The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-15
Mementoea Of the War.

lOnn Brown soul goes marching
on and seems destined to until the
end OF American history. While rum
maging through an attic the other day
Judge Rufus G. Fairbanks came across
some evidence from company E of
Medway and a reference to the John
Brown affair not previously published.
The letter is dated Charlestown, Va,
March 9. 1862, and is as follows:
Friend Calvin: AS you like to hear
from me. no doubt. now take this
opportunity to drop you few lines.
Our troops are in this town, and COM
pany Z is quartered In the court house
and l now write this letter in the very
room where John Brown received his
sentence Of death.
Enclosed you will find one OF the
many letters found In the county
clerks office and bond of a rebel sol
dier, and you think what you will Of
It. It was only one OF the same sort
which was found in the office cf the
Country club.
Il am well and hearty. and we boys
are getting tired Of waiting for brush
with the rebels. Company e went out
the other day with one Indian COM
pany and got 1913 barrels OF -four from
the rebels and came home from 1t.
but the rebel pickets were thick as
grasshoppers in the hay time. but they
ran like thunder when they see US
fellows. Answer soon.
"A. A. b."
"P. s.: | did not know but you
would like a keepsake OF tho John
Brown affair, so send in this letter
a small brass plate | took from the
jury door in the court house, also a
sample letter. "A. A. b."
The sample letter is as follows:
ITO the Clerk OF Court-Dear Sir:
have wrote you before, but I now
take the liberty to write again. If
John Brown be injured. he shall have
vengeance BY the gods OF war. he
shall have vengeance. He may not
live to see It. but he shall have 1t.
sooner or later.
"He may be hung, but vengeance
he shall have. Houses and barns shall
be burned. and Gov. Wise shall have
his neck rung rooner or later. and
when he does he shall be put in mind
OF II, and before he dies | shall tell
him what be dies for. shall be hap
pay to die in such cause, and so
shall John Brown
please tell the people that It may
not be right away they may look for
me, for ! shall come upon them I'M
awares. Remember what have said
This is the instrument shall USE"
CA pen drawing Of pistol)
Here IS another letter Of local inter
est
"cULPEPPER, Va. Aug, IA. 1862.
"Mr Calvin Fairbanks:
Dear Sir--I am well and have
pretty hard time Of It so far. Passed
through without trouble. How do
things 60 with you. Please give us all
the news you know. We had battle |
on Saturday, but we were not in the |
fighting front Of the field. but were
close enough to have shell scatter
among us 80 vie had to skedaddle.
George II. Ide and Herman Spar
row were killed and seventeen wound !
ed. Tom Casey. Hutch and Fitzsim- |
mons and Warren Cook are likely to |
lose their arms. Bert Clark is
wounded in the thigh. Jim May is
wounded. Dave Mock and Sid Allen
are wounded in the hand with buck
shot. Sam Matthews leg is broke
bad. Charles whitney was hit with a
spent ball. John Coombs is here.
my respects to all your folks.
Send us nine recruits II you can.
Write right off, Respectfully yours.
AARON BROWN, CUSHING, NELL,
ADAMS, OSGO0D. BATES, PICK
ERING, BERT, WILEY & co.
Direct to I'd regiment, M v. M,
care OF Capt Quincy, Col. Cordon's
regiment. Washington, D. C."--Boston
Herald.