The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-08-07
roR THE LANCASTER LsDGgR.1
CAMP PERRY, NEAR RICHMOND. Va

IAMP iERRf, NEAR RICHMOND. Va !
July 80, 1861 {
DEAR l.EDGER: II :s one week To day
since bid farewell to air hold dear aud
took the route Of our Regiment Without
much difficulty ] found il eucampcd IN Il
very pleasant place cue milr north at the
capital OF the Southern Confectionery. 70
describe Richmond mlnuIcI, would require
more space ihnn can "ccupN, und t. give
partial description Of Tia" cil, would not
be interesting. | have visited the capitol
aud walked through the square. aud when
ha" the bronze statue of Wusninwtom,Jrf.
ferson and Henry, could not help associa
'lng the scenes Of to-day, with the trying
times of the old war In. attitude aud d.
nie's'o"s OF the '"rg" equestrian statue #
tie hrst nlan OF our cou.try, inspires one
with admiration aud awe. Tue horse i.
such one an Richard III would have been
proud of
The tnpiIp is modest in design, bu,
suppose, sutii~;rntly grand for the use, OF
The New Republic Congress- was not in
session ut the hour Of my visit and III, bu.
sI"rss would not pvrnit m,. 20 stay until
got view q: car President, Cabinet and
Legislators. nave been IN all the business
streets at tue city and believe that it Is au
are encanpnenI,, II IA number, containing
from 20 IL $4,000 soldiers, the. are coming
IN every day and ns write u regimen, i,
pitching their tents in sight Of onr. We
hear that ten Uih,r regiments are on the
road Anon. the 1000 IN oar rur;luprrvnI,
there are few eases oi sickness except cold
Dr. Palmer, our surgeon, told me this morn
ny Vt ten new cases "s measles which j.
- n.r i.f II
nnmbrring 1850 men. OF the pris"nrr~
here know very liltlc, nave seen sever
from the windows "f the prison la nd
iion To the number here. wGcn ". arrived
900 came down under strong guard from
Manassas. last night. rhrrc are in the df
frrcnt lookup, vi the ciiv nearly 1000 -
Those brought hero last ni.ht rurr from
Indiana, and had wandered abnut IN the
woods three DAYS withru, provisions Only
230 gun, were taken with them, ii.c bal.
ancc of the guns were throw away While
the Regiment wa- under the panic
visited The wouudrd Of the yrea, liuht.
found tncm comfortably quarter.d in the
81. Charles Hotel. None OF those tha,
saw were wounded IN the b0dy-tne head,
hands and feet seemed To- have received the
damage The r"as"n, 40 one Of them told
me- was because they were lying under avn.
bush. These nrc OF the party deceived by
the Federalists, huisting the Southern fay.
When they saw tn. h'g tnry disclo,rd their
ambush 10 the enemy, who immediately
'f&tw down their stolen coIors aud raised
their own proper banner. At tn. sam.
time, opening their battery upon our de.u
ded s"ldicrs The fragment OF shell made
some ugly marks, 3ut none Of them fatal,
There Is nothing new from Manassas
Volunteers ARE still marching on to that
post and preparing for another fight We
do not know when wa leave, We are train.
ing our Toys every day aud are .lnd To Say,
they improve At first, upon wheel. We
exhibited every sort of figure, rainbow,
fence row. poi! gUn, &C., hut now ve tunch
To The right aud H. round in double quick,
dress out IN the centre and never loose the
step.
heard Of Col J. n. Crockett on Mon
day, he left The city before got in and
therefore did not see him. ! hear very lit
Ito from either of The Lancaster companies.
but they are all right. shalt write again.
Yours, FELASCO,