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and!♦aiul 2 lrtli. Of I'oiivso wo had nolto do but to push ahead or return,! after staying in ,1 uikson one day the'Column 00iiiiiei iii.il clicd an-l “returnedi ii: gui.nl order without the loss of blood.’[The first three days on the return was I •as cold and Mustering as nnv three\ wdays I ever experienced in Indiana,I but after that the weather moderated Uo that it was more comfortable march-ling. _ . ■rl'ho country through which we pass-;.•d on vur return w is more thinly pop ^; «1 a tod than that we passed through on!going. However, there were phmty ofprovisions, and to procure these wasour main object.On the Tin of January all the troopsexcept our Regiment, went to Union,‘ity. Wo received orders to press.1teams and load them with provisions.We of course “went in,” and w?icn wewent into camp at night there was ajlong string of pressed teams, loaded:down with luxuries, as wo term them,;consisting of fresh packed hams andshoulder^ corn meal, lt;fcc., and up tothis lime wo are living upon the sub* 1sistonco that was then pressed. We ireached Union Citv on the evening ofj* n |the 9th, and found most of the nick boys that were left there, improving fast. \Vo‘ received orders to build winter quarters there, and wore truly glad we would have a resting spell; After working two days orders came to move to Hickman, Ky., fifteen mites distant. After, wc arrived here instead of having to pitch our Uog touts,” ovcry cfjmpmiy had good comfortnblo quarters to lodgo in, and now wo are living tho \ery best, and are enjoying ourselves “hugely.” Our forngo is obtained by compelling tho oitizens to haul their own grain in their own teams,and deliver it with their own hands.♦ * •I/iout. Marljn, our Quartermaster, has gono to Columbus after clothing to fit the boys out for winter. lie looks well to tho interests of the men, and is liked by all as a gentleman and officer, and as long as ho remains with us there will bo no danger of our wanting for anything that he can got for us. lie ha9 also a clever and gentlemanly Sergeant, A. L. Jones, from Valparaiso.' Mere anonj , ; II. E. L.r
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Crown Point Register
Crown Point, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 28, 1864
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