Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25


not oontaminate the place by their presence.
But Just as writc quininc, oh thou cxquis
ito, is being waited to my ears by the gentle
brcozcs. Confound the drum That makes my
blood curdlo at the sound of mans woes. But
tho exquisite Dr. VIM Tibbics dlspenscs his
fayors with a profnse hand. wisdom Of Pro
fossion Is great thing, and he, who tlares to
question his knowledge of tho occult sclonco
But, thanks to kind Providence, have MS yet,
boon undcr no obligation to him. Jim, was
sorry, In common with oil OF Co a." To lose
ycn, but thon you did what, to have been truo
to yourself, you should have done long before,
when you resigned. Co. al" LOST Its best friend,
jim, when YOU departed from among us. We
oil the Coz one and all, hope that you may
speedily he restored to your usual good shoalth,
and that YOU may live for many, yes very many
yonrs jim, you cannot tell how well You were
liked 10y the men not only OF a." but of tho en-
tire 9Th. have heard nothing, from both men
aud officers, but the most complimentary al
iusions made OF you. But then Il could not DO
otherwise, ms You are gentleman. In every sense Of
he ,rord do not say this to flattor yon, far
from It, You have known me too long and too
well to think that / wish to fattcr you. Jim,
since you left us, we have been in another bat
te-thnt Of Charlottesville. The 9Th lost 50
mon in killed, wounded and missing. Co. ~"
lost II, Mcdonald In leg, Trchor in foot, Bailey
In arm, Hedrick In hand, Acklcy In arm and
ddc Gillion In brenst and missing supposed to
bo dcad,) Ruoi in arm, Zurfas missing, Conway
missing, Avghinhaugh missing and Weber,
(supboscd TO be wounded, ,)-l1 out OF "a men
was our loss in the days engagement. Accord
Ing to my way of thinking, Hooker is not the
man to command large army. There wns no
iutppfnnpt htap1nyed nj IN o,,J
The 18th Corps, sigcls Dutch. disgraced both
themselves md the National arms They fed
from the field by thousands, many OF them not
ering shot. The two Ohio Brigade,, who arc
attached to that Corps, am proud to say, did
not follow their example. They stood their
ground nobly, thank God, and Ohio gave good
account OF herself that day. OF the 18th
Corps, OF which we arc part need say moth
Ing, only that we received the praise OF Gen.
Slocum, our Commander. Our Division. tho I'd.
lost 1900 out OF about 6.000 men. When the
Army of the Potomac will again be driven to
another slaughter pen, do not know, but do
not think anything will be done soon. My
opinion is that nothing will be done by us until
the army is filed by conscripts, as the years
ana months men are all going home at the
present time. Those whose times OF service are
out are in good spirits, but OF the years rtts,
the less said the better, newspaper reports to
the contrary, Notwithstanding. 1t. Joe Jacka-
way Is in command OF lack Collins Zoo Zoos az
| the present. Barringer and savin are in the
18th Corps Hospital, and doing ms well could
| be expected. The "old lady" is Corps Hospital
Clerk, position he Is well fitted for, as the
Medical Brandy is plenty In that Dept. Do you
see it? rather guess you do. eh All the re-
manning members of Co. ]. nre woll at the pres
\ ent. Bill Thomas, the AdjItant is well and
says hc will write to you in Il few days. Old
Patrick, God bless him, is in command, and
| Symmcs does not have chance to put on style.
! The boys of the Reg. are getting down on him
l worse every day. II he should happen to run
| against circamstance, the 5th would not sh ed
4 many tears. 1t would be n good riddance to
bad rubbish. Sullivan as usual, in such cases
made and provided for, Ait" at Chancellors
| vile He, Ifor luck" by way OF 4 gentle re
minder. had to pay.SlQ and do fatigue dnty fol
one week. Only for Col Patrick good nature ht
would not have gotten Off so easily. AS l have
nothing more to "blow Off" will close. TIL,
boys, one and all. unite in sending their goot
wishes to you. Jim, you will have some "gool
friends" when the tcar is oper. II Co. is not ex
terminated. But the prospect of getting through
is bilious. You will confer favor by answer
soon. Your true friend and well wisher,
JOHN A. CowAN,
Co. l. 5th Reg. o. V. L
[From letter OF still latter date from tn
same soldier, we extract the following to NOR
fully illustrate another feature OF the subject @
l our sketch, rs follows:l
My dear friend, you spoke OF desire to b
| roinstated- and enter the service again. Now
my good friend of ali things. would like I
have you with US, but AT the same time woul
advise you not to go into the army again. s
long as you were able to do duty, you did it, an
faithfully too, and beg OF you, as dear friend
, not to try it again. There arc thousands O.
top OF thousands of ablc-bodied men in tn
: North, who have as ye: done nothing and coul
: do military duty. With this fact looking me /
I the face, beg of you to dismiss the thought
again taking part in the ''pomp, pride and glo
ious circumstance of war;" as you done you
. whole duty, so long as you were able to do tn
: same. There are thousands OF Copperhoads an
Union-savers in the North, and they will nov
as the CONSUMPTION is to so into force finall,
D have an opportunity to fight the Rebels, an
u | not one another, as they have boen doing Il
r some time past. But. at the same time, / d
p not think that either of them will make soldier
THOR love of country is only skin deep, an
|
j Union as well as they pretend to, why hay
thcy not shown the same ere this, by enteriu
the service? It is useless for them TO .'bcat II
. devil round the bush," and the Government
= going to take them by tho scruf of the nee
y and seat of the breeches, and force them into
e ranks 1t would make rue feel rs IL were 10
, | ever disgrnced to wait. while the land of N
birth Is bleeding @ at every pore till was Jorc'
i 10 YOU jim, feel as III / cOull unbnsnm IN
e self with perfect safety. Let the course
events" carry you where they will, You will .
r ways have hosts of friends My good wishes d
h ways attend you. Jim, you know as well us
u do, whnt change 'straps" made in many. b
r am happy to say that you were an cxccptio
and was always Jim-nnd nothing more, not
!. Ing less. May you always he the same, and
n for one, am satisfied that you will.
tlfwe have said anything that might shoe
the delicate nerves ofthe subjects Of our ske,c
'' or anything tending to give offense. or ha
J. stated an untruth in anv particular, our colum
: are open for u correction