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t »li ' , .«• •!■! . VCamp xear New Ibbria.Xa.,7 October; 9ib,; 1663-,.:i j « ! * *, A'/ .-..■■■» ‘ - -•■• i *'v • - i i .I••Mil, Editor:—.The ■aray to invadeTexw is t\iU far unfits way; arid- niiW'biily'Vwait'ilie'ar* rival of supplica to continue the journey* The advance of, the l9lh Corps crime to i his place a'-•*: 'V ■•%. ‘ '-av- , . •_ ■ -r .^ago aou Found hut:-iiwe .opposition — there beiiitf occasionally h: little ‘sktriuishinir• -v. - '* *'••• P' - •• • i/ *•-.•■• lt;•-•■ •• . ■: .■ Pbet ween our cavalry and. the mounted in fun try of‘tVib fenomy ’/. This airraingeincrit haa for rho firat- tnrjo in 'its'historyrlefr the ?€old:l3ih Ar-myi.povps:1 in the. rear, a llui)g .to vwhicli.. the boys lt;leculedlv obje.Lt, not an much1 that, they wish io bo'fibst'in the #gbV should; one: occur, but'because the head of the column is likely ib secure the-forage. “Our immediate ;{destiny alion after leaving ibis place' we understand wilVbe^OpalousaS; where our forces wilt bein’-crbased;Iy;lEe.divisions under . the command of •Gens. Herron.'and Dana, ' After .:*rrivin«r at”* . ~ f , « ? vlliat, plaCo we.shall know no more of where we arc going until tvc bring up' somehert The object of our expedition may bo simply to cl eayi .out* Magr.ur.l e*■ and Taylor, or i t may havo hVils‘ principal object the : wOrk tf: 'watchingthe ambitious Louis Napoleon*. in his designsupon. Texas.';; At any rate ,we; have a; -crowd around us:who are equally ready,, and willing lo fight southern copperheads or frog-calcre.‘ Tii Yrty listluUer Lspoke’ of; orders' having been issued/directly; forbidding .foraging, and the fears 1 lind they would not be - quite liv*d up.’to;. Events have proved thatT’was correct. in rov'surmise..' Scarcely had Wo pitcifoil our■ ■ *■ . i ■ . ' *' • t .present camp when two members of the 2!)lb» whom I shall here call Orange and Joe for short/1 from force of habit sinned out fora* / -• V .....scout.. Whiles they were recnnnoileririg^an old seccsh\s barn /yard, Morgan, pi Gen.WjisIiburn's slalT,. :caino along and tiriai.ig CJ.r:iugc’5 head first, in ft. hen coop, tutptcUdSQTnt’thwg arid^ began :Wliat are you doing in tkcrc/my boy V* “After, wider,, sir/’ was promptly answered, despite the questionable position Jio was in for procuring theiarticlc.,: ;/•. And have you been .after walcr too?'* cou-tiiiucd the Major of.: Joe, ■who. held- a largo gnuse under one arm and a voosler bj the Jegs in the opposite hand. , :.Jou after casting doleful glances at tlio mill-iiplihil Evidences of bis guilt, said he was, bufc sa.w i.licsc vhiugs Jaying/round loose, and so took1 ?GrnJr : •“• Sluitriry cuquctl!e;cuidd Muot. be. satisfied . bysuch exp I anal ions, however phi usable they • ’ 1 * . . * s seemed, and so he‘;took them before the Gcner-ill. After sitting by the.Gnu- an hour or morethey were.pmmiiled tu. bear olf iheir prizes intnumph, and supped on chicken pot-pu; androast goose lliht1 n»ght. 'We were all made sad to hear of the deathof.Capt. -CX C.' Aivmmck. of company %iH/f Hewas one of the best of men‘and n prod sohlicr.Ojhi of those few whose influence wa.-*alwaysoa the right fide, and 'who cww be so illy spar-cil at this time: He was a-resident at home-r|* |*i. .1 ■of Trenton in Dodge cmuily, and I understandleaves a wife* to mourn ;his loss,,a . | r * *2u iuy TH:xt 1 will ^pealc of the country through' which we have and will have passed.r RaN'IIDM
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Nov 07, 1863
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