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[for the Richmond Dispatch.]
It is a source of pride to the people of Prince Edward county, that the Prospect Aid Society has displayed so great a self sacrificing spirit in promoting the comfort of those volunteers who, first resisting the tide of invasion, offered their bodies as a sacrifice upon their country's altar. Not only have the immediate relatives and friends of the respective members of this society derived pleasure from knowing that they were cared for by those at home, but many a stranger's face has beamed with joy at the timely contributions of those to whom he will never be permitted to offer the hennage of a grateful heart. Let those who have so faithfully performed their part in this great struggle through which we are now passing, take comfort from the thought that their many acts of kindness are not without fruitful results of good. By their exertions in behalf of the soldier, his spirits are made more buoyant, and he is therefore better able to bear the privations and trials incident to camp life, and his arm the more nerved to strike an effective blow in defence of his home and his fireside. When the history of this war shall have been written, it will not be a faithful record unless it gives credit to the women of the South for the noble part they have taken towards achieving the independence of the Southern Confederacy. H * * * * *, 18th Va. Vols.
The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 21, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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