Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-12-12
THE WAR In KENTUCKY.
Letter from the 18th Regiment.
rCAMP NEvIN,
HARDIN COUNTY, KY,
November 20, 1861.

nAhDlN COUNTY, NY,
November 20, 1861.
EDITOR CHRONICLE: 1t will be seve
, weeks tomorrow since the 18th Regiment
. U. ", U. s. A., were set down at Nolir
vile, land pitched their tents in Camp Nevir
Since that time We have been anxiousl
waiting to hear orders to strike tents, pac
knapsacks, and march but, as yet, no sue
orders have been received.
4 Since my last, there has bson some add
tional force thrown into this camp, and al
satisfied that, from every indication, ther,
will be forward movement toward the ne,
capital OF the Confederated States from thi
point before very long lit may be before thi
reaches you, and it may be weeks. There is n
talk OF going into winter quarters, and
think, with majority Of the soldiers here
no desire to.
There is much larger force betweel
Louisville and Camp Nevin than in tn,
camp; and | think l am not above the fic
ures when l say there is an available fore,
on this line of 10000 men.
Gen. Rosseau's Brigade has been throwr
out some eight miles in advance, partly tc
get ctean camp and partly to protect the
workmen engaged in repairing the Rail Road
between here and Green River. Our trans
portation is about ready, the mule teams or.
ganized and drilled, to some extent and all
ready tor start.
The Paymaster has been here this week
and paid otfour Regiment. Capt. Askew $
Company were paid from the 3Oth of Au-
gust to the lst Of November. So, ,635. Capt.
Glover's from Sept. 9th to lst of November,
s2, 1880. Capt. Holloway's from Oct. Sd to
November lst $l,2l6 Our next payroll
will be made out the lst of January.
There is near months pay now due the
Regiment.
think most ofthe boys are doing pretty
well in sending money home. Some who
never made cent at home are sending tif-
teen and twenty dollars to their parents and
families aud they will do better next pay
day, as their bills with the Sutler will not
be SO heavy,-most of them having pur-
chased oil cloths, and many of them boots
articles that they will not have to purchase
again this winter. Some have fooled their
money away, and will continue to do 50.
Military rules are being frightened down
upon US. At revielle, little before the
peep o day." every man in the Regiment
has to get up and scratch his eyes open and
appear in ranks for roll-call-the men of the
different Companies answering to their
names in two ranks, in front of their quar-
tiers, with guns and cartridge boxes, the
commissioned officers appearing ut the same
time in front of the Colone's quarters and
there answering to their Names When the
weather is fit, we are required to drill six
hours daiy-the men three hours with their
knapsacks on. All the companies of our
Regiment are required to drill skirmish drill.
aswell as the regular drill
There is no use in the friends of the bows
wishing for them to come home. They
can't get home. There is but one excuse
that will get fiirlough for either officers or
privates, and that is the Surgeons certifi
cate that the applicant is unfit for duty-has
been for some time, and is likely to be for
good while longer: and then they will have
to pay their own way home aud back again.
lfyou undertake to get leave of absence with
good excuse, it will, under ordinary cir
cumstances, take three or four days to get
the proper furlough. Hance Hays says it
is mighty easy job to get into the service,
andonly takes one man to get you in, whilst
it takes at least twenty to get you out, and
that the easiest way he knows of to get out
is tc die out Hance has no idea of dying out,
however.
We have had bad weather all this week,
since Monday rainy and muddy. Our
camp is considerably under water at present,
and generally disagreeable. l hope my next
letter may be from some other camp, and
that you may shortly hear of the 18th doing
something worthy ofputting in the papers.