Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-14

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which the blood had flowed over his blue
clotheg,, even down to his great coarse
boots--bis right haud, stiff aud powerless,
hung BY the side Of the stretcher, touching
the ground and stained with earth and
mud Long and agoniEing to him had
been the rough ride through those woods
Iin the joltipg ambulance had found SO
unpleasant, and when at last the boat was
reached the sparkle Of life that had strug.
Rled against its own agony lVsHt out forever
had his pockets searched to fnd some
clue 70 his friends, and there, received by
him in South Carolina when under Gen.
GilmRne, was letter perfectly saturated
dripping with the warm life blood. oh,
G6dl do need thy fotgiyenessIif If, reading
j lit pndlF that burning Southern sky, with
ithose death. booming guns in my ear,
lthoBe0Sen graves and Iifeless forms before
,l-pe. 7 sR0EO undyiBg hatred to84GAGt piEs----
that deeurSei institution for our suferaHce of
Sohieh and our sins Thou are ehdsti5ing uS
10 day and dsluging cur land t0ilh blood
The letter was addressed to Patrick Dal.
ton, of. . Connecticut regiment, and read
las follows: 81 a-s.ii7I' srf-
~ WATERBURY, April Goth, 1854.
Dear Eusband: s7s.5 .u,,.ss E. .5...
ksoI received your kind and welcome letter.
/ am glad to hear that you are in good
health. had the froCks cut for Mary since
1 wrotsto you before. She got over the
measelI very we'll, but she has been sick
since Imoved. Get the order for the $25
fEon YSur Captain In - money and send
t'to Bsil6g. You must be careful With your
money and send all you can home-all you
send, We will wantit when you come home,
if you don't we never can buy little place,
because places are SO dear, all you can
spare We will want, and all you send to me
1 will take care of. You must say your
prayers morning and night, and pray God
10 send you home safe. y is not with
little money siplace can be got now. Mary
is big girl now; you would hardly know
her if you could see her. She never stops
calling you, never shall slap her on ac-
count Of you. She is the dead image of
you. She gets the little stool and puts 1t
under her feet when she sits on the chair.
As for myself would not be living with
out her. have no company only her, no
| one TO come in or out to see me.
men have'$2 a~dHy IN Waterbury now,
and they soon expect to have three. There
are only four pounds of sugar for q dollar;
aour is $.4 barrel; things are very dear;
It is awful to live now. If there is any.
thiug that you wish for me to send you, /
can send you little of anything. Write as
soon as you get this letter aud let me know
if you want anything. You do not write
half often enough 10 me. am, living up
stairs in Michael BIS, across ther road from
CSsey's. could not get rooms In any
other place. Mary sends three klsses TO
you. Every day when ask her where are
your kisses che gives them to me. Your
friends ARE well for all see of them. No
more at present. From your afectionste
D. 1fa mil aAatb unnnwA n
Written BY Kate G..
What 4 task was mine, to crush such q
warm Womanly heart foTsUeT by such I'll
diugsl Very different was the letter l
wrote from the one 70 Leonard's mother
no soothing balm WAS there TO infuse into
her cup of anguish-I saw her husband
only when life had departed, so my letter
was briefeuough. enclosed the blood
stained missive he had carried so faith
fully and lock of short light hair, wri-
ting on the envelope, "Let friend Of Mrs.
Dalton's open this letter." To-day re-
ceived her reply. .H 'N
WATERBURY, Nay slst, 1854.
Dearly Beloved Sister in ChtiJ::
1t is with feelings of heartfelt gratitude
| take my pen to return my most sincere
thanks to you for the kindness bestowed
on my beloved husband, aud also In giving
me direct information of the particulars of
his death. The news was sad, neverthe-
less it was consoling to have it come from
your hand, hoping that be was buried
with the rites of the Catholic Church, of
(which he was always q member, II you
4 will be pleased to write to me and let me
know where he. was buried; and If it is
in cousecrated ground. AN poor and
lonely widow, with two little children,
one fourteen months, and the youngest
eight days old the day received your let
ter. So you see my circumstances. But
l trust that the God of the widow and the
fatherless will provide for me, In him
put my whole confidence As soon as 1 am
able will have some masses said for the
repose of his soul. 1t 10 with feelings Of
the most heartfelt affection and thanks
that / subscribe myself, ever your friend,
Mrs. P. Dalton. Please to write soon.
lt:- Can there be more touching or thrill
ing history. than this Is'it too much to
ask Of those in whose defence this father
and husband gave his life, to. raise sew
lerall hundred fdollRrs to invest in a small
house for the benefit of these orphaned in
4 fsntss Remember that loving warm.
bearied woman, that prattling little daugh-
ter and unconscious babe will never look
upon the face Of their young husband aud
faLhef.E 'RhylS BseauSS he died for you
Compared With the muni6ceuce of theu
offering, all that you can do sinks into Mt
ter iusignificance.
have already received in the cars
from Mrs. Capt. Dodge, So, L.. Col. Hoey
So; a friend, 81; Henry K. List, Esq SIC
. total, SIS. 10, -. LAB 4 -
The PsymasteF's and Quartermaster'I
. Departments in Wheeling have promised
to contribute, and We hope to receive lib
eral donations from there and other quar'
ters, to be acknowledged in the LntelligsH
Ger. s'' r..
Co1D WA4la' sEAR THE CAIoEAHoxlHY, l
-.s.t,,e a.a %. June 3, 1884.
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