Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-08-29
LETTER FROM &. =. SMITH.
K,loRAvA Hienr., Aug 10. l-6l

y. +. Dicos--Deqr Slr:-llating q
moments l,i-uie, Thought would drop
foa q line IL regard 9our Regiment, tie
Nineteenth Ildana.J
ilea.th A. GOOD ~ could bc expected.
having r.'a nearly every dar since h,n.
% c,ar ans indeed is RAINING . lh,
ueut
We have preits good set OF officers,
nom Colonel down, ia my opinion. L.
Colonel cameron is splendid officer,
soo4 natured, and commands the respect
OF the Who.e Regiment; al Tire same time
be eulorces the military Jaw, and the ru a,
and regulations oil the Regiment, To the
letter. Tie j, ala old typo, anI pucIisaed
ono Of the best papers in Indiana for Eve
wears, Colonel Meredith talk right, acts
-h, and in fact docs the very best he
knows how. ] think he means well. Hc
.l,o commands the respect OF lis officers
AMI men. Aajuraut Wood is eool oil
Ger. bat rather tyrannical; he tikes de
light ia putting a man through" espe
c.aiIv wheu he can do it before toe whole
Regiment, therefore he is mixing enemies
every Gay, find. When oil duty, do
at think there Is a better officer in the
Regiment than hc, except C5l. Cameron.
Captain Hamilton has proved himself IA
man. every inch Of him. 80 far You can
aear do complaint entered AGAINST him
rom amy uirter-alway- discharsiue his
every duty. do. L think there is "a man
in !i, company but what would fight until
,he last ior him. LieutGauts Fua and
Campbell are also respected by every one.
Cur REGIMENT forms the base OF the
troops on this siae of tie Potomac
Troops are stationed for twenty miles up
che river, commencing az our camp. II
JeT Davis could manage cross the riv-
or below Us. SIC would stand j. chance OF
citing into d nice Little fight.
must tell You oil little circumstance
that tools place last night. detailed q
lr,1nmc- 20 beat the first call for tattoo,
ana not understanding the cal, very well,
9ciug the FIRST time Lee IS ~ detailed Tor the
pprposc, he made the roll too long. ma
king ,he call somthne near like AN alarm
At this time Lieut.. Colonel Cameron was
ia bed, he heard the call, and In moment
be WAS in the centre Of the Camp. ready
Tor fight. Wit. nothing On but shirt aud
pants. So YOU may Judge the kind of ma
terial Col. Cameron l. made OF He was
ia the act of putting tae drummer under
guard, when ! came up. explained the mat
ter 10 the Col, and everything was all
Il CHS again. - YOU see the necessity OF
having things done accorsmcto"Gmte-.' :
Just this moment Lieut.. Green OF Nun
Gle, amded me the Muncie Times. and
in it see n uotice that your humble SER
SAINT met with quite au accident ON his
way here Il says: G. D. Smith had his
leg broken, ana "a severe cut in the head
by being thrown from the Gals while pass
ing through Philadelphia, &c, and the
members Of the band. who have just ar
rived. says tie renort was. when they left
home, that I bad died from the smash up.
Now wish YOU woui2 correct this. for
aln with the l9ta Regiment trying to
discharge my duties. AID sound as dol
lar. never had better health in ms life.
aud don't want to Gle or get killed until
the Rebel Army are wiped out of eNis
lance, or come to the right Kind ofterms.
III was killed or diea from the effects
Of arail road collision, al hateto say
IS, the lost Is found and the dead is
alive" When l die or get Killed, I'll
send you the reliable information.
Yours. sc. {. d. SMITH