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The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Intercepted Epistles. (search)
natures cannot believe in virtue. But many a Southern mother will see in the following only what her own son might have written: The diary of A Secession soldier. Some of the incidents of the civil war are extremely touching. We have before us the diary of a young soldier of Huntsville, Alabama, who was killed at Bull Run, which was taken from his pocket by a member of the New York 71st Regiment. His name was G. T. Anderson, and we learn from his posthumous record that on the 29th of April, with his brother Stephen, he "left home with a company of volunteers." He describes the parting with home, family and friends, and admits that he "hated to leave most awfully;" but justifies himself by stating that his country was in danger. He mentions all that transpired next day at Dalton, Ga., and tells us that the regiment to which his company was attached elected E. J. Jones, of Huntsville, Colonel, and E. M. Law, Lieutenant Colonel. May 5, he "woke up in Jones-borough, Tennesse