage for any emer-
gency, and wherever we 60, you may
count on the 42d for good account of
ITSELF and we are still hopeful that the
fates of war will give back to us our tried
and faithful officers again, and that when
we fight, we may as ever before, prove
the victors. We are now entitled to
have inscribed upon our flag, "Chaplin
hills" and Stone River" and proudly
and nobly was that old flag borne, and
defended in both fights.
The newspapers are telling us contin-
ually of the efforts of the cursed Butter
nuts in Indiana, trying to induce men
to desert our army. These infamous vii
lians will succeed in getting their friends
now at hospitals, into a world Of trouble,
for to be very plain indeed, instead of
accomplishing what they do most desire,
they will get their friends shot; of this
fact they will be fully aware when it is
too late.
Lately they have heard voice from
the soldiers, and they will hear yet anoth-
er word from them sooner or later The
soldiers would shout for joy to clean In
diana of all those cowardly traitors, and
be only too glad of chance at them.
This, sir, is no idle talk, but the warning
voice sent home was designed for every
one of these fellows to heed, and if it is
not needed, you will hear from the sol
diers in another way, even "more point
ed than this first But enough of this,
it makes us all mad to hear these infer
nal rascals spoken of.
A great many white refugees have
come into our camp, and the blacks are
coming in III great gangs. You see
the negroes have a kind of an idea that
it is great foolishness 10 raise corn, cot
ton, &c, and then see it burned by the
rebels, so they make tracks for our lines
and now, no objection is made 10 theil
"grand entry" 1t has been said, ga
little learning is dangerous thing" and
in the case of the blacks, they have
learned that probably they might one
day get free by coming into our lines
hence this learning proves dangerous tc
Southern tyrants' interest
A few days ago, l saw an aged lady
with her little girl trudging through the
mud in search of wounded son. The
fond mother had come from Kentucky, il
search of her boy, and not daunted at the
| rain, the mud or the inclement weather
pushed on in search of a noble boy who
had freely spilled his blood for his coun
try. A poor woman, a widow, whose
love of country had induced her to give
up her boy, was here, far away from
home, ready to help her boy to recover
again. All! could those at home whC
have amassed fortunes out of the misfor
tunes of our Government feel half tn,
love of country that this poor lady feels
what a world of suffering would bt
relieved, and how very diferen
would all things be behind us But alas
fear that there are too many of thost
damnable compromises of human liberty
Well, if the enemy comes on us here
we are ready, but he will not come here
He has had enough of Gen. Rosecran
already. Gen. r. is determined to com
ma,d the army and to discipline it too
OF that you may be we'll assured.