The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-08
Armx correspondence.

dence from Camp Hascall, ten days old, and
yet it was welcome visitor, and read by
myself, and nearly every officer and many
men of the Regiment. So few papers
reach US that they are snatched up with
great eagerness. Papers well put up and
plainly directed to Company H. 18th Re
giment Indiana Volunteers Ella Cincinnati
and Parkersburgh, in nine cases out of ten
will reach us If my old friends of the
editorial fraternity, as my paper at Prince
/ ton-the Indianian-is suspended until the
war is over will quit sending their papers to
/ Princeton and send them to me here, will
be obliged to them. The papers that come
here are read by great portion of the Re-
/ giment.
WEBSTER, Md, July %, 186l.-We left
Camp Hascall at 10 A. NJ. to-day, by the B.
L o. r. R., on three trains. One trans
ported our right wing, another our left. and
the third our horses, cannon, camp equipage,
and commissary stores. We were to pro-
coed to this point, and there take the turn
pike and march to HuttonsViHe, via Phil
lippi and Beverly, The weather was pleas
ant to-day, and the journey highly attract
i've to the Indiana boys, who have seldom
seen mountains and rough scenery. The
Government has taken possession of this
railroad, and every tunnel and bridge is
guarded by squads of soldiers. Nearly eve
~ house we passed had a Union flag on it,
and nearly every man gave three cheers for
the Indiana tigers, the gallant 18th, or some
other patriotic expression. We travelled
slowly, and when we arrived at this point
our orders were countermanded, and we
=, ilroo Il III rilIo IF
Oakland, Md, where we went into camp at
o. clock next morning.
CAMP AT OAKLAND, July "a, 1s61.-Oak-
land is nearly upon the summit of the Allie
tghany Mountains. 1t is village of about
300 population, and since the present rebel
lion, has become a prominent military point
A short time ago it was the headquarters Of
Gen. Hill, aad 6 900 Union troops were sta
toned here. All have left except the 22d
Ohio regiment, Col. IrVens.
Cranberry Summit, the crest of the Allie
ghanieS, is near Oakland, standing upon
which you see three States-Maryland Vir-
t ginia, and Pennsylvania,-an the head
waters of three large rivers-Big Kanawha,
Potomac, and Monongahela. But little land
in America, east of the Rocky Mountains,
: can be found so elevated, and although it is
now the hot season in the lower latitudes,
here the days are quite COOL and the air
strong and bracing. The soldiers say they
sleep cool il their tents under two and
: three blankets. Better water is not to be
found in the Union than we get here. All
, through the mountains springs are found
gushing out of the ground, and rushing
down the mountain sides, of the purest,
sweetest, and clearest water. Near one of
these, known as the Cold Springs, wealthy
Baltimorean has erected pleasant dwell
I'll,
! This spring is large and is surrounded by a
f, neat fence. The bed of the spring is light
sand and silvery pebbles, and through these
boil up jets of clear water, from one-half to
: an inch in diameter, in sufficient quantities
sort here during the SUMMER months to en-
c ioy the cool air and sweet water upon the
= summit of these mountains. Cuban lady,
said to be worth S3,00O,OOO, spends the
summer here. This family has rendered
some service to our Government, and while
: tho troons remain -hAEa-4hAir- residence is
: e.,arded nv ss-sUidiers by special order OF
CAMP PENDLEToN, Nd, July 25.-March-
T ed from Oakland to this camp to-day-dis-
e lance ID miles. Took up line of march as
Y follows 1st, advance guard of 120 men one
mile ahead of main body I'd, one piece OF
:. artillery followed by the main body of the
/ lowed by thirty wagons containing baggage
and commissary stores. Our route extend
ed through a mountainous region. First
We would ascend a lofty mountain, then
pass q short distance of plane or table land,
and again ascend another mountain. Pen
: can scarcely describe the glories of this
2 march. The fine scenery, the bracing air,
blowing fresh IN our faces from mountain
peaksi the silvery streams, sparkling like
diamonds as they gushed from and came
tricktng down the mountain sides, and the
: delicious fragrance of a thousand mountain
flowers rendered the journey almost en-
trancing, and stirred our sense of the sub
9 lime and beautiful of nature, more than
would visit to the Louvre or Vatican,
. gazing on the speaking paintings and statu-
airy of the First Masters. AS we left at 2
o'clock P. NJ, we did not make the journey
4 until that night. The last five miles it
was quite dark and the ground very rough
2 and rocky, so when we stopped the men
: were almost overcome by fatigue. Some
/ pitched their tents, but many officers and
privates rolled themselves in their blankets
and dropped down on the ground or crawl
: ed under the wagons and thus passed the
night.
} CAMP PENDLEToN, Md, July %, 1891
Yesterday was Sunday, and we remained
| Us
/. moving about their tents cooking their food
2 and drying their clothes at the huge fires
looked like muskrats, or beavers construct
ing dam. The camp to-day is more pleas
ant, and the soldiers are now in better
spirits. The past few days have been by
much the severest upon the boys of any
/ since they enlisted. Camp Pendleton is To-
) Gated upon the farm of Paymaster Pendle-
ton of the U. s. Army. 1t is upon the
heights of the western side of the eastern
ridge of the Allegheny Mountains, near the
4 point where the Potomac is crossed by the
Northwestern Turnpike. At the foot Of
these heights flows the Potomac river, span
ned by covered bridge. Through this
pass in the mountains, and over this bridge
and turnpike the principal travel, Except
| that by railroad, goes from Western Yir-
: ginia to Richmond, Washington and Balti-
more. No large army retreating from East