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VO],. 4. WASmFrom the 90th lt;hio Regiment 11From Ou t. Itou t f ompnii*v/ A mi* Xkah Louisville, Ky,) 1Thursday, Sept. 11th, 18U2. iMEditor Herrld:—In compliance with 1the w ishes of several members of Capt.M It. Howe’s company, 1 have consentedto send an account of our adventures, forpt blication in your valuable paper. ButW 4* ~as I arn a mere novice in the art of writ*;j inj* communications for the press, I hopeylt; u and voar readers wiil lia\e charity** menough to overlook all grammatical er-Vtrors, and also my plain, off-hand -tyle, for a1 im not given to piling on the hiahjalu- vten.vAn the firt inarch of the “Ferocious cNinetieth was attended with consid- 11erable exc itement, and as your humble acorrespondent is one of the excitable okind, I forgot to take any “notes by the sway,’’ con-cquently 1 have failed to re-member a great many (*f the date, names ■of places and distances, together with| many other noteworthy items, all of 0* tJwhich are very essential to the interest of ha letter. But 1 will do the best I can r!under the circumstances. nW o arrived in Cincinnati on Saturdaytmorning (date forgotten) about daylight, 1and between 7 and 8 o’clock, were fer- 0ried across the Ohio to Covington. The ucitizens were very kind to us, and pre-pared a good breakfast for u in the mar- vk 't-Uouse, which had ample justice done to it by those of the “Ferocious.” The eregiment was put on board a train about n8 o’clock I*. M., and started for Hexing- aton, Ky., where we arrived Sunday morning, a little after sunrise. We were *'marched to a grove to the northward ofatown, where we remained until after v'noon, when we were marched to a campnnear the Fair Ground, at the southernextremity of the town. And here ourtrials ^commenced. That evening there 11came up a very heavy rain—in factatierfect deluge. The rain came down the 1hear way, and no mistake; and there werethe bovs ot the 9lt;Hh, with nothing toushield them from the driving storm hut ^their overcoats and blankets, and nothingvhereon to lie except our mother eaith.elt;But although the sleeping arrangements ™were very poor, and tlie eating arrange-ninents ditto, (having nothing to eat butaera kers,) yet 1 heard not a word ofomplaint from any one, further than itva- a “pietty good h ginning for a greenregiment to make.” ^Monday morning cleared away beauti-ni’ul and pleasant, and a cup of warm cof-fee tended greatly to revive and .strengthon tie All remained quiet in camp tinuil about 4 o’clock I*. M., when the word 8ame that our pickets had been driven in, ^and that the rebels were within five miles ’of iih in force Then confusion reignedsupreme. Teams were loaded and shovedout in short order, and troops were hast*r—ilv formed in column and moved off on {quick time, when the retreat commenced ain earnest. We marched a distance of ’12 miles that night, and halted at daylight, at a place called Versailles—a per- °feet scceh hole, bv the way. After re- nfreshing ourselves with a little breakfast :the principal portion of which consist- *»ed of crackers—we again advanced to- ^ward Frankfort, where we arrived in the cevening, foot-sore and hungry. And here 0we met with a hospitable Union-lovingset of people, who contributed largely to vour watns, by giving us plenty of water,and good bread and meat. We encamped 11in the liver bottom, to the South-east of htown, many of us without blankets or lt;*overcoats.oOn We Inc- lav morning we were calledup very early, and*were on the road before nsun-rise, and marched tlt;* within about 4 imiles of Shelbyville and encamped forthe night. At about 10 o’clock A. Mawe passed through Shelbyville, seatjustice of Suelby county, lids is cei - itainlv one of the most beautiful towns I*ever beheld. It has many fine buildings,and is well situated. Besides this, it isfilled with whole-soled, Luion-lovingcitizens, who kindly supplied us withnedibles, and good water as we passed ythrough. An for pretty girls, (“Godsave the mark!) those who profess to begood judges, say they never before saw 0as good looking girls, nor as many ot f,them, as they saw here. Vlpe la Shelby- xHit! 1 am going to settle there. 1i* . _afive miles behind us, a courier brought jAfter leaving this beauthnl town aboutthe startling intelligence to our Generathat the rebels were in Shelbyville withtartillery. The General concluded to ^make a stand, auc give them some sort .of a reception. Accordingly the troopswere halted, and placed in positions com- tmam! mg the road, the cavalry consist- 1... .. —i___ing of two or thre** regiments—wete ^entback to me! by vibe, and ah the teamswere sent a lies b I ‘dUth was d.awn |
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Washington Fayette County Herald
Washington, Ohio, US
Thu, Sep 25, 1862
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