We of the North can scarcely realize the hard struggles and bitter trials of feelings that the Union men of the Border States, fighting in the Federal ranks have to undergo in this unnatural strife. Brother is arrayed against brother, father against son, and numerous cases have come to light where members of one family have come face to face in the heat of battle. A letter from a member of the 2d Kentucky to his relatives, in this city describes an incident of this kind, in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He says:
During this battle a Sergeant in the 2nd Kentucky, Co. B, found his brother, a mere boy, (a private in the 4th Kentucky Rebel Regiment) lying wounded on the field, unconscious. He carried him off, and he is now better and seems to regret what he had done. It is touching to see two brothers one defending his country the other a traitor, wounded and a prisoner. All Sergt. B___ said was, “Eddy, what will mother say when she hears of this?” – Cleveland Herald.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 30, 1862, p. 2
During this battle a Sergeant in the 2nd Kentucky, Co. B, found his brother, a mere boy, (a private in the 4th Kentucky Rebel Regiment) lying wounded on the field, unconscious. He carried him off, and he is now better and seems to regret what he had done. It is touching to see two brothers one defending his country the other a traitor, wounded and a prisoner. All Sergt. B___ said was, “Eddy, what will mother say when she hears of this?” – Cleveland Herald.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 30, 1862, p. 2
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