The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20

The Confederate soldier opposed i'm.
luense odds. In the Seven Days Bat
ties around Richmond. 10000 drove to
the James river $4,000 of the enemy.
At Fredericksburg, in 1862, $4,000 of
them routed 10000 Federal troops.
At Charlottesville, in 1863, $1,000,
under Lee and Jackson, whipped, and
but for the death Of jackson, would
have annihilated an army of $4,000
men, more than double their own mum.
Der, At Gettysburg, 1000 Of them as.
sailed the heights manned by 10000.
At the Wilderness, in 1864, G3000 met
and successfully resisted 151 900 of the
enemy. At Appomattcx, in 1865, 5000
Of them surrendered to the post COM
mandoi by Grant. The United States
Government, Mt the end Of the war,
mustered out OF service 100000 Of
mou, and had in the field from first to
last, 100000 II the Confederate
soldier had only this disparity of mum.
bors to contend with, he would have
driven every invader from the soil Of
Virginia.
]}ut the Confederate soldier fought
in addition to these odds, the facilities
for the transportation and concentration
OF troops and supplies afforded by lhe
network Of railways in the country
north of him, all of which were subject
to the control of the Government, and
backed by ntfeasury which was turning
out money by the ton, 81 of which was
worth sixty Confederate doilms.
1t should be remembered, also, that
while the south was restricted to its own
territory for supplies, aud its own peo-
pie for men, the north drew ON the
world for material, and ON every nation
of the earth for men.
The arms and ammunition OF the
Federal soldiers were abundant and
good, so abundant aud so good that
they supplied both armies, and were
greatly preferred by Confederate Off.
GERS The equipment of the Federal
armies was well nigh perfect, The
facilities for manufacture were simply
unlimited, aud the nation thought nc
expenditure OF treasure too great, il
only the Countrywide Union could
be saved. The factory and foundry
chimneys made pillar Of smoke by
day and of fire by uight. The hates
improvements were hurried to the
front and adopted by both armies al
most simultaneously; for hardly haC
the Federals bought when the Confed
erutes captured and used the very
latest
Commissary stores were piled up al
over Virginia for the use of the invad
ing armies. They had more than they
could protect, and their loss was gail
to the hungry defenders of the soil
The Confederate soldiers fought hos
of ills occasioned by the deprivation
of chloroiorm and morphia, whicl
were excluded from the Confederac,
as conlraband Of war. The man VIII,
had submitted to amputation withou
chloroform, or tossed on couch o
agony for a night and day withou
sleep for the want of dose OF morphi
may possibly be able to estimate tn
advantages which resulted from thu
possession by the Federal surgeons o
an unlimited supply Of these.
The Confederate soldier Tough
bounties and regular monthly pay
the Stars and Stripes, the Star Span
gled Banner, Hail Columbia, Tramp
Tramp. Tramp, John Browns Body
Rally Round the Flag, and all the fur,
and fanaticism which skilled mind
could create, opposing this grand ar
ray with the modest and homely refrain
Of Dixie, supported by a mild solution
OF Maryland, My Maryland. He tough
good wagons, fat horses and tons o
quarlermaster's stores; pontoon train
of'eplendid material and construction
by the mile; gunboats, wooden AM
iron, and men-of-war; illustrate,
papers, to cheer the Boys in Blue will
sketches of the glorious deeds they di,
not do; Bibles by tho carload, an,
tracts by the million 90 the first to pre-
pare them for death and the second h
urge upon them the duty of dying.
The Confederate soldier fought tn
SANITARY commission, whose mem
beers, armed with every facility and con
yenience, quickly carried the sick Jan,
wounded OF the Federal army to com
Portable quarters, removed the blood
garments, laid the sufferer ON clea
and dry couch, clothed him in clea
clothes, and fed him on the best Oh
world could afford, and none
buy. He fought the well-built, thoi
oughly equipped ambulances, th
countless surgeons, nurses and hospits
stewards, and the best surgical appl
ances known to the medical world. IL
fought the commerce of the Unite
States and all the facilities for wa
which Europe conld supply, while hi
own ports were closed to all the worlt
He fought the trained officers and th
regular troops of the United State
army, assisted by splendid voluntee
soldiers, besides ewarms OF men, th
refuse Of the earth Portuguese, Spar
ish, Italian, German, Irish, Scotch, Ell
glish, French. Chinese, Japanese
white, black, olive and brown. II
laid down life for life with the hirelin
host, who died for pay mourned b
no one, missed by no one, loved by n
one, who were better fed snd eloihe,
iatter, happier and more cuntented i
the army than ever they were at homi
and whose graves strew the earth /
Lonesome places; where none 60 /
weep. When one OF these fell, tw
could be brought 10 ON the gap. Til
Confederate soldier killed these will
out computation, and their oomraaS
buried them without tear,
The Confederate soldier fought ii
cries OF disltcsa which came from NJ
= home tales Of war, insult and rol
berry, He fought men who knew Ia.
their homes (when they had any wei
safe, their wives and children, the
pareuls and sisters sheltered, and the