Ironton Register, Thursday, April 6, 1865 Communication Headquarters Co. A, 188th O.V. I Murfeesboro TN March 27, 1865 (To Editor) We received a copy of your valuable paper last week, which was highly prized by us, I assure you; it was read over and over again, until every man in the company had heard its contents, each being careful not to soil or tear it; you may smile at this, or perhaps think it a weakness in us, but when you have been away from civilization as long as we have been without hardly seeing a paper, much less, reading one, you will comprehend our situation, and the more fully, when you realize that our company is composed of intelligent, reading men, when at home. You will please send us by return mail four copies of the Register, the money for which, will be handed you by our mutual friend, C.W. Davidson, of Steamer Telegraph. We should have been pleased to have sent you a larger list, but owing to some hocuspocus arrangement between the authorities at Columbus and the Provost Marshall of the 11th District, Ohio; our boys only received two thirds of their local bounty, how this happened I am not able to say, and we should all be pleased to find someone that is able to explain the matter to us. When we were mustered by the Provost Marshall, we were paid two thirds of our bounty and were told that the rest would be paid to us at Camp Chase, the men taking the thing for granted, that all was right sent their money home. At Camp Chase, we were told that the money would be paid at Nashville and we have heard nothing about it since--you will see at once why we have no greenbacks and why we can’t send you a better list, if the boys had! money, we could as easily take thirty or forty copies as four. It is with sadness that we chronicle the death of two of our men, George G. Pemberton, of Fayette Township and George W. Webb of South Point; the former left Camp Chase, unwell and only came to Nashville, where he died of brain fever, after an illness of six days. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. Webb died last Thursday night, in the hospital at Murfeesboro, of measles. He was a single man—we buried him in the Cemetery near town, on Friday, with military honors; both were kind obliging men and we feel their loss keenly. Quite a number of our Company are sick, mostly with measles. Our notions of the climate of the “sunny South” have been considerably modified since coming to Tennessee. We supposed the climate here was much more mild than in Southern Ohio, but if this spring is a criterion, I very much prefer the climate of Lawrence County. It has been clear and dry nearly every day since we have been here, but each day we have had a severe chilling wind from the North, that cuts equal to the winds on the western prairies, at night it is still and cold; but notwithstanding the cool dry winds and frosty nights, the peach and plum trees are in full bloom and some of the forest trees show signs of putting on their leafy green, the natives tell us that the season is not as early as common, by nearly a month. Cotton and corn planting is now at its heights. Hoping to hear from you weekly I remain Yours hastily (no name shown) ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

Thank you so much for posting these articles. What a sweet look into the past! - Jean Griesan Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "fkb" <genealogynut@peoplepc.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:31 PM Subject: [OHLAWREN] Letter from 188th O.V.I. > > Ironton Register, Thursday, April 6, 1865 > > Communication > > Headquarters Co. A, 188th O.V. I > Murfeesboro TN March 27, 1865 > > (To Editor) We received a copy of your valuable paper last week, which > was highly prized by us, I assure you; it was read over and over again, > until every man in the company had heard its contents, each being careful > not to soil or tear it; you may smile at this, or perhaps think it a > weakness in us, but when you have been away from civilization as long as > we have been without hardly seeing a paper, much less, reading one, you > will comprehend our situation, and the more fully, when you realize that > our company is composed of intelligent, reading men, when at home. > > You will please send us by return mail four copies of the Register, the > money for which, will be handed you by our mutual friend, C.W. Davidson, > of Steamer Telegraph. We should have been pleased to have sent you a > larger list, but owing to some hocuspocus arrangement between the > authorities at Columbus and the Provost Marshall of the 11th District, > Ohio; our boys only received two thirds of their local bounty, how this > happened I am not able to say, and we should all be pleased to find > someone that is able to explain the matter to us. When we were mustered > by the Provost Marshall, we were paid two thirds of our bounty and were > told that the rest would be paid to us at Camp Chase, the men taking the > thing for granted, that all was right sent their money home. At Camp > Chase, we were told that the money would be paid at Nashville and we have > heard nothing about it since--you will see at once why we have no > greenbacks and why we can’t send you a better list, if the boys had money, > we could as easily take thirty or forty copies as four. > > It is with sadness that we chronicle the death of two of our men, George > G. Pemberton, of Fayette Township and George W. Webb of South Point; the > former left Camp Chase, unwell and only came to Nashville, where he died > of brain fever, after an illness of six days. He leaves a wife and > several children to mourn his loss. Webb died last Thursday night, in the > hospital at Murfeesboro, of measles. He was a single man—we buried him in > the Cemetery near town, on Friday, with military honors; both were kind > obliging men and we feel their loss keenly. Quite a number of our Company > are sick, mostly with measles. > > Our notions of the climate of the “sunny South” have been considerably > modified since coming to Tennessee. We supposed the climate here was much > more mild than in Southern Ohio, but if this spring is a criterion, I very > much prefer the climate of Lawrence County. It has been clear and dry > nearly every day since we have been here, but each day we have had a > severe chilling wind from the North, that cuts equal to the winds on the > western prairies, at night it is still and cold; but notwithstanding the > cool dry winds and frosty nights, the peach and plum trees are in full > bloom and some of the forest trees show signs of putting on their leafy > green, the natives tell us that the season is not as early as common, by > nearly a month. Cotton and corn planting is now at its heights. > > Hoping to hear from you weekly I remain > Yours hastily > (no name shown)