Gives his view that 'a man that is a Rebel in the North, is a more detestable being than the Southern Rebel, for a man in the South may be a Rebel by the force of circumstances, or by compulsion, while a man in the North has no grounds whatever for being a Rebel, & He only is a traitor at heart that dares to sympathize with the South, & I believe, if it were not for those Cowardly wretches in the North, that are aiding, countenancing, & encouraging the Rebels in the South, that this war would have been at an end before this time?Ǫ' Transcription: On board the steamer ?ǣWhite Rose ? March 22d
Gives his view that 'a man that is a Rebel in the North, is a more detestable being than the Southern Rebel, for a man in the South may be a Rebel by the force of circumstances, or by compulsion, while a man in the North has no grounds whatever for being a Rebel, & He only is a traitor at heart that dares to sympathize with the South, & I believe, if it were not for those Cowardly wretches in the North, that are aiding, countenancing, & encouraging the Rebels in the South, that this war would have been at an end before this time?Ǫ' Transcription: On board the steamer ?ǣWhite Rose ? March 22d 1863 Dear Mary Yours of the 8th inst. came to hand last night, I had just got to my tent from meeting, when the mail came in, I was truly glad to hear from you, We are now aboard a splendid Steamer, & will start down the Yazoo pass in the morning, all of our Division are now embarking on boats. I am in good health. This may possibly be the last letter you will get from me for some time, as I expect we will not have very good opportunities for getting letters out from where we are going, but the next letter you get from me, you may expect a good big one, unless I have an opportunity of sending one sooner than I think for. And I hope you will not despair of hearing from me, & quit writing, you may rest assured that I will write at every opportunity. ? I hardly know what to think about the doings of the Secesh up there, but I sincerely wish that our Regt. could only get the chance to pay them a visit, for I think we have been after the rebels long enough here to know how to deal with such Rebels they are, & I do hope that they will be dealt with according to their deserts, I think that a man that is a Rebel in the North, is a more detestable being than the Southern Rebel, for a man in the South may be a Rebel by the force of circumstances, or by compulsion, while a man in the North has no grounds whatever for being a Rebel, & He is only a traitor at heart that dares to sympathi
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