The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-24
Army Correspondence.
CAMP CoRwfS, DAYroE. !
October 10, 1861. (

Dut WDAL lIttle L shall cOmmun icate to
you. merely in order to keep up my cor
respondeuce ill other scenes ia a mo re
belligerent cline shall make my epistlcs
Interesting if not agreeable.
Brigadier General McCook returned
one week ago. from Washington City,
whittier he had been, getting instructions.
orders and commission, aud gave the boys
ono Of the old-fashioDed three months
drills, Of about four hours duration on the
common, IN the suD,aFound the city, and
at double quick! He left US next NOR
ming for the seat Of coming war in Ken.
tucky to take charge Of the Buckeye
boys in that '.dark and bloody grouad :"
The commission Of Colonel Of the First
r Ohio has b-eO gSrrymandered 10 B. F.
Smith Of Ne~ Jersey. although our worth
iy Lieutenant Colonel. Edward A. Parrott.
would have been the choice Of nnty nine
aud thirty two one hundredlhs Of the non
commissioned officers and prIvates Of our
regimsnt aud the unanimous choice Of
! the commissioned officers Parrot is not
large man in physical proportion bu,
, mentally he is ''scrouger!' His pluck
has been thoroughly tested heretofore. as
he is the same Lieutentnt Colonel who
led StaGord's and Dlster's companies on
towards Vienna after the inbumah nassa.
ere Of the advance gaard ol lhe LIST Ohio,
by masked battery Of guns directed
tytwo South Carolina Regiments, and
made up the covering retreat with ths
division under his command. General
McCook is still our cOmmlnIer, and we
leave shortly for the scene If conflict to
Join those noble souls from Ohio who win
compose McCook's Brigade. and it may
I, be thai we will soon clasp by tie hands
those who have ben our companions 10
childhood, aud our intimate friends in
maturity. thark God, although the
vote OF Fair6e Id County at the late cleo
lon, appears 10 me 10 be against the
: cause oil truth. justice and human rights;
: against the best government ever institn-
ted by man. against loyalty aud 10 favor
of rebellion. against the interests Of the
North, against the interests Of the South,
against the interests Of The Union and its
i whole people, very nearly one regiment
= and half are now in arms from my ma
tive county, to do battle for the ''the Un-
) ion. the Constitution and The enforcement
Of the Laws" Ii would indeed be q
pleasure TO meet them in such State un.
J der such circumstances. as s
:, No Regiment in the United States could
be treated better than We have been her
,o :, by the citizens Of Dayton and vicinity
- y, good warm meals when We got to towI
. from almost an, body; logging if we de
i ~ sire it; picnics gotten up by The ladies al
=, most every day for US; rides. when room
- 10 the omDibusses. to ard from the city
and in one half day they raised up So
:, blankets, some money, oyercoals, piece
. of carpet, drawers, uudershirts. etc etc.
20 as free and appreciative donations. We ar
now supplied with sufficient clothing 70
:e winter ( with the exception of army over
= coats, to Withstand all the blasts Of thu
!, Arct ic regions. -.
?, q Our rHed arms have just arrived. tht
:. Enfield rifles for the flank companies, Ga
- aud b, and the Minnie rifles for the Col
:. or and Centre, cartridges, caps, belts, etc
. are so here. We have been leaving OF
80 morrowp for long time, but our de
60 :, parture, in my opinion, vi be speedy
- =, We have battalion drills regularly tWc'
% day and are very well drilled in a. III
g facings, marchings, turns, wheels. A, hks
elc.. which goio make up the milItar!
lo evolulions of one.third Srott, one thirc
~ Hardee and one third Zouave drill: How
= We will progress in the manual OF arms
y remains to be seen. but as we have mani
T. former boys among US well drilled with
10 the shot gun, we'll wait for further infor
T. nation. A and B companies are drilled
~ y in the Skirmisb maoeuvers AZ odd inter
u walls daily. and this important branch o
y military tactics is receiving its appropri
~ ale attention. 1 1 -A
70 Us boys from the city proper, uuaccus
toned to the woodland sOugs.ers, get u
=, before the morSing rsveille to hea
~ ~ the "little birds sing praises to God.
:" This early rising was inaugurated in cam
40 by Corporal Poultou. and readily fOllowe
N' by those who can appreciate the stillnes
= Of the morning and the beauties Of nature
~ Captain Grove. of the first 1st Ohio
'e' who is now raising company for th
I war, ,hearitg Of the distinguished CORES
VI poudeut Of the Lancaster Gazette, Of m
's' good looks, my intelligence, capacity an
honesty, added to my immense persons
~ bravery, rendered to Captain Stafford m
~ appoinime6t as First Lieu,eDan, In b
So company, but as "a private. at the Ia
end, in the rear rank, !" Of Staford's con
pany ,amo n g our own toys.is good enous
Et. for me, / declined the hattering honor.
sed Among those WHO have visited
e must mention Mr.. aud Mrs. Sar
VS. uel Herr, who were ona visit to 'elativ
in Dayton, but called to see us frequent
ted aud have reason to say that their Visi
nsl we're mutually agreeable. Also, the Vi
ps- itof John Croft, whom the boys will fc
on ever remember with feelings of gratitud
The delicaoieS in the way Of food iTlt
les. chickens. apple butter, old fashioned pI
an fried cakes dried beef, etc., which
rm presented us we're sery acceptable, b
ties news he brought us from houie, the l'lt
things be told us, which others had tc
ON. gotten, those email items which let
writer's forget aud sOldirra love to he'
,ure were more acceptable, making his home
of camp, among US, tora few days, he
cf- with regret, TO perform his duty at
fern ballot. box by voting the whole Uni
tickAt. all the time showing deep q