The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-12-12
From the S. C., Son of Temperance.
Sketches of the Palmetto Regiment.
DY a. MEMBER.

sunny land OF my hearts loved home.
during which time have journeycd. by
land and water, 2,2O0 miles, aud have
stood the taigues Of camp life better
than | could have expected. have not
been seriously i'll dav since | left horpe
but on the contrary, INV health has i'm
proved. When left homo NV trl,uds
had very little hope of ever seeing me
again As my health Was delicate and my
bodily strength qu;e feeble. but have
Ived through /. all, while the he,lthy
and robust faded and died around m.
like the leaves Of Autumn.
we nave plenty To .eat--aonewhat
rough but wholesome. Oar princiraI
diet consists of sea biscuit or piio, bread
when the folks at home would cal, cold
wd!eI cr0cker3,- coffee, rice, mess pork
AID beans. We have nov been on tho
Island Of LoHos since the i,h nst,-thcre
are II vessels in the htrbor this uoruIn.s
and others ar" constantly arriving
lhls, iorm'ry lonely and desoia,e spot,
where only pirate ship ora coaster
would occasionally anchor or pAss in
S'ghI' now reminds one of the harbor
and crowded mart Of some ropr.ou< sen,
port town, sUch as Charleston or Mobile
saw the Louisiana Regiment dull,
ili. morning url.r L,o o,,,.,,,.,.'i -,
Lieul. Cal NrL- Il,.Tf.,l. ,I' I-.,,
~ well as III. p.Ipa,rn.s ,la,. '.,.,
move ~ qu'ckiy, and with ;ha, irunt,.
solder like tread, aud their Officers do
uo, spc.,k Ni,h Tia, ,iG. nnJ n'.,,,..,
that ,..r, 10. Tln,. ara ,u !, L...,.,.,,,I
blue uniform. and IN tina, r,,,;r,r,r I,,.
outshos us As unr, i, the r,ar.n = :
blue, Az! sumea h.y SHED -, ,r,., .T..r
mra dill M, ;,rp..,, s,,.Y Y.~f,.r..r.,..
- ours. phlY "a nv S,,., ,'r,.i' ,nr n,T
motto m,i.Iice m,oat i,y. bnI s.'o,.
thing to do with tins,
y-, ~,
"'''"y' REQ 10 very Mite "i note
= N''e' W '''s 'H''''''' |" cay some I.
= '''' "'H" part "' I"e Ne"
'''''n' "'''''" 20 ""y' ana "'e
W., w. '''''"- '"''' camp Sf"n"1 Q" the
',' ,..'' ~ '''' '>'t""' nave no' visit
;,..,,.t ~ '1'' e'' "u' | was near 'I'
oN'," "''''' ,"'! '"""'"' ihey were
,' ""'''' ''''"' anu "!!r"'ed - DC stout
,,, ;"
- - '"e "' 'a'"'" ""ee |" gay, q
no vL.,,,ii,,I ''" - o'iP''
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;. ,,,aoi,.I,.I.o '>' '',' A. '"'S ",,"''' II"
.uJ on,nmnIy T.; -. ,,',-.. ,,,.,'' % N'''''
otI.rsJ 49,. ,l,.a j., H.. i.', ,','
| pl,J,y ,c,.',.J 40 ,h.,,i.,.
sGern ON ,,r,. ,u.,..d ., ,IaN.i -
We en-, a kind or small r.eJ ,I,',.t ..,.'. ,''',.
unor the L,.ch mad s,,a.l !, ,,' -
hn,r ~ ,I,. I'm, ,I.;,J, -, ~
die,s and ,n,Ja ,oj.raLI, o,n,c''..I
beds, with two LIn,,ke,s - ,ov.r
Col Ruti.r l,,..J ,ha oui...,....,.l
and gav. ,ram anita L,a,,,,
ren,ssne.s in Ju,t and I,xno.s - l;a,;.
line. At La,r,,,on p,r,d,. H.. C'Jnna,
demanded Of each C.n,.,i,, ,L, ,,y,',.,
number Of his men than on dr,r a,,.;
none bn, C,p, BIond;ng ot ,Lo CE,,I"s' H','
ton Company coulI o;yo ,he r.,n;,oJ :,
krus,i,n C,I y .T.,o H.. a,L',. 49,,
l,ius . >.,,,b,r,, I,..,H,a .,,I ,L.s,,l,
to pu, tnem into ranks and n,ye ,ba
command 10 lL.ir ,nh,,,I,,,,,s ,,i,
might perform their du,v L.,,,r H.
now makes ,l. ,fircrs ,oL9 m.L,,. .,I
JuIi .yerv morri,,, t,r ona t'>.
which be thinks they will Le better onai
flied to drl. their companies.
UcdneyI,,y, F,1. l7-CI r,l.,
seems Determined IA raLe .nI,I;o,s - no
OF the fist water, and camn di,c,n,,na is
becoming more rigi1 every Ian w.
were drilled for three hours 10 Jav ~
mo,, all the wLI,e =, carry a,ms G','a
Of The mems hands and vri.,s unrs'o
swollen from holding their Lcayv mn,ks,s
IN one position so loug that ihey cn,I,,
scarcely use them the next J,y Il !,
one continued round Of drill and t,Ign.
duty from day,iqLt ri,l J,,r nr.l., 7L.
scofching RAYS Of a troricaI sur Nr In,
ties as Hospital Steward ~. no, S. arJn.
Gus, 1r which promotion am irJnh,si
TO Dr. Dayi. our Repiu.rtal Sur,r.,n
lie returned home from tie CITY Of Nsv,.
co not long after the surrender and d;eL
Of disease Contracted in ,he camn nm