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That long toiUome march after Bragg,completely bn/s© it dawn. A good many men that were strong an 1 healthy be- 21fore leaving h me, are now' com], .ei/yworn out and disheartei 1- The morn- jing rep rts of the lt;'r ierly Sorgt ants gh ja total of m-n able for duty, of 530; but *«Orderlb-s report men for duty who are notreally able to do duty, and deductingthese from the number reported, 1 thinktlinthe figures would stand about 450 or 475 j,.at most. Co. K reports oil non-commis- ti»ioned offers and privates fit for duty, 'lt;while there are never more than 30 or 3.3 :t* on Dress parade.n1 have not as vet been to Nashville, .but I learn from good authority that the tsick are miserably cared for, and that the tJwmen are dying very fa-t. The hospitalsflare full to overflowing, and of coursenthere cannot be the same attention paid fto the inmates that there could were there nfewer of them. For the benefit of their cfriends, I will give a list of those belonging to Co. K, that are in hospitals.tsIn the hospital at camp:—Samuel iMoyer, S. S. Stover, Win. BoganrightGeo. Propst and B. A. Jones.In hospital at Nashville:—Goo. Anderson, Jonathan I’owless, James Mor- lt;r I . -gan and Michael Klevcr.Frederick Horming, Danville, Ky.Smith It. Lambert, Louisville, Kv.rThe following named persons have beenleft behind the company at various times1 and places, and 1 cannot say where they* * *are, but the lt;’aptain seems to think thcvjrare at home. If so, they are requestedto return immediately to the company.or let the? • whereabouts be known, or be^ considered as deserters.tGeorge Ifowe, La Fayette St rope, Hen-- fry Wanenhtsrg, Randolph Green.Out of the 98 men whom the Captainhad at Louisville, there are but five (asfar as we know,) who have been willing*to risk the penalty and incur the disgraceot desertion. 1 herewith send you their1 names so that the world mav know them:« k' ' wand knowing them, shun them as theywould a villain of the deepest dye: For1 what else are they? They have proven* themselves cowards and purjorers; for: they have wantonly deserted the das ofi-which every loyal citizen should be proud,and which he should defend until the last:and they have forgotten the oath whichD thev had so solemnly taken to obey theirrsuperior officers, and abide by the laws*x ot the U. S. Here are their names, rc-1 member them:Phillip lt;h Adams, Wm. Gifford, Win.11 S' SIPISIS# * ■ M 1 p §§jm B - m SIP ■ m ljgGoings, M. Ik L. Green and Levi Ket-tie.►1Iwo have been discharged: J no. B.Craig and Harrison Shiplet.Three have died: Shadrick C. Roten,as1 lenry lt;irifiith and Richard Parker. Thesafter was discharged, but died, I understand, a day or two after arriving athome.eHome of the companies have been regaling tin ms*dvcs on “good things” seni* from home. 11 very company in the regriment ha^ received more 'or 1 -si? fronhome except company K, and but on*small box has yet arrived for it.If our friends at home want us to dlt;*N good, substantial fighting in the expecteaed battle, they had better prepare anesend forthwith, a small box of eatableand wearables to each member of the com\ pany. Our friends certainly do noif i L ' 'V *--know how much good such prevents dvthe boys, or long ere this we would hav’ been in receipt of large boxes of “bless* f *mgs.St IThe weather has been quite changea Lie for some time. Fart of the time it ii G t y ■» • i i •« i
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Washington Fayette County Herald
Washington, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 25, 1862
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