The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-08-14
Letter from ! Dubois Volunteer.
CAMp CmEAT MorxrAr SUMMIT,
July 80, 1861.

July 30, 1851.
Dear Father: II thought whilst cit. m
ing IL my tent MI aionc, ! would n
write you few linss, to lot you know q
am well aud in good spirits. re-
csivcd letter irom yon stating that =
George had enlisted. fear he is no! q
strong enough to stand il. wish 4
could yet : letter from hon's every ,
day: Il does me good to have some J.
thing 20 read, and more speciality
from you. | wish some VI you would AZ
write every mail. We do not get anyt
papers ct ell here; II there IL u paper <
brought into camp three weeks old y
lie something new. 4
4 We are throwing up breast works
here that look like staying while
General lteynolds was here yesterday. \
anc ordered w to g. to work TINS
!. morning, which wo did. There has
nothing d impcrtance trsnsp'red s,nccl
III last wrote, except that about loo o.
our men went out scouting, on the
.l2ad, when they met with some Of The
d enemy's scouts, and soon put them 20,
flight; after following them 3 or :
:, miles they succeeded IL shooting one,
= who died in very short time; they
\ also captured seven prisoners. ! did
Q not have the fun Of being with them.
= Father, mountains are nice things
until person walks up them, falls
down them. runs through them. and
- then sits down on them to stay awhile;
N then they begin to get tiresome.
know am tired OF them.
= expect you have very warm wea'
j. Their, while We arc cool enough win
8 orr wooden coats on, and At night
Is sleep cool with two WOODEN blanLct'
II over us. and an oil cloth blanket unde'
nylus. We have plenty Of provisions
The scouts 20 out every day and bring
in butter. home made sugar. &c. iron
houses where the families have len
lee To-day We brought in fourteen NC
me beef cattle. We have to haul GU
md bread, sugar. coffee, rice, &c, abou
a. so miles. We will have new sui
his Of clothes and blankets in short tim
oil from the U. s.; the clothes and blair
rec kets We now have are only State dud'
~ Il docs seem hard to sec houses lei
Il. a. they are in the part Of Virgini'
u Numbers Of families have left ever
~ thing but their clothes, some OF whol
!. were real we'll fixed, plenty Of prov
Isions, nice beds, and every thing plel
ty. We scouts have nice times. y
-. -, have the privilege OF getting anythir
a"s we want to eat. We arc some tim
: q out for two days; when we come 70
90 house we atop, find : cooking stow
49, and plenty to eat, and 90 help ~
ne selves. !.
. In The enemy's camp il about 40 mil
scId- from ours. have been within cig
amp or ten miles Of thoir camp when scos
esserling. The paper write on ! got at
a,sr, accession house. II had been p
con. Office tavern, and there werc . gr'
wing many scraps Of paper, which il w
6re. scarcc article in camp. We cant
se.-Ieither paper or r. Q. Stamps here.
'cisa- July 3lst
sse| Since writing the above have b
Kief- talking with Col. Kimball, and be
town. going to send to headquarters tot
dIsss for permission to 60 up to the r.
! vlll|camp to see what they are made
o.ch,| He thinks we will get permission
tn. few days. / do not know how m
.om.lthere is of them, have heard 90
..s-..ny different tales about it. Col. 4
ball is very keen for fight lie
said he wanted the scouts TO see '
MEL their pickets were made OF toni
4 Mr.. which think they will do.
to the There has been . great deal Of
,ed bvIamong the soldiers that Congress
{ nj. only accept ~ for 3 months Or
years, but they do not know anyt
nas ne about It, q they do not get any
glnia, but camp news, which there 10 nt
d Gap liance in.
". have received some letters,
cannot answer them - l have nc
- - paper or stamps, and no chance
" asn- either. believe have written
The he-limportance. Give my love to .
re il alWrite me long letter, and CIV
ma la,e 1.-The news, and send me some ST.
.hos.r Your Son, HUG