Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1884 — A Battle Scarred Veteran, Truly. [ARTICLE]

A Battle Scarred Veteran, Truly.

In.' .v:.r. o!U Times. Sscee theirs the war began, t.:e i')9mb*r.:s’b&ve nominated six eandidaies ic r Governor an<t never could te.-. 'v -up tlieir ejurage to the stickingpoii >_i eonihiatiag a soldier until tl.i- year. it took them twenty-three year? to discover any merits in a Union • soldier; anti then they compromised by taking the very poorest soldier. who we :r.t of me State; one who only set ■ • a few months, who never sa‘w at -irtned enemy, and who resigned when be was ordered to the front.