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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative | 85 | 25 | Browse | Search |
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) | 79 | 79 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 52 | 16 | Browse | Search |
Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant | 52 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 41 | 25 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 39 | 27 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 34 | 10 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 34 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 32 | 18 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: October 9, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 32 | 10 | Browse | Search |
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The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Legislature. (search)
A Discouraging statement.
A member of the 19th Ohio regiment, writing from camp, near Nashville, to a paper at home says that, at the present rate of decimation, one-half of the forty thousand Buckeyes placed at the disposal of Lincoln last fall will be dead or lost to the service by the first of May.
This, he says, has not been done by fighting, and asks: "What has been gained by the sacrificed." If the laid left do not learn a little wisdom they are not apt scholars.
That the writer is wiser as well as sadder, the following extract from his letter will show:
In response to the last call of the President for more troops Ohio placed at his disposal 40,000 more of her loyal at the present rate of decimation 20,000 of these will be dead and for ever lost to the service by the first of March next , if not already lost.
Has it been done by fighting?
How much have we gained by the sacrifice?
Absolutely nothing.
In the next battle in this department, if not defeated, we