The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-09-28
For the Cadiz Sentinel,
letter E-Gm q Returned sOIditr,


After three years service in the field
most of il srentin the Department of the
Gulf-without single leave of absence to
visit hotnc during that tine-the writer was,
discharged by r,asen Of expiration of tern, of
.elrlcc, and With clad heart started for
home. Left New Orleans August 9Th oh
the steamer Empress. reached Cairo 18th,
Loogottee, Indiana. ITtI.
CONTRAST SOUTH AND NORTH.
lnlour weeks that followed saw much, Of
the country in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio,
and was decp!y inprGsscd with the sad con-
dItl2a OF affairs. Once a cheerful and pros-
perGuS country, now marked with blood ana
discsntent, If men could take 2 trip down
the Mississippi, or through the Gulf States
they would np longer maintain principles.
which, il successful. viii bring war with all
its horrors to their very doors South and
North everything indicates war--the whole,
land has been ,wept as with the besctf 5f
destruction. There are weeds Of mourning
in our homes hercaved hearts and broken
family circles but they have property, Sc
cure homes aud fruitful fields remaining
Never was the South in such condition.
Bereaved ones are in peril every hour, and
often wander homeless, hungry. ragged,
i,iendIess, and poverty stricken, their dwell
inge IN ashes, their property confscated,
their loved ones in the tomb--all these cas-:
ua!ties arc the fruits of war.
WHAT WAR Is. .-..,
Such is war-Such the state ofthines some
men IN the North--foos and bad man that
they are-wonld bring upon themselves
Jet them look upon the picture think of
Lawrence. and be made wise. ''Their war
makers. y if they succeed. will change the
theatre Of war, transfer it beyond the border
carrying with it scenes of cruelty. outrage,
incendiarl, m and human butchery which
makes us shudder to contemplate.
What interest this war has furnishnd for
all time to ccme. To the voyager an the
Great river from New Orleans to Cairo,
Forts s.. Philip. jackson, New Orleans,
BATON Ronaa Port. Hudson. Natchez,
lickshure. Memnhis, Fort Pillow, New
Madrid, Island No. 10, and Columbus
what manner, what places are these Leaving
New Orleans we hardly ascend one hundred
and fifty miles before we are in sight of Port
Hudson, where for many long months the,
rebels held defiant sway. Their works are
almost defaced, the water batteries are no
longer there new line of forts, on smsI-
Ter scale has taken their place. But il cost
the lives OF some thousands of men to drive
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