Evening star., 1867-05-21
Judge Advocate General
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APRE 1914, FRIDAY, THE IDKs.
Until to-day nothing was ever thought CT
sacrificing TO our country's wrongs. For six
months we had worked to capture But our
cause being almost lost, something decisive
and great must be done. But Its failure was
owing TO others who did not strike for their
as the papers say. l walked with firm step
through thousand OF his friends; was
stopped but puseed on Colonel was at
his side. L shouted sic semper before / fired
In jumping broke my leg. I passed all his
pickets Rode sixty miles that night, with
the bone OF my leg tearing the flesh at every
jump. -----7 -, : -.. =
can never repent it, though we hated to
kill. Our country owed all her troubles te
him, and God simply made me the instrumeat
OF his punishment
The country is not
April, 1865
what it pdS. This forced union is not what
l have hays loved. care not what becomes of me,
have no desire to.oGtliye my country. This
mig II before the deed) / wrote q long article
and lertit for one Of tse editors of the Ndtionn{
Intellsencer, in which / fully set forth our
reasons for our proceedipgs He o. the Gov'r
| After being hunted like a dog throa gh
swamps. woods, and last might being chased
J by gunboats till Irwssf forced to return wet.
GOLD, and starving, with every mans hand
agalnstme, am here ia despair, And wnya
For doing what Bru,us was hoasred for.
What made Tell Hero And yet for stri.
{ king down a greater trrant than they ever
knew am looked upon ae con1men cutthfoat.
one hoped to be great The other had % not II
only his esunry.s but his own wrongs 10
gate wrong IsFuek for ny country and that
alone. A country that crowned beneath this
tyranny and pray ed for ithta end. aud yet n owa
behold the cold kand they extend to me- God
eaEHot pardon me II l have done wrong. Yet
cannot see my wrong EXCEPT in serving a de.
generate people,. The little, the very little,
left behind to clea< my name, The Gov mt will
not allow to be printed. So ands alI.s For my
hnnN- ha, <ns
sweet and holy. brought mises5 upon nv fan.
lily. and am sure qtnsre Is n6 pardon in the
Heaven Tor me since. ma n condemns me So /.
cept sshat did mrself.) and ie fills me with
horror. God, try and forgive me, and bless
my mother. To- nigh will csce more try,
have q greater desire Gad almosta mind to re-
turn to ~ Nashington aad in measure clear my
name--v vhich l feel can DO. dc not repent
q OF to man. / think / hare done well, Though
I am abandoned, with the curse or Cain upon
me, when, II the world knew my heart, Mat
'Gns % blow would hays maee nae great, tnough,
To,nieht sry 70 escape these bio ID -hounds
once more. Eho, who can rsad his fatea Gods
: have too great souf to die like cfimiuai.
=. T. may he. mag he spare me that, and let me ne,
ore ,,l5s.lslos saiI ua
or ans Rss
Wron 6, unless Gsd deems 1t 30. gAnd Hsewtsh
BIN TO damn er tiess me. eAna fol, this brave
sDs s0s @ xss ns % saa ss es,ess
1t srins IN him II see Why can he pray the
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but 4 msst AEha sns coorte, ,"a ,Iss siiishsps
~ Upon pseee OF paper fouadia ythsydi.ry
and supposeAdo sheenssrnl Sfromsis,is rrriftnn 4
the foliowing-.a 81 ss1sqaAJ .aTTHf0Ij
n Hv 8ss-, 5p,scs & tera ost'! fosei.saAsa tstli
for want OF Hospitality. You knoW g11f ) ~
'snhifs. I waS sicss tifv& witt AsySssai unaN
and In neeA OF medical a6vlcs. 4 E0ultd M |
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