The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-15
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.

kEoKrK, August 5th, 1861
EDITOR ADVERTISER:
The glorious word has come at last
E and we, the 9th Regiment, are in Keo
kuk The Guards are all in fine spirits
now and, to use their own expression
are " freezing for fight" There has
nothing of interest transpired in Camr
Warren since the date of my last letter
except the arrest of FIVE deserters from
the I'd Regiment. They were caught a,
Burlington on the night of 3lst July, by
some of the cavalry boys from De Witt
and were brought out to Camp Warren
for safe keeping, They arrived at tho
camp at IL o'clock at night. They were
Immediately delivered over TO the guart
and securely tied, and a guard of fiv,
men detailed to watch over them; cacl
man armed with musket, so that al
hope OF escape, if they entertained any,
was cut off They were going to Day,
enport, where they lived previous to en-
listing They belonged to Company + :;
said they were well treated, and gave as
reason for their deserton that they
only y enlisted for three months and their
term of service having expired, they
failed to procure discharge, and the
regiment psg,a2 having been ordered to Birds
foint, tney rtsUVeu 70 ucsert. Ihey
appeared to be very happy and careless
as to their fate, not appearing to realize
that they had committed o". + the high
est crimes known in t.. ~',cary code.
they were sent to Burlj"enu noxt day
where they were ironed anl returned to
their regiment.
The Guards left four of their number
in hospital at Camp Warren-none of
them dangerous. The word to march
was only known about two hours before
we started, but the whole regiment was
ready to move in half the time. The
company began to form at dark and NOV
ed at 8 o'clock, the Upton Guards tax
ing the lead, passing through every COM
pany; Company T falling in on the rear
Of Company A, Company D following
Co. +, each company taking the position
it occupies in the regiment. As we pass
ed the 9th regiment, many friendly greet
'ngs took place between the Guards and
the different companies through which
they passed. The Guards left many
warm friends behind them. The march
to Burlington was unpleasant as the road
was very dusty; the streets through
which We passed were lined with people.
though | can form no estimate of the
number. When We got to the river we
were drawn up in two ranks, where we
waited very patiently for an hour for the
word to embark, but no word came. We
then waited very impatently for an hour
longer, when the word came that our
equipments and baggage was all aboard,
we were then ordered to ''fall in," which
We did in double quick time and march
ed several rods toward the boat when
We were again halted and waited another
half hour; but everything has an end,
50 had our waiting, and We finally march I
ed en- board the "new, splendid, fast
running passenger packet Pomeroy, p ca
pable of accommodating sixty passengers.
She had two open barges-one on each
'ide-capable of accommodating a like I
number, but now expected to carry 1000.
Into these open barges we were driven
ike hogs into pen. There was neither
room to sit nor lie down. The boat made (
about six miles an hour-it was most
uncomfortable trip. We arrived at Ft, ;
Madison few minutes before 4 o'clock !
n the morning, when we were immed- {
ltely marched off the boat and marched |
nto lot of open stock cars, that were c
o convey us to keokuk. If Uncle Sam +
,an afford no better treatment than this v
o the brave men who have left their '
ZONES and friends to hurl back the tide t
# oppression and treason that threatens t
o engul ph that glorious old Union of +
American liberty, he need not be sur o
'rlsed if the next call is very slowly re- v
ponded to-, and | would here remark a
hat the treatment we have received on |
he trip from Camp Warren to keokuk Q
all that have complained of. From y
numerous letters that have seen, there
ppears to be general complaint that s
he troops are not well fed, but as far az
grub is concerned, find no fault. 1t t
good enough and plenty of it, but max a
ng 800 men (there was one passenger
arr stand for several hours in open cars i
n dusty road, under the burning rays
+ sun with the thermometer standing .
20 in the shade, is barbarous and out i
ageous in the extreme. However we r
tarted and ran coup'e Of miles below C
It. Madison, where we reached an uphill r
,rade; We got nearly to the top but the t
ngine gave out ana ae were backed c
lown to the foot, and tried it again with '
he same success. and so Wa kant truinn q