Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-01-20
Letter from PhilipSburg.

PHILTPsBURG, PA, JAN. 18TH 1864.
DEAR JOURNAL.-Our town for the last
ten days has worn quite a military appear
tho e+,a,+y ,lir,a Nth ''..a+e'e,,s -
and they are gay and happy still. The
members OF Company +, 5th Penn'a Re
home on Thursday They have furlough
of thirty-ive days, at the expiration Of
which time they report to their regiments.
They are noble, brave and patriotic lot OF
boys, as their many heroic deeds fully at
test. Round Top is viyidly before them,
and that gallant charge, made by this noble
corps, Is as fresh III their memory as though
it were made but yesterday Said one of
the prlvates of Co. Il to me, 1T was an aw-
tul scene-we went in on the double quick
the Johnies stood their ground firmly until
the cold steel came within close proximity,
but when they found that we were the Re
serves they got and Round Top was ours
They have re-enlisted and say that they are
bound TO put the old Flag on her props
as she was in the days of peace. The boys
look well. Father Abraham may well feel
sangulne of wiping out the rebellion with
such crowd. They would not only wipe
out the establishment of JEFF Davis and CO.,
but he p the eagles of France out of Mexi-
co. There never was a brayer, nobler. or
more obedient set of men marshalled under
the military power of any country than those
OF the army of the Potomac. Their names
will go down to the latest posterity, and fu-
ture generations pointing them out viii say.
there goes one that belonged to the army OF
the Potomac. Long may they live, and |
hope that the end of this rebellion is nigh
that these brave soldiers may soon return to
their homes-lay up their trtIsty Min
MES turn the PARROTS into ploughshares
and their swords to pruning hooks-set un-
der their own vine and fig tree, and with the
white haired children gathered around them
eagerly listening to the veteran as he tells
them of the great rebellion-and live in the
lap of luxury and smiling peace beaming on
him at every turn. Glorious soldiers it is
to you we owe debt that never can be paid.
Where would the peaceful homes and the
thriving villages, towns and cities of the
old Keystone have been to-day, had it not
been for the brave, and true army of the
Potomac. Yes, soldiers, to you, we looked
for protection-to you we gave our conf
dence to drive back the rebels from our
homes. That you done so, let the historian
depict as he pens the deeds of daring done
on the heroic field of Antietam. That our
confidence was not misplaced let the classic
and victorious battle of Gettysburg be the
answer. Had it not been for the valor of
your arms, the great, glorious and truly 10y
al State of Pennsylvania, would present
sad spectacle indeed. Desolation, and all
the pestilence of war, brought on the Old
Dominion, the Mother of States, would
have been our lot Poor and feeble tribute
as it is, here is my eas~ and ten thousand
times ten thousand thanks to every soldier
in the army of the Potomac, specially, and
the army of the Union generally
Nv y,roScrI.atiop g.. bo ~ hon,
ton did not have the effect that [ had so
confidently expected Wellthe best of rem
edies fail sometimes, and ! am not surprised
that the dose proved a failure. | had no
idea that the snaik was so thoreugly copper
ed, as he says he is in the last issue of your
contemporary. He is also a hydra headed
snaik, and writhes over the appellation of
For the whole Union and Zone that new
er sees snaiks.' presume he means the
whole Union of Snaiks, with All early edi-
tion of Lindley Murray Grammar for their
constitution, of Kirkham's for their by-
laws, Bullion's foi their penal code, and JEFF
Davis last message as precedent. Poor