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"ONE COUNTRX-O,NE PEST{NY. " ::
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. Vol;!. LEBANON, MARION COlJNTY, KENTUCKY, rA£BIIi 7" \863: - ~" ~ . " d Na. I .
: IS PlIBL1SaEDc' BY , Island, Ga., and~ repo,rti?jl to JJrig.-jen: Welch. 17th,)n a..ctio,n at An£ieta,ID. lIEMBERS OF. TilE 8th BEGIMEYT Q. A. Gilmo,re . . IOtA apd 11th, present 19th, ID!lr<;1i.ed beyond Sharpspurg ~o.
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Hb I <:> A Nd I Nf,F AN"!.R. Y 'ta ' at hom bardment and sJtrr.ndeI: of Fort wards Harper's Ferry. 24th, 'tran-sfe~~ ..l:3..n Wl e Issue 1\S 0 ten as Clrcums Bees • ~ ~ J- , ... : - '.I , 1 .... · .... ~J ~
will permit. . , PulaskI. c ~On th~ H!~~ two hu~dred of red to, ls~ B\lg.,~ Co,l. }j'ento,~,,'\\I:th),ifl!
THE-WOLV. E~.INE\lcamp. 9th o,f.APril Pl?ved to, Tybee lSf . 1?iV., Co,L O. hrist,. to~nd a.' :i~g.,,'c. o,l. '
, , . ' c R'tBi<::~,~ ;;;:~Al' ' 'j"'~" ',~ 'CO' ii.n agpd T ,Geo,r'l& 13th, cOIilJD:.mding _Reg.t. Gen:. Wi-Hcox ," '" 1'1 ':.Br.lC.L}I'JstOl'Y .~ tIlCl ",. gll'.!I , IJI~gJnre~ , ""' Y-¥·,· - ~ . ' ' _ ';; , ~.~~,;- '-'- • . 1~ - ,,,&1
front its Organization to tlle Present" eight hunared Sil·OIfg-r .1U Q ' lli.:lrIDIS . III co.rp:manCio 11 . BIOUr t5n_, " ,. > ~. - (-,>1 Time. fight of two ho,urs, which resulted in .:Burnside,o,f t,be Co,rps, . Oct: 7th, "~q:r~d . The 8th r~giment was orga.nized on the rout o,f the enefDY at sunset.-'- to, Pleasant Vall,ey,. ' 11th and i2th" to
the 7th Au'gust, 1861-Wm M. Fentilll , Loss, thirteen : killed and thirty-two .Fi-(lderick Cipy\ by railfrom~ ea~~rtog " '\ of Fli'nt, fo,rmerly Majo,r ' i.n the 7th wo,unded: ' among the number the brave at the time Stuart was, making his raid
Michigan Infantry, having been pro,- Adjutant N. Miner Pratt imd Lieut. into Marflanll. l,6th; returned io SB'm,pmoted to, beOolonel and ,assigned to its Badger, 00" O. Returne(l to, Beaufort at Pteasant Valley. 00,1. WJ .thingt9u · command-rendezvo,used ,at Camp An- qn the lUth. During the. mOJ!,th of 'assumed co,mmand O:£ 'Brig;, Co!. ~en,t.!>n derson; Grand Rapids, August 21st; May engagcd in picket ' ~ iity, -&c: ,on i,n co,m.lIland of Divif!ion, !len" Wil!cqx N
proceeded to" Fort Wayne 16th Sept., I Po,rt Itoyal Island. 5th J une, ~elievM . o,f Oorps. , 26tll, ' mo,vo,d fro"m PleB!}~l}fI
and was mustllred into the U, S. seryice 28th ,~ass,ori picket duty ~t ' advanQed \l;atley, i\-cro.s.s .the Po~olRac to Loj-etjs-
by Oapt Henry' R.Mizner, Scpt 23d, post o,n Stono, river. 7th, attached to ville; ? 8th ' ts> Wa,wI"fQrd. , ~ov, >~rrd" -;;.' Left Fo,rt Wayne fo,r Washington o,n the 13t Brigade, Col. Fel1,ton eo~man8.ing, .maljched .. to, Ph,ile'J:!)0p.t ;3d t.o Uppervil!e :. 27th, reached Washingt.on onthll. 30th, 2nd Division, 'under · .Gen • . ,Steyen&.-, Gap; __ 5th, tQ RectertoW:l).j · 6th,. thrQ~gh -:and went into- camp o,n Meridian Hill, ' Regt. in co,mmand Qf Lieut. 00:1. Grav~s. Salem to, OJ:leans;),th~ to, neaI(~Va~erloo. ' On the 10th Oct" proceeded to Annapo,- 16th attacked the. enemies" wbrksnear, 12t~, re,turned to 0rlean'~ wi:tp. ~ B~iga!!e ~ lis; em barked on the steamer Vand&l'bilt Secessio,nville, on James: Islandj under. l!.8 rear g.U:1"Qto-tl,re- army, an'g re.~1J.~n.gd - '" the 19t!>, as a P&~t o,f the great SOllth- a, heavy fire ero,ssedthe ditch and ~ame . ni,ght. .l4th, to SulI1hu.; S,p;~,:!g~; ern expediti0n which was to o,perate 'n:o,untcd the-.parapet~, Not oeing p,rop- 2l!-d MICh, transferred to. t~e Bnga,fi9 . . "
r ~ ~ L"'- - -, ~ JI, ~.' ~. ~~~ · t ·~'" ~x"'-~ ~l' l-""'''~' G J;l oe ' s m~d ,,~p !.l1;,mi:n·tl .. . -!:§t~t!l; agamst t e Clt,H~~' o,r ar estOn mu 1',vrlysupPOl' eu-·Wel'(I: cu~-pe eu . "".<oa Warrent?D u'nctiOll~ iiftli!'ira 17ttI;::; ; ", Savannah. LaId, off Fo,xtress Monro,e back" , Loss, fifty-five klll~a, and one w'ithin E!ight ,miles of Frediricksbur.g; ~ till the 29th, when it sailed for Po,rt hun'dred a'nd thirteen wo,J,!fided. Here 18th, ' to. Frederickslmr,g: " Fiv~r COIiIl
Ro,yal, S, 0.; Nov, 4th ancho,red off the no,ble- Capt:il"nll Guild' and Church, pa~ies '~~faiJe~ o,'U ~9~ost .. G~a,rd. ~ RePo,rt Royal' 7th fleet req],lced batteries fell while no,bly doing their , dht"'.- mamed ) n C,amp tJlI Dec. Lth"when, • . " , , . , ' __ ' , ' • , , ' . J ' with the ~rIDy of the Potomac,it crossed on sho,r~; ~th, landed ,at HIltpn ~ead. 21s~ Co,l. !ento,n, r~tl!lrned to com~and the RappahannQclfi., N at· ac.tl~ely ':'eIl-
At thIS time the ~egll~ent was III the o,f Regt. July 5tli, returned to, H! lton" gaged 'in:. the battle, , Return¢d -, on s.b,e 2dBrigade, EJ!;peditionary Oo,rps, under Head; o'n the 1t)th,. to Beaufert. On the 'night p,f t4e 15tll. ' T~ansferre~ ,to. :2nd
,co,mmandof Brig:.Gen, Isaac I. ' Ste- 13th eII!barked on steamer VU!Il:derbilt Brigttde; CuI, Ohri8t: co,~W~pd:g." :B,riI:ven!, On the 8th Dec, to,ok FoSses~io,n to join ~the army o,f ,the Po,toIu1,tC,. - t~al!s~t'h~Jred tOt1hS~ Br)g. 1~!~gagedCl t~U-
, " . . _ . . " , , fl¥g i e: ~c;m ~~ U8,?-ft _ qamp • . ~ les. of Beaufo,rt.;. S, C" and went mto. cam,p Disembarked, a~ Newport :News, Va., ,Feb,:uar-y) 3th, mmred ~oA,quI,a O.r:eek, :;:-there. Detatchmentsfrom the regl- 17th] and went IlltO camp, Aug. 4th, emliarked -tJn steam'c'r SW7!n,'" dlse-m- "ment o,ccupied Grey's Hill; Brickyard left NewPo,rt New. for FredericksDurg barltid- £he 15,th 'at N~wPo,rt;.New~ and Point, Ladies' Island 'and se.veral planta- via Aquia Oreek. 13,th, In;l"rched to, Cut we-nt'mto. camp. Remameu .e~9amped " . -. h' , . .. --R 'unon the' ban·ks o,f the James- flver ,Qn-
tions. Frequent reCo,nn01SanC\lS were pepper, thencl'\ to t e VIQlulty of , . ae~ ' . ' d" 'd " 11 " k t . ' d ' -- - ' d ' . . , ';" r gage ,lD n, pIC -e an eamp guar '"
lIlade to ascertain the Po,sitioll of the coon FO-l;d, fro,m ·thence to Ba! 3€lUs' duties 'un,til :the-19th, when :B,egt.em-enemy. The first man killed fro,m the Ford1 Kellis For d, Rappahannock;; p.a~k;ed OIl the stea.mer .Swan. I ;ay off regimentwas S~rg't Burns Foote, 00.. A" Sulphur Spr\ogs, Warrenton, w,arr.en; For;tres's ' Mo[tr?c two days i],l q ' st~rm.
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Dec, 18th whHe two companies were ton JunctionManassas ~StatjonfOen: :a~~che_d. "-B lIilblmore ,S.un~_lJ;J,'I m'o,.l:n~~, \' ' . " , ' --. - - ----:-- - - '- , -- , ~' " the 2i::nd.. Genr Burnslue ,her:e t09~, 't· ---------
reCo,nnOlterlllg on ~oo,saw RI:er. J an. trevI~le and Bl:lll :Run; En.g~ged w~th: command o,f the Qorp~; Which ~a!i 'qeeu ~. 1st, 1862, engaged lD the affair of 000,- th~enemy' at the: las~ na~adpl:c~ ~ug, under~co,m~and orGen: S~itH: • Pass- ~ f ~aw River, ' Port Ro,yal Ferry. Lo,ss,29th and 30th. 15t . St\pt. marched ~o· ed through Harper's Ferry 'sam.e even- :"two killed" oue mlssmg, six w01:mded" w"rds Fairfa:x:; m,et, the enem,y at Ch~,~- in,g on B-artimo,re~ Olli? R:-:t:.~T rel1ched Q
Upon the regimental records frequent tUley, ' In this engagement. the limen: ;rark,ersbl,l:~ ~n ' th'e: OhlO. 'rIver; on tl;ie; . ', ', -- , ' , : " " . ' , ' ' ' , ;;'-' , evenmg of the 24th:embal'ked ,.n,ste,amJ '
orders occur III regard to drill, makiJ;Jg tlld Gen. SteveQS , was Jellied. Cln.., ,tue er Minm·ya and saile'd .do,wn the Ohio, ' pro,motio,ns, warning the" men to, be in .2l,1d, m'arched te AI~x&ndr~li,j thef5,t Jt9 ,~ea~hi~gL,o,~i8v-iile,> 't1i~rsd ay,, 't4~l ~6th;~-.., re!,diness to move &t any mqment,-;---- Washingt,o,n; 7th, to. Olarkvil!e, J\:ld,-; , at ' T\O()D encamped. and r,emaine~ . u~til " Dllring the most of February engaged 9.th to ,Rockvi1le '-11th to Da~ascus-12tli SUllday~ ~9tli: ; then, proce~'d-e~ by -rail \ ' ~'-/ , I d ' vb ' d F' d' ··- C, ' 13~ 'h ,.' M' dd'l ' , to Leharn.on "si:s;'ty,five l1lih~s,. distant in m usua utles, -\,' 0. 24th, .mo,ve to. to 're enc,,- Ity> t · , to, I · eton; , h : ' t · I ' t f K t k t h' 1 G· ' H'II d I' d h 79 h N 14 h d t S thM t' 15th t ecen ra par oen uC, y"a W, }Cl rcy ~ I" an re 1e:(' t e , t ' . t , E'llgage a ou, "0,11,0. a~n; , ' " plael),- w.ith the ~remainder of the Brig-Y. HIghlanders, on pIcket duty at ad- and 16th to neal ShJlrpsburg, OI! t~~ 'ade, under-coll~niand Qf Gen, ,PQIJ, it if. 'lanced PfJ8t&, :Maj{Jh 4th, returned to, 116th, IWgt. transferred fr.om lst, Brig" no,wencQlPped., ,, '
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. " " DON'N'i:irBELL ." .. ' O~~e. ""l,s, .. !c,f •• rth,e ' I :El. "ighth , lt;e,giiJle~t·l l , .11fal'ch20,t,h and 21st.-We are s till The'1i\e1Hi nlLSprirrg 'cllmeS1 11 r ejoicin .. , -' .:- , .
-And sl\tly.Winter gri ltJI'y fl ies,; ,. ..., . • Golonel.j' ->- -. - ,-' ,----, -. • . at ·our. old anch.orage. 'l'be st.o:·m has , ,N'O\,: .crystal clear 'are th~.fallillg :wat<\r~, L t. CoZ.;,--;ij.~iIlh\. ~ ]y '. . ' . . 1 but ~1 ~gl1tly .aoated, . and we are III hopes '-'-And;bon llie ~lue .are· ~. '1 spJ;l.nJ: Sk i 0S j., .. ~ l ' , 1Jfqjor- W . 1Alv. L ewis, . r ii" . of sa1.lmg. t~lS , e-vemng .... Se~l e ll .ordcr~ Fj:esh o'er,the moulltams breaks fO l'tli tbemorn- $-}f.l'g~O, 1. ~--.. , .. _ .. ____ . __ . I <, '.' .'/ have c.ome ,ou. b.oard, not t o. b.e. ope~n, eu ~rhq evenillg gilds t1;c o(1e~n" s 's\ ell , . j I[i ng, . .., l n I f th h b "f Xll' 9reatl1r~s ' jby in' the' ~dll"s' retuhiing', [l. ·l sj . ..l;i st. S, w'geon--San\'l R. W oos,.ter . l;n 'l we. are c ear ~ e ~~. or. 1, a -
'~\I~d.Irflj()i<ie !in 111)' bO lltJi ll'l?ell:. !, ! 'r,,'" 2nd. " . j! ,'f' . Joh n ,,\ViJIett. · . ~ y ~~lr~ll~es are belllg. I\13,de 3,S to our ,:::: ~ . . l';"r .. ' . ', A.d.J·u,tant- --, -'--.. ' .. '. :, .... , I, 1 ',~eSt1 n a tion,. b. ut . ·as r .t.heso rang.·e . fr.om. ~~
. ,'·,.Tbe·fl oiv. '.r;y Sp l'l p~ ren~s'sl nny Surl1I4e'r,' } ' ,.' 1 C I r ~ .And yellow-Autumn presse;; 11'eal', .Uf '. 1'1 ' Qlta:t, Il1·?1~~lster-B1ia~ . q. Will~i\fP ~ ' 1 K':'~:~t: ~11 aro }n.a , to e.nn:ssee .:t .IS l~ ~ "l'll'enlDl bill' turn·coJll@ g.L~olny W,iIiter,. ',,~ S erg't ilfoJor- pr!lP B uDtp . . r t '" pO~~lD () to 101 m a n accur"t: Op1~lO U: 'y -:.. ~ Till smi1 iq!?J ~P\.1Il g,, ~gJl in. arp~!t" _(':ll\'" , Q1' . )!f~ste j ' SerfJ't--Geq. A . ! ;V~e\l s. , 'vV ~ an: u~~ o~rselves , ~all Clll~ . . Sl1~~ng, "- ~ .: \; '\~ 'J:hjls ~~l\~Cl'~ . d8¥q.cig,]itc \\dsancln&'" 1", Co,1)~nHSSal'y Sel'fj ' ty-.W!p .. Tl'f\P Y,: . a~,d s'plll lllng ca ~lp } al nS any thm ", to '-'<:'" QldTime nnd Nat!1l'e Uie'i f ' chan'ge~te11, I ,Hosu'lSten«wd-Aaron ,y "pd er, ecn . kul tllne a nd keep dow n ou r breakfasts. .' But n'evh h tngipg; "stijl' mtcllanging', ,,;11 . :(.') . :J: " A b " "P "1 ( 9 1 ) t d 'v
I"ailbre"my OOllnie 'B~ll . ( (ILJli '",,, I 1., .... ,: i:..J'. ", .• 1 COMPANY A. >I,.';.· out .J ' .' "' . '"'" Bt we go un ' er \."~' '. \" '11.1,', .JJ;' "~~Ji'l,!ril8; ,) ) IG "' J ' S D h n 'J.,. i way, 'and, in company with 'the othCi' . ; :,....' 1,-, .. " ,f ,,,,, )1' ', . .~ • 'ls(~~~~~! S: l';~~:ll1~~;. {OJ l·,l. 11 s teamers' haying on boctrd t he regiments
, ... ~ 1(::",\#; .,-.:-;;;.\%.e " suE o·§£.d ~ th~ t 0 .1 m~ 1 ' .I,,"' ""'dd ' of our B ,l igade. l1Hi'>'e ou t into the broad , - . ",n<Ji "-\J~r{)3r,;.;_,.;I,": y~,-- _· I ,,(',,' 1..~~ .o~.ln<'kc. Oll th e C",nh1' n opens ,..r ec.ep 'f~&ig./n~ation~ IJad . lefta ou,r"Reg- ....;..u.~ .... "'~ _ ".!:-'~
, . .f';' COftlPANY B. . his orders, and turning: the bow Of1ilS 1m.e lft · with.@ut,.~" "pQ<]ck/,' b u,n t he fol - (]" R b G H I ' ~ I
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· , apt.- 0 er t , ' " ute "li:;~)I'l. !l\') boat t o tb'e north , ann ounces onr desti~ '\. '0 WlIlg:t'romC}" , ontn ui£or ·?"co'riviu{)es .l..:]'st .L t .-;:-Ed,yin.l\L ll" ol',ey. -t. n.ation to be L OC"lSt ·P oint, B altimore .
l~"J . r~ .~r{· 'I i . ~.r. T - ~ " . ;u.~ th~t ,)fl, ~~~e J'p,tj Il a~ ? thel',". aJ],d 'lie , ~ 2 1.t .~l. I ' T A lonzo , Ch~ I!ey . .• !\ • JV!a1'ch 22cl.-It is Sun day -Jl10rn:ng , ,, " , Ag"'e~ide;? Gl~ q~ sguste,d ."Y1th s?me~ody or , ~ .,. 1 ~ . GO;m >AN ! . 9,'. and by 6 o'clock w~ a1:e at: the wh:y~ i n .~ '} ~ s.omgtbillg;. /-~ IJe~r him i ,,'j .c r Capt.- Chas. F . Srr1,ltl1. . thd l "monull1e~l1tal ci ty;" aHd we ~ --.. -A .' . - .. L CRYl' ICIS~[ I ;J: st L t:l.'...·Geb .' W. Qb ri i1lHer. ' ·t. cars , ready orUpe 13altill,bre & Ohio R. ,~ ~
O,t:j A~ '! ' 1I~~9R'IQArJ po 1i,Pr~ l !irIj:~1')! "PAI~\.-TO T ilE ~nj: ' ~ (~\Viibur Nelson : · ~ i . ' 'I R. to -take uS...l-who kn ows where'?- ~) -c: '" <j:' mG lI'J' H MlOlI . n EG" ' . ' .'" .' . ' CO JYt-hl.N Y' D .- , ", [ • 0rtlei's are rec~ived from lVIajor-Ge'lreral \ _j ...: 'l'l~rjtlmeOf.:~ im\ who .. \Yl'6-te'thPlli !lC~ , ' ,Copt;:-"'Jno. C:;Bu:Cbanan . j B urnside , who re-ta'kes comman d of;;this , '0 •
-,1"F1te;glpw W01:~ s <sjJ~r ~ o).iscurely Sli illCsj .., 1st -4t.--;-Ge'O. ~ P. B al):.cr. " . I t he Ninth Corps. W 0 are informed that ~ " , ·Selfconceittbe pr\'mt>\illg :~~US~ , '.. 2nd ' ~ .-Otis ·Smith. . ' oooked rations will bc issued twice 11 t
'. ;'S l1~gS~frd.r~e}p ,~o 5.i.n al.,plau<5'~ ·l ,., . ' . .;'.':" d~y' ~hil:e 'we are en ?·oilte. · This looks l r l'. . , Go M'p A,N4'. • .I'i. ~
i .!PSJt~9!~ . ofEl':\t flDC~ br~i n8 . r1id: l~1ingle, . Ca pt.-Edwprd l\1aruIll: Ijh a Ion'?; j ourney: ' Early in the af- \,\.: " .p!s 1'e81~{t ';!'fl ~aught bBt,f u£tY . .J~1file , 1st 'Lt.~Ma'rtin W iIle'y;' ,tei'noon we are off, and our tl:aip moVes
CI~URCIJ Dlfi~~ ';H{,i.', "J'f' the b~ll 211(Z ·i - John } .. .'Elder , "i.~ Ji llp the Bank ofthc Pri t.apsco.-Wk pass • ' I. '. '. :I', ;·L. ,,' ," '\ \ ,-"\ · 00Ml'A;N.¥, F . \ - :mn,'ny' ' lfl'ourishihg ·ti:n vns a-nd villages
'sball, l;ll1g) and .. the I{ on '¢, b~e o~~n , <, Capt"~Ch1i.S;· 'hI. i McCJ.'eery" .• :· 'coptainiHg uumerous fac tori·es. I t is 'a t benmvill be the u sual pray.er.'meet.ing .;.- Ist illt.-J0liw D.!Suninel', [ act. Adj't.]' '"be~~tiful evening, and the whole pOP,u-on ':Vednesday eveb;tl,lg at ·- t he Pr:esby~ 21i.d " ~John \\T. Doane, ; ~: iahOU ~,ee,tn to .. ~e av:~r;, of}~e fa.ct,}or t eriau Church,; if ' not, 'and fh'ere sboul d . " ; . . .' CO)IIPANY .G. · 1; ' : ').) I .~heY}l e ~.ut ;11l th~ 1I be~ ., enJo) ll1g 1 . ' "d - - .: . th . 0 " • v;; . ~ 6Utr~1I=tt~B.el<;het> ".t· 4. J, .the ll;l .r an<1._ weJcon~lU 0' _~s 111 eve,ry p~s_-~~~=-:!.:.J De · a C01\1CI ejlce 11l es~ e ,e ll "~ , you 1- ' T • " "- A TT • . ~e-"' Qnne ·1." .... e· IS ut "ttfe-"se
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ll1a):I,e~p'ept ,a , pra,Y(F.:r~l~t; !1? , . the fol . . 2nd ~ , '-J ohn L EiIiltips" , ,'." ' ces~rq;~ feel~ng in this part·o~ th~ St:tte. 10Wll'lg Wednescl-a~, .a(~ :wijiJl/(t ~t1n. . '.'j 'j ·~" ,COMPANY. iH • . ':0 _ ,'1./, Tli~1Ef.?ple are e~gaged mostly, m mau~
,~.~ "o'" ~~, ~ . ~ . , It! ' tCavtl:"'Ricn ard N . I>o.yhi, 'T Jl'Li/! < yf~~mgpursUlts . ~, . TABLE II.UX V I Y ANmS" "Sb I, ' , :J:· . r •L · W ['I , •. i'nd IJI' .. ·U '1' h' . . - . , H- '" -;, a . •. uc", s: (. ~ 1st . .l-.It.,..-.n:ustll1 .. . I:rr~e.n , · , h,l . n ut sud en t t e t ralll 'COffies to .a
f lail ,! ' oh Friday even ing next, ' 'by-the· ;J '·2nd . " fL E rastrts' N.- Gilbe.1:t" .jl:i ··' h~it .,J, 'A terrible -accident h'a.s occur red, voun t. >lrlB.ies)df d B raddock9SInstitu te' " ' ' , . " ( ,COMPANY- I .. ' i : .. , .. u' , J 'J\. s.old ier .of one Of th~ regim'ents has bhe .p ;oceeds to b~ dhote ~l t cj" thc pu~ - ' CaptJ- Geo.]l, SwiR~coe .,! "J I falle ~ fro"m 'a C3,I', ahd a party is i'mme-I " " . ' ',,' ' -' .' . l'j"! I , . 'J111st L t . .L~~homas Camp,beilI·, ; . . ''-Hately sont back to pick up his lifeless
1 C,l.~sc _of 3, ~a,bb a.th SchQol ~I~ l;ar'y': ; A~-.. :, '2hd ,HJ ~AJex . C. ·Mc K enzie. 'r em:ains ." ,Sudden l:leath am cing soldie r~ \. lllltta nce. 2·;) cellts. As I the, ,came ,IS , :J'.. COM'RANY K . , J , • ' lS not c'o'nsidered Vel'Y seriously, being ;;
' -good, tbe bouse should be fi,Hed.,_· r.,' OtlJt . ';"~Geo .: B: 'Full er ~lllll ~ll' ;'d : of sci commo n occurr.e nco; an d does not ,~ . ' - .--- '..... .. . .' . 71 . I > ht Lt.-Milton . 1\1. }j' enUef" . lprodu'cie a vm:j deep impressi'on ·u pon '\
A .~un.~Blai:r , the sutj.e ~ of ,t he ' 21bil " --,:,E f! nja~II;1 iiJ ·F . ·!ba 1'li l:lg . (il l;tJe n so used 'to danger, ' afid~n fiVe min- --' £ ig1Ith; wllo PJ th e way, . c]~ii.ns· to be ~~ utes a£ter t he train had:itoppe(:l. many the rarikin b.' s'u t1el' ot. the Brip'ade. is r e- Tc·l nays''i'1·itve1'With ~hc MHl'higall 8th~ w.er~ ~ecply. engag eel in an i:nproll1 p tu
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, 179th New' YOl'k ' 20!th Sth 17£h and 2n d 'Mori~h~ ~ ~'n'd ~nchor: ' OtN tt>itt i s' ·Ii~e F ert y, and w!'re toldU'la t cookechatio n ~ /<~ :.-11'<-'1 ' ~ficlli~:ll1,· it~;'i~ei1ts ' . u n'der ' domln'a'nd' :n;any ot'her ·go.v·erh~e'nt b~ii,nsports , en - "a,,:ait ed our . gentle atten tions. ·' T bc /,1/ '- /f/( I
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! 1 --=------rolled off on to him. I would come in for He drops into, camp like a welcoll}e sun-, Uomrades, you have be,en ' in man, • . ~ trawlllg. It i~ u~ 11ecessaryJto state beam, glowing-with "'green backs"'and w~ll-fought field-Ylm have gained imthnt I passed a restless night. postage currency, and by five o~clock perishable laurels . . It is yoilr 'duty to ·
At noon to-day part of our. train ran we all have more money. than we know preserve them unsullied. The field of off the track, 01' rather ran through ~hat to do with. Peddlers and huck- battle tries men's C"ourage. .Y ou have. it. The tie~ onthis part of the road are sters swarm among the tents, and find been found equal to the emergency.-· ,'ery old alid rotten, aHa we had to stop a ready sale for their "trimmings," Preserve the spirit which :animated you. ~ntil several new timbers had been put M.arch 2~th.-We' have been under on entering the .service~unsullied pa-
. In. 'The boy!! took advantage of this mar'ching ord~r8. for forty.eight hours, triotism. Keep it aa the idol of yourdelay, to cook a cup o£ coffee all round; I and thi~ -. mornIng we left camp and souls.. Let not petty jealousies of rank at 4 P. ~i : we were in Cu·mber.land, a moved ·down Broadway 'to the .Nash- or promotion, or any ill-Judged biaa prettily situated town in the mountai~s, ville depot, where 'ihcolllpallY with the against those who are your supe;riors in. and here we found !upper all . ready. 79th New York, we took the ' cars, and command, ever" influence you to disreThe U oion ie strongly- supported here, afterlfive hours ride we find ourselves in gard your duty, ,or be guilty of,a mean,~ ' pnrtiC1:11arly by citizens of the female[ he town of Leba.non. , Marion· Co" KY.' dishonorable actc S.tand by the Flag t persuasion. Judging from ~he n~mber . '. , " ~~' Iqs. the on~ u?de~~hic~ you w~re ~orn,
J f:..,P '';'" all the ~aoc!,~ch-lCfs._l tlle ~_ ...:........ , . ~<1~ ' h ~ ~ < ~. 001' Fl!1U..ed?-Gr";;'QJ:lt3:1I;lil1:M"ll12te ·ti~ll - .rrd:,.,-- ,,-:.t :f"..;- county must have een called Into ser- . 00)' Late Co}onel;_ the bleSSIngs of a free- gavernment-&.
ViC(l, t? wavens a ,welcome. . On the 15th ult., just hefore the reg~ ~~.vernment ~f the, people, 'Le,ave pol-_ ,_J . _ JIIlarch 24th.--Changed the prograD?- iment left Newport News Colol;~1 Wm. ItIC~ .to ou.r-frIends at hllme. I~nore aU'1
IIle, and slept on the floor myself, big . . .' .. ' pohtlCal lllfluence· or bias. l:::itand by Coxpo,;i'al on the seat above. About l\'~. Fent..on reslgne~ hiS pOSitIOn as yout colors, so often borne in triumph, daylight he rolled off and came down commander of th.e reglme_ut, and return- and be obediont to your -s·uperiofi in, on' me edgewise. I woh up and, found cd to his hQ~e in Mich,igan, the feeble command. You have already. a record we . were in Graftbn, We,st Virginia- state of his. health forbidding him lon- of n?ble, heroic,: and historicdeeds:~ were delayed ~an ho~r for .breakf~st, O'er to remain in the service. Before Let It not be Ilullled by anra~t of yours, then off we went through tIllS portIOn b. . " ." Port ROJal, P~,laskI, W Ilnllng,ton 18-of theSt~te, which by the way, is very ~eavll1g lie Issued a. pm.tl'lotlC, ."ao;d feel- land and James I~lan4 a~tes~ yo~r valrough and broken. We p,assE(d through 109 add!e~s to the regiment which we 01'. Be ever ready to mallltam tlie'hon-twenty-five '. tunnels. between Grafton give below. ~lthough it is not new to or you ha,ve ~here gained. . ' an,d;;. :parkersburg, an~ . ;vere unaer the members of the Eighth, it w.ill be . Leavlli~ you, lahal! n.Qoe the less be, ground ~bout half :h.e tJm~ . JAbou~ 5 read with interest by the friends of the With you III hop~ a~d corriidence.o,fyour o'cloQk I.n the evelllng w~ reached the ",' . h ' . ' steady and patno-tIC .zeal, and. expect" lastmentioued city, and· found trans- reblment lit om6~ . • . ' ·that the atar of tke Etgh.th, wnlch now ports ready totake us ~?WIl the Oqio Offi:cers an~ s,oUter; of the Etghtlt Reg- 5hine~ brightly,. will never ~e dimmed . . river. At dark all our baggage was on t?nent .Jlftchtga1t, l olunteers-: . . I lea ... e you With regret. IllUce.re and. board the steamer Mine1'v"a and we ' Thi time. has come when lam to. bid heart:felt. I leave you With every offiwere on our way down vtlie Oatream.- adieu .to. those , who with ·m.e have cer in the regirh~nt who has stood ?y The boat was cemmo;dio\i;s~ a-n,d, _ al·- stood Ill. battle. ~rray~hav~ c~nd~red ~8, promoted; w.lth man.Yo nOIl-co.IIl~ll.lB-
.,-~""",~:""",,-~· ·11t!'!!'~rreTI'"'lr- ' . ,\;H;nulg- sIUk oIL .aU !19·u tae.l1Ill---el-l-ID -sroned4tfficeI6 pl'olll.o>te'd"to, Qo.nnnl:;,alO~ _.". - -, for ; . bed, still they · enjoyed., i~ good and tl,le in~leU1e~cy: ?f.Vir-giQia winds ed 0ffic~r~; with. pr~vateM, l!~'olllot~d ill. night's ~est. State rooms al\H weals and storm Ii .Jll . mld-~mter-an~ to Qne p~'o~ort!Oll;, ~nd, With. the lllward conwere furnished the officers in thRicabin, and all of you, _on thiS, my ~partmg, my vletIOn estab~lsQe.d after, that no man;. a.nd befor~ leaving, they drew u~p ' a' set heart warms .with th.e emotians of a in the rank and fiJ~ ever J;easonably a~kof reso,Iutions, c6lD,plim~htin2:~eaptain b~other a~d .fl"lend. I can·no.t teavQ yo.u ed assistance which was n~t, .readily· Young and the other officrl's of' the Without g~vmg __ utteranoe , to · the _sentl- granted, SQ far as tlt.e pu.bho llltersta , boat, for the kind treatmentexpel'ienced monts whICh prompted my fi~st a\:cept- wo,uld perm.it. I.I~av.e y,oq. to .gohome at their hands. ' ance of th.e trust) an.d the feehn~8 which with. our fellow-cl,tlzens, tl<cre to care,
March 25th.--A beautiful s rin aris8 as.1 bid you farewelL Alildn0W for your fllmilies a.rid friends, and with. , . . d II b ' d ' . P th g lQt me dispose of myself: I entarcd the no; higher hope of honor than hereajter'
~Oilll~g, ~n't a thO \ ?lI;: are .~? d e service of the government us a dRty, be- to, be useful to YOIl ~d your~.· Impair-/~t o. sf~n oh' e h oy~ gizt . w~ . \ e- lieving that' uuder its gentle influence I ed health prevents my bei~g looo-er,....t~g · . · ~n e . lIOtsor\t ' . ,~af ~ng was so far prospered, Iwd the wickep, with yo~ in person; but in the fa-tura . I~e sllldce wens c~l!g h' Sig f ~ .. r:e rebellion organized by ambitious and m),hope and my prayers will go with'
SOl "tahn . )It·n.h atpprden Ifces I~ 0 _ "then y designing men, who considere:l them- yau an d',I invite vou one and all to look' mons III e ra eo war .m sou ern . . . I d I h Id ' b h , ., . . J' . • . .. St t hId d ih - selves entIt e to I'U e, S ou ; Y t e to· me on my return for any aSSistance,
t' a €S Nas tOhn Y chn eare ,us e more stro'n~ -al'm- of military pow8r~ be· put vou or your familiQs may need . N oth-o our or ern omes. , d hI ' ' .. f' b J • ,. . • , _' . . _ _ ~ow~, an . t at ,·a reCipient 0 Its oun, inffDut the rules of. the service has kept,
J1I,ar.ch 26th. We reported, at Om tiel was In duty bound to offer my ser- . r ' . t ' d t h' h r · . . t' I . ht d . ddt' . me rom you, BeJ]ara e 0, a 19 e cllln~ I ast Dig . an reLcel~e. 01; ers 0 vioes. It, was so done, apd r have the command since fijUJ: transfer, the 1st of ' (Jontlllue · our trIp to oUlsvIlle, ,and. satistaction of saying' to you 'without J 1862 t J. lId· d
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In column; with the other regImens 0 'ito m~r~ ga lafiC lJa rr<l thin tTie-M'frrhi:" ~e ll'lng_ {om ac w!-..t le8,- ID)r':; our brigade, we mar.ched to the Soldier"s gau Eighth ' hall ever volunteel'Cd to ~ns, adl!l>1 a waY~11 abs,.,I'0 you. ' . dL !' II 7 h t h b. at ' , . . Sll:e an prayer .WI e lor you m IVlu-
orne on t st~ee, w ~re Iea ,.rnea , . se.rve t\ e cou.ntry, But my con~ectIOn ually and c'lllectively-that the flag: and. coffee was 1U read~ne8s, After a 'nth this regiment for the last nme.teen borne by the Eighth M.lchigan will here. short rest we wheeled mto column by months has developed to my regret ft 't h b h ·t e b bo Co • d d d-- B" d . , ' ., '... 'a er, as I as een ere Olore, erne,
_ .;pmpan1, .ano _p!l-~a, e up , roa v:ay, the faci that ~y he~lth IS ' lllSU~clent honorably to the St~te w,hich sent you,. und, notWlthotandmg the idusty "and lon"'er to contlllue III the eervlcc' I I.' th ' . d t t'- · th t h'ch we 1 . d . . ' h b ' '. ' . . ' . lor ,an olle nor . -wei , W· ·l ; tr~ve -stame trIm . we W4ilre lll, t e must, therefqre, dtJ:Cline the honor of for eigM months ~lol\erepresented oil.. brlga~e made a ,fine appea!·allCc. We any:longei' looking after your interests th~Band ot South Carolina and Georgia .. wen.t ~nto e~D?p 1Il P resto? s Wood, a with .thatjealous care by which I have . WM. M. FEN1~ON. fortl~ed pOSltlO~ GOllpnandmg the uPl?er during the past ~erm of d.uty b.een g?V- Complimentary;re801utions were;pass-portIOn of the city. . erued, ~nd submit tothe necessltywhlch .J. t. ,: ' f th . ffi f the
~ . d 'I ' .. C 1 ' 1 f ~"" a a me e ..... .11 0' 0 e 0 cers 0 >, jJ[m'ch 28tl~.-VV e remame ' q)l,l.e~ 'Y proIOlits IQy reslgnatlon, as . o. one ' 0. . . b . in camp all day yesterday,and were this the regim~nt. I.n parti.l}g with, you 1, li~g~ment heldf?rthat purp?se, b~t ~ur morning delighted by the advent of our feel it a du.ty to. leave Jau, the warning bmited Rpapa wJlJ,not . permIt. th.en ll\~ qear old paymas~r) Maj. Russell Errett. v.,.oice ofyoal' friendnnq companion. g';rt,ioll in (i).ur littlG s-heet.
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