West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-12-17
By REV JAMES @. TETER

tho tomb, weeping. and felt as she tiid
when she said, "'rcll me whore yc
have laid him. and Will carry him
away"
Now l feel but to let our dead rest
Their graves arc well cared for. They
nre buried In ranks. Let not the ranks
DO broken until tho resurrection morn.
ing. would say 20 all who desire TO
visit this and other historic points I'm
tho south; DO so ut your earliest con-
vcnience. You will be treated with po-
'litcness and kindness. At Anderson
villo YOU can DO accommodated at the
station with horse aud buggy. lodging
and guide, all for very reasonable
sum. Get one OF the supcrintcndents
for n guide.
Somo OF tho boys Will ask why Sher.
man did not 20 TO Andersonvilie and
libcratc our prisoners. Bccausc he
could not He might have taken the
place, but all OF the ablcbodIcd prison.
ers would have been either killed or
taken away. sherman had n very Inn
portant work TO do. Confederate prop
orty had been guarded by Union sol
diers four years. But now military
necessities changed the facc OF things.
While tho Confederatcs had largo
scope OF country 20 raise supplles on.
tho war would continue. Sherman's or
dcrs were TO destroy tho source OF tho
supplies for the Confederate army. lie
certainly obeyed orders. with 10000
men, the flower OF tho Union army, ho
marched from Atlanta to the sea. He
cut a space sixty miles wide and 800
miles long. lie destroyed moro than
S10O,o0o,000 of property In Georgia,
besides great deal I'm South Carolina
and North Carolina. lie struck vital
blow at the heart OF the Confederacy.
Some people here look on his army as
a lot OF yandals, destroying property
and laying the country waste. 1t was
hard TO destroy so many homes and
leave 50 many women and children 10
suner. 1 wish IL could hnyo been other
wise, but war Is hell" and the limo.
cent must suffer.
This raid had much TO do with our
men In prison. The Confederatos had
but little or no medicine for their own
sick soldiers. They could not supply
our men In prison. Their rations for
their men In the field were very scant.
One man could have eaten all that
three received. and yet they gave to
our men In prison something. They
now say they wanted TO exchange pris.
oners and tho Yankees would not do
II. General Butler would have ex-
changed II well man for n well man
and sick one for sick one, but re-
fused TO give the Confederacy several
thousand well men for so many sick.
Had Morgan destroyed as much prop
erty In Ohio as Sherman did I'm Geor-
gia and then como back to live in Ohio
doubt II the Buckeyes would have
been any more friendly to tho Crackers
than the Crackers are now to the Buck
eyes.
The north and the south should now
be brethren. III northern people will
read often / Corinthians xiii, and live
In that chapter and como south, there
VIII be n response I'm southern hearts.
The M. ~. Church South has treated
me like brother tho thirteen years
have been here. There are thousands
OF young ladies here worthy OF the
heart and hand OF any northern man.
eh'S htNV tutlF CidTdCIcFlStfct. III
they love lover they love him all over,
but IL they do not like him they do not
love him just n little bit. We all have
our provincfalisms. A man who was
in the Confederate army said 10 me n
few days ago, III you live In Georgia
and vote the Democratic ticket you are
sure TO get 20 heaven" The south suf-
fcred much more jn tho war than the
north. Southern prisoners taken north,
10000; northern prisoners taken south,
10000; northern prisoners who died
In the south, our prisoners 22.50O;
southern prisoners who died I'm north
ern prisons, 26.2O0. This Is takeK from
Mrs. Lees 'Hlstory OF the United
States" II IL now $50 q. m, and tho
train Is coming through tho cut. down
grade. 1 must climb aboard, 30 will
have to say goodby 10 AndersonvIllo
and my readers.