As a body of able, serviceable men, they will certainly compare well with any regiment in the service. They are progressing rapid1y in the pro ficiency of drill . About a month was spent at Camp Duncan in drilling and equipping for the field. The weather was exceedingly rainy resulting in much sickness. A detachment of the regiment a few days since crossed into Missouri and captured a lot of rebel prisoners.
Private letters give assurance that the boys are all well - none in the hospital .
The Morgan County regiment is still at Cairo, engaged in performing guard and garrison duty. It has been especially retained there for that purpose . While the 101st .Regiment was thus occupied at Cairo, the Con federate general Pemberton was fortified at the Tallahatchie River and occupied Holly Springs, Miss., and Vicksburg was still in Confederate hands. By this time General Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, had begun to plan the campaign against Vicksburg. So long as that city and its environs were in Confederate hands free navigation on the Mississippi River was impossible.