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Xettor From a High Private.. .Camp of tiik:29tu W is. Voujnteees. Tumsa-Miles East:of ^tkw .Ibkiua,-La'* October 7th, I8G3-.~Mit. EDiroa 1Thcro secios to bo no muredoubt about our- destination. Alt eyes .me turned towards Texas aud I expect ere long we shall turn up at Galveston or some other stronghold that the rebels bmy chdojje to fall back on. • - • ■ •* *■On the 2nd, the day be ford wc lelt Bwshcar City; the pay-master visited: us ' to our great satisfaction, and paid us two month s pay, which caused a very-broad grin .lo enc'unpnsa every mans.face. -As the nllotiacnt, loll was nut attended to wo received our full pay. but as wc had been where there was a good chance /or spending money and the boy* purses were nearly drained, there was but few that objected to taking all they couUbget: - Onpt Risnell-over ready to do a kindness, goon hau arrange* moil ts to send money by .express .for all who wished ip.. '.Every one paid ’ tlicir debts and had*money left, and on the 3rd: we started on : oiir way rejoicing. kThe roads i*nd the weftth-rr was as good-.for. traveling, as a soldier could desire, but as weNhail laid still .so long?w.e had homo experience in ' traveling with scire feet mid-.Vc went hobbling albiig liko' frozen fbiitcd chickens.- As the l9lh A -0. w.w in advance, we had no unu to dispuie tur progress'and. wecairic io thia'place from Braslicar City-in;v four days, a distance of about sixty ’miles. I understand .that the.lLhh 0, % had.a short cn-gagemcnt oil “tlibiV advance lib re,, and took two* pieces of artillery* :uul drove the robs.- -The conniry.Llirough which wis came is the richest Z have seen in.Dixio, but list lie negroes have been-tuml off U prevent their capture fry the .'Yankees, but a comparatively. small ;paithsis been cultivated. ; .Confiscation\Vitlibut botheration was adopt--ed us a ch ief in caiis o f ox is lance \ *nd o very , thing ibat sconied.likely, to bo fit local waschased down with tho'despei aiiori if a foe, and sweet pointoea bad to suffer . I ikewise, Molasses .and sugar was so pleanty that it was noobject. tj . . . . .. /..;•*/• ; i , r . /• The darkies seem io. be well. pleaded at the■appcaranee of the, Yuukecs and .exclaim “right smart of people this year. |f ‘ : :I nndcrriland 1h.it we are staying here for ;t1ie .regt ;of;t h«.13lh A.-.U. . to join, ,u* and then wo are all to move on together. The fourth di-Vieioni hnsiwriiejUp.already .aod%:I.presume Bharrleave hire ' *•' !?• \ ':V'', Ihiu'lersfnnd tlml wui have gnta .praina lucross where there is’ neither, wood nor waier. nrd wc aro lo le;Hlk*wanced (wi.lbowie. ca ntcen fu II of water fur a day anil. a’ halftVnnd also tfiat'wb-are to' be - put on half'ralihtia.'• Bui;blessed W n bth i n gul\\S ty? ^5?* erej;!;b ave': bffciV.' consoling theibsclvek over the idea, of not bavin g-oaly hnl’fiiif4niptfi lo'cJirry.-,- *: -lt;• *: ’’;?[{' At’e havo beard .lUttt.'.GfeD.. Koeecrans Iw given Bragg h }ult;\ '.Ihrejsh.11 g,.he needr: eiU:and! it iniikert rLeXoldieib hcj e feol wdnder-toward ^I'exwidt inakes feel «a though.; we w^blJruili^MiiderHble neiiVerJjeiHe.* i;s )lt;\• I‘expect when-yo.u hear .39th againyintiwnl:hear 5f thcur faking part in; giving tlio rebels a:gob«1 threshing jn this quyter.-for ‘ we'fir’e apt- U do such tbibga wlieo ve; have; gi^Kt ciinnce.;;V . ;i... %;•. ^: i. j'f^VBnnke tactenB ’ tb-d»yy:;KWKelher ;^ha.r will ; wiili iw»ot:is-'nwre.lhm l^l - know;* .for as Iain, but a bigb private, in the rear rank.’. nvn^ineans br/MMria in log -1 mponaiic. ne wu.: limited;^ hyuYiworr-^
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Nov 07, 1863
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