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Andrew F. Davis papers, 1862
03_1862-11-06-Page 03
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in that respect, and as it is the law of Nations to take the property of their enemys, I am for taking their niggers where ever we can get them and make them build our breastworks and drive our teams and cook our grub and by so doing it will weaken them and take the place of many a good soldier with us and give him a place in the ranks where he is needed. I am no Abolitionest but I Say bully for Old Abes proclimation if it can only be carried out it will whip them quicker than any other way for it not only takes away their property but it destroys their main dependence for subsistance for let me tell you that outside of Kentucky and Tennessee all the Subsistance that is raised by any but Slave labor is compareatively very Small. I am truly glad to hear that you had So good a time when Sam & his wife visited you. I wrote a letter to Orrilla about a week since in which I told where I was and how I was situated on that night therefore I will not repeat it but I guess you ware all more cumfortable than I was. Tell Sam that as he has now went into the recruiting buisness I wish him and his lady good Success and all the joy immagineable. I Saw Eli Osborn yesterday for the first since he has been here and then only for a few moments as we ware both on duty and had no time to talk. I hardly knew him for he is so much larger and fleshyer than I ever saw him. I did not have time ask him how he liked Sogering We are both in the same Brigade therefore we will meet frequently I also saw Charley Richards a few moments Since and he is well and a noble looking soldier. The weather is quite cool with heavy frosts at nights but we have now got our tents and blankets therefore we do not suffer, but the 97th Ohio Regt is in our Brigade since we left Louisville and are what we call new troops haveing only been in Service 2 or 3 months, and have never as yet had any tents and many have no blankets consequently the poor fellows Suffer a great deal and Since leaveing Louisville have left back over 300 men by sickness. Our Regt is in good
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in that respect, and as it is the law of Nations to take the property of their enemys, I am for taking their niggers where ever we can get them and make them build our breastworks and drive our teams and cook our grub and by so doing it will weaken them and take the place of many a good soldier with us and give him a place in the ranks where he is needed. I am no Abolitionest but I Say bully for Old Abes proclimation if it can only be carried out it will whip them quicker than any other way for it not only takes away their property but it destroys their main dependence for subsistance for let me tell you that outside of Kentucky and Tennessee all the Subsistance that is raised by any but Slave labor is compareatively very Small. I am truly glad to hear that you had So good a time when Sam & his wife visited you. I wrote a letter to Orrilla about a week since in which I told where I was and how I was situated on that night therefore I will not repeat it but I guess you ware all more cumfortable than I was. Tell Sam that as he has now went into the recruiting buisness I wish him and his lady good Success and all the joy immagineable. I Saw Eli Osborn yesterday for the first since he has been here and then only for a few moments as we ware both on duty and had no time to talk. I hardly knew him for he is so much larger and fleshyer than I ever saw him. I did not have time ask him how he liked Sogering We are both in the same Brigade therefore we will meet frequently I also saw Charley Richards a few moments Since and he is well and a noble looking soldier. The weather is quite cool with heavy frosts at nights but we have now got our tents and blankets therefore we do not suffer, but the 97th Ohio Regt is in our Brigade since we left Louisville and are what we call new troops haveing only been in Service 2 or 3 months, and have never as yet had any tents and many have no blankets consequently the poor fellows Suffer a great deal and Since leaveing Louisville have left back over 300 men by sickness. Our Regt is in good
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