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letter From a High Private...Camp of Ttiie:29ru VV*s, Voujnteebs.Thues-Miles East:op 1$kw Ibkr/a.-Eav-Oelobep-7tUj I.SG3;r * i• Mti. Ernroa Thcro seems to bo no more doubt about our. destination, AH eyes, areturned inwards Texas and 1 expect ere longwe shall r.urn up at Galveston or some .other stronghold that the rebels amj chouse to fall back an. ' - ■ ; ' • •Oik tlic 2nd, the'day before wc leJt Braslicar City; the [jay - master visited: us to our great gniiafncLion, and paid us two month s pay, which caused a very-broad grin .lo encnmpnsa every man's.face. -As the nllotinytit.. roll, wasnut a tie i i ded to \vb: received bur lull par. blitas vc had been where there was a good chance lor spending'‘money and the bpy* purses were nearly drained, there was but few that objected to taking nil;they cotiUbgetr• Capt RisselU over.ready to dp a ^kindness, soon hail arrange-men t* to send money by .express fur all who wished lo.. -.Every one paid : their debts and had*money-left, and on the 3rd:we started-, on our vvn'y rejoicing, i The roads and the weather. was ns good /or. traveling. as u soldier,could desire, but as we Jmil laid.alii 1 .'so hing7wo had some experience''in ‘'traveling1 with sore ’.feet nhd-’wc went; babbling' along I ikxf frozen, fob led chickens. - As the l9lh A ■ O. w.is in advance,• *9 • *■.*..we h»lt;l uo one Lo dispute our .p regress'suidL wecaimV to tlii»'place fritn Bmhcat- Ouy-'irrfmir jnrs, a d island: of about sixty 'miles. I r.n-iles'siaixl that the ILKJi .A- 0. bad. a short en-\ 1 *5 *m rn * • ' L * *' f • '• ' ’• * * * .* ' r * *• •*gage merit oil'Llioir advance here,'and took twopieces of aitiilery'apil drove the robs.- -; The country.. Lhryugh which .wis carne is the richest I hove seen, in Dixie, but as.clie negroe* have hcea ficiut off to prevent Uuiir capture fry the .Yankees, but a comparatively. small. :part hsis boon-cultivated. .Con fiscal ion ,witli6u t botherhtidii was. adopt-, ed its. a chief means of existence , and .every, Lh3 ng1 that see mod1 ikcly ” lo be fit lo cal was ! chased. down wilh thW llenperaiion of a ioc, and1 r ' • m ' i 1 ,rj'Jsweet poifttoea liad to . suffer .likewise. Ato-’huwca^.niJd ugar was o jdeanty that it waa noVv..The darkies seem to. .be well. pleased ot the lppcarance pl lhe, Yankee? and .exchuixi “right ‘smart of pi?*ple'this year.?l •' iX ; : :;j I nndciriiau (1 ihat we aro staying here for ;the .rest-;el; t h«. 13ib A. ,C. _ to join, juyand I ben jwc are all to move on together. The fourth ili-dsion: Jms;ci?rpe up jilready presume weBliafrleave here (t^hmrm'vrv' ;?• \r • “ . ”j; ^IhiiMlersTancbthat wb have gut ■ h praina tu cross where there ik1 fieitiVtir/woort nop ■ wicr.cross find \i ii ll: of. water Fur it day and. a‘ halfrVand ? aliionnd wc are id lh?.nlldw:ittced-wi.Uif4me .ca ntcen.. %l •,. '.i A .“‘J-.'-i _itlfflt'Wuire to ribt - put ' on ?;halfy.raliiiiiHJ .Bui; *;blessed1 ^^aothing.,rl','.the wildienj^;!;hxyer;heeri;‘consoling theiosedvek ovisr the ideji,oi not bay-ing-oaly halFrni^fniqfcblb;c4irty': -fi*. i! ■ TVe- have beard ..that, .Gtrit.. Koaecrana 1 m given -Bragg h gp^l’Jhrephypg, ju#l fcBJ*e‘ needr': etU:aVu]. it niitkes rb’e.^ddieiahej Vifevl wdiider-fii I ly .pf^Mudif V biWfli ugto.wiyd 'reloadt inakes u’sj feel .aa though ^ we .wbrimdicicbiiaidernbfa nearer ,' 14expect wlipn you hear Jn*m^lhe«|29lh again y in ti ri w 111: hear % f I heir taking-n park j n; gi y i ag : the r o he Isa :good lliresh dig i n t« is jgjuy rter¥;: tor weffire apt. U do such tbinga wlieo ^e.vfeare ?a*:J '•■-f'1 k i'.i •. ’ . *r- vgmKt.'Cimnce.']/'-' s'’ r.i'. *31 Ban Rir tii^;fiene ;tb - day;';?-'. W Be I her ?^li« f will gO'^ witli^^te:pr;H0l 18' 'iucKefAh*« ^ know;, for aa X am. but a h igto privale, in the year rank:’ my *Vneans fny Mivrii in iug ; l mpurt Aiiivoewi. if•: limited^--1 :lt;)[ .‘-Pi1 ?Tob»^'^1 i' - .. “ : J ' • : . ••• • ■ •VS
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Nov 07, 1863
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