The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-02-09
A Capital Letter from the old l7tb.

We have been handed the following patr
otto and hopeful letter, from our old friend
and fellow citizen, Capt. HUGH MoDERMoTr,
of the brave old 18th. Although rather old
as to date, it will be read with none the less
interest by the many friends of the Captain.
With an army of such men, it is no wonder
that Gen. Sherman is victorious wherever
he goes. The letter is dated
BEAUFORT, S. c., Jan. 18th, 1868.
| wrote you an account of our
march from Atlanta to Savannah may
say, we had no fighting to take Savannah.
1t was merely walk over the course. We
stopped long enough to rest draw clothing.
and have good time generally. Imet some
Irish cousins from whom received a s.Cend
OuuEG- Fatha," roast turkey, plenty to eat
and drink, and nothing to pay
On the 9Th inst, we went OH board the
steamer and moved past all the grim fortifi-
cations, approaching the city from the ocean
Those Notifications, the pride and boast of
Georgia, and triumph of the engineering skill
of the little reb, Beonrega,6! As | paced
the deck, and viewed the beautiful scenery
the groves Of Live Oak, ever green and bean
tiful, their branches decorated with Spanish
moss, like some ancient patriarch with flow
| ing beard, grown grey in the service of his
Creator-I said widths myself, imam propo-
SEES but God disposes" These people said in
the pride of their hearts no hostile foe can
ever navigate these waters; aud yet we sail
i'll triumph past their masterpieces of art and
strategy, without firing gun. Surely, God
is with us. The hand Of God was never
more visible with a people and their cause,
than with Jus and our cause
Bt0odieSS Victories! and vet the northern
rebels will call them as bootIess as they are
bloodless | believe that even an InfideI
could not help seeing, in orr grand march,
from the Lakes to the sea, the helping hand
of the Great Master of the university tht
waters of the Mississippi and Tennessee-ur
the fortified places of Resacas aud Allatoona
mountains; through the Notifications of Ken
esaw, Stone and Lost Mountains through
rivers, swamps and marshes of Georgia, from
Atlanta to Savannah Surely God is with lis
aud | am confident of our final success
Some of our officers said that in case Lin
coin was elected, they would not serve TN
der him. said would, and never e
back on what say You know my time il
out on the 9th of March, yet will veteran
ize for the unexpired term; say two year.
more. BY that time the stars and stripes
will proudly float over every city, fort ant
battlenient in our grand old Union.
We are now camped on Beaufort Island o
as it really is, peninsula; three miles from
the city. Beaufort is pretty sea bathing
city, about the size of Kenosha It's harho
is better than that of Savannah, admittius
vessels of the largest tonnage at high water
We are now having the 18th, 18th and It'll
} army corps transported here We are mass
inS' W Sl'O tiO uiiiu ~ A'l"to VI CoulD CdfO
lima taste of that war she has courted fo
the last thirty years. Of course am speak
!, ing from my own observations, of thes
things, as "OLD BILLY is famed for keepin,
his own counsels But as straws show tn
direction of the current, SO certain prepare
tions indicate that the walls of Yankee wrat
are soon to be poured out on that little he
of rebeldom, Charleston. There are fey
lesser ports near rs, probably we will cIeal
them out as we go along.
All the Kenosha boys are we'll John Me
than aud few others are going home.
Ever yours
H MoDERMOTT,
Capt. Co. B, 18th Wis.