Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-17
War Correspondence Regiment
CAxP LYON. BlRD's POINT, Ma
August 18th, I6ol.

August 18th, lSol.
EDS DxxocRAr AND Nkws.-Stncs NY isst. 81
you Of course know. w have bssn on the wing
and hsve 9 settled 10 little the hottest place OF
this continent. We left st 10. in o hurry, re
e.,ving marching orders at eleven o'clock. and
having our tents struck aud at the cars ready
TO 90 by th~m The companies we're oil oot
drilling when the order came. and when they
e,me in aud the word passed from one to sn
other to pack up for ashneton. regular
vhoop . ose from the whole camp; if you hsd
heard it you would have thou n, that thous
and Camanchss had broken loose. We though
IRE that we were going to Washington THE
time, and it suited US much. II took four
trains tor the regiment With oil our baggage
We arrived at Hspnihsl about noon Oh SUI
day, and the Toys torsook dinner and ever'
thing else for plunge 10 the Old Mississippi
The, all seemed to greet it like an old friend
they had been 60 long encamped on the Biz
MUDDY" they could appreciate the clearer va
ters Of the NJ -slssippi.
We embarked on the d. A. January. and
reached st Louis on Monday morni' 9 about 6
clock. We were quartered il the are. nal
grounds aud we're soon distributed around *
aiming ths buildings. artillery, shot, shell-.
etc There were large NUM- er Of ten incI.
shells, and some mortsrs. that we're captur 60
aud Home Guards there. and the 18th Iiiinoi-
regiment which had arrived the day before
The Home Guards are mostly Germars, sno
seemed to owD the whole srsenai. and LOOKED
upon US as iDtrudere.
Toward n'gnt sone difficulty arose bet weel
De OF the lysh boys mot one OF ou. reg g'men'
- reported In the papers aud soue Of th. Ger
N .ns Some Of our boys pitched IN" to her
t,e 18th boys, and tUr y few minutes handled
> ms OFT" Guards pretty rough. ssd for =
short time things looked fair iur . gcner |
tight. but il was settied by The Colonies OF tn.
different regiments. appearing on the grou. u
and ordering the men to their different qu =
,ers. j. W B'sse I. Of br,dge burning ho,orie.
~ was 10 command Of the post. and was com
piained OF good dea! by both officers snn
net. II. liked 10 show his authority by g.v.
my . good many foolish orders, such ~ rxQuir
tDk c commissioned otfcers to have y aes iruln
him b-tore they could pass the lines, ,snd many
others equally foolish.
We st.li 10 81 Louis iii Thursday morning
In The mssntims We were paid $40 back w
ge., which wss DOT tad 10 take, when We er.
ordered aboard. Company B's b,ys s.orc
they wonli not tax t"eir Old xuns they sal.
they had been promised new guns at ST. Louis
aud they wanted them. Some uf the other
companies also being Glow 10 getting aboard
Bi.seli rushed down Ia ,he river and ordered
the captain to push of. not even sllO wing
them to get their staging abovrd. aud leaving
ompauy b. and on sh"rs. and all lhs cook.
ing utensls Of moe II the compan es The boyr
all over tn. boat kept s,Dging cut, 'sh00t the
d-d old bridge burner" One Of our DO, .
(rais,ng h 9 grn at the same time) said, you
old cuss there is $500 offered for ,oLr ecslp
~ D,veDpors. end III hsvs it," But his be.
u+volent purpose was frustrated by one VI tue
officers OF another company taking his gou
from h.m.
We ran up to ST. Lou,s and io. ed he rest
of the fleet, " heu part Of our regiment vent
aboard ,hs War Eagle. Col. To,tls sA~ Gen.
Fremont aud told him he uId not maEs .
move ill he got new guns. Fremont a-sured
hi'u they were sb0ard one OF The bosts ,n th~
feet, aud that he should have them - soon ~
ws srrived at .uS destination. Tia, sa,,sfisd
IN. Col and ~ slsrte but stopped ~ IN.
Arsenal and took aboard the con-, snies left
there they oonrstted ~ 90 sttsr the new
guns were ~ 0misei
We arrived here on Friday. and next dsy
vent in'o camp in corn field, With the can
about three inc.ss deep all ov.r The wsssh.
er vas very not for . few days after We came
here, the Thermometer standing los IN the
sha'e 4 : two or three dsys. But for day or
too 1t has been COOLER With occasional chow
ere.
Your correspondent Of company B, is mis.
taken about Capt. Littlcr's having cou.uanj
Vt be rs. lUsot white Sc were st 81 Louis.
Col Tutsle "r Major Croker wss there ano 10
eommsod oil the time. zee iu your paper Of
The 9Th that you would like to know The rsa-
con company Bs boss deserting. Thsy 10.
90 idea thai th-y we're swcrn ia for Only three
months--a thing more than half Of the rexj
nent bsi'es-. from the fact that no time vsr
mentioned when We we're orn 10. our cath
bei z nothing more thsn the oath of sllsxispce
] understand also fsrm % - OF the members
Of that COM aoy, that they y. re- led on and
oounssled bv the Gssstees former eorrsspo d.
6ut aud Secretary 0. tue company, and hist
he had &c furl.ugh. sad u just % much de.
osrter % the rest ot the toye. Capt Bob
S,srt-d Tor st. Louis Fr'days night to bring
them down here 70 be1prisd. There vare two
Of our boys deserted 10 81. LOsls. one by The
name Of Gray. aud Tim our little drummer.
0esy ~ have heard seshios Of. bot ws hsar