Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-17
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DeBOw's REVIEW ron JANUARY.

BeBOw's REVIEW FOR JANUARY.
This number opens a new year and con-
tains many interesting and Instructive
articles. The editor publishes another OF
his series Of Memories Of the War His
contrast Of the armies will suggest many
mournful raoollections Of the past. We
extract
"Here stands a Federal camp. A thou
sand and ten thousand snoW-white tents
sweep farther than the eye may reach. The
Star Spangled Banner Of richest silk floats
on the breeze, which swells with the Hail
Columbia" or yankee Doodle Of some
grand band Of brass which has figured in
the saloons Of the metropolitan cities.
Sleek and well-ied war horses neigh and
prance; great herds Of lowing cattle are
seen in the rear. Ia y0nder tent officers
with blazing insignia and rich broadcloth
send the lest around over all the viands Of
Fulton market and wines OF France. The
champagne pops The fume Of regalias
scents the air Nelvety mats and cushions
and cunninglv-devised camp eguipsge are
spread around. Books, newspapers and
stationery. maps, charts and pictures
Enter again This time YOU are in the
loldierg tent. What comfortable blankets
and oil cloths and nverc0ata which might
DEFY the powers Of Greenland ahat we'll
filpd haversacisssr hule stGSe wsEma
him. good coffee cheers him all Of these
oxen bleed for him, and Well-baked bread
crowns his board See that yellow dag
Il covers the hospits!. Enter If you,please.
There are piles of bandages, pills and po-
tions and specifics in neat boxes and YES
sells of glass crown the shelves. Those
cases are the most eXquisitely-hne lns,rn-
ments Of surgery. Those surgeons and
those nurses are praciiced and expert.
There are cordials aud wines in those bot
ties. There are lemons and ice and all
the delicacies Of the tropics in those enclO-
Rures. The sick men are clothed In Tine
linen and repose on genial couches. That
body Is being enbalmed TO be sent hcme.
"Oh, dreary contrast We are now in
Confederate camp: no tents are here; the
war has worn them out No Osilken banner
hoats-it is in shreds and patches aud can
not be replaced. The solitary fife and
drum discourse the inspiring strains OF
"Dixie.' Lank and worn the war horse
plucks the leaves and barks the trees a
few COWS. tough and old and attenu-
ated await their fate Under that tree
gray irocks, faded and worn, with some
lace and embroidery, an old newspaper
printed on one side, and an old map and
spy glass which was used in the Mexican
war, tell that Stoaewall Jackson or Forrest
are there. Around that fire, smoke dried,
reclining on the naked earth, two or three
on a blanket, as a matter Of economy; the
overuoat is In tatters the hayersack is
turned Inside ont, the canteen has been
traded for from Yankee prisoner, the cloak
has been picked up on a battle -iield-you
have the Confederate soldier Those boots
cape and let in the cold and rain; that hat
has been shot to pieces; those pantaloohss
have lost six inches of the eXtremity-but
when can they be replaced? The soldier
cooks his hard meal bread and toasts his
bacon on the embers, and in his tin cup he
has contrived a substitute for coffee, which
Is not honored by either milk or sugar.
Noble soldier He is not eursing the com
missary or quarier-master, but recounting
the adventures Of yesterday il which many
dear Conrade went down, telling rough
jokes Of the day, or rejoicing in the glori-
ous conflict Of arms which the morning will
bring forth
But we have said nothing Of our hospi-
tails. Seek no, to recall the sicken.ng pic
turc. At first we did very well, but soon,
even ordinary comforts were impracticable
and thousands died from the mere want Of
those ministrations Of medicine and genial
stimulants which it became impossible to
provide
"Let us al least do the army Of the
North the Justice 10 say, that although II
| had thousands of base and bad men in its
ranks, il had thousands cf noble and true
ones and that although il robbed and
plundered and burnt and desolated at times
il yet often protected and saved Some Of
its leaders were inst men and great men.
The firal report Of their chiefin command
was like a thrilling romance Of the middle
| ages. Never commander before since the
| days Of XerEes or Alexander swayed the
! movements Of such hosts, or regulated
/ the military movements of million
/ of men operating with a common plan
| and in accord in million and halt
/ square miles Of territory. The world had
seen nothing grander before, ard is not
likely soon TO see il again
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