The weekly union record., 1864-05-14
a Voice from the Army.

/ The following interesting letter from the
South was written By Benjamin North, Of Co.
( C, Eighty-third Indiana ' Volanteer Infantry, to
I his cousin, Mr. Geo. North, Of this county, and
dated LarkinsviIe, Alabama, March 80, 1864:
I entered Uncle Sans service August 18th,
/ 1852. and have been battling with treason since
that time-or rather against it. | was 10 the
battle of Chickasaw Bayou Dec. 26th, 1862 /;
Arkansas Post, Jan. 11th, 1868; the charges
in the rear Of Vieksburg. May 18th and 22d,
1868, and remained through tie seige. except
ing ten days We were on reconnaissance F.; was
in front Of Johnston at Jackson, Mississippi,
from Jnly 10th until be evacuated that place
July 10Th; was with Sherman on bis march
fsom Memphis to Chattanooga, and was 10 the
oattle of Missi0u Ridge, Nov 24Ih and 25th +;
and have never got scratch yet. We are st
present guarding tie Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, and are having quite easy times, and
situated very comfortably bly-as much so IS one
could expect to be in the army.
have great hope that the coming summer,
or fall at farthest, will sound the death knel of
the Southern Coufederacy. The rebels are
going to make desperate efor; TO hold out
until after the Presidential election, hoping that
into their hand God forbid that the American
people should be blind enough to make any
such history Il they should succeed in holding
out until after the election. you and every man
at home can assist in striking blow that will
be more decisive than any battle that has yet
0een fought Elect Abraham Lincoln Presi-
dent, and the rebel army will melt away like
dew before a morning sun. Their last hope
TO wait TO see the new Presidents policy-they
will have it at once. do not think. however.
that the rebels will be able to withstand the
coming spring campaign; there will be pow
erful army hurled against them, with the prestige
about as many by desertion as they are gaining
by c0nscripti0n-so they will be but little
stronger than they were last fall.
Nearly all the old troops are re-enlisting.
All the regiments in our brigade five 10 num-
Der, have re enlisted. Veterans are swarmiug
to the front now and there will be continual
stream for the next two months.
| have great desire to live to see the termina.
ton of this rebellion, and l want ii to terminate
right | will always love TO hate Butternut,
as they in my opinion have been instrumental
in prolongiDg this war. There need not be any
more controversy about slavery. 1t is so dead
that no body snatcher of the present day can
resurrect it. care not how this rebellion may
terminate-even though the Southern Confed
eracy should succeed slavery must and will die.
There is a growing inclination among the
Southern peope-the Shareholders themselves
to discard il, many Of them believing that
they would be a wiser, a better and more happy
people without it, No man can travel in the
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of the Northern man, notwithstanding the oft
repeated declarations OF the Southern chivalry
10 tie contrary. 1t is true the South can boast
Of some very talented men, but unfortunately
they have prostiluted their ability to the de-
struction Of the best Government on earth. But
take the mass Of the Southern people. and they
are ignorant very ignorant, indeed. No school
houses are to be seen IN this part of the South.
Those who have not been able to send their
children to boarding school or college have the
pleasant consolation Of seeing them grow up in
ignorance. Ii slavery is wiped out, there will
not be such Z bOrrcr for school houses in the
South Ihe people can educate their children
without the fear OF eulightening the "darkey."
Slavery has received such a stirring that you
had as well try to taae an armful of hay and
attempt to place the spires on the original
stubble as to attempt to return the slaves TO
their original owners.
The last sentence Of this soldiers letter con-
taius truth expressed in decidedly original
manner, which we recommend to the consider
alton Of those "Peace Democrats" who rant so
nonsensIcaly about "Aboi,ionisis."
LASsEN CoUNrY.-The Quincy Union thus an