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le condition of the soldiers composinghe Booth WmUh Arnjri imI pirtKQ-—1— -»1—«. .# XL. ftt-A faii;,,r Wf„,HP^lfT IlvlVVi* VI HOBw Uft Lodnrilli, wlidi. «w the let day f October, wa bid iIn hundred and gxty-fov w 6m looking men aa mr pitched to a beUle-field; now, oar aora-ng report calls for tkraa be mired. and list7 effective man from lha 81 at. and I im certain that laoald lafctj mj% that ifjnstiee and humanity »h extended to them. that at laaat one-tbinJ of that nnm-bar aroold ha found usable for dnty. There baa occurred a great many deaths in the regiment; 1 will not attempt, homers r, to jive a Hat of any but those of Company 11, which is Capt. O'NtU's Perry cooaty company. They am as follows:John Dotson, near Perryvillc, Oct. 6th.John Farmer, Louisville, Oct. 6th.Loke Alley, do do doJaa. Lewsllen, Nashville, Dec. 6th..John Wheetley, do do 11th.When we started out, Company G numbered ninety-seven men; two deserted near Perryvillc on* hearing tha cannon roaring in our advance, which I suppose was making mnaicihal they didn't like to dance to. The five deaths leaves os niaety man; hot it pains me to have to tell yon that wo can only master forty effective man now, and noma of them wholly on-able for doty. That placet fifty of oar man now in hoepRelv being, scatteredfrom Nashville to New Albany. What their conditions am, or whether any more af them are dead, I know not, bat ont of that many hospital cases, it is to be feared there is still more deeths; it is troly a lamentable thing, bat tba same could be mid of all the new regiments that came ont at tha time we did and was brigaded along with old nod animfed troops and forced off on tfsc of the hardest and grandest ms relies that any army ever did make on this continent or any other.— But notwithstanding all the hardships end exposures, we stood op nder it remarkably well anti) the measles got among os, which has proved very fatal, and it seemed that them were an onnsnal number of them had to have that, one ol the most fatal diseases the! the homan family if subject to, and particularly when one is exposed as soldiers are.—While writing. Capt. O'Neil mfamedfrom town where he has been to-day visiting the sick, aod reports the deeth ol another one of our men who died the 9th of thie month, from theeffects of measles, it being a relapse case, to-wit: Robert Lawrence.Mr. Editor, it would be useless for me to attempt to lay down any programme as a basis for fatnre operations at or nesi this place, as they don't allow a soldier even to think for himself. Bnt notwithstanding, I shall take the responsibility to give it as my opinion that there is to be one of the hardest fongot battles (or some of the nicest backing down) done ont here about Murfreesboro in a few days that we have seen any account of lately. The rebels am in strong force at tbat place, and are reported as being at work day and night on their fortifications, making preparations for a desperate stand, but 1am inclined to think tbat they will consider it a military necessity to skedaddle, that there te more strategy in running than consistency in fighting; that has been their programme for some time, and it is to be presumed that they can ptaf on no other until they practice awhile on n email scale, and they well know that Oen. Noseerani don't do a little bast-new.Oar forces have been gradually moving out for the last three days, our advenes now being about ten miles from Nashville, with brisk skirmishing in the advance, principally cavalry, resulting, as yet, io the toes of but few livee on either side; our cavalry returned this evening with eases prisoners and a fine seeesb flag.As I said in the beginning, I know nothing about what the movements may he, hat every thing indicates a forward movement immediately, and I M confident that when we pull op stakes sod make a general move, that every thing will have to move before via or fall before os. We have been here five weeks, Gen. Roeecnns has been at work day and night all that time reorganising and fitting ont the army anew, and now that every thing seems to be ready for a forward movement we may expeot it to be brisk and deotetvn.Respectfully, yours,Wm. H. ELDER.
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Cannelton Enquirer
Cannelton, Indiana, US
Sat, Jan 10, 1863
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