History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . minority of the people are fiercely opposedto the emancipation of the slaves. Altogether, it seems tome the national prospects are gloomy. The war is unsuc-cessful in the East, and but little is being done in the only is the rebel capital not taken, but there seems to beno prospect of its ever being taken. The condition of society is deplorable. Whilethere is an increase of someof the virtues, everywheremay be seen are ready to putth
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . minority of the people are fiercely opposedto the emancipation of the slaves. Altogether, it seems tome the national prospects are gloomy. The war is unsuc-cessful in the East, and but little is being done in the only is the rebel capital not taken, but there seems to beno prospect of its ever being taken. The condition of society is deplorable. Whilethere is an increase of someof the virtues, everywheremay be seen are ready to puttheir hands to their neigh-bors throats. To me nothing seemsmore clear than that slaveryis a great crime, that it hascalled upon our heads thejudgments of Almighty God,and that repentance andproper vigor would soon endthe war, and restore theUnion without slavery. But alas ! The majority of the peo-ple are far from repentance, and the Government is withoutvigor. Our nation is a hot bed of hatred, envy, pride, rebel-lion and oppression. The land is red with blood. If onlyrebels were malignant, we might have more hope. But all. QUINCY A. HARPER, Lieutenant Company I. * Was mustered in at Camp Gibson as Sergeant of Company I. April15, 1S62, was commissioned First Lieutenant of the same Company andserved as such until his muster out, April 1, 1S65. Since leaving the army-he has engaged in various occupations and is now living at Algiers, Pikecounty, Indiana. He is an ardent friend of every enterprise that will pro-mote the interests of the old Regiment. FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 355 through the North there are secret organizations against thegovernment, incendiary speeches, and accumulated prepara-tions for war, arson and murder. Even the supporters of theadministration turn in bitterness on their chief. If God does not lay to, his helping hand, we are foreverundone. The Union never can be restored ; war, pestilenceand famine, fire and flood will sweep over the land, makingit de
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