Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-26
Our Military correspondence,

CANT UProN, VAL
SUNDAY, June %, 1861.
To ths Editors Of ne Daily Pres!
GENTIEMEE Your spicy journal is a par
ticulsr favorite Of the writer, who has not
had the pleasure Of perusing its columns
since leaving home, on the 18th day of April
last. Having a few leisure moments to
spare, | feel constrained to give you and your
readers few ideas of camp life, as expert
enced by us in the past two months. 1t
would be useless for me to commence with
our treatment at Columbus, as you are all
aware of the particulars of the same nor
will follow the incidents of the trip to
Washington City, but, with your permission,
will commence with life in Camp Ellsworth.
When we went into camp at the latter place,
we were clothed in q sable suit, consisting
of black wooden hats parchased at the rate
of Sc per dozen, red flannel shirts, blue
twisted flannel blouses, gray pautaloons,
some of which would have answered admir-
ably for musquito bars, and heavy pegged
shoes.
This dress was furnished us when at Lam
caster, and was therefore "rather the worse
for wear" upon our arrival in the great CAPT
tai, upon whose streets we were ashamed to
make our appearance, because we were sa.
luted with the cry from street urchins "There
goes the Ohio paupers; "Say, mister, want
to sell them ere pants?" etc. To add to our
misery, the Commissary was doing his best
to starve us to death, without license. We
bore oil these tribulations patiently, expect
ing our condition would be bettered soon.
Patience, however, ceased to be a virtue with
us, and we concluded 10 better matters our
selves. The consequence of this resolve was
that we soon after received an entire new
suit of clothing, consisting OF blue panta-
looms, blue blouses, peculiar-shsped cap,
after the style of those worn by the German
citizen soldiers, over the Rhine-on Fourth
of July and Twenty second. of-F February pa
rades-and avery good shoe, admirably
adapted for marching purposes.
We next visited the Quartermaster's tent,
and very politely and kindly requested him
| to furnish each man in our company with
thirty cents worth of feed each day, with an
dddendd-in case of failure to perform the
same-that we would "clean the entire es-
tablishment out" The consequence of this
was, Colonel Wilson placed the entire COM
pany under arrest; but in a couple of hours
he relieved us from the arrest and gave as
surances that we would be fed better here
after.
We have Jared tolerable since the above
occurred, and have established quite name
for ourselves, both in and out OF camp. 0ul
next exploit consisted in tapping the pipC
carrying water to the Capitol buildings
This was done by chronological calculation
which succeeded most admirably, and thu
consequence was bountiful supply of wate
few feet from our quarters.
This was followed by party going dowr
to the Potomac River, "lighting" on a ski
and crossing to Virginia, where they sue
ceeded in capturing ull-blooded bull dog
He answers to the name of Jack, and is tn
dog of the regiment, because, so far he ha
whipped every dog brought into camp, larg
or small. | will here divert to the lat
skirmish at Vienna, as my letter is alresd,
too long. Last Monday General Schencl
started with the First Ohio Regiment frou
Camp Lincoln for the purpose OF stationin
companies at different points on the Alex
andria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad q
far as Vienna. After distributing all th
companies but three, viz: Company e, Cleve
land Grays Company G, from Portsmouth
and Company H, from Zanesville, whic
were to be stationed at Vienna, Genera
Schenck was proceeding to that place, bu
: before he reached his destination the rebe
opened masked battery, consisting of thre
guns, upon the advancing troops, KILN
nine and wounding three.
, The names of the killed are Thos. Fintol
. Phil. Strobe, ]. r. I. Barnes, Daniel Sull
A van, ]. g. Smith, and Eugene Burke, fro
= Portsmouth; the wounded men are Jot
: Volner, Frank Larman and D y. Gates, fro
e the same place. The killed belonging
It GAINESVILLE are George Morrison, David Ne
e Ger, and Henry Pigman. The Federal troo
a retIeated to this place, where we join
n them the next day. We are the extren
s advance-guard of the entire Federal arm
:, and, therefore, have less Isparel time than
: placed elsewhere.
a Hoping l have not tired you, I renal
e occasionally, yours, PENCIL.