Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-13

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Wars dread c~Alanities. No longer nos
are heari the aeafsnlngsoas of sauaos,
haEIlng Firth absir Eaa usessangers Of
death, the quick, successive rattle Of
musketry, the clash Of sabers, nor the
agoaizing shrieks of the MANNED and dy-
ing heroes OF cur land. From North to
| South, from East to West the dread car
mage of the battle Aas ceased. No long,
er now are heard in The beautiful valleys
OF the James, the Shenandoah, and the
Rappahannock
"Drv1as beating at dead % nizht,
Cunn4pGius ares Of death - light
TAe d&rrness u ths scenery
But ell now is qaiet. peaosfulaad hap
py. Eow The solder seeks bis couch a.
night, and sinks quietly u sleep thinking
Of his home and the loving ones thcrs
who are awaiting, anxiously, his return,
and does not fear that ere the mornings
dawn be wilI be awakened by the deep
toned drum. or tbeshriH bngie's blast,
to rash forth into battle. Thank Iisav.
en-, those days are gone, gone, We sincere,
II hope, forever.
The grand armies are now being rapid
" withdraw from tbs field and returned
to their homes. Many Of those brave
men woe ma rahaf vi q Sherman, through
sha h5art Of the Confedracy, CRUSHING
out it's last spark of yitality, also many
I Of thu war.wagn heroes from the Army Of
the Posomas, have already returned,
bringing joy to the hearth-stones, which
a feg years ago they lefs, msay Of than
never expecting to return, bat willing TO
10 hattie for our great and glorious Re
public. In q few short months their
brother soldiers Of the West wiil join
them, and many, many faces wit be lit
up BY joyful 'sTailes Of pleasure. Bat,
alas how many hearts wfu DO darkcncd
by the sad tbsughst bat be, who, bat three
wears since left hona, with buoyant
hopes Of p ace, AMI a speedy return, is
gone, gone fran earth forever. No more
viii his cheering voiee make glad she
hearts that loved him. lis sleeps his
last long sleep ia Afar Of southern laad,
hisgravc, perhaps unmarked by stick or
stone.
"NYhat will the soldiers do when they
return hons?' "Wnl they be content
to settle dawn 10 the old routine Of bush
nessE" "TTi8 those young men who
havo enlisted into the army and served
shr-a or four years, be content 70 return
to the quiet life Of farming? 90 These,
and many other questions arebciag ask.
ell Gt'y. | an not surprised that such
questions should suggest themselves to
men Rbo bare remained at home daiing
the irce Struggle which has been going
on during thf past four years. Bat / am
surprised to knoS Ihat any man sLo has
been with the army daring thu past cigh-
teen months, should, for a moment enter
tain such qaas.ions. Such, however, is
the cesa. | have secn 4 letter to tho
, I~ntslFgsncer, published in
-, Floyd County, iowa, from a
member Of ibis battery. lie saems to
think that because a man has been a SOL
dier for "ihree or four years." be has
lost bis n Of Proprict7, and will not
be wil!iag to return TO the pursuits OF
life whieh be formerly foltoxed. And
that tbs men who have baen fighting
bravery under tho old Stars and Stripes,
"thrse or four years." viii probably be
= drgraco 10 the communities 10 which
they will reside #hen they have returned
to their homes. wonder IL the CORES
poadert above referred to thinks himself
better than other soldiers? Or does be
think that because be has only been in
the service abous one year and a bali, he
has not become 20 much demsralizesi as
tbaSo who have been in "three or four
years - | fear indeed that such men as
ibis correspondents will never become very
bright ornaments df society. / have no
doubt that 4 great many soldiers will re-
turn hoEn ~u2willing to labor, and who
will be useless a~pendages to the commu-
mites in which they reside. But such
will only be those who were useless be-
fore they entered the service, and who or
" enlisted because they could get large
bounsies, ard teoughs they would not
bare to woyk hard to earn a living. /
venture the assertion, however, that many
men will 60 out Of this army possessing
greater moral integrity and stability of
character than when they came 10, No
true honorable man viii receive any in
jury from tho lessons be has learned in
the army.
The authorities IN this department are
making preparations TO muster out Of The
s~srvico, great many Of tia troops
There will be three or four regiments
mustered out at this post during this
week, namely: The 12sh and 18Th rcgi.
monts Of Kansas Infantry, the SSH Mis-
souri, ~Iafantry, and the 4th Arkansas
Cavalry. In the infantry regiments
above named, only The men whose terms
Of service expirB bsfore tho LIST Of Cato.
bar next, will be mustered out. This.
wild leaye one large company IN each %
the Kansas Regiments. | do not know
how many will h~erssained in the s5sh
Missouri. Ths 4th Arkansas Cavalry, !