The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-06-06
Communications.
Correspondence Of the News
Letter from a Member Of the Hills
boro Band.
CAMP ELLswoBTH, Washington,
Me-. DC 1891

ooro bano'
CAMP Ellsworth, Washington,
May rs, 1861,
j. /. BoARDMAN--Dear Sir: 1 know
we have many friends at home who
would be glad to hear from us, and as
il would be a good deal of trouble and
take more time than we have to spare,
to write to each OF them separately, l
thought 1t would be good plan to com
municate with them through the medi-
um OF your excellent paper
We are allin excellent health and
spirits. We got to Philadelphia at II
O'Clock wednesday morning, and went
immediately out TO camp MoLelIanu,
"here we were enthusiastically received
by the boys OF the Second Regiment
Inc Dayton Band having preceded us
t"eIVo nours were appointed 20 the FIRST
Regiment under Colonel MoOook, while
we went into the second, under Colonel
wilson. we were glad OF 1t, for Will
son IS the best Colonel, and IS univer'
sally liked by the boys OF both regl-
ments, while McCook is detested by
them all. The boys are in fine health
and spirits. Ihey were well treated by
the citizens Of Philadelphia, who suppl
ed them with a great many lu1uries.-
There we're several thousand of them out
every evening at dress parade.
We left Philadelphia Thursday morn
ing, at six o'clock, en- route for Wash
ington, where we arrived at 8 o'clock in
the evening They manifested strong
Union feeling in Wilmington, Della
ware. The train stopped here, and the
people carried buckets Of water for the
soldiers and bid them God speed! but
in Maryland they were very quiet, max
ing no demonstrations of any kind. We
saw one Secession flag flying before we
got to Baltimore.
The troops expected a disturbance in
going through Baltimore, and they pre-.
pared for 1t, marching through will
loaded guns and liked bayonets, and 81
rounds Of ball cartridges in their cart
ridge-bozes; but we were not disturbed
although there was an immense crowd
waiting. The First Regiment preceded
the Second about an hour They had
guard OF four hundred police, and
went tne nighesI way from one depot t'
Ihe otner' |hl'e we OF the second hogl
mont hau no guard ana marched thro
Tue PF'nc'Pa' StreetS Oh 'ne cry Oo'one
"'lSon Oelns octermlnca TO give tneu
chance lot a nSuI Il Iney "antep II
out they ala not offer any violence
though they used some very insulting
language 70 tho soldiers, ana goo'
many OF them asked II their guns Wer'
loaded Inc Band had to march at th'
neau OF inc regiment all the way al
thougn they were totally unarmed'
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