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taw, i fit'tiled out, sated forII%Letter from the Seventy-fifth.below theinmatuier-othersutinenhud flt;i Testedeveryt lieve trl hre.M,*rve, orf drafting.1AOK80XVUXK, Fla., April 3, M4.Editor Mkssi:nci:u — Nothing hascall tiicui transpired of late in this Department to ivasion or alleviate the sameness of camp life, until by tluhern to be yesterday, when we were made the happy • in all.recipients of orders for a scout. In less! nAS than fifteen minutes after receiving the 5 in era h. order we were in line and inarching out ! \oy ^\Xi-■m ••• ^ ^A _ *1 if'ion, if, in °f camp. We had marched about j mercypure* if, j six miles along the Jacksonville and ;• j ion, oi iin - 'Piillahasse U. II. without any interruption jwhen our cavalry ndvr .re was stu hlenl v1 atanv j4iuf the Na-icreof, by I| and m5be trojDr.v or bat-1 brought to a “ stun ! still/ on account of! \^n p;obstacles in front which appeared to be of son ‘MJrev Hacks.” tbir regiinent was im-ervicc or au*e con-J out, and j mttdiately deployed as skirmishers, and,C moved forward. The “ Itebs99 filed auir place, pproju ia • is passed meet this .iiti;t i/ll. e author*iv incase %e tivice,salute as soon as we came in range whichIhis pa linns,the brebels.fort wwas promptly letnrued by our boys, as bluff tthey joessed forwaid. About that time lums»t i j • . »• out tintuo i oaor. became d*lt; i !c 11 v interesting.The bl;i 11!, shaip whistle ot the ininnieball unobstructed by the roar of a generalcontin w it hoiDr. Fiw in force.the public; engagement and the 1 noi rous aspect of dim s j*01110 I oor fellow as he would (in haste mi‘!If 1 , A • V, * • ‘ p I • ' * lt;.* m to glt; tovvYuid, ) pnmgo into tome *r4li! the vi\ grass and become sudde-uK immersed to corn! it1 thenimpit% ir» the swam.*—prod need quite j and i ; a dramatic sensation.They had a heavy line of kirm!h; rs•» _ g ;i Wand accrued deter mined to contest lt;verycomes tource, but *v(• l found otter fromford a In* to! thanI then jinch, but it was of no avail, as they soon little \ found out, and beat a basis retreat. W e at bini m n mg ocUl/o, but c our read-followed them closely until they weie ‘etuin safely lodged with tledr reserve in a good 4 01 °an soldier md in theplied at amission to 1 Ids sum-natural position for defence. It wu not thought piudent by den. Ames to pursue them any further, consequently we fellback slowly and joined the 109 N. V. V. who were onr'reserve and then leturnodted; b the v*he 1,clIt was that ( rebelst tto camp. We eaptmed twenty-five or ||lf. nthiitv head of cattle, some horses, ex-1 him that * , .* . . ,I posed t heir position, ana caused a geiier-Id out welh . . . . . ... *fort, aInsoldier »g the jus-losing thea! alaim in tlieir camp, with a loss of on )v one of our men wounded. The t inner ul com| limented (Jol. Han is vei y high-Twon howithIv for the manner in which he conducted conspthe skiunish, and he also spoke fuvoiably lt;flicciof the men, remarking that they went in , and slooks ot bnivvlv, and that he wished ail the regimg «army, in-Tlic sol-ilrankw i \ esion of hoi nicnis in lids department were composedof like material.i he enemy seem inclined to make it made . . dangMous for steamers and gunboat* to and t!entc i - j (bt liver, on account of torpedoe*. pened{ A few mornings ago the steamboat Ma-j idea o awakened plo Deaf mu on to one about twelve miles of ourloot* bln 111* l*‘H liver, and was blown up. It j tnomeraided her three or four feet out of the j hoard water, smashing in her bow and sinking soup i her immediately. Five lives were lost.n anted.—tt in* wlt;»red awing your j The remainder of the eiew and passenger* Frotlsaid thewe will* outside ii» ht i fie rob-Nkireceived no damage except a good drench i ing in the river. She had aboard almost armv all tin) baggage, camp and garrison lick h cunippagc if (ion. Foster’s bt^^igadc, j p,eeec j which w as abaut all her cargo* She waso the sol-1 returning from i'ulaski, whither she hadtin rot oh ’ conveyed a regiment of sohliers. It wasJ very fortunate that the accident did••Set llic i iiinot occur as she was upward hound, Chapi them, and » fur the mortalitv would have been fear- i (ShornA rmyiivitransfien.nidtheaoi- fully laige, a» the only assistance near Grcgfi s directed; Nvas the small bouts she tnuied. 1 l*c ; JVemen w,pj (jelteial is oiguiii/Jng several boat ciowfti receivcd into thelor patrols on the river, r.hich w ill pro-1 (deneiifound! v« ut 11k«* M currcutui*. j (Jcuerul Seymoui lias been relieved. jn tba’ «aid the) from commainl here, and fieneral Hatch and ahas taken hi* place. Of the relative merit of the two we are not well infonrfed,, and it would not he advisable for us toy had been j comment up^n it, if we were, (ieneialthe throat.uld spare!a hittTinDahhcauselard life of all ahe hadthi* promHatch gained some laurel* during fien. chiistTheHope's short but eventful campaign inVirginia, by making a laid in the \iein-11went. . . it v of lt;i ordnnsv ille. He was command- baa cl™ itig cavahy at that time,hi her, ic.’lj ImproveiuentK uie stiU^ojug on here.brightThewring aim | We have a paper published here called arrivelining rob-,other * hotthe Feiiinswia.Skvkxtx -rtFTtt.Thti('arol
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 21, 1864
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