Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
FROM COL. FULTON'S RESENTMENT,
Written for tn. Fayetteville Os..r,.r.

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DEAR SIR-Knowing the ankle
ty of our friends at home to hea,
from their volunteer friends, ant
having just wiped up and oiled my
trusty old Yankee killer, and alst
finished a patch and darned a little
breach ortwoin my socks, l though'
it would be nothing amiss to fur
nish them with few war items
which are just at this time whole.
sailed and retailed in any quantity
or quality desired. We are Ell.
camped in the northwest corner
of Pocahontas county, In a narrow
valley between two spurs of the
Valley Mountains, in two miles OF
Gen. Lees quarters. Coils. Hatton
and Forbes are also encamped here,
and Col. Campbell's regiment OF
Virginia. We are in 9 miles of
two Yankee regiments encamped
in the direction of Huttonsville.
Coils. Hatton, Forbes, and Nancy
were ordered three days ago to
drive in their scouts and pickets,
and if practicable surround them
and cut off their retreat. They
left their tents standing and have
not yet returned. If they attack
the two Yankee regiments, this
may bring On a general battle. If
it does, our regiment may be or
dered by forced march to their as
sistance in double-quick time
Capt. Alexander's cavalry compa-
ny from Marshall county familiar
ly known in camps as the "Hell
Roarers went to aid in takingsthe
two Yankee regiments. Besides
these two regiments, there is an
encampment Of Yankees at Hut
louisville, Beverly, and Cheat Riv-
er bridge. Phillippi is beyond
these, and strongly fortified both
by nature and art. These other.
stands are also well fortified, and
if we succeed in driving them from
the three stands first named they
will make a desperate stand at
Phillippi, and this will be the Ma
nassas of the West. The Mulber-
ry Riflcmen now number about so
men able to fight; the rest are be-
hind at Warm Springs andsCamp
Edry, sick, though convalescing
when heard from last. They all
seem to be eager to try the spunk
Of the Yankees, and retired every
night for the last week expecting
1 march before day. Our firm and
determined Colonel Ca. S. Fulton) (
las the entire confidence of every !
in the Sth Tennessee Reg
ment; therefore, if we do have an
opportunity of meeting the negro
you may look for good
'eport. We can carry into the
ield about 700 fighting men. Gen.
Doneison's Brigade consists of Co
onels Fulton, Savage, and Brom-
~, of Georgia. The other Ten !,
lessee regiments are in Gen. An
'erson's Brigade. Everything that .
leeps us from expelling the delu-
led mercenaries of Lincoln, is the j
of transporting provis- +,
ons across the Allegheny and Elk |
Mountains. 1t rains almost every !
lay, and the roads are almost i'm {
assible even for footmen. In COM 5
ng to this place we came six miles I
er day. ,
There are two productions in c
his region that cannot be excelled I
l America-and they are Black q
erries and Blue Grass. / have h
o doubt but that each regiment a
athers at least fifty bushels of ber- t
es per day. And just such pies c
we have you cannot imagine
lything like them, unless it be a n
-illet with piece of thin dough "
read over the bottom and side, ii
I'd then filled with berries such
grow nowhere else save here, la
i'd then covered with another lay W
of thin dough. This is what e
call our family pies, and l as m
re you we have some jolly times ga
er them. e
For the last ten minutes / have dc
ard a tremendous roaring in the th
'ection of the Yankees. | sup ST
&c our men have engaged them. tn
ere is no doubt but that it is the NJ
r of cannon or thunder" A tn
at IN very short time is inev- fol
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