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n*mLetter from the :67th.+w—t7*t---—:* ~ w.- ”*.:ft' •'*' - '*' *'■*:*•*.r^irv3^ .V;'.CA3IP JSTear Opelousas‘October■*'^»*»i La.,|#)-:1S, ’03 f -II'I*eDi-yio8kEditor Times:—An apportunity again occurring .of sending you a few lines, I hasten to advise you of the \ye]farc, ajvd.pr,ogress of our regiment. We left Berwick City, La., the morning of the eighth, and took our way westward. Onr route lay along the intended track of New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western railroad, whose present terminus is Brashear City. The appearance of the country is dull and uninteresting.The land is low and swampy, cane Appearing to be the only profitable production. We reached Franklin on the 9th. This is far the most beautiful town I have seen in the Southwest. We passed New Iberia ~ the morning of the tenth, an old [. place—inhabitants exclusively French (I Creoles, and intensely secesh. The | face of the country here changes. We now entered upon the immense'sitr* *eedprairies of southwestern La., and Texas. We reached Vermillion,inLtlitliSmaiTPPlt;Baifsn:SS€aid;Vtlfab.wCl0lt;f(La., and encamped until the 15th.[ \ Wo here came up with the 1st and j 13d division of our corps. On the j 15th while here the Ohio and Iowa i-1 troops cast their vote for Governor. r* i I send you, enclosed, the Ohio vot* B 1’ I in our corps. Vermillion is an old|P French town, with no pretensions to 1 | beauty ir* any point of view. The scarcest articles in market now, are It 11 oval t}' and something to eat. On r- j the morning of the 15th, our Brig-?e ! ade received orders for the front, inr : convoy of a large train of supplies ^n61a.Vtt8ie | for the 19th corps which was on- . x’, camped some 18 miles ahead. We .It i *„ traveled over the same tract of urni- i1a* j• • . * |vi rie land as in our previous inarch., r ..i_---It. ------ .. 11b Herds of wild cattle and horses oc-t1cc11casionally hovered near, but kept — out of range. We passed some line ,r_ | plantations, but none such as we see 0. j in Mississippi and northern Louisana. 3Cj | The tents of the 19th corps appeared j in sight lte in the day, and leaving j : them our train wc moved on to the 1 front. Our Brigade was now in the m j extreme advance, and once more in 1 the neighborhood of the enemy. We cc • posted our pickets aud rested secure | ly For several days we have been|€ rrtis • lying here in the edge of the prairierati*rcabout 9 miles from Opelousas.— There has been a little skirmishing ! every day between our pickets and 9 [ the enemy’s. Yesterday they made a dash on onr pickets, killing twosid 1Ista11. and capturing seven of the 46th Ind.' AM I A * JThey do not appear in strong, but j ** J • 1 i , 11aseirtrai^ j merely hoveling arouud our flank to j note our progress and capture trains ty . if possible. We are awaiting the :ic j coming of the balance of our corps l,c ; when we will again move forward,□i-our corps probably taking the ad-j vanec. Our commanders seem to ‘ have a great deal of confidence in our j1’corps, and well they may, for in jcmanv a bloodv tight the old 13th has j 1s** shown itself worthy of confidence. ;!: • * ! 1is j Wc will move on to Opelousas, ami i * then, if Gen. Banks does not change j his mind, westward to the Sabine..6u-hitty From all the accounts I can get, the |gt rebs have a force of near S.000 in ;H immediate vicinity, and a few thous-ra-aml more at other points. They have ,n’; plenty of subsistence, and wilt, asj1 ,e . our forces advance, in all probability * -1 retreat into Texas. If our forces th ■ come down the Bed river country, fie ; La., will be freed from armed rebels, y! 1 Dick Taylor is at present under arid j rest for disobedience of orders and,t Gen. E. Kirby Smith is commander ! * I, ! in chief. We have force sufficient [-Ft0 . in our corps to wipe him out. The j1 fy% IOth corps is commanded by Maj.j*: Gen. Ivankin. The divisions of our'0Jl corps have been consolidated and its j . ; present organizations are command-;1'cr Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Urd, 1st !a1 ♦ division, Map General C. C. Wash- ^e.burn, 2d division, Gen. Herron, odjc division, Gen. A. P. Hovey, 4th di- t( e vision. Brig. Gen. S. S. Burbridge. d h The health of the men is remark- |t; e ably good. It rained last night hard, j d ,1 am afraid the rainy season will jr 5 soon set in and then it will be. e^ ; OHIO VOTE IN loTU ARMY COIU*S.hl -Brough. Yello wjiammer.tlt;1(a6lt;196th, 227 3 j56th. 165 51lf 42-1 224 6'*! 120tb, 8o 41»! 114th, 7$ 21e | Ifith, 1515 23I-; 17th, bat. 40 7I si'bo oofoCla;P T d1,131 172.This vote is strictly correct. I went to each of the regiments and f(got it mvself. In the S3d Ohio, j e i Pugh run 10 votes ahead of Vallan- } u.e j digham.; Yours truly.hi»wJ. II. McCouncK. {tc
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