Year: 1865

"A Patriotic Letter.


We present to the readers Of the Bulletin
to-day letter from a Mecklenburg soldier,
now in the army near Petersburg, We hope
it will attract the attention Of such croRkers
in the country as have been predicting the
failure of our arms, and have been consol'ng
themselves with the illusion that the Yankees
have already subjugated the South. 1t is
wrought is sin. to distrust the "God OF
Battles" who in former instances Of similar,
even of greater emergencies, has graciously
interviewed for our deliVerance and given to
our arms the victory. "


The letter should produce the blush ofshame
to any amongst US, who by believing and
disseminating amongst our people at nome
discouraging rumors of the invincibility ofour
enemies and the inadequacy of our resources
to meet and vanquish our foes. Never let it
be said again in old Mecklenburg that we arc
whipped-our cause is failure-or that the
South can be subjugated. Let the spirit OF
ITS be again revived, and the enthusiasm OF
1861 kept alive in spite of Lincoln and mis-
plunderers:' - :,


The writer from the camp we know to be;
truthful and candid. We bespeak for his
commdn{eation the close attention Of our
readers. ': g.. ..
Lanes BR1GADE HOSPITAL,


Army of Northern Virginia., :


March 9th, 1865.


Ny DEAR MOTHER I have an o. port0uity
Of sending letter to Charlotte, and will write


Thave not heard from, you since Sherman
turned his course from Charlotte. was very
much relieved when we heard that, although
be may pay you call at" some futare day;
but hope not. ID, =


We are having very quiet time here at
present. After many days rain it is clear
again in few days Gf clear) the EoaCs Will
be in condition to move. The first few moves
will determine oul fortune. see no reason
for SO much despondency, neither at home
nor in the army we have not the odds to
contend with that we had last spring" When
that. campaign opened, Gen. Lee had only forty
! two Thousand n1uskets and 6en.- Grant Inet
him on the first field with one hundred and
twenty thousand and in the three months
campaign Grant received enough reinforce
! nents to swell his army to two hundred and
seventy-fTe thousand and at the end of three
months Grant could not muster one hundred
thousand effective men. showing a total loss
of175, 600 offhe Federal army ; and Lees army
was then stronger than'it was on the 9th OF
May, when the campaign opened.


Had time or room / could relate facts
that would satisfy any one that the God OF
battles was with IS" Inone battle the enemy
lost ten thousand, and our total loss was only
twelve men killed and thirty-fve wounded:
X another the enemy lost four hundred killed
on the field besides their wounded, while our
loss was ore man killed and twelve wounded.
With such results as these why do our people
despond? We have our last army in the
6eld so have the Federals their last # we
destroy the present army they are done; they
acknowledge it. ~.
|: Itmight not be prudent to say what our
strength is at this time even if knew but
suffice it to say that we can compare much
better than we did one year ago. l THINK
and hope that the army in North, Carollna
will be united to this, and then we Will nave
but one grand army and probably one grand
battle mTy close the bloody drama which mas
lasted for nearly four years. -,
Tell the good people to cheer up, and while
we are favored by the ''God of battles" as we
were last year, no power on earth can conquer
US.


The moral and general spirit Of this army is
much better than it was a few days since.
Desertions have almost entirely ceased


Your SON. -


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