The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-11-07

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John Estsp Cooke, In his Last vort,
" Mobus. or the Last Days Of Lee snd
his Paladians," draws the following pie-
turs Of the Army Of Northern yifsIulf
under the command Of Gen. Lee :
They called themselves Lsst Nis
efables." ~ 'aanita
That was grim piece Of humor. W
II not, readerf And the nsms hs3
somewhat curious origin. Victor Hueo'd
work, Lea Niserables, had besa -tssns'
lated and published BY house IL Rich,
mond; the soldiers, IN the great dear<l
Of reading matter, had seize1 upon 4
and thus, BY strangs chancs, The lrsgEl
story Of the great French writsr ~
heccme known to the soldiers b fG
trenches. Evsryvhero you m1rkk ~
lhs e>rDk asnens \ y = laffno ~
bending over The dIngy fsmphI5Is, 9ks1.
tine" 2 Cosetle," |" or AMarfus." or "St,
ehis"-snd The woes Of " Jean val.
jeak," The old galley dave lbund q sehi
h " hssrts n tIess bs6vs soIcIsrs|
immsrsd isiths trsnchessnd fstisrsd III
duey ts'tkeir nusksls ~ their casusj.
Singular ,fortune Of Q uritsr \ Hspyy
N. .Huksi Yonr hneies crossed Ihs
ocean, and, franspitisd into NV
tongue, whiled away the .dreary hours Of
the oldsolditn of Lee, Il PeiSrsburgI
Thus, that history Of " The Wretch.
cd" was the psbuluni Of the South in
1864 and as the French title had Been
retained on the backs Of the phampIlsts,
soldiers, little familiar with the Gallic
pronunciation, called the hoek "Lec's
Misesblosp r Then another STD was
taken. II was no longer the book, but
themselves whom they referred to BY
that name. The old vetenns Of 10
army thenceforsh laughed At tlleir nh.
q % ~ s;S, uuSIeu themselves sn~'y
The sobriquet was gloomy, and thsrs
wss sousthise tragic In the snploynent
Of Il; but Il was applicable. Like most
popular terms, II expressed the exact
thourht In The mind Of every ops--.
coined the situation into 4 phrase. /,
(, Truly, they we're b The Wrslched''-.,.
The ssIdisrs 'of he army sf Northsss
virRinia, 10 the fall and winter Of 1854.
They had . quarter Of pound Of rancid
(" Nassau bacoaa--from New EnRlind--
for daily ratioa Of meat. The handful
Of -four OF corn neal, which they 70.
ceived, vas musty. Coffee and suesr
we're doled out Is 4 luxury. now and then
only; and the microscopic ration became
a jest to those that looked Al Il. A lt.
tie, "grcasen' aud corn bread ---lhs grease
rancid and The bread musty--tbese usrs
the food Of the army.
Their clothes, blankets asd shoes wsru
no, betier--even worse. Oulv, a. leue
intervals could the govsrnncut issue ~
ones to them. Thus the army was il
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no shoes. uaunt forms in ragged ol,
shirts aud torn pantaloons, only cIutchet
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cether for warmth by, the 6rc in III,
trenches. When they charged. thei
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