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Letter to Editor
April 27, 1865
Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Jacob Hornbook writes to West Virginia Governor A. I. Boreman from Buckeye City, VA, on April 21, 1865, reporting the payment of the 12th and 15th regiments by Maj. Walker, plans to pay the 10th and 11th in Richmond, praises the troops' role at Appomattox, suggests returning them to WV for service, and laments the barren Virginia countryside.
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BUCKEYE CITY, VA., April 21, 1865.
His Excellency Gov. A. I. Boreman:
Dear Sir - The paymaster, Maj. Walker has at last commenced paying our troops. The Twelfth and Fifteenth regiments are paid off here; and I have the money, amounting to about $56,000. We start for Richmond in the morning distance 52 miles. The paymaster goes with us, and the Tenth and Eleventh will be paid off at Richmond. We will arrive there on Monday next, and I will send the money home immediately from there.
I must say that Major Walker has pursued the regiments under difficulties, it being two weeks from the time he left Norfolk till he found them. I had to leave Maj. Safford behind, who is to pay off the cavalry. So I shall not be able to receive their money.
I was glad to meet our war-worn veterans; for no troops performed their duty better than our West Virginia braves. They were in at the death of the rebels at Appomattox C. H.; and the people of West Virginia can always be proud of their conduct.
Could not these troops be moved back into West Virginia for service? If they are wanted, they would be of more service than troops from other States.
Gen. Harris and Col. Curtis, and other officers and men, would like much to see you in the field.
Twelve o'clock, at night, and still paying the troops; and we march in the morning at six, so you see that it costs our boys something to be soldiers.
I am glad this poor, God-forsaken country does not belong to West Virginia; for there is nothing left but sand fields and negroes - the production of this region. I do not know what the rebels here will make a living at.
Excuse this hasty scrawl by a tallow dip.
Yours truly,
JACOB HORNBOOK,
Agent and A. D. C.
His Excellency Gov. A. I. Boreman:
Dear Sir - The paymaster, Maj. Walker has at last commenced paying our troops. The Twelfth and Fifteenth regiments are paid off here; and I have the money, amounting to about $56,000. We start for Richmond in the morning distance 52 miles. The paymaster goes with us, and the Tenth and Eleventh will be paid off at Richmond. We will arrive there on Monday next, and I will send the money home immediately from there.
I must say that Major Walker has pursued the regiments under difficulties, it being two weeks from the time he left Norfolk till he found them. I had to leave Maj. Safford behind, who is to pay off the cavalry. So I shall not be able to receive their money.
I was glad to meet our war-worn veterans; for no troops performed their duty better than our West Virginia braves. They were in at the death of the rebels at Appomattox C. H.; and the people of West Virginia can always be proud of their conduct.
Could not these troops be moved back into West Virginia for service? If they are wanted, they would be of more service than troops from other States.
Gen. Harris and Col. Curtis, and other officers and men, would like much to see you in the field.
Twelve o'clock, at night, and still paying the troops; and we march in the morning at six, so you see that it costs our boys something to be soldiers.
I am glad this poor, God-forsaken country does not belong to West Virginia; for there is nothing left but sand fields and negroes - the production of this region. I do not know what the rebels here will make a living at.
Excuse this hasty scrawl by a tallow dip.
Yours truly,
JACOB HORNBOOK,
Agent and A. D. C.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Military War
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Troop Payments
West Virginia Regiments
Appomattox
Paymaster Walker
Civil War Veterans
Richmond March
What entities or persons were involved?
Jacob Hornbook, Agent And A. D. C.
His Excellency Gov. A. I. Boreman
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Jacob Hornbook, Agent And A. D. C.
Recipient
His Excellency Gov. A. I. Boreman
Main Argument
reports on the payment and movement of west virginia regiments post-appomattox, praises their service, and suggests relocating them back to west virginia for more effective duty than out-of-state troops.
Notable Details
Praises West Virginia Troops' Role At Appomattox C. H.
Describes Challenges In Locating Regiments For Payment.
Laments The Desolate Virginia Landscape As 'Sand Fields And Negroes'.
Written Hastily At Night By Tallow Dip Light.