American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-08

week in the region of Coal Harbor, and
now we are here. 4 large circle COM
plete; two years to make it; thirty miles
vet from Richmond. III oaly the veter-
ans who left Harrisca's Landing on the
18th of August, 1862, constituted the
army which has now returned, how in
significant the number melted away in
that score of dreadful conflicts. Brave
heroes of the former Peninsular army,
you have not fought and died in
vain.
Under date ef November 27. 1868. IS
an account Of the battle at Rappahan-
mock Station, from which we are tempted
20 copy the following, in regard to regi-
ment which Mai Gen. Hancock represeu.
ted as enc of the bravest and best that
he ever saw move in battle:
SCENES ON THE BATrLEFIELD-Ear-
ly next morning (Sabbath) l passed en-
tirely over the scene of last evenings
bloody struggle. All quiet now The
wounded have been sent away during the
night, and the sixteen hundred prisoners
conveyed far to the rear The dead were
being collected into groups, in order to be
covered up in trenches, then digging by
their living comrades All were buried
just as they fell-uncoGned, and shroud-
ed in their bloody garments-perhaps
the fittest burial for the brave soldier
At one place within the enemys works
were collected aud laid side by side for
interment, thirty from the 9Th Maine
regiment All noble-looking young mem;
still, calm, bloody, dead They came
from that far off north east, to sleep their
last sleep on the quiet banks of this lonely
river. Nearly every one of these had re-
ceved the death wound in the face, the
neck, or upper portion of the breast, as
they marched directly up to the muzzles
of the rebel rifles
With one other extract, which we can
not forbear to copy, We take leave of this
interesting and instructive volume.
Writing from near Hanover Court House,
May %, 1864, the author says:
Starving Our THE REBELs.-T This
nonsense we have occasionally endoavor-
ed to combat in letters for the past three
years. "Staryed out" Yes, so we have
been assured hundred times over by bo-
gus legislators, ignorant, conccited news
paper reporters, and still more scnseless
editors. "Rebeilion is on its last legs.
its supplies are nearly every cut of. In
a very brief period 1t will thus be forced
to submit" Dear reader, hereafter don't
believe a word Of such stuff The rebel
lion is neither starved outnor likely to be.
There is but one way of putting down
the rebellion-Jiyht 1t darn.
More corn has been planted the pres
ent season, and will be raised in Virginia
alone than will suffice not only her own
inhabitants, but the whole of the rebel
army, for the next two years. Wherev-
er we have gone in this campaign, i'm
mense fields Of corn. well cultivated, greet
the eye 1t all looks well, the young
stalks in many fields being already knee
high. In not a few places has the forest
been cleared during the past winter and
planted in corn.
Rev. Mr. Stewart, the author when the
regimen was mustered out of service at
the eud of three years, was assigned to
| duty as chaplain at Glesboro; and with
only 50 much knowledge of him as is to
be cleaned from his book and without
asserting to every sentiment in the vol.
ume, we are prepared to believe that the
Government has a discreet, faithful, and
and cultivated gentleman in charge of the
grave duties to which he has been as
signed.
We have examined the book ourself,
and can say to our. readers that 1t will
richly repay areading-a few copies are
to he found with W. j. Young, our clerk
of court, an active agent for its sale is al
so wanted, any wishing to undertake the
business can call on him for information