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From the 90th Ohio.Is Camp NkakSk.v! h Si; !\ IYnn )Nov. 17th ls6*J. (Dear Herald:—We are truly igno-wranted what a day may bring forth, furin niv last letter I dated that we wouldprobably stay at Giassguw fora while,but the verv next dav, we were ou our• ^l|Froad for Gallatin, Tenn. On the 10thwe crossed from Kentucky into Dixieproper (Tenn.) from Gallatin, we tookthe Lebanon road and crossed the Cumberland river on the morning of the 12th,iuacold drizzling rain, and in the evening encamped on the left of the Lebanon and Nashville pike, but instead ofgoing to Lei anon as we supposed, wetook the pike in the direction ot ^ia divide, and were march** i intover Springs where it seems a g,!ner.l concentration of troops is going on, forwhen we, of Smith’s Division arrived,we found Wood’s and Crittenden’s corpsthere, this place is within about twentymiles of Nashville. The hii! on everyside of the roa I are whitened with tents,anil the place presents an appearancemore like a vast city than an encampment. Judging from the appearancp oftilings, I am led to the conditionsome great movement is onfog.btrong pickets are out on every side,‘andall the other necessary precautions aretaken to guard us against surprise. Thenemy is about, but in what force I amunable to say, but of one fact 1 am certain. Morgan’s band is prowling aroundcatching up our straglcrs, eve.The opportunities lor a poor private tolearmuch concerning the state of affairsis limited indeed. a - general thing hecan speak with certainty, only of thosethings that come under his own personalobservation, and for me to attempt togive all that I hear would be nonsense,therefore 1 lial 1 not guess at what weare likely to do, or what the enemy hasd*ne, or is doing, i t will only gN itI know to be true, and that withoutcomment. Of what is going on in campL can speak, aud to that I shall now turnmy attention.fti’he 90th is pretty well used up, on araverage, about half of the hoys are uiia hfor duty, the one everlasting, nn ■bangable diet is still going ou, which ol itselfais enough to make any well man sick.The men are constantly grumbling oraccount of our poor fare, but it bring*nothing better, if beef and beans atesuch liko were issued occasionally, iwould chang/the appearance of the seen*about the Surgeon’s tent door, when th*sick call is made.Yesterday morning we witnessed thfiri: t burial in the honors of war, it wathat of Shedri* k Wroten, of Captaiir Howe’s company; poor fellow, we comnutted his body to the cold grave, instrange land, far from home and friendsI where perhaps no other eye that eveknew him, will ever gaze upon the littlmound again, and we though who noxwill that mufiied drum beat my knellAla-! God alone knows. On lat I'mday Col. Ro's and (Apt. I ? 1 a * k and several others that we left sick at Crab Orelard, came op. The Colonel is not weyet, but thinks he will be able to keewith us.Our friends will direct their letters aI usual, to Louisville with instructions toforward to the reqiment.* mSOf our movements hereafter, I shall inform you.SNOOK
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Washington Fayette County Herald
Washington, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 27, 1862
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