Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-08

"y 0hO tuCy sustNAu WSA tIlC pos
of honor which has been ASST gne,
them. The Col. and his whole stat
have tho fullest confidence in then
as brave soldiers. We are very wei
drilled, and arm sure am not ex
|travagant in the assertion, that it j:
the best company for active service
in Virginia. I am still acting cap
tain, aud think there is not singl,
really discontente1 man IN ranks
Maj. Shivers made them little spe eel
the other day in which he remarked
that they "need have NO fears akou
him quitting them. For ~ sure a,
he was a living mnn, he would l..
found at his post in the hour of bat
tie to lead them on to victory ant
glory !" Whereupon nine long am
loud cheers rung through the encaml
ment, in honor OF this gallant soldier
lie is immensely popular with tn.
whole Regiment. And were there :
vacancy, he would he unanimously >
elected Col. The officers and me,
are loud in their praises Of him. Tel
-!l the. " ho entrusted their sons anC
brothers in his ch re that their con
tidcnce was not nor never will b. mis-
placed. For no matter what may bt
his position, he will ever he as he has
been. the faithful guardian of the
C"ddo Rites, and the cher his po'
sition the more easy and efficient will
be his protection to us. We hea,
that he has tn. name at home OF be.
ing 7yru~t-lct those who enter:
tain such belief ask his men, and
their answer will bc, "Of all the
men upon earth, give us VIM. X
Shivers for o:.r Captain!' But !
know the people at home have con
fidence in him, SO no more OF this.
Our Company is still the largest il,
the Regiment. We have one hun
drcd and eighteen in ranks. One
man, Taylor, by name. died at the
hospital in Richmond, where We left
him OH our way through. sick, and
unable to stand the march.
l don't think he had any friend in
Shreveport. IT, however. it would
be Of any satisfaction to any one, |
can say that he was we'll nursed while
he was sick, and had decent inter
ment after death.
l nurs.d him myself one night
and day, before We got to Rich
lnond.
We have a deserter in the Regi-
ment-an Orderly Sergeant. of one
OF t-lc companies, who will,
suppose, be shot. The boys say it is
pretty tight to shoot fellow; that
they can shoot a Yankee with much
grace, but to shoot a man they never
saw, and while bound, is awful.
AHcctionately Your Son,
CHARLES.
y. S'-I am about to forget to tel
you Of our being ordered out at two
o'clock the other night to meet the
enemy, which proved to!be a false
alarm. We received the order (at
least Maj. Shivers, who had COM
mand Of the right wing of the Regi-
ment at that time separated from the
left wing did, to move at half past
one, and at ten minutes before Two,
the Caddo Rifles were in ranks lG
strong. ready and fully equipped for
the expected battle. SO you see
there is no hunbuy about us. We
then marched about three miles
through the rain and mud, and were
placed as the advance guard, where
we stood for four hours, it raining all
the time. After finding the alarm to
he n false one, we marched back to
the camps. where we found the eprovis-
ions all out, and went for sixteen
hours without eating and there was
not murlnur from a single man that
| heard. CHARLES.
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