The Evansville daily journal., 1861-11-04
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
FFo1,a alae &c RegImsnt.
CAMP 24Tn REGIMENT IED. VoL'Rs, !
WARsAw, Mo, Oct. "a, '6I. T


ages of their familiar old friend, the
JouESAI. which they have received within
the last month. There has nothing trans
pired that your correspondent has learned,
Of sufficient importance to make a note OF.
Our ears are filed with rumor on top of
rumor, incidental to expeditions ike this.
For instance, we received orders to march to
this place, and it was only few minutes,
until it was reported, in the different Campo,
that Price and his clan had made stand
on the banks Of the Usage, and was roing
to show fight Well, the consequences was.
there was an extra rub given to muskets;
belts were taken up ore hole more, and
knapsacks were replaced, fit were possible
to make them more convenient 10 carry
The officers looked very knowing, and we
marched. For tie first few miles, every
one, apparently was en- the alert ex-
peeting to run on the enemy, but the
thing wore off ny degrees. Then some OF
the bolder ones would venture cut and talk
to the inhabitants, Who of course, were loud
in their expressions of loyalty-alI Of them
first.
found one place where there chad been
q Seceshi stopped at a house u few yards
from the road and knocked at the door Il
was opened by matronly-looking young
woman. I inquired for the man of tie
house. My inquiry ELECTED the rather start
ling reply: "My husband you want ter see.
do you. Well, he is a secessionist.' / ven
tured the remark, "You don't say 80 ~
"fndeed | do. Drat his picture, he came
about the settlement and courted me Don't
yoa think he rode fourteen miles TO get
married, and then he, copsarn him, left the
very next day and jined the Secesh army
promised, if opportunity afforded to try
and convince him Of the error of bis ways,
and send him back.
We formed junction with Generals Nc
Kinstry's and Davis Brigades, forty miles
from Upton, on our way here. Before we
came up, that same old rumor passed up and
| down the lines augmenting, as it v ent
from mouth to mouth, that Pnesbhad sent
ten thousand men to cut US off, and take
our trains We emerged from patch of
Woods, and there, sure enough about four
miles distant stretched out on the prairie
was an army Of six thousand men. They
had halted and we're, to all appearances,
drawn up in line of battle. To the credit of
the 24th and 26th Indiana boys, be it said
as soon as tbe supposed enemy were seen, a
shout we pingled with exclamations
''Go in, "Remensber Bnena Eia-
"a, sRut- ,an, "GO II, 10y Stars and
Stripes, Ac., 81. Coils. Hovey and Wheat
ley INDUCED the boys in their denoonstra-
tons for some time, with evideat pride and
I qualification. It soon commenced TO dawn
on the boys minds that they had been sold
There were expressions of disappointment
more fercible than elegant. They consoed
themselves, however, by hoping that Prices
clans would afford them an opportunity for
a brush when we got here
When we arrived ia the vicinity OF this
place the qaestions were, "W here il PRICE
is he at Ws4rsaw p eNo, he is about forty
miles beyond" So, the groIiad on which
it was supposed the battle would take9nce,
we now occupy as q camp. f
- move from here in the morning, ana
before you get this letter the telegraph VIII
have advised you for what purpose, pre-
-vided sonls one does not run.
Our sick list shows comparatively low
average. There area great many complai a-
ing fFom1the disorders arising from change Of
water, climate, and mode Of living Thefe
has been several. severe cases Of home siek-
ness, ,s0f whchsone or two have resulted
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well prepared for il. Our field officers, by
their straightforward. energetic actions In
behalf Of their men, have won their esteem
and confidence The boys received Eheir-l
new uniforms, blankets, boots caps, &c, 2
few days ago 1.-The Army Regulation pat.
terms. AS for Tations, there s enough and
plenty to spare, thanks to our efficient Quar- /
iernsster, John i. Clarke; be bis name
mentioned with honor by those who have /!
relations and frieaGs in the Gath, for be !
certainly has demons trate6 thst he is tbe
soldier friend, asa
The friends of John E Wheeler, OF whicb /
be could not help but have many, viii be
glad to learR that he. is released from tho 4
nnPieasant predioament that an unfortunate I
accident placed him in.
as- WIKI many kind regards for friends at
home weTewain yours, Go f.
- Military Etezns. (
Dispatches from Western Virginia. re- T
eeived at indianapolis, state that our. Yolun- T
teers are now amply provided with clothing T
aud all other necessaries. There isssna over +
abuudanca particnIarI5 Of oyereoasa aad (
the surplus will be distributed % such of .
the Ohio regimeQts q are NEEDY
The Cincinnati Gazette does not fud the +
name Of Goverpn1ent contractors on the +
United States loan. Their mission is not
to loan, but to grab what. is loaned.
Major shanklin and Qaartermaster Orr