. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. oung Captain Northup, of Company K. Another item deserves reference at this time. The New YorkHerald was probably more widely read throughout the army than anyother newspaper; and yet its utterances were most vicious. In a letter,dated January 10, we had this to say about that sheet: There is no paper so much read by the soldiers as the New York Herald,and yet there is no reading that so much tends to discourage and demoralize thesoldiers. From it we are led to believe that in the world around
. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. oung Captain Northup, of Company K. Another item deserves reference at this time. The New YorkHerald was probably more widely read throughout the army than anyother newspaper; and yet its utterances were most vicious. In a letter,dated January 10, we had this to say about that sheet: There is no paper so much read by the soldiers as the New York Herald,and yet there is no reading that so much tends to discourage and demoralize thesoldiers. From it we are led to believe that in the world around us there is noth-ing transpiring favorable to our cause; every battle is a defeat and every generala failure; the whole body politic at Washington is nothing but a nest of traitors,slavery is a blessing, and Horace Greeley a curse; McClellan is a little god, andGeneral Fremont a nobody; Burnside is an imbecile, and the only way of crush-ing the rebellion is by starving it out, etc. It would be a blessing to the country,and set the advent of peace years ahead, could its publication be Lieut. Col BiCapt Scott Capt. Kiley. Beverlys headquarters near falmouth, va., april 24, 1863 88 History of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment That is what we wrote January 10, and on February 26, following,,we had thankful occasion for writing this : The New York Herald, whose circulation, with many others of a likecharacter, has at last, thank heaven, been prohibited in this army, will probablykeep up a huge cry. All credit to Caesar, whoever he may be, for the suppressionof the New York Herald in these parts. Hereafter we shall look for something-accomplished , and to see victory acknowledged when i t has been gloriously won. March 5, grand review by Hooker. This was an imposing event;but still not so overpoweringly grand as the review later on, when visited the army. March 17, heavy cannonading off to theright. Supposed to be a rebel raid. On the 21st the same thing
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