[ Autographs ] Union Homefront Letter Nice content Union home front letter, 4pp. 8vo., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Sep. 26, 1862 John Wadden writeshis pastor: '... anxious to hear of the -126th Pa. Vol [and] 26th Ohio Vol... Pa. and Maryland are again clear of the Rebels... there is no other way of conquering them than by exterminating them. I hopethe Rebel raid into Maryland will be the last one North... our friends fled into the mountains for fear of the Rebels... the men should stay and not leave their farms.... G[eorge] B. McClellan [was]the instrument in the hands of providence in chasing the Rebels out of Maryland..."