Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-08-08

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situated near the \. s. c. L. r. De
pot, in lovely grove and s,irroun.
ded by an impossible brick wall,
which was by no means paiatable
to the refined taste Of some Of our
.tast young men. OF course they
could not be rell pleased at the idea
Of beng placed in Penite,fidfy
where the fairest daughters of the
age in which we live, were the con-
tict~. There was an '-irrepressib'e
conflict" going on in their hearts,
with respect to the propriety Of re-
leasing them from the walls Of their
adopted prison.
In passing through the city,
many Of the Regiment were al
most disabled, in consequence of
the intense heat, IN connection with
the fact that we were enveloped
il a perfect cloud of dust. On our
arrival at the Institute We found
plenty of good water, and plenty
| of the best viands, all OF which
were furnished by President Elliott.
You may be certain that the Regi-
ment enjoyed to the full extent,
this hospitality of the noble Old
patriot, and long may he live, and
may the blessings OF Heaven ever
rest upon him!
We rested at the Institute until
the baggage and campequipage was
all safe in n. & c. Cars; were then
marched out; took the cars and
left Nashville at 5 o'clock p. IL
We Travelled all night, landing at
Chattanooga next morning Mon
|day) just at sun rise. | need not
tell you that the feelings of the
Lincoln boys were indecribable as
I'VE passed by almost in sight of Gu,
homes, and the dear ones left be.
hind. ! know that the eyes Of
some, and perhaps many others
were softened with tears Of afec-
ton as they passed along, and
thought Of the GRAND upon whit h
they were going, and of the casual
ties Of war, and CT the uncertain
ties of ever returning aga.n, tc
those they love.
For the want Of transportation
cars we were required to rlmain IL
Chattanooga until 4 o'clock ?. NJ
at which time we left, with no re
grets because Of the departure.
i After a brisk navel of Is miles
the cars were brought to a sudden
halt, at a little Black Republican
Village the name of which, if | re.
member correctly, was Woltawah
Here it was expected the Express
train would meet us, but from
causes, to us, then unknown it did
not come; and hence the road, SC
tar as we were concerned, was
bloclzaded for the night.
i AT night-fall guards were posted
laround the cars, and it was nv
fortune or rather misfortune, to
act as lieutenant of the guards fol
the night; thing by no means
agreeable to me, tor. zee ueye then IN
ca eaenaie scountsy. The incidents
OF the night are scarcely worthy
OF record, notwithstanding we
were at one time thrown into a
little comlnotion in consequence Of
the stealthy movements Of men at
a short distance from the guard
lines at an unusual hour. Capt.
Clark and | armed ourselves with
ICoit's Repeaters and went outon a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS but soon
returned without seeing the tories.
About day-break next morning
TUESDAY the sound of the whis-
tie brought all the boys to their
respective seats in the cars and
Woltawah was left with the curses
of the army upon it, / had like
to have forgotten to mention that