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' 21, 1863.* iWHOLE NO. 155.AHMr LZTT£R,StfLPfftTR SPtmor, Va rftCADOtTARTElfr10th N. Y. Cavalry.Aug, Uih, 1863Mr, Editor:—Pardon me for intruding into your quiet office of study, and let we tell you a few facts, relafire to our regiment and more especially to Co. D. Quite a number of the citizens, in and around Trumansburg, ha\e some near relatives in the 10th N. Y. Cavalry Regiment, mainly in Co D Our regiment has seen service since last April in nearly every engagement, commencing with the Stoneman raid and ending with the last fight at Shepards-town. Now, Mr. Editor, I do not mean to say our regiment has done more than any other; but merely to slate a few facts I have been an eye-witness too — Our present number is small, compared with last spring at our starting out.— Our first fight was at Brandy Station,June 9th, 1863, where our regiment lost our Lieutenant Colondl, one Captain First and Second Lieutenants, including my leader, Lieut. W. J. Robb,who was shot dead on the field and fell into the enemies hands. Here Co B anil D distinguished themselves. Beingsent out to skirmish on the right wing, they suddenly came upon the enemy in force. Holding their position, until flanked and charged upon by a brigade of rebs, Ibis bold squadron of unflinch-son, husband, or relative in this regiment. Let them rejoice that they have not failed in this respect, viz: of giving their best efforts to put down this monster rebellion, by s* r soch true sons of liberty into tne .. . 1 Only one thing (and that is the air,) makes Co.D such a reliable one to-day. The fact is, it is composed of farmers’ sons, except n feu*. Ilere is the secret, Mr. Editor. *Tis farmers’ sons that has made Jeff, use his last pin. ’Tis such soldiers that will plant the old flag again over the South. Yes, those pure Lorn sons of freedom that sent Lee back into Dixie with a hop and a kick.— Those same heroes are making the south, to day, tremble, and a faint sound comes forth from rebellion), men andJeff. Davis, what shall we do ? The answer is: “shoulder your guns and come to me.’ “Not so,” they cry, “you have us at) now, and cannot leave or weloose our slaves *’ * Come or I willconscript,’ says Jeff. Hear the wail. Vicksburg gone, Port Hudson lost, Lee back here again, and now, Jefferson Davis save yourself. Charleston will have a tas‘e of Gihnar’s skill in hot apples and iron pills, and the stars and stripes planted on Sumter by the sons of farmers. The future will reveal what C*. D has to do One thing issure, the bf'}s a*e ready when dutycalls. S') ne may never rlt; lt;tlt; h home,ing sons of liberty gave their fire, and , , , , ...{but fheir deeds will live. Memory of1 them will be sweet. They did theirtithisthen every one for himself, miles the rice was continued Over ditches, fences, tnd through woods flew our boys, tnd the rebs in hot chase — During this flight our Lnu’en.mt fill, and twenty-three enlisted men bt-ritme prisoners, (my chum whs one of it.mi ) Who could stand such odds ? a bngade charging a squadron, with no suppoit Gen. Gregg has since said that our squadron saved his division by forboM and daring act in not tailing hack until the last moment. Again at Muldle-burg our regiment prm*d itself worthy of her trust. Leading ifit* first charge,] we lost two brave util e»s killed in the squadron NVxt criu,e our squadron, Mr Editor, in u»u 1 't)le, headed by Major V\ ri4t*rs wu** *ay* we did morethan he expected For six djys our regiment was more oi less engagedin succession. Cl inch mg the nail by driving Stewart m Ashby’s G»ip, we fell back and marched into Pennsylvania, and was there during the three days’ fight On the fourth-of July, (1 never shall forget it,) our squadron was ordered to enter the town if possible — me Our hearts beat quick at the thought. Former times reminded us of friends and duty. We started, and without opposition of note, we rode irtto Gettysburg on the Hanover pike road, to find the infantry just ahead of us. I wish you could have been there to witness ourentrance, and seen the welcome given us by our old friends as soon as we became known. Such a heart-felt greeting of joy was sufficient for all trials and dangers we bad seen. Yes, Mr, Editor, no style of fashion was there in expression of joy,not even one of the ruling powers of eartb( hoops) was heeded by those honest and noble hearted citizens of Trumansburg, in showing their true andsincererejoicinga at our entrance and occupying the town. So far I have written about our regiment and squad-ho I fon. I will now begin with Co. D alone, first adding I hat our regiment was in active duty in the rebs’ rear through those memorable days. Co. D now stands No. I for duly and reliability in the hour of need. For a long time it had no commissioned officer to lead it yes 1 At present we have two, tiz: Capt. A. his T. Bliss, (restored last week,) andFirst Lieut. YV. Ketnpster. Enlisted men it numbers in the ranks thirty-two. Three on extra duty, three on detail duty, ten prisoners, two wounded, two *ick at hospital, three on Attached duty.risT j ^°r benefit of those in your town and vicinity, I will give the names ofsome of those who are interested, may know where their friends are. Sergt. \V. Stone, Corporals E. C. Updike, and Jay Crocker are paroled prisoners atAnnapolis, Mil. Here let me add, thatthe people of Tompkins and Schuylerduty nobly, hoi I be theirs to leaw behind. 11 i2»tory shall tell of noble deeds il »ne hv them. Only a year longer for them to sene President Lincoln has nniend all three years’ men enlisted previous to January 1862, to be discharged in July 1S64. Many changes will take place e’er then. But know this that Co D i$ true and loyal to her country, an enemy to traitors, copperheads, and rioters, an advocate of peace when the time comes, and prays that President Abraham may be a second Washington, and that the “little rail sp’itlers,” honest little Georgies.— Three cheer;? tor the old flag, threecheers for our commander and country,three cheers for an honorable peace and the tnd of slavery Now, Mr Editor I am done. You are at liberty to publish this if it is worth a place in your paper. I may trouble you again some time with a letter, if I should escape the rebs* bullet.Yours truly, a volunteer.The Truk Definition of Copperhead.—At a dinner party given in New York, in 1775 says the Evening Post, agentleman of considerable notoriety as a wit, was asked, “pray, what is a tory?” He replied, “A tory is a creature whose bead is in England, while his body is in America, and I think the two parts ought to be joined by stretching theneck. YYe have still persons among us not unlike this descrip;of the tory, whose heads are in hi snd, while their bodies are in N.v* York: and though we might not ecommend theold revolutionary wit’s plan of bringing the two parts together by stretching the intervening membrane, we should certainly not object to seeing the body sent where the head is.iAbout Night Air —Consumtives and all invalids,and indeed persons in health, are cautioned to avoid the night air.— Do those who offer this advice forget that there is no other air at night but‘night air V Certainly we cannot breathe day air during the night. Do they mean that we should shut ourselves up in an airtight rooms, and breathe over and over again, through half the twenty-four hours, the atmosphere we have already poisoned? We hare onlyihe choicebetween night air pure and night air poisoned with the* exhalations from our skins and lungs, perhaps from lungs already diseased.An important question for a juveniledebat ing society is, “Whether «i roaster’s knowledge of day break is the reresult of observation or instinct.What 5s that \*M. h l« It « I *nk for, r _____ .but, never wi^h to t) id A bole incounties may feel proud of hating a ^*he stocking
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Trumansburg, New York, US
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