Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 20, 1861.
I am
"located" (or " stationed" I believe is the proper word
now) in what is called the Western Reserve: a glorious place to recruit it must
have been two months ago, but unfortunately all the young men were too
patriotic to wait for a chance in the Regular Cavalry and went off in the
Volunteers and are now fighting in Virginia: none but married men or elderly
men are left — three companies went from this little town and as many more from
the southern part of the county, I believe.
This is Ben Wade's
district — quite a refreshing change after Pennsylvania.
The news from the
seat of war is also cheering, now that Scott's columns have started; they seem
to do their work well, but I think they will yet find that the Rebels will
fight well before they fall back on Richmond — especially if it be true that
Johnson has succeeded in joining them.
SOURCE: Edward Waldo Emerson, Life and Letters of
Charles Russell Lowell, p. 214-5
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