The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-05-31
For the Sentinel.
CAMP DENNIsON, O.,

May 22ud, 1865.
Z. n. ALLEN-DEAR SIR:-Accompany
ing this you will find copy of the "Ohio
Volunteer, F" edited at this post. 1t is cd
tied by the convaescents, but is under the
direct control of the surgeon in charge
BY referring to the second column, third
page you can have small idea of the po-
htical character of the sheet. 1t gives
Charles Rufus Paine quite puff Charles
is q crippled colored soldier and lost his leg
IN the brilliant fight at Miliken's Bend, is
the remark of the Volunteer. | am sorry
that must contradict it, as Charles was
Acc1DENTLY shot by his captain while he
was trying to take the advantage of the
lock of the captains trunk. Charles is a
very bashfM youth, is the next sentence or
part of sentence worth remarking on
II Charles is bashful where will you get
your lmpudent niggers. No doubt he was
bashtul when he came here, but being in
the company of our worthy or unworthy
sturgeon, McD., he has grown as all the
black imps will, over saucy. A niger here
can always have more fayors than the dis
abled veterans of twenty battles.
Let Charles Rufus ask for his pass to be
signed to go to the city, and it is done with
out any parlying; but let an old soldier ask
and the soldier ordered to his quarters.
Charley is very considerably treated by the
soldiers who regard him as PET. | do not
deny that he is well treated, and is pet to
some. But who are they? Are they the
war worn veterans? 1t is not, but he is
treated SO by the pimps at Headquarters,
(of which there is good company who
never saw the front, and are afraid that if
they do not treat him in the way they do,
they will have the i'll will of Surgeon Nc
Dermont, who will send them to the front
or to their commands. IF you have room
Tor this please put it in your paper, so that
those who think a WHITE soldier is as good
AS BLACK one, can see that they are
WRONG; as IN this camp a niger is the best
Of the two. Respectfully
j. w. K. MISER,
Ward No 5,
Camp Dennison Ohio.
The following is the article in "the Ohio
Volunteer v referred to in the above com
munication:-
Charles Rufus Paine.
The individual who bears the above
euphoneous name is a colored crippled sol
dier in this hospital, and was a slave, owned
by Constantine Paine, who formerly resided
on his plantation twenty-five miles back of
Memphis. Charles enlisted in the lst u.
s. Colored Battery, in May, 1868, and lost
his right leg at the brilliant little fight at
Milliken's Bend. His master had three
sons, all Of whom joined the rebel army
were killed early III the war and the senior
Paine died very sosn after the fall of Mem
phis.
Charles Rufus has squirmed many time
under the overseer's lash, but his oppressors
and oppression have passed away and he
lives to see his race set free and the curse
that bound it destroyed Charles is very
bashful youth, as may be seen when he ap-
plies at Headquarters for a pass ''Pease
Sab, may hab little bit of a pass dis
mornin'', jes a leetle bit of one" he asked
OF the Surgeon in Charge the other day
'Jes leetle bit of one, sah," he repeat
ed. Charles was afraid of giving mortal
otense by asking at all, so he extenuated his
fault by putting his request in that very
mild form. After getting les leetle bit
of pas" he went off with his iyories shin
ing across his face, and a rich. chucke only
to be heard from the throat of gratifed
darkey.
Sometimes the boys take Charley's erutch
away and the scene that follows can ONLY be
paralleled by that of which Falstaff is bereft
of his horse and where he is represented as
fretting like tummed velvet" but as a
general thing Charley is yery CONSIDERABLE
treated BY the the soldiers who regard him
as pet 90 be teased occasionally but not abus-
ed. he can read and write jess little bit,
and is very, proud OF his performance both
as man and soldier.
--lE- Z 4 III