The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
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II scription of.IIanovet5rli CO 4.
AB 10 Enter En- i 1:,' BATTLE b I
n The billiard Family; a NJ erber Of 4 i g. e'ves
His Impressions Of 'f3 Soldier ehtAl . LIE
Anecdotes and "reminiscences. >,
Personals, Etc, Etc,
S5 81 all tho communications VOL ' eceiye
Il ,,non the subject Of Consea esate W.T.,
q more interesting than ctples q 4
II, "A ava written from tho camps ~ on i
,era Or soldiers and sent to thor MENUS
VI I, i, nm .. rho following letter vas WlS'efl ~
s+rorn Hanover county lust b fore tti'
ginning Of the Seven Days l az - NY
i descriptive Of events leading up to. eei-
~ rra1 Lees movements against Al NJ g!
n q +ha t,h,ckahominy.f Tho writer's now nc! q
"a rassdent 81 Meridian, Tex. and the Sister OF
~ .vyh ON he wrote is now Mrs Lucy III
Ma - Ioannall Of North Carolina. The to%t
u \ ~ lnt ter shows that tho Wrlter Is
s - Virgtn1an descent. and trat MS com ~ 4
NJ man d was IN OF gan!zation Of con1eaera.s
esulars. The Oaks, aS from q Whluh .. W
55SSwritos Is a well known piaee ~ - NV, .Ko
vicinity OF Hanover eiourtl'ouso' s>
4 uuote: 5.s L.S3 si:3 J, W ~
{F555 The oaks, Hnnover county, va,
N ss $55t n m Ri June 10, 1852,
q :, : nv, mi, "a I,oaksvile Rocking
s#f1lhanl county, NC; -,
M nv 'Dear sister,-Y'our letter to me, al
rented In care Of The Secretary OF " u
1t Richmond, reached mo at Vine estet.
am sorry that you pre SO much ~ dis 's,
isned at being out OF from mons l ~
the break In travelling taellltles, put.
II. Z n sure YOU will feel yourself fortunate
rhen 'yoi, rclncmber that the whole
;e.Mssissi,pl Valley IS in a hlaze&of var ~,
tn whIle you arc far removed XII from the
F lighting lines ana all the ,yengeful prac
e. tees OF an invading spldicry. jfl
we have been on a forced march since
q the t7th OF May. at which time wesle1t
the Valley OF Virginia. In this short pc
Rod we have compassod about 400 miles.
Il $8 md have Just parked our guns and gone
X into camp. How sweet and rnstful tho re-
"a pose! O tho uttei exhaustion; the COM
81 plete undo!ns mental and physical, which
half rations and slecpless nights ana
h forced tramp!ng produced There nre,
y many N commonplace words which can
y never be interpreted outside tho horrors
Of war. You Will nuver know what an
q t.nsat ished hunger means until you feel
10 empty that you must take on heavy
to keep from dartins UPWARDS like
s{ a balloon. You will never know the slSni-
y flcance OF sleepess nights until you are
willing to give 100 negroes md n thousand
Z acre farm for one night of unlnterrnpted
Elunber. This county is. "a waste. Therolis
nothing here for man or beast, Desola-
4 tion, desertion and ruin nlarktevery Dhaseg
in all our SURROUNDINGS. The vnndal with
4 his work of spolation has baen here
nh ONES that have -AScapeG, the destroyer
IL arc abandoned, rsncIs gone, fields turned
X out. Where contented families gathered
~ but yesterday around the henrthstone of
a happy homes, nothing now remains but
~ the charred roof ttynbcrs and blackened
ohimneys. Had the bunting processes OF Z
war left us any of those reflnod sensl-
bilities that reach out In sympathy for
the woes OF fellowmen our 6profoundest
sorrows and deepest com,n!serat would DO
excited for the homelesa5 children. the
broken hearted, tpcnnless women and the
venerable decrepit old mon, who stalk
s around the ruins Of their homes, re-
fusing to turn loose what Is left and take
x chances among strangers. 4
~ HANOVER.
q LIT has been a strange freak of fortune
that he's transferred the theatre Of war
to this section. Much of the country IS an
unbrosen wilderness of scrabby wood
If land, with sluggish streams. deep
AZ marshes and impossible roads. This Ia
III so unlike the country of the SHENANDOAH,
with Its open valleys. It's pure rushing
waters, It's lofty mountains md its long
stretches OF unbroken vision. Ard vet with
mn taI 0rtl 'porp 4
5 a profound reverence for this section of
y the Old Dominion. Hanover county ospo
,1,5 cially has colonial history that invests
with a peculiar interest,"
So 1t was hore that tho mntohless Patrick
II Henry pleaded the Parsons cause. IT was
IN his country that with laundering
y aloguence this courageous defender az
~ colonial rights aroused the American
N heart and fred II with the idea of liner
& to or death. When the Constitution
~ Convention was called to ratify this IN.
q Etrlment Of partnership betwcsl the
sssE fth U.s. It WIS this peerless son of Han
over county who Tough, It's abortion
and finally occurred the "Bill of Rirhts I,
~ Inder Which to-day the South cIa,ms
q the ineontestable right OF secession. How
7 i$ shls1 plain Toyision of the Constitutions
roulh be contested, fanatcism aloSe can
Il answer, -, y y 2 81 Y
3s,'i. not very far from our camp is "sJasr
t-t,i re, me birthplace Of the great Pa,
Nh FL Tor whose brilliant record for fort,
years in the council chambers OF thr
~ alton " atayed Off the crisis which al
ri last has broken over the Constitution nnd
So desolated this mother Of States II wn,id
SSlbe delightful 20 me even IN this thIcl,
Inurky atmosphere Of war to behold the
M birthplace OF Henry Clay, which cannot
Sai he very far from vs. ] reed hardly asi,
II Ii you have fnrgotten tie Picture of nThe
H Mil Boy of the slaEhfs," which h,nn
gs33 over tbs mantfl AT our fathers hane 10,
30 many years, How the memory ifirlls
Il me-, and 7 can alrgpst henr In Tho voice
783 OF the wlnds the notss Of the great Pact.
2a5 II lea or.l as no pleads for moderation h
the council ehambers of the 4ld nation
N and with HIS matches oratory ayerts
n the storm o. fanatieism for thirty Year,