The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-11-20
[Corespondence " the jasper Csurier.l
( Letter from q Dubois Volunteer.
CAMP GIBSON. Nov. 13. 1851.


Editor Courier As there are quite
IA number Of sold icrs from Dubois Co.
in this camp, your correspondent pro
poses letting their friends here from
them through the medium Of your
columns; and the more anxious does
he fee to 10 SO since he was instru-
mental in getting some Of them here.
We went into camp at Evansville.
with the high expectation, and the
promise. Of getting in the 42d regi
menf. But after remaining there two
weeks we were informed that our com
panv would not be received in that
regiment. as il was not quite full and
there were fnl companies enough TO
fill the regiment. Then was heard
language (Which we are sorry to say
is characteristic OF too many soldiers)
applied 70 the temperate.() corpuleut
aud indetatigaLle Col. Jones that
would have made the nerves Of the
notorious Tom Walker quake. And
the eloquent and patriotic Major did
not entirely escape the imprecations Of
the boys, owing to the various and
dattcrng promises which he had made
them. that they should 90 in the Ard.
Finally, however. we, with two 9TH
er companies, received orders to strike
tents, that there was a train waiting
10 convey Us to Princeton, where we
arrived At one O'Clock. T. M., and
found the citizens ilnpatiently await
ins onr arrival. with table prepared
and richly spr' ad with the luxurics o.
the land. 1t is needless to say the
good dinner was soon consumed by
about two hundred and fifty hungry
soldiers; and will venture TO assert
that II was more highly rclished BY
li,cm, than the shouts and hurrals ol
Outsiders.
After dinner the boys strollcd about
70 gct a View OF their camp ground,
and from the beautiful and picturesque
which It presented-th.
good water they found, the warm re-
ccption they met with from the citi
zyns, they very Justly arrived ut ths
conclusion that it was a heaven com
pared with the monotOny of CAM
Vanderburg; and We are glad 10 sa,
the same feeling still exists, every sol
der congratulating himself on III,
happy change, OF getting from unLel
The dictum Of the cllaste Col. Jones
q tl,at Of Col. Lewis, whom the boys
50 highly esteem.
Our Lieut.. Col. Capt. Carr. late Q
the 18th rcgmenD who has recent,
been appointed, is also very much es
tecmcd by both officers and soldiers
and will. We think, make an amiabls
and efficient officer. He is, so far u
We have seen, possessed with all th'
qualities requisite to constitute th'
gentleman. He Is strictly moral ane
temperate, and does not use the filth,
weed; nor is he one OF those golden
shoulder-strapped- Unconstitutional gen
try. who would deem il the nnpardon
able sin OF their creed to stoop in thei
dignity and notice common soldier
on the contrary. he is with the soldier
constantly, is familiar anc courteous
and yet possesses the requisite dignit,
TO keep his men ntheir proper places
Qnartcrmaster Stein aud Col. Car
have Just returned from Indianapolis
where they have been on business foI
the regiment. They bring with then
Major Carpenter, the mastering oficel
aud the companies are now being mus
tered in, and the regiment organized
The uniforms, overcoats. tents, arms