, 1861-09-18

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Correspondence Of lie Chicago Tt5buHe.l
CAM RsI1A- espt. u, 1851.
In my account OF the sAlem expedition, I
left of betore our forca reached thsxe.
Capt. Stanley found tnat he could do no.
thirg Immediately At Salem, aad u he was
ordered to st. Aotlie, he started on his return
to Rola the same dsy, and met the infantry
and csmped with them that night. He ad-
vised them to proceed to Salem ard hold the
place, and organize scouting parties Of the
remaining cavalry, {MeFa1l, Bowen, and Ing's)
In all 150 strong, and they did 30, the COM
mand being now In the hands of Capt. Little
field, Of the 18th Illinois. This force win most
probably hold Salem until relieved BY regi-
nlent which is expected from st. Louis, S.
lem. as strategic point, is considered very
important, and the Union Inhabitants will do
almost a1ylAiug for tbs comfort OF our SOL
diera. Such supplies IS were necessary were
s capt @ stsnlsys easzil resSizrs and Totten'. b.t-
terry, did Dot Ett away until yesterday morn.
log, and TWO more companies arrived to take
the place Of Capt Totten'a battery. / filled
to learn who they we're Another regiment il
also expected to conc from st. Louis, to be
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here, IS it is Of the first importance to keep
the "b.idge bu.ners from doing mischief,
and "an ounce Of prevention Ia better than q
pound Of cure"
must ssy few words about the great bat
teEy being constructed near our camp. It is
on q hill about half mile south west of our
camp. The hill commands view Of many
miles in every direction, and the works, when
finished, will he immensely strong. It Is e1-
actly square, the lines running east, west,
north and south. The wall viii be about 1
feet high, ard IS or 20 feet thick, enclosing
tpace about 150 feet square. Outside viii be
ditch, OF moAt, running round tho whole
fort, 16 feet vide and feet deep. The HaI8
ere CT earth and timber, and the outside to be
faced with large timhers; and the inside will
be at all tlmea ready to receive company, four
immense hardware institutions, 10 feet long,
and 6 feet in circumference at the breech, and
carving an iron argument weighing 81 lbs,
and Of s moral weight infinitely greater, bsing
preeent. Whea thees fellows get to looking
o.e1 the wn aRa Of
nepce IN every direction, the rebels can have a
chance to reap glorg enough to satisfy the
hp1 griest Of them.
We have but very few ladies in camp, not
near enough to keep ~ FROM growing fough
and boisterou.. Capt. Mobiles wife is here At
present, and Mrs. Capt. Messenger aeems to
have decided to fellow the fortunes Of her
husband, and We are all ycry glad; for she a.
ways has kind word for everybody, and it
1ightens the heart Of the soluier to sea her
Cheerful face.
Capt. Gardner. Of Company Il, returned to
csnp last night, from I visit bon1e. BE is ac-
companie6 By his wife and little girl.
The heath ct the regiment remains good,
anu We hep2 to escape aIy stri0us disease, but
mey be troubled little By the ague and otuer
bilious complaints.
4 good mary Ct the soldiers that were il
the battle at Wilson's Springs, ere yet among
us, many Of them wounded and waiting to
recover from their wounds before leaving
here for home, or to join their own or other
feglments. Many incidents Of personal
hIa7t1y, GOODNESS aud daring, are told that
will never find their way into print, th It would
be very i1te1es ting to read, but the unwritten
history OF campaign mRst soon be lost, be-
cause, although it would be Intensely inter-
est1rg, the incidents are in = few years forgot
teD, OF the actors fall on the battle fl=ld, or
econ die. cannot refrain from penning
&c capta, WY T6o ss vas in HSaso tas f9Ss: id1n
He observed one Of his men who was
stretched On the f=ld by ba1l tn at had shat.
tered bis leg, raise himsef up by the help of
his gun, ana hobble little distance, and ap-
pear 10 be pounding something on the ground,
After little while the Captain, thinking that
1t must be something very unusual to make a
man exert himself SO when his leg was in a
condition to need amputation, went up aad
sssed him what he had been doing. It ap-
pears that there was wounded *4seceeh" very
ne:r the Yankee, and in very really the same
condition. but, observing the wounded
Urion man, he began to taunt him with
cowa1d'ce, saying, "Ah, you id white elivered
Ya1 1kee! you thought we couldn't fight didn't
you? What do you think 2" This was
h,msef by t e greatest exertion, managed
to reach thei traitor, deliberately beat out