The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-06-16
Communications.
tFor the News.

Tribute to the seth Ohio Regiment.
New PETERSBURG, June, 1864.
FRIEND MISUNDERSTANDING that
the columns Of the News are open to
contributions In reference to or con.
cerning the army, and that the Editor
is always among the foremost in rem
ring aid and comfort to those brave
boys who are fighting and suffering in
our army. thought that q small
space devoted to the 89th o. v. l.
would be road by the many readers Of
the News who have friends ia that regi-
ment with interest.
This regiment, that marched to the
from about year ago. numbered 500
men. They were our brothers, our
sons, husbands and fathers-some Of
them from your own town, some from
this township, and all over the country
are missing from the family circle, those
who forsook all those tender ties of
homo aud friends aud boldly went forth
to battle for their Country in the hour
of peril. How we'll we remember them
and yet how painful is the memory OF
the last time we saw them-some OF
them for the last time on earth, as they
proudly stepped into rank, leaving com-
fort and case for toll and hardship on
the battlefield. They met the enemy
on the fatal field of Chickamauga, and
with others turned the bloody tide o.
battle from sweeping over our armies.
They almost lost their identity as reg
iment in that terrible struggle.
They were, with thousands Of others
sacrificed to save the Army of the Cum
bcrland. 4 large number of them were
taken prisoners and hurried on to Rich
mond and thrown into the dreary cells
Of Libby prison. Some we're taken still
farther, to Danville, and are,now, as ev-
or since their imprisonment, suffering
all that bravo zen can suffer for their
Country. Though 'symp,thiziug with
> them in their desolate and starving con d.
:, dition, it is q comfort to every loyal
" heart all over this land to know that o.
such men our armies are ccmposel, OF
men who can face death in any aud ev.
cry way, that their children and coun.
: trymen may enjoy the sweets of Liber.
ty; and if they should be permitted tC
= i've to get home again, what proud po
u lition they will occupy, as suffering al
the torture that rebels and traitors could
J. aflict them with. What emotions viii
swell the hearts of the father or mother
r Of such son, or the dosolate yet not
u forsaken wife aud children of such q
J. husband and fatherl "He was one oi
n those devoted men who suffered many
. long months in the loathsome prison for
his country's cause, "and if some of then
J. should never get home tc their friend
: again, the remembrance Of them will
live in the hearts Of all who may sur
IT vive to enjoy the blessings resulting
8 from the sacrifices they made. Thei
q epitaphs will be inscribed in tho memo
d ry of their countrynen, and none could
be greater than that ho died marty,
70 for his country.
We had heard nothing from those
% confined at Danville, and their frie nd
here were troubled with various rumor
= of their death, and had almost given Up
every hope of seeing or hearing from
!. them again, WHEN a letter was received
,e from K. G. Barrett, assuring them tha
10 through all his hardships be was well
m that j. D. Clark, in the Same Co, (I
Of was well; that the boxes of clothing
no and provisions sent to them By tn
m Soldiers Aid Society of New Peters
n burg had been received, and that tn
,v contents would be distributed anon
=, the boys Of the company, as soon as h
or could do so. The boxes eontainc
.s Shirts, Drawers, Paper, Envelopes, va
>. rious kinds of Fruits, Hams, &1. &c.
40 The friends and neighbOrs outside {
., the Society assisted in furnishing thes
nd things, and they wisely arranged it b
m sending them in two boxes, onSpof the
~ directed to r.. G. Barrett the other
j, d. Clark, so the chances of gettiu
them would be moro certain. 1t
mt with the gratitude of their hearts tn
to they return thanks for the kind efFort
ed in their behalf, and what JOY 1t no dou
m gives them to think that while they al
M suffering prisoners in distant Ian
they are remembered at home. The
:, Sanitary goods have lightensd the hear
" Of many poor soldiers. Long m
their efforts succeed. PAINT.
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