The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-11-21
War 5are-Soldier's ration,.
Army Correspondence,

November IA. 1861.
Messrs. Editors.
We arrived here on last Saturday, y,-west
Point, Hardin County, Kentucky, is a
small village of from is to 20 houses, and
is. in itself Of little impdttants; but as
place Of strategic import is worthy of OBJ.
seryation. 1t is situated on point Of
land where Salt River empties into the
Ohio. II is the only practicable way for
the rebels to reach Louisville, in case they
whip out the Union forces at Bowling
Green. General Sherman has wisely seen
to matters in this vicinity, and as no SEN
sible and prudsn, General will plan bat
tie without seeing an outlet in case of de-
feat. four regiments Of infantry will be
constantly here. Above US, stretching
ont as far as the eye can reach Is the al.
ready famous Muldraugh's Hill, and forti.
fed for miles with trenches, embankmepts
and psrapets. Ten pieces of cannon. IL
fled and smooth bore, point their dread
openings in every direction, commanding
tho rivers at all points for three or four
miles. The regiments now here are the
37th Indiana. the 9th Michigan, the 18th
Ohio and the let Ohio, who have been
busy throwing up embankments, digging
trenches, bordering sand banks. telling
trees. and mounting cannon. Say our
troops are whipped out at Bowling Green,
that our forces are driven from Green
River, that Elizabethtown is taken back,
here is The only place to retreat through,
and here is the place where grape, CAMS
ter and round shot, bombshells, copper
balls, muskets and rifles, will prevent the
execution of General Buckner's toast and
threat that he would "winter 10 Louis
vile and hang George D. Prentice to the
highest tree" There is Eve rifle can
non battery on the Indiana side of the
river, command by a German company
either piece ofwhich eau be so directed as
to hit two foot tree at distance Of three
milesl
Our march from Louisville here wa:
very tedious to mauy-a distance Of 81
miles. We pack when on march. hav
erssck' with provisions. q carteen of wa
ter, and extra pair of shoes, two large
blankets. drawers and shirts. knapsack, &c
round cartridges, cartridge box, heavy
overcoat, besides our rifles. and rest abou
every four miles -t,
Two distressing accidents have happen
ed at this camp. The fret was the acci
dental discharge Of carbine by'a caval
lyman Of the Indiana Cavalry. which tool
effect in the side Of one Of his comrades
creating q severe wound. The other wa
the igOiting through carelessness OF 10
Of blank cartridges which communicates
to the ball cartridges. blew up tent. anc
everything consumable in the ten, wa
speedily In flames. Two Of the thre,
men injured may not recover, the uthe
is doing well and is about. The two frs
are Sergeant Wherrett and private Gal
way, the latter Sergeant Duncan, oil o
Company D, [Clevaland Grays.] GALWAY
aud Wefrsit have the skin burned anc
scorObsd all over, Che finger nails peelet
off, while neither havs the ability to opeI
their eyes. have just been in the hOspi
tai to see them, and do not wish to se
themugain under the Same circumstances
Wherfstt and Duncan were acquaintance
Of mine in the three months campaigning
in Eastern Virginia.
Night before last our ssntinals wer
fred upon by about half dOsen unfrisnd
Wy aSSailsnts at as many different points