The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-09-19
From the s. G., Son of Temperance
sketches of the Palmetto Regiment
BY A, MEMBER.

and thriving little place with some trade,
EooL many stores, aud between 800.
ana 1000 inhabitants. We eat and
drInk, aud rambIed over town till abou,
O'Clock III the afternoon, when the AS
SEM" y was sounded, aud all put undcr
marc',ng orders. We proceeded only
about four miles out of iG@n, aud pitched
our tents for the urght.
On "Wednesday, the 9Th Of January
We struck our tents about sunrise We
marched about eighteen mics tha, day
toy 4 O'clock, l. NJ, which BROUGHT rs
within III mles OF West F,.u,. IN Tropp
County. l became very hu.yry today.
and as II WAS not oui custom 20 be hal.
TED Tor dinner, pushed ahead together
with some two or thee others aud chant
ii O'Clock We took the responsibility #
haItng without orders.
We stopped at the house OF widow
lady 10y tho name of Howell, aud AS she
sceiued TO be well 10 do IN The world, we
ordered dinner, which WAS forthcoming
III very short time, ana n most excel.
lieut. dinner iywas She at first refused
to take any pay bu, We insisted, arG at
lasi sue Consented TO take, the sun Of lJ
cents apiece, which We readily paid
shall long remember Mrs. lloNe.; for her
Kindness toward, US that day We told
her We would cali rs We came back. and
she PROMISED 10 have better dinner Tor
us on oar re,uru. The advance OF our
buIaIirUu bad p"sscI the house White wc
were at dIuuer tut th, Cuou iaGN shut
the iroEt door, ana CupCC.' eel us from Ge
tec''On. We hurred off before tic rear
guard came up, and thus went scot free.
walked az day on rather q forced
march, and carried my gu" aud kuap
sack, without more than .rIIr"ry fatigue.
attributed 1t TO the dinner, and tie
hours rest. Ny feet were Considerably
bhstei,d aud also my sEuu.d from ihr
constant chatting OF ny gun aud knap
sack. We pl ched our tents about dark,
and after hasty supl er, we sept with
oct rocking, and ENJOY eel u nlgn.'s repose
which the pampered sous of wealth who
s.cep on bed, ot down have never kuuAn
We Ief' the camp rext morning re-
ireshed aud IN hgl spmi.s, buoyed up
with PROMISE tha. We woud b" Al
lowed to stop and dine AZ West Point
which was ii mics ahead. Tins Is Il
small town built on bo,h SIDES Of the
Chnttahooche RIVER, some distance
above where the rlver divides ihc State
uf Georgia tom that OF AIabama. We
made a pretty brisk march, "nd cro>srd
the river about twelve o'clock. Scvera,
OF US were fortunate enough to get dinner
AZ tie R,udoph House, KEEP: by Mrs
i!ass, but il was very scanty, and rather
n snatch game, wasi.ed down wi,h bad
whiskey.
Alter rambling over towr, looking At
the pubic burIdinss, aud OTHER cufoSIues,
and picking up cnickeus and OF ers reg
etdbtcS, We responded to the call OF our
respective officers, and prepared for the
start. We marched about four nj cs,
and encamp"d IN Cham bers County. Ala
Goodlet and Earle, TWO OF my compan.
rous tiom Grreuv,!le, belonging TO ,he
same company, (G) got permission Of
their 'fticeIs To stop over night with an
old friend who lived near by. And Ell
wed them their comfortable Lerth, for it
Mas certainly the coolest night that ever
blew south Of the North Pole. Wa, on
guard. and built two large fires and
walked III! post between 'hr'n, ana had
very near! "o%'h al '""s' "hhe noe
." d"ly' @ot Sn'tches OF sleep 10y a
camp hre' on 'h' 'r"zrn Sr"n"H' with no
covering ""' IN! lrn'e'.'hS c,""S'
f''oay' 0"m o"-o'r"cE our tents
'"'o 'hU'"'"g before sun t'se' ana co"
,nehced our 'n"rch on the frozen ground
we m"ue E" ""'ch 10 u"y "' 10 miles,
al All" 'e"c"eo camp ~ 9"''e a' ear! h"nf'
me 'ho'"'hg WAS c'e"f COZ" ana ''oS'l'
~" '"e Ton" 'f""Th "s h'" "S S'o"e
pavement, we passed '"V H'"Sl' ,"%"'
'o'd"!' c""'u O""'se'" a"u M"u"' 'e'ef
son. al Inc '"''er OF "h'cn' 'he CITIZENS
treated Us 10 o"'re' "' N"f'h Int"''""
"n'Shey' "h'Gh we 'Mo"ght very nue. AT
,T"S' 'o' So'ue'S we .e'' with u'"".
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