Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-09

Y ~ uOWI Fp190ly Inte5eesI PS1S
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brother in This cfty, We have bseS pr
mitssd to publish for general inSormar
tios. W. hope TO hear from the ZANE
correspondent often:
WAnueson ClsY. Nay "a. lesl.
DsAs Bsorasa ED:-I suppose you
have heard before this, that I started
tos war With the Lynn Light Infantry.
We LEFT Lynn on Toesdsy morning. DE
18th Of April, and vent to Boston and
quastsssd in Fanueil Hall till Thursdsy
afesnoou, when ~ took the csrs for
New York City, and arrived there the
next sosning. and had brsakfast 1t the
Astor House, and then left for Philadel-
phia, ssd arrived there 1t night and had
supper At the Continental Hotel. oppo-
! site the Gerard House, which 10 closed
now. The next morning We started tor
Baltimore, and when We were going to
start, W found ont We could not 60
through, but We left Philadelphia and
vent - far - Havre de Grace, and jost
before W got there, ~ received ten
rounds Of cartridges apiece, and loaded
our muskets and heard . report that
there we're $1,000 troops from Mary
land, going to clean ~ ont. There
we're but 500 in our Regiment, the 9Th.
1t made some Of them feel blue, ] can
tell you. But when we got there, there
was not . soldier to Be seen. So much
for that battle. From Hsvrs de Grace,
Ne took the steamer Maryland, and
started for Annapolis NO first went 70
the Chesapeake Bay, opposite Annapo-
liz, and got tho trigate Constitution,
stationed there for the Naval Academy
nee. W. had just got her we'll under
tow, when We both vent aground, and
come to fod out the Pilot VA . Seces-
sionist and done it on purpose. W.
laid aground for two days, and . tough
time We had of it; nothing to eat but
raw salt pork and hard cracker, and not
enough of that either, and VI were
without fresh water tor t~hirty-six houre.
I'll bet l drank . gallon of salt water.
At last, We we're landed It the Naval
Academy's Ground, and had On hours
rest, when the L. L. /. and ! Marblehead
Company were detailed to 60 and take
the depot and engines aud cars and
road leading to Warrington, which We
did, and kept it for two days, and then
some other companies we're ordered to
relieve rs, and the Eight Regiment
we're ordered to 60 in the next train for
Washington. These oars were mostly
baggage and dirt cars, and We bad to
ride on them, but it was much better
than marching. When VI had got
about halt way, We heard , report that
. lot Of troops from Baltimore we're COM
ing to take Annapolis Junction, . very
important point in possession of our
troops, and there were not but about
".as 49, ~" IVA 0.'onsu 1s1Kiusent
there, 90 We had to camp on : field
where the ground was ~ VET % sop,
and how We kept from getting cold, l
don't see, but We came out oil right
without having . fight. The next morn
ing we left for Washington, where We
now are qusrtered. The L. L. /. are
quartered in the old Senate Chamber.
l am sitting in S. A. Douglas seat writ
ing this letter to you, which is quite an
honor, We have the Senate Chamber
to write in ; all the companies do. After
We arrived here, our Regiment did not
get anything to eat for t~hrty-six hours,
and if We had not had money to buy OF
niggers, We should have been devilish
near starved. W. gave our Quarter
master the worst blowing up he ever
had. A. F. Ingalls,, OF Lynn, is Quarter
master of the hight Regiment OF Massa-
chusetts. The New York Seventh Reg
iment gave 10 q dinner, and it was :
good one too, and some Of our compa-
MES made speeches, and said that it was
= shame to Massachusetts to have her
troops fed by the New York Regiment.
They gave US the dinner out of pity, for
We had done the hardest service, and
not having anything to eat it was rough.
The New York Seventh Regiment have
treated the Massachusetts, militia tip
top, and they will always be remembered.
On the way from Annapolis to Annapo-
lie Junction, we caught Eve fellows tear
ing up rails on the road, and they are
nov in jail here, waiting trial. Day be-
fore yesterday. we we're sworn into the
United States service for three months.
Our pay is eleven dollars . month from
Government, and nine from Massachu-
setts, making twenty dollars . month and
found, aud the State owes % tor Is days
service to them At 81 : day. l can't
think Of anything more to write now,
90 I will close. by bidding you good bye.
From your brother, HARRlsoN.
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