The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-26

hernlSm, even II tn"re nau Dccn Ho '"l
ties. 1t required more courage and pa
triolsm to suffer. and to endure, an'
s'arvc. than i, did to i.ht.
One Of the mos: important diffcrcn.
cos that our o1Scryant nOcd was the
discipline that was 80 much more per
feet in the Northern than tn" Southern
army In the former the disciplinc
was prrfec. from the first The officer:
we're supreme in the federal army
They were obryea implicitly. and with
nom n-questioning. Tn" case was differ
cnt with tie Soulhcrners. There was
more individually among these soldiers.
.Alumt every nan had hi2l i'leas OF
personal dignity and Independence
The most Of thea considered themselves
t%c equals, many of them tie supprlors
Of their officers. The most of the COM
panirs were made mp in the towns and
villages in which all tie men were ac-
anain,cd viii each other |; thus hap
pcnod that II lot Of
LOCAL rRrJrplCFS AND Sp!rFS
were banded together in ea"h company
md carried ttroreh tie war
Mr.. Rcdfc i noticed Il grca; deal OF
talking hnck" on the part Of orr men
70 their officers. ard a good macy hi=h
s,runr rrivaicS offered To- lick III" "ff-
GERS ,Aat cave Them commands rE"v
didn't like. II" Standing Of ,he inci-
vidn:' Confodma'c soldier WIS mnch
li.hcr (,oc.a,iy speaking than flat Of
The Northern. This o! it>c'f made them
unru!v at first.
GOING BACK oN THE OFFICERS.
Mr.. Rcliirli SAYS thrr' was much
greater d;Sp Si'i"n on Ia" ra't OF the
ConCrdrratcS to rut al The t'amc o' a
defeat on their officers than ,hcr" was
on the other side. In short. th" frdrr-
al, were more Ike regulars, the Fon'ed>
crates more Ike volunteers; tho one
were ''mach;ucs, the Others men.
4 CRITICISM on RUNNING.
Our oh>~rvant says that one Of the
most notable points oi' difference be-
tween the tw, armies was the man
ncr in which the ttlcrais 'bumm"d
and played the vanlal, while the South
erners did bum and played the gen
tlcman.
lie says the Southorners did no steal
ing. The rights of property in the
country through which they marched
were sacred. They did not steal. ex-
ccpt in unusual cases and even chick
ems might roost in safrty on the edge OF
their camps. 'lr. r. field says that
he is constrained TO confess though
why he does it under constlaint we
cunt imagine. that at the opening OF
the war the mass of the Sont hcrn army
were gentlemen. ~ the struggle deep
encl aud the soldiers we're starving, of
course this was chang d to a degree.
but c;cn then, the ConfcdcrlteS paid
for every thins they got.
1t wa~ totally different wit" the fed
cra'>. They loragcl >ham"irl'y. They
stole everything from chicken on he
roo,t up. or down. They respected no
sentiment or hclp'cs>nc>S. They were
vandals in he wors; SENSE Mr. Eed-
field mentions. among other thing
,hcy rntrrcl III, store fthe t"mplc OF
pence. bv ,h' way. and bni'; fires with
halncS worth - - a pair y hundred
or - Bih,e> they tore up and scattered
On the foor, or made honfircS Of. What
they could not use they destroyed. The
author saws: Such wicked w:-'c | had
no, ,hou.at human h,,n:s capable OF.
II" say further: y" amolrt # iaS-
cnings ronid KEEP ont th" rl'as"rs
Nn.h,n. W. '.a >arrcl to b. >tp!en or
Destroyed"