The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-07
BURLINGTON, SATURDAY MAY Z 1864

Als
on board Of the New York and the Ex
Pres.. Oh, how glad we felt! How ou
blood thrilled as it were, when we agar
saw the glorious old 6ag waving in thu
wind-the glorious Stars and stripes Ma,
God bless them and those who upholS
them! May they wave over every rebe
State, and may God speed the time when
our nag may again be supreme in every
state in the Unionl May God bring the
rebels Of the South to zee their folly. and
the Copperhead his foolishness! Nav ey-
cry Copperhead of the North and every
rebel Of the South be brought to knowf-
edge OF the truth before it is too late! For
sooner Or later they will both be extermi-
mated, II they don't repent in dust and
ashes. May God speed the right is my sim
cere prayer!
There were, in all, about five hundred
and sixty of us who came from Richmond
to City Point, but several died on the way.
ana about fOrty-five have died since. We
arrived at Fortress Monroe on the evening
Of the l7tb, and at Baltimore on the morn
lag o. the 18th, and were conveyed to Jar
Wis General u. s. A. Hospital, in ambu-
lanees. We threw all our old clothing,
with their Confederate inmates, away. and
were washed, shaved, and had our long in
habited hair cut short We got clean beds
to sleep in, good things to eat, and plenty,
too. The ladies OF Baltimore visit us daily.
and oh, how cheering it seems to bear them
talk 20 kindly, and give us presents, such
az paper. envelopes, pipes, tobacco, hand
kerchiefs, biscuits, oranges, &c. We have
good nurses, Who wait On y. very diligent;
~, and such nurses, too, who don't steal
orr rati0ns and let ~ starve. No. indeed,
1t II quite the contrary. We can never re-
pay the kind and tender hearted Baltimore
ladies who welcomed US home. Nav God
bless them for their kindness, for we can
never repay them! We are doing well now.
think in few weeks we that survive
will be strong and we'll again; but We
wovld all wish to have fnrlOughs, even If
they were but short ones, so that We could
visit our friends at home. We will all re-
turn gladly to our respective regiments,
and be revenged for the barbarous treat
ment Of the uncivilized people Of theSouth.
/ think I will be able to walk again with
out crutches. But am better satisfied
here with kind people, If even will not be
able 70 walk for awhile, than 70 be in Rich
Richmond walking barefooted all winter !.
even some grown people, such ~ are styled
there "white trash," went without shoes.
The rebel soldiers were clothed out and out
with United States uniforms, which they
had stolen and taken from prisoners. The
rebels are getting very much discouraged
they have passed an act to cOnscript all be-
SWN~n NN0 0S8<0 "a oAAVCCA &uu OA1tyeuV0s
saw an account in the Sentinel about man
laying his hand on the Railroad track and
letting the cars run over it 20 that he would
be exempt from military duty.
will not detain you any longer about
the utter destitution Of every thing, at Rich
mond. But in conclusion, will just say
that wish that some Of our Northern
Copperheads would have to share the fate
Of some Of our Belle Island boys. think
they would get cured and become thorough
Union men-not only takers for the Un.
ion, but also soldiers Of our righteous
cause. They would try every means to
put down this rebellion, instead Of staying
at home and rebelling themselves. They
are - fre in the rear" which b great
deal worse than the rebels 6re in fro9t. I
hope that III will soon see the point, and
come out and do something for their coun-
try-for the government which protects
them-for the old flag which our forefath-
ers handed to us-instead Of staying at
home and abusing and criticising the gov
ernment. It would be more honor to them,
to their children, and to- their children's
children. My motto is--''The Union, the
Constitution, and the Flag Of our Union
now and forever" p 81
Your Obedient servant,
JOHN p. KUHN,
Co. E, l26th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf'y.