East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-27
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never allowed me to dosso before, be-
sides you knowl am no great talker,
and less a writer take further into con-
ssidcrntion that the Thermometers stands
in my tsut from about, 100 toJ2qd DEF
grees on right angle with my back, as
It is noon, now, and you viii realize why
! sSmo of 10Y remarks may pe hot or fever
ish. we left Detroit as you have seen,
'tlast Thursday about S-'o'ciock,-PrMs;
I the right On 'thc steamer Ocedn, and the
left wing on the propeller MissOa'i, we
had very pleasant trip and through
the acquaintance of our Captain, w. d.
! WmrrLE, with the Captain of the Pro
peler, it was SO much more comfortable,
as the latter gave up his room entirely
to us. We arrived in Cleveland s O'clock,
\ Friday a. NJ, all well and in good sPir-
its. Here the whole Regiment received
warm coffee and provisions for three
days; from here wo took the ears in two
trains to Harrisburg, Pa. All the way,
and especially on the Ohio river in Ohio,
were received with the UTMOST attention
and kindness by the people. All sorts Of
provisions were distributed among our
I men, ladies' turned out everywhere, and
in Hudson and Vaseyille they took par
ticular pains TO ssAaks hands with every
soldier, to bid them good bye, with the
hearty wish TO return home safe. Now,
Fred. Lewis, the at tentions of these La
dies and People ought to be acknowledge
ed in more appropriate manner than we
were able TO do while passing through;
all we could give them was laundering
"Hurral" The scenery on the Ohio 1
I need not describe to You as you have
: seen it before. 1t made a ENC impress
sion or me, anil being Michigander, l
believe | appreciate ismore than an East
ern man as we do not see any hills, much
less mountains like these. We arrived
hal mile this side OF. Harrisburg about
) o'clock, p. NJ, here-wc got ont ant
marched into camp Curtin, and pitched
our tents for tie first time. Our Rcg
/, ment being the only Que there that was
uniformed, made good impressi %
among the barcfooted Pcnnsylyaniaas
; who numbered about 1000. We reeeiy
ed whatever we lacked to complete the
equipment, also 20 rounds each Of ammu
+. milton, Early Sunday morning 80
; struck tents and marched out again t
the train where We placed ourselves a
! before to start for Washington gFa Balti
' more; the news we received about Balti
timorc the evening previous was tina
T, the people had determined to oppose US
(which Enlightened the conntenance o
every men; it was Just what we wanted
: AS soon as we struck Maryland we moved
very slow, most of the II. r. Bridges Yer'
/. put upntw and only temporary, as th'
: old ones had been burnt previously
: Within, l6 miles of Baltimore we stop
ped, got out the cars and loaded, afte
that we moved on but slowly; the whole
: road is guarded by Pennsylvania troop
' who cheered us along, we arrived a
!, half past s o'clock; a. NJ, in Baltitnor'
aud formed as ordered, in Platoons, am
: marched through the city to the Il. r, DE
. pot; our men, with the expectation of
y brush, were on a sharp lookout, an
marched like the best drilled regula
troops; never took more pride in on
men, every one as straight as a candle
4 not a word or whisper, was heard fror
4 them, aud as our companies are so larg
we occupied the whole street from side
walk to sidewalk. There was an ihniens
A. CiONu va PNVl"SI wv ~. ~ -
h of disturbance, am sorry to say W
. were disappointed. Many of the ladie
. waved their handkcrchefs; once in
!. while you could here from loafer'l
= mouth "hurrah, for JEFF. Davis" but a
: ter all we arrived at the depot unmolest
70 cd. AT that point there seemed to be
i, crowd of loafers stationed behind Pill
= of stones, AID one of them threw q ston
/. at the Orderly Sergeantiof Company /
q hitting him on his breast, another ston
ii came and hit his leg, the Orderly di
: not wait for another, sighted bis gun an
D, fred; two men fell and everything wa
a quiet. | See they never mentioned til
is fact in any of the Baltimore papers bu
lie it is true. We took the train forW ash
1t ington. When we started, the Baltmo
'r reans gave us cheer, we moved hover
&c err very slowly; the order was given 70
j every man to keep awake and ready a
or moments call; for that reason the
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