Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-10
WAR "REMINISCENCES
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at was some time In the summer of 1861, d"
says Joseph X. Perry Of Indianapolis, that
the 2lst Ohio regiment was down in West
Virginia, in the Kanawha river region. The
regiment was composed Of men gathered up
promiscuOusy in the Black swamp region OF
Ohio. There were one or two companies of
gray haired men, too old to bear arms, who
had gone into the service TO fight for prin-
ciple-not merely TO put down the rebellion,
but TO emancipate the slaves. They we're
very religious and they would hold prayer
meetings at night They would pray for the
freedom of the slaves and that the negroes
might have equal rights with the white peo-
pie. Their prayers were very interesting TO
us young fellows who'd 60 thereabout to
listen to them, because they we're asking for
something more than the issue Of the war
promised at that time, but everything that
those old fellows asked in their prayers came
about afterward. aud II is out of those re-
suits that this incident I'm telling you about
came to a conclusion. We camped one day
near little town called Rod Bank, on the
Kanawha, and after our coffee had been pro-
pared we found that we hadn't a spoonful
OF sugar in camp. There were lot of ne
gro cabins over on a hillside opposite our
camp, and agreed to go over and try to get
some sugar from the negroes. There was
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