The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-08-14
FoR THE LANCAsrER LEDGER
CAMP PETTUs Fairfax Co, Va }
Monday night, July 80, 1861 {

CAMP PETTUs Fairfax Co, Va }
Monday night, July 20, 1861 {
Mr.. EDITOR Our men have written "A
number Of letters home, and Que of our mum.
Der has returned. by these you have been
well posted in regard 10 our movements. up
to Manassas. IL was there that VIZ began
to realize the hardshps Of war Our Com
mlssary would report at head quasters,mak
. reQuisitiOn for the Regiment and return
with the very consoing information, that
there was "uothing there" After a time.
however, he always succeeded in getting
something, and out Of that. such as it was,
hungry men got enough To help them.-
Things seemed to be very badly managed
about the Junction, men very frequently 20
for "a or 48 hours without anything to eat
This may be OWeibg to the PRESSURE ari
sing from the great increase of troops, who
are continually pouring in at the rate of
from one tu three and -four tho nsands per
day. For what is this increase Of forcs ?
you can answer as we'll AZ ! can, but il must
unQuestionably mean that advance move
ments, In some direction are intended An.
other evidence Of this ia, that a rrqusItiOn
was made upon US to-day tor our Carpenter
| to 20 forward aud reco struct railroad brii
ge>. which the vaudals DESTROYED, during
their brief reign in thl, n-ighb"rhO0d.
We remained ut the Junction an. III Sun.
day. On Saturday ,"u' correspondent h d
| his hrst experience 10 camp sickness !
! awoke in the morning sick about noon wr
were Informed that we would march that
evening to Camp Pet,us. ! was quite weak
| looked around my tent, but did no, have
energy enough 10 prepnre n single thing for
the march. | lay still snd slept, thinking
ll...h Il \
thereof" Fortunately our indeint. orders
were not made definite until night. and then
We were Informed that wagons would b.
ready for us by s O'Clock next morning,
Sunday snd just a. ] expected. On next
Oesterday? morning, III. Camp was all
alive, cooking up the rstions for two DAYS,
taking down tents. &c. We could only
get 7 wagons, not enough to bring half OF
our baggage Al 20 minutes to 2 p. IN, the
Regiment was put 10 marching order. We
stretched out for al mile tramp. The first
mile and a half was through long lane,
the dust almost an inch deep all over the
road and The sun pouring down with uly
power Coward, however was the word
and after travelling three or four miles we
came to Bulls Run, close by the battle
ground Of Thursday the 18th inst, about
three miles from the great battle ground Of
the 2ist- lntrenchmsnts and some Yankee
remains cOnld be seen. This run il about
the size Of Gill's creek, uDd equally a.
muddy-more filthy When we reached il,
few Of US pulled of our shoes, rolled up
and marched through, Others did not put
themselves 10 this trouble, but wad.d
through M they were. Many poor fellow,
stopped in the creek and drank eagerly, nj
though they knew II was not improbable
that defunct yankees were in tho water
within 400 yards Of them. Their cxnleens
could not be filled at Manassas without
great trouble, for waller, like almost every.
thing else, was not TO be had. About one
mile from this place, we had heavy rain
which lasted for sometime after our arrival
We were reported to Gen. Jones and were
directed TO nsighboring hill, (halfa uile
from water ngnin,) and told thai further ar.
rangements would be made this morning.
Not moro than half Of our baggage was
with Us. Two or three compani-s, Ihe
Grsys among theO,) had nola single tent,
The ground WIS very wet, but there ws- no
help Tor lit Was IA specimen Of soldiers
life. This morning, however, a number OF
men were reported sick, pone OF them sc.
riousiy so, that ] know vi, in that uafrh,
your correspondent kept the first rank aud
was fresh enough at the close to march II
over agaio, bpt when nigh, came he
managed 70 get into tent The wagons
rsturpsd this morning for the rest OF the
baggage, on reaching Manassas four OF
them were taken oil to baul sick and woun.
dsd, aud the consequence is, that 10 night
again number of mon in the Regiment,
are still without tents, aud this evening we
had a very hard rain which has hllsd the
ground with water Enough. certainly, to
lry any mans consultation. To-day diff.
fsrsut ground was assigned us. All the