Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-07-27
lFor the Sunbury American. ]
Letter from our Volunteers.
Camp-6th Brigade, llIh Regiment, p.

CHARLESTON, Va, July ~, 1861.
DEAR WILvEkT =" There Is many a SID twixt' The
cup and the np That say Ig was verified, IA our cus,
yesterday Numerous were The rctures tle bows
Of the pleasure they calculated on when .hey got home
They were great gee with the idea OF being
81 sOoI--the lu- expiring next Tuesday, The II ST.
at live oeiueS F. M Uut as there Is IA tide The alta
Ut mem tnai can't be stopped II with theI and
heII happy visions were, The printers say "Smcked
INT" PI." SlX regiments OF the three months Peisylya-
MA troops, whose time up, ordered on e-
view by Gen Patterson, amd after having iurIned in
cUlun ten companies deep he, the General addressed
lhen told them that they had acted well THEIR pal and
he was proud Ui thein that they did the hard wulk IN cI
We had been "wet-nuIses To the Amy at Washington
while those ut Washington had marched but ten Jules M
the enemy's county, we had left the land a, prunsvI,
MA, settled secessu IN Maryland had cGssed the pJluac
and tIui on the 'sdcred sO' Of VIgmia(r speaking of
tnlI, lie could not see that 1t any SACRED hau
our own)-hud whipped them at Hokes Run Failing
WATERS chased them Though Marsburg and again of.
fered tlem fight at Bunker's IIl place OF great
~ where the rebels would not sIand but US now
well posted they were on fOI 1t had been hls
intention to have marched immediately ON WINCHESTER
but from information gained from engineers and scouts he
Knew lhelr exact position, how many troops they had
their number exceeding ours by Two thousand Les.s ui
Thousand Virginia Militia, whose bravery was noted on
pape that they had masked batteries and had fsd Tree.
on the road we would mach to relch there for som. lx
miles knOwIng this being responsible to mis- govern.
meiI lo the lives OF his msn, besides the wives children
mhers, sisters, relatives and sweuhears OF his in,r
Aeu 10 hh ior iheIi projections the eneny could nu
lute Inn on 10 destruction, he abandoned the i ana
marched us :" tins place hethen told the tim,
would snDn he up he was ready TO discurpe m, mn
bat that he could not mold this place # they would lea y,
him before he was reinforced by the three wear men II,
having that day received dispatch from Gen Scott re-
qhess us to stay Tor week days longer until h,
coud seic ~ troops To take Place UCr boys ud mad,
up lheT minds not 10 stay minute longer than their time
but when Patel son told them his situation smoke of lin
honor OF Pennsylvania and then said that all who wouC
SICK ln HIM and help him of the scIape should shoul
der arns, our boys cnud not it, u went their mus
kes u shoulder and some, who were afraid that the,
wouldn't he counted III stuck their caps on tops Of he
blyunels so that the General could have alrer sight
/ them Our regiment consented uIlaiIlnousy.--
You should have the old General then his eyes kind
led It seems with the he of bis younger days, his franz
expanded and he exclaimed well done my brave blood
llh YOU jackson blue iacketsn "Oh you blue jacke
Tassas, wnaid not he afraid o funr regiments
rebels II had you boys Of the Ith PENNSYLVANIA alone
Alter consldeTu0e talk and cOaXIng the other egments
with the exception .of the I'd Pensy vaa, concluded
stay the General assuring them thai they should not
taken away ion here ntoa fight, all he wantrd was TO
them To help to keep this point until the reinforcement
came, and then he would send them home to their fami
! lies.
IL was proud day for regiment, aud reflects NOR
cfedl o them lhan the victory OF half dozen battles
1t takes men o considerable gond humnr aud furhearanc
to as our boys dad after the treatment they received
hull the time not having enough eat receiving no mo
ney and even now some Of the boys clothing won't hid
their ukedress.
After marching into camp Col Jarrett made shoi
speech 70 The buys of our regiment he thank ed them
giving - hearty response to Gen PaleTsOns Ieques
ealed them the idol Of his heart,n and 'hencefrh
aroused the boys, and they forgetting the bad ueatnel
Received, gave him three hearty cheers with big tige
All our boysaTe veiy well, and although they are deie
mined To hgh for aud protect the Star Spanged Banner
thsy have great desire &c the "Jvcd on VI home
SOurs, FFateIruy Hp w