The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-10-05

son, we are induced, Dy sympathy Tor the feelings OF
the family and respect for the father who has been
long known to us to copy the following letter The
editor OF the State Journal; sA
Chapel Hill, Sept. 26th, 1864.
EDITORS OF STATE JouRNAL:-I write
this to express to you my gratitude and
thanks for the manly and humane course
you took in the case OF the Court Martial
in the case Of my son. The order was in
human and brutal, and none but a. set of
brutes would have. made it, If the charge
OF misbehaving was correct (Which Il do
not believe, aud which is. not believed in
this community why should 50 brutal an
order be made, to publish what would
blast forever the reputation Of, the young
man, and fill with mourning. while they
live, the hearts Of the Father, Moiher,
Brothers anu Sisters, all who feel an in.
terest in hun: Far better would il have
been for him to have fallen in some Of the
many battles through which lie has passed.
My sun has been M the army over three
years. lie joined the lst n. z. Regiment;
was IN The nataeiot Bethel, under Colbael
Hill, and his Officers say he did his DUTY
we'll. Richard Saunders, now a Druggist
OF this place, was lst Lieutenant OF the
company. and he SAYS che was one Of the
best soIdiers 10 the Reg iment." go
On the dlsbanding OF that regimeRt, he
again volunteered lor the war as i private
and his company wss attached 10 the llih
regiment n Z. Irnops. lie was appQnit
ed orderly Sergeant OF his company, aud
las bern ever since attached 10 iliat rcsl-
,nenl apd IN number Of battles.
In the battle Of Getty sburs. al three al
his Iicu,enants were kdled. For his gal
lan,ry 10 that fight, AID his good conduct
on other occasions, the company elected
hm Lieutenant.
lie has been III wretchcd health for more
than year past-oHe 81 his lungs has
brrn ~lnos, entirely destroyed. for iOure
tam tsrl.e months, asd the other serious.
II Affected. An examination before me-
dlcal busrd would have resulted IN his dis.
charge from the services ions since ; but lie
refused 10 apply for 1t. Ten 81 Eileen
days belure TINS light for Which he was
contaminated. lie wrote to me that ms
heath ~, - mrrtehediy nad that lie should
b. c0mgtlltd - resign aud cnme NOME /;
bat, as the COnirderacy needed every lnan
Nhn cusld raise gun. that he would Try
and stay uuiIl the army went into wnler
qaatter,. aud then culne home, aud see ii
lie could yet we'll. lie went into Tic light,
tseling srry unweIl when lie stared, aud
lie remained 10 the hghl .nd al lii. post un>
81 the heaviest OF II w.s over anu every
tlin. was comparatively quiet; aud then.
irrtng slmost exhausted. IRON tie fatigue
abd excitement OF the bstilr. lie went 10
lonA lar 4 surgeon. aud LIQUID the assistant
surgeon, aud asked for permit 10 80 IL
ne rear until he cOuld rerotrr. ihr AZ
slsiaut surgeon did not esfmlhe him; but
sail "he did not care DIN where, he
went" THIS surgeon suoFe before the
eUur marital that he ordered NV nm back.
My son Is modest and rruring uhis DIS.
position. lie was immed,alei, ordered on
trial. and no ti,newas gwen him Jar prepa-
ration, and he had no counsel on trial.
NV eldest son was killed in this place.
nv next eldest was residing III Texas
when the war broke out, aud he volunteer
ed nsthe 9Th Texas Regiment. aud was un-
DIR Gen. Hood. ~ Longstreet's corps. At
Ter fighting through AL the campaigns, he
went with Longstfeers corps 10 Tennessee,
and feI At inc battle a Chickamauga. no
bly, fighting for the rights of the SoulIi. As
seon as heard Of his being killed went
On after his body, desiring that his remains
should rest IN his native soil asd minglc
with those Of Ms family. Gen. Robeitscn,
his brigade commander, told NE be was
one Of the finest soldiers he ever saw. On
the Sill II April last, General Hood wrote
me letter expressing he deep sympathy
for me In the loss Of 50 gallant son. !
quote from his letter. - deeply sympa-