West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-14

the tomb, weeping. aud felt as she did
when she said. 'srell me where ye
have laid him. ana will carry him
away
Now | feel but TO let our dead rest.
Their graves arc well cared for. They
are buried In ranks. Let not the ranks
bc broken until the resurrection morn
ingly would say TO all who desire to
Visit this and other historic points I'm
The south: DO 40 at your earliest con-
veniencc. You will be treated with po-
likeness and kindness. At Anderson
Vile you can be accommodated nj the
station with horse and buggy, lodging
and guide, all for very reasonable
sum. Get one OF the euperintcndents
for n guide.
Some OF the boys viii ask why Sher-
man did not go 60 Andersonvillo and
liberate our prisoners. Because he
could not. He might have taken the
place, but all OF the ablobodicd prison.
crs would have been either killed or
taken away. sherman had very im-
portant work to do. Confederate prop.
erty had been guarded by Union sol
diers four years. But now military
necessities changed the face OF things.
While the Confederates had large
scope OF country TO raise supplies on
the war would continue. sherman's or.
dcrs were TO destroy the source or tho
supplies for the Confederate army. He
certainly obcycd orders. With 10000
men, tho flower OF the Union army, lac
marched from Atlanta 70 the sea. He
cut space sixty miles wide and 800
miles long. IIc destroyed more than
S10O,OOo,o00 OF property In Georgia,
besides great deal In South Carolina
and North Carolina. He struck vital
blow at the heart OF tho confederacy.
Some people here look on his army as
lot OF vandals. destroying property
and laying the country waste II was
hard 10 destroy so many homes and
leave SO many women and children to
suffer. ! wish II could have been other
wise, but war is hell" and the limo
cent must suffer
This raid had much 10 do with our
men In prison. The COnfederatca had
but little or no medicine for their own
sick soldiers. They could not supply
our men I'm prison. Eheir rntlons for
their men I'm 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 10 exchange pris-
oncrs and the Yankees would not do
II. General Butler would have ex-
changed well man for well man
and a sick one for n sick one, but re-
fused 10 give the Confedcracy several
thousand well men for 80 many sick.
Had Morgan destroyed as much prop
erty In Ohio as Sherman did in Geor-
gia and then come back 70 live I'm Ohio
doubt IL the Buckeyes would have
been any more friendly to the Crackers
thnn the Crackers are now TO the Buck
eyes.
The north aud the south should now
be brethren. II northern people Will
read often Corinthians xiii. and live
In that chapter and come south, there
viii be n response IN southern hearts.
The NJ. Il. Church South has treated
me like brother the thirteen years
have been here. There are thousands
Of young ladies here worthy OF the
heart and hand OF any northern man.
They have their characteristics. IL
they love lover they love him nll over,
but II they do not like him they do not
love him just little bit. We all have
our provincialisns A man who was
I'm the Confederate army said 10 me q
few days ago. ''If you live in Georgia
and vote the Democratic ticket you are
sure TO get TO heaven" The south sur
fered much more I'm the war than the
north. Southern prisoners taken north,
10000; northern prisoners taken south.
10000; northern prisoners who died
In the south, our prisoners, 22,5O0;
southern prisoners who died in north
ern prisons, 2G.200. This Is taken from
AIRS. Lees History Of the United
States" II is now $50 a. M. and the
train Is coming through tho cut, down
grade. ! must climb aboard, so VIII
have TO say goodby 10 Andersonvllle
and my readers.