American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-19
CAMP OF THE 6TH PA. II. A.,
Fort ETHAN ALLEN, VIRGINIA
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Mr.. EDITOR :-Supposing the people,
eof Butler county, apt to believe any of
Fyour correspondents, if no contradiction
sor correction. beg leave to correct the|
writer of an article, found in your issue
3of March 22d, in which he has tried toI
make an impression on the minds Of the
readers of your worthy paper, that theI
18th Pa. Heavy Artillery is of little or No
account to the army. In the first place
he says that we are jubilant over the ap
.proaching draft, and that it is on account
3of our missing it. | will agree that we, |
Tor great number of us, feel well satisfi-
led that we came out when we did, andE
not wait until we would be dragged outS
by the draft. In the second place heI
ssIeaks Of us being so fortunate as to servef
our time, so far, in what he terms "Sun
|day soldering" In the Sd place bel
Says that our regiment is complaining that
!our friends do not come out here andE
'cheer us up; that we are in a very lone
some place-in the Notifications around
Washington In the fourth place he5
boasts that they-the l4th Pa. Cavalry
have been out for two years, and havef
never been visited by any persons except
!Early, M'Auslin, Mosby, lmboden or Ros
'ser, few of which would do the 9th. II
L good, yet he says they never complain
he also says that our regiment must takef
Ia great interest in Poultry-judging lromE
their anxiety to get home to sec theiis
Ducks. Then he closes by saying that
we done well by coming out, that We
might 90 home with the ones that crush /
led the rebellion, and share the honor with
them. In answer to us being jubilanlH
lover the misfortunes Of others, | for mys
part, do not feel in that way | pity anyE
Imam that is compelled to leave his homes
'and family against his will. unless he il
"a copperhtad. aud then hanging is t.
good for him a mau that viii live ing
the north, and uphold the principles III
.the leaders Of thesouth should he blotteg
'out of existence. As Tor Sunday soliet J
ling, | must, and AM sorry to say tina
there is too much Sunday soldering doue5
throughout the whole army; but what he /
means by Sunday soldering, is the garrl
son duty that we are doing here. | will
Inform Mr. w that these Forts have t. 4
'be garrisoned, and we were ordered here.
and we will not be likely to leave mere
until we get orders to leave. We, as
regiment and as individuals, came out
with the intention of obeying orders-we
were ordered to these forts when we
came out We had not been long here
when we got an order to march, and we
|all thought that the regiment was going
down to Richmond, and all our boys pack
led up and was on the march in two hours,
except few sick that had been taken to
the Hospital We all felt that we were
ready for any thing that might come in oul
way-as we have . Colonel that fears
nothing The first place we found our
selves, was doing guard duty on the Or
ange & Alexandria r. R. We were there
some time; then we got mar ching orders
again, and we're marched right back to
Fort Ethan Allen, and when we get or
ders to march again we are ready. As
for complaining about our friends, | have
never heard any complaints Of that kind
made; and as for being fond of poultry
confess that we are and we are annoy
ed great deal by the squalling of chick
ems at night, when we are out on picket
as the 18th N. Y Cavalry is lying outside
Of US, and cavalry is always death on rob
bing hen-roosts; it is very tempting t.
hear them squall, knowing that We can
not have the pleasure of helping to eat