The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-08-26
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Mr DEAa SIS: 1 sflEisei ypu Of sur
srrlSsI hese. soan Ser i OrrnFrsss. and a
lhal time ialendrd 20 bare sent yHu lie
Enonllly lis q deeds Up e lie isl isiSl
lfom Ii Nsy. IN de Nrsimenl boz Is -
sl.e repairs we're nos then IN. cosld No.
now cory lie llsls Of Msy and june for
yan, bat - tlae lisi g rather = Tong one.
must omit al sxeepI the Company "a
uhirh shry beianged.
In lle mnnlh ol May. lheEe died be-
longing 70 campsny A. canwAnd' 4 ~
Isl Lieut.. j.. :. Pender-Jnrl y. Bras.
well. Jackson gAtgrrs. III. fhonIas AVig-
gins, William Abrams. Miiiiarn Edwsrds.
John n. Schultz. Reuben Horn. Com
pany b. unier Capt n. RaherIs, JArs-
son Daniel, William Sykes. Elijah Riyea-
back. James Peel. James Whii6rd. John
A. Boyt Company G.. under Capt. NJ.
Sliive-none. Company ID. under Capt.
r.. Rlalork-Thos. Buller. cnnpany o.
under Capt. w. 5. Dugsan--flardy q.
l.. Calhoun. I.emHel Wren. James q.
Bame.. Jaseph PrOciOr. William Griffin.
compan, +. under caFa. Geo. William
san, Myles Bnyee. MnI. III. Glssgow.
Company G. under Capt. y. VI. Henry
none. Company ~. under Capt. VIM.
III. Pnee-cllas. II. Ulley. Company
I. under capt. Mm. Y. krrkpsnick-
Vim. W. WlIloughby, Elias Jnlfes. And
Company X, under cspI. l.. q. Upton
none. Total "a. sa@--t ss.. -~@
Daring the month of June. Company
4 lost Dempsey Hicks, Henry Bell. YIN.
W. Amsson. Company B-williamson
Hicks. Company C--WiIliam MelIuf.
fie. Company D. George Hershey.
Company E-euillanl JuyneI, George
Lowe. Company F-Yancey Carver.
REM. cosand. RrlIad X Wight. Jas.
NJ. Chandler. j. A. Gox. Jeremiah Brad
shear. Henry Roland, Jr.. j. II. Thomp-
son. Company "a Robert j. Sapp.
Danirl HALL. WIN. Scott Company L.
ID. j. Melvin. jas ". Josey. Company
k---none. Total 22-Aggregale 30. q
Out Of This large number, NOE than
iwo.t lin,ls have died Of the Dianhga. so
prevalent and so fatal in this county,.
The others have fallen victims about
equally between Measles, Pneumonia.
Epilepsy and Typhoid Fever. We have
about 100 men now sick. left in the dIf.
ferent Hospitals from is.place to Bra>
gus. and il is believed we have lnsl many
thai were leli behind, of whirh We have
no Official account as yet. We now have
presen, for duty, 400 non-comnis stoned
officers and priva,cs. and eighteen officer;
sick-nnn. commissioned officers and pri.
Yates, I37. officers. Is; lischargcd--n"n.
commissioned officers and privales, 81.
officers, 4. Total. 6GO-aggTegale, 700.
II is with feelings Of no ordinary cha.
racIer Of sorrow. ilfa, | have to furnish
You with such details OF our Regiment.
In the list Of mortality ave many brave
and noble spirits; and | hope il will be
some consolation TO their surviving and
weeping friends and relatives. 10 know
that they bore their sad fate with a lorti.
lude becoming The soldier. and received
every attention the nature Of the case
would admit Of. @ VII .s@.# 4aa'Ha af@a
. ThougI, The service rendered The Gov
eminent by The Regiment. las been Of
s"ch eharaeler as To elicit mn public an.
pause. vet its labnrs have been more Sc.
we're Ilnrn IL il had been i'm actual engage
menis with the enemy; and 10 has suffer.
rd as great a ioss by disease, as other Re-
gimenls 'lidin The hardest fought conflicts
Ofihe War. ss*@<E - aIt 81 eas 4
In day or so after had written nv
lasi, Lieut.. Col. Fsgg. with Capt. Tin
tons line mountain Ctmpany, and seve.
raj detachtnents, arrived in camp. They
had mot lost a man till they reached this
pIarr. hut regret 10 say they have since.
as also have several other corn panies. d
This is delightful spot. and il is liqrrI
to conceive Why il is so -ickly. Weare
surrounded on all sides by loIlv, rugged
Mountains. with constant and heahhfl
breeze Of fresh air, and nearly ia the cen.
Ire ~ The plain in which we are encamp.
eo' CUISINES Iorlh dozen large fine Springs
sufficient to furnish one Of Bonnparre's
largest armies with fine fresh water. T.. |
ven ~ mid 'dap, IN The sun, il is moi half
as hot as with you, and morning, eve |
n'ng and night, it is cool and pleassnt. /
In Tact, our nights are actually inyiqora.
ing and delicious-clIarmingly sweet. I
In truth, we pity you all. during youy I
opg sultry Summer days, with nor 4 /
,reail, II air. and dust enough To chnke /
he feho"s Of youF carriage " heels, while !
We are hire in a broad. open plain. wi,h
idt - tree, or shrub, or flower. /" ~ hreak
he in"nrtnny of our mountain breezps-t
'n+nrfcited by spicy dinners, regaino our.
elves upon the wholesomeness Of pickIcJi
'ork. smoked miti,Iling. and hard. bread
~ irl"edhocet. ifnot perfectly delicious.
o be soldier. am truly youss. .5 -
,7 III. . 80 ,@ A VOLUNTEER. !