The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-06
THE UNION LADIES OF INDIANA


We find the following in the Evans
vile, lind Journal. The ladies of that
section. it seems. are practical women.-
God bless EN-.
When portions of the 9th army corps
were passing over tbs Ohio and Mlssis.
sippi rsilruad, the patriotic ladies Of Wash
iugton, Indiana, prepared baskets of pro
visions and a good supply of hot coffee
for the tired soldiers, aud dispensed these
conf ,rts TO the men while the cars lin
gersd in the town. Some OF the Indies
also prepared beautiful boquets of dow
ers. which, no doubt. were as acceptable
to many of the young mea Who fought SO
molly at Roanoke Island, South Noun
tain and Ahtie,sm, as The more substan
| tlal refreshments.
But these manifestations of good will
and sympathy on the part of the ladies
aroused all the ''swellering venom sleep
lug got all tbs CopperheadS in the
place, and one Of them was selected TO
give vent to their spleen through the col
umos Of the Vincennes Sun--the sewer
for oil the Copperhoad s6lsh in THIS pert
OF the State. Accordingly. q commuui
cation ives, prepared iu which it was
charged that . portion Of the 9th corps
were free American citizens Of African
DESCENT" and that these received espe-
cial attention from the In lies. and that
one of their boqaets was labelled .'God
bless the negro" Ii was also asserted
"that tie ladies' who were so patriotic In
administering to the comfort Of the free
American citizens of African descent
actually permitted the wife aud child Of
} soldier TO die OF hunger and cold, or
) the a6th day of last December, and that
this deplerab!e incident occurred In tn.
next building 10 tina, in which the "Sold
8 ier' 3 Aid Society,"" (Which boasts Of tbs
I hos,ilslities extended to the suffering
( soldiers famil,es) held their meetings
, and to VIII m this needy soldiers wife mac
/, applied in vain for suctor,"
Justly indigcantat the base attempt tt
{ slander them for simply donat,ng com
: forts to American soldiers on their va,
e to battle 10 defense of their Government
D the ladies' at once called mcetipg ant
t appointed . committee to wait upon th,
editor OF the Sun. aud demand The nam
It OF the slspdsrouss sushor. The Cpmnit
tee discharged their duty, Obtained tn
. desired Information. and returned I
: Washington The same evening.
J The rex, morning they assembled q
the depot 10 force. and proceeded to tn
res; dence OF James Nesl, the author {
. the cou,munication. to make him give
) written acknowledgment Of iss falsity.-
ID fle refused to sign the statement PR
a. pared for him AT frst. pretending that
could substantive SINE Of the statement
r. in his communication. The ladies' II
n sisted that he should do SO at once, pr
t fsssi.g willingness to 60 with him
n examins lis proof. Neel, accompaaie
an by the ladies', proceeded TO the Office oi
M celebrated copperhssd ~. S. Gwen
b wh, nov s,isrepreseuts the loyalty
ny Davies county in the Slate L-gi lature.-
ail Here Neei did not attempt 70 subs'antia
'se anything, but through his friend, N
b, Given, made several attempts 70 palm
ho upon the ladies some Dondescript doc
q, men, that might be made 10 mean o
ny thing to them, and quite different thi
I'd 70 Nssl' . fsisads. II was 40 60 hew>