Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-07
Correspondence.
Letter from Camp Union.
CAMP UNION, AT P4EKERsBURG, Va, I
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"' 'AAAhC hh'AA lNiSI SIlSG W ILit Uluu
teer Companies from Meigs county viii
be acceptable to you, and your readers
[ will give you a general account of ou
journey thus far, and if it is acceptable
you are at liberty to publish it.
We were escorted, as you know, by
the Middleport Brass Band, and "Pom
eroy Home Guards a mile and a hal
from Pomeroy. We marched from there
to Albany, Company "F." Curtis >,
stopping at Harrisonville, and Company
! &c" (Wallars) at Pageville for dinner
We were treated with the greatest Of
kindness by the citizens of these two
places. Good bless you" were uttered
by earnest hearts. Our hearts were sac
at the thought of parting from friend:
whom we may never meet again. We
arrived at Albany at 7 o'clock in the
evening. The ''Citizen's Guard" met
US mile out of town and escorted US to
the center Of the place, where we were
distributed in squads Of from four tc
eight among the citizens for the night
We cannot say too much with refer
ence to the Kindness shown us by the
people of Albany. Everything availa-
bic, contributing to our comfort, was at
our service. The utterance Of every
man in the ranks was, that greater kind
ness could not have been shown US
We started from this place with the best
of feelings for Albany and its good cit
liens
! At Ribardsvillc we halted for water,
where we received three cheers from the
ladies. We found the people, along the
whole line of our march, as kind aud
encouraging as we could expect.
| We got to Athens on the afternoon
of Sunday, The good citizens Of that
place gave US free dinner in the Col
lege Yard After resting, we were
marched to a large red barn at the up
per brige over the Hooking river, where
we "pitched in for the night. On the
morrow, very early, we were routed
Washed, combed and said our prayers.
Were then marched to breakfast, which
consisted of salt pork, bread and Coffee.
The boys often remarked while eating,
"this is not Pomeroy,' "this is not Al
bany,' &c. Sometimes three cheers
we're proposed for the folks at home,
and their good grub for the "Pomeroy
Barracks" F" &c.
We expected to stay at Camp Scott
for some time, but on Monday at 3
o'clock P. NJ. we were ordered to fall
in, and by 6 were enroute for Marietta,
Camp Putnam. There we thought we
would certainly stay for some time, in
order to drill, get equipped and uni
formed. But on Y edncsday at l clock
y. NJ, We we're ordered to get ready to
march at 5. You ought to have seen
the hustle, and hurry, and cooking
going on in Camp, Al were asking
questions, and al were equally i2no-
rant as to the cause of 50 early rout
We learned, by and by, that our dcst;na-
ton was parlzers5urg. We d.d not
get away until 10 O'Clock, when we
were marched to the river, where We
were all armed with common musEets
Our uniform and blankets are yet forth
coming. The Colonel told me lie would
not start away from here until we were
fully uniformed and equipped.
We landed !cye in Gnc condition, glad
that we had" our guns, and determined
to use them we'll if we have occasion.-
On the evening of our arrival, the whole
Regiment being together for the FIRST
time, an election Of field officers was
ordered, when the following choices were
made:
Cogoncz-Hon T. R. Stanley.
LieW. C6L-Mr. Bowies.
MJor-Mr. Bisbey.
Mr.. Cyrus Grant, of your place, lacked
six votes of being elected Lieut.. Colonel
over Bowles He was afterward ap-
pointed Quartermaster, by Col. Stanley.
Chas. E. Stivers was. to-day appointed
Assistant Quartermaster.
We are we'll. Drilling as much as
possible More in the future
A VOLUNTEER.