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Our Army Correspondence. 1Camp Chase, Paw P«r, Morgan Co, Va^ ^f(e:uFebruary 2ist» 186. ^Dear JW6lt;«ie.*—ShallI hare the privilege caice ^ more of saying to the citlaens of “little Blair Cxnt\ adjoining counties, that the 110th Regiment P^ still moves among the hills of “Old Vagmxa?1 Some two weeks since, while lying at Camp fg Lewis, near Cumberland, we received orders to • h march to Patterson’s Creek, where we remained ; ^ two days. We were then ordered to Sooth Branch i Bridge, ten miles further, on the Baltimore and , ; Ohio Rail Hoad. Here we remained until the j t lt;13th, when we were again ordered under knap- j ^ i sacks and guns, and marched to this place, which ;iis two miles East of Paw Paw Tunnel. While on ; 0;• j• this march we were compelled to take the lower s tl• road, that is, the road about 15 inches below the j jj: surface of the mod. This mar appear like a tough j i *■ story, but it is nevertheless true. We came here j lii in advance of our baggage train, and had to lie in ! S ■\ the woods three days and nights, without tents, in j ” j snow about iive inches deep. But we are now in | tents, and feel at home again. Last night thei wind blew down several tents but did not arouse♦ rthe boys. They laid still until morning and then , • .j crawled out to inquire who had been drank and tore down the tents last night.This is- defeidedly the roughest country out ofdoors. A farmer told one of our hovs, who was•* * ~on picket duty at his house, that he, (the farmer,) with three negroes, had cultivated some ten acres of* corn, and when he gathered il he found that a small sized store Ikx would hold his crop. On thei ^very night he stored it away the negroes broke open the box and parched and ate the corn. Anotherr *one says that land deeds in this section are worth | 10 cents per lb. A slab-sided bush-whacker, fromClearfield, savs that this was a fine level country* wbefore the war broke out, but that when the war commenced, the secessionists were afraid we wouldi tcome down and take the land, and they went to work and put it up in piles to carry it off. as they ! do everything else, but we came on. them too soon, j fc ' The weather has been very changeable lately.—I This, with fatigue and exposure, has caused con-I siderable sickness, though but few cases have proven fatal. It however becomes my painful duty' to record the death of David E. Weight, a member of Company A., who recently' died at the Hagerstown Hospital. He was a noble and brave vouth,i . * *always ready and willing to discharge the arduous duties of a soldier, when he was able. I can assure his friends that they have our heartfelt svm-ed»]edntltiabbtlve4Vetd■aahaeict€rttJ1!7eaoXekailsCompany A i bound to be ahead. We are now practising the Zouave drill, baring gone through with Hardee. Our regimeut has made longer marches and carried heavier knapsacks than auv j other regiment we know', and our Colonel ottersto bet that he can march us farther, ib‘ the same\ *time, with knapsacks, than any other regiment can without-\ them. We are geiteriilly known as the “Juniata Bloodhounds.”We are attached to the 3d Brigade, under Cpl. Tyler, who is a splendid officer. . This brigade is comiosed of the 7th and 29th Ohio, 7th Indiana,1st Virginia, and (last, but not least,) the 110th Pennsylvania. The Virginia boys cannot understand the number, 110, on our caps. They have been heard to say—44 That can't be the 110th regiment from Pennsylvania; it must be the 11th Ohio (II. O). When we tell them we are really the 110th regiment, they say—44 Bully for Pennsylvania!”►We are now’ awaiting orders. We never know**where we are going until we get there, and sometimes hardly then, for it would not be the 110th if we did not move or have to pitch tents after night. It would have done you good to hear the bovscheer when they heard the news of the late victories. We are not far from Winchester, and hope soon to have the pleasure of taking it.More anon from the 110thctfittI
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Altoona Tribune
Altoona, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Mar 06, 1862
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