Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-02
. liz Camp bear Alton, Ills !
June 81 IS6i

DEAR SIGSAL:--AlIhuugh not Your
"SpecIai." II has occurred t. me that n
bret description # rur journey hers, and
# ""ur camp, might Interest you and your
readers. Vel We started, a. ynu Enu W,
nn the 18Th with the kind adIeu ard earn
eri prayer oil the god y, opie of joliet
Aud owing tn the excellent arrangement Of
cur c"nmis>ary. and the cl..se attention If
the Agent of Z 4 & 81. L. K K We all
arrived here In safety.
Our whole way, till we reached Alton,
was a splendid ovation Coz auerers re-
turning with the spnils of war upon them
could not have met with mure hearty greet
ing- Old ladies, ynung ladies ana little
misses JnIned their fathers, husbands ard
brothers 10 shouting US along. The female
Seminary located AT Monticello, turned out
IN force tu cheer Us. IL seemed indeed fl,
that town whose name suggests, by ar-n
cIatlun, the immortal author of our giuri
Gus Declaration If lndeIei deuce should be
patrl"tic.- But, l am sorry 10 sag the cIty
u Alton seemed no way inclined L. JON -.
the grand sSPl If National en,hu-rasnI
G. ming up irrm every town, farm hDuse,
e"Trheic aud shan'y along our way IL IL
whispered that too many traitors are in the
cfy. bat IT this. | canhut raw. Well, We
ave SriiH & s.'meW hat d.micil.ted IN cur
~" quarters, ItImuI'P ~ sfy.e aud ac-
e 'uIn,"'iatIuis were the dw rIlIn.s 81 the
P,rrIarctis # old
OuI greatest lack is gncd water the
heath 1T ''ur regiment l. good The Iu. -
seTi"us difhrufiy has been my SIRE tin.-rs
aHo h>ii b lie rTr SuythS surgrnn nr.d
your c'TretPsH'irnt eGlTHc'rd from Il sui
dieTs iht"sr ihls morning. There IRE en-
canrci here l.e~Ides u, the ljth regiment.
vi. Turner mIGaLdirg the I'm. CT
k"s>, AID the IIecSer regiment. pad =
visit to tue German hoyS yes;esia., a..d
f'Ui q them nohe lDukirg set e rncn -
Vol. hrcser seems every Iurh a solder
Inc INST night here. he was u 81 M ~ tii..
"h"le night, insiTucfiug IA Ecrsnn Ills zen
tluel-. TIE are Vel j >Ihure ui te,.r>
making shift WIN Ei.HsriS. ard Tie
hraHches ai trrer L. b. o., tiIy,,sS, ;yr> -
The hia'e old e." rer.IcI 81 T., tl.tr de-
utui'"n, thar they we're ou u .;,p-cii de.
l lost To- say "o, not ~ II v,u tiyIt isr ,ur
haE, y'u s..aii be our i,rpihers, I.Iut beIrs
Ia cur inheritance with us Our b W are
AL d"Irg well. ard our rficrrs aI.t,ear r,rry
way equal 10 their duJIe~. Cart Burl,s.,I,
has not yet arrived here. Capt uiia.r-
brant l. making u noble ihc-r HIS ur,,
are mucn attacked t. him Z l. Marsh j,
winning the cunti :ence & h. command
lie boys all say, lead as oH - Mis- mi.
on on, I" The Baize. Ne are renGy. And
Ivy the way let me tell YOU, that yes.e,dav
Cart- Hiderbranr, FrI,bIe aid WIir
WIN detachme' L. each. marched tu the
Mississippi Tor n grand undress bath. then
II was that your Correspondent pIayed t,,r
LIST Lieutenant, earned the Dena-cus bladc
AID stripped lett" The boy. ,n,.k NJ.
MiH>IS-ipTI ia tho name IF The L = ard
shook their fists ut Mirsnuri AID 90 en-
thusiasuc were We all, thxt Cart. u,lder.
nrhnt mace "A grand mimic charge on Car,
ff'Stie, up l. their chiur Ia wafer. X
hv's lost But. Mr.. Sigral. will elise
my J9tiugs. We are sli Larpy ard Gu,
rented, although some often ray. we an. mot
"a Camp u odei!. with lis glurI us .rriry.
h"pe The 10Th regiment will be E,u,'n
. guar I" their responsibilities, ard .bat ].
let viii hot be ashamed OF Ter rerresent,
tIyes ir "
Yours for our whole country.
CHAPLAIN.