30 Oct 1861
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1861
Page
1
A New York critic notes a Civil War era soldier’s letter full of humor and mishaps from camp life. The piece describes marching hardships, comical mishaps, and reflections on service with vivid details of uniforms, rations, and camp routines. The tone blends personal anecdote and period commentary.
In a derisive ruse during the Thirty Years War, a shepherd pretends to be a Spanish officer to deceive Gonsalvo de Jordova at Ogersheim. He negotiates surrender on a false terms, then reveals the real garrison hidden with his wife and infant. The general rewards the ruse with honors, gifting a gold chain and a purse of gold.
A Confederate-era account describes a march from Camp Enyart to Camp Piatt, misdirections in darkness, and a planned attack on a rebel cavalry unit. The party pursued burned horses and cattle toward Hurricane Bridge, looting Patnam and Cabell counties, with a single blood incident among pickets.
Ensign Courier prints a Clermont resident C G Megrue thanking locals for patriotic support. He received a war horse and full equipment valued at $425 to join the cause, vowing not to sheath his sword until peace is restored and asking for a proud death if needed. He bids farewell to family and hopes to return serving his country.
The piece mocks leniency for rebels in Western Virginia with Gov. Fierpont's tale about soldiers and a rattlesnake. It quips on executions and oratory, including a colored preacher’s final line and a lawyer’s coin-like offer to settle a bill in full.
A collection of brief lines and remarks including a joke about Private No 83 and No 84, a Lord North music subscription anecdote, a jab about a bishop’s subscription, a line about courting a widow, a proverb on charitable giving, and comments on Civil War generals McClellan Fremont Lyon Butler Banks and McDowell.
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