The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-06-06
Letter from Company A.,-The
Safe ArriyalOf the BOxes-,-HOw
The Contents were Disposed Of
&C., &c.
WASHINGTON D. c.. /
CAMP SHERMAN, June 1st, '6l, 4

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The boxes Of goods, chatteIS, pies. cakes.
money, stockings, cigars, tobacco, rad
dishes, onions, canned fruit, shirts, hand
kerchiefs, OWeIs, and liquids Of various
kinds arrived. accompanied with dear
letters. from fathers, mothers, sisters,
brothers, wives, relatives, friends and
swest.hearts, on Thursday evening last.
and to say that the boys fore COED the
doubtful felicity Of supping on fat pork
and navy bread spiced with dishwater
coffee, would be superAuous; be it suffi-
cient to state that the boys "pitched in"
devouring all, even to the paper in which
various edibles and valuables were wrap
ped-not however. at one meal, but il
any one, however sharp sighted, or to
whatever tension his optics might be
stretched, could find a stray crumb Of
anything eatable in the morning, his Wis
ion is considerably more accute than that
Of any member of Company A. You
just ought to have seen, Messrs. Editors
the 'ables on which we ate our delicacies
Some were on the fence crosswise, dried
beef in one hand, pound cake in the 9TH
er; others got up into the trees, singing,
Oh! who in the dickens
Would not love to roam,
When w'Ales like these
Are sent US from home!
Some Of our high off ,ers. such as File
Cosers. Cooks, Camp Cleaners, Corporals
and 9th or 10th sergeanls, absolutely got
cheese and frult.cake, and you ought to
have seen the poor privates who got moth
ing hut ginger-sn apps, jumbles, mince- pies
ralsons, figs, fruit and pound. cake. envy
iOg them! Ben Butterfield and Ezra
Rickets went out in foot aud half mud
hole and stood on their heads, with a jar
of pickles and crock Of butter as Gle
leaders to their mouths, aud the last seen
Of Captain Stafford, he and Joe Hawkins
were about mile from camp. (havinq
crawled through the hole in the fence
made by jesse Weeks diving right has
tily into the large cake sent by the Ode
Fellows; they were in fence-corner, using
pieces of fence stake for knives, and look
ing lovingly at each other as pound by
pound of "Friendship Love and Truth
took its melancholy passage adown til,
, great gateway Of pork, beans and lage
becr Lieutenant Hunter must have gorg
ed himself TO death as he has not beel
seen since; several bottles Of f---als
< came to hand, but as the members 0
Company A, like the members of Capt
+ Siinchcomb's company, are temperanc
men, the bottles were immediately smash
ed and the contents thrown down.
: In this connection | must tender m
thanks, together with those of ths 'whol
company, for the many little kind token
e ofremembrance received, all the MOI
n valuable because coming from home, th
;. home of our childhood, where all who al
II near and dear 10 us reside, and wher,
when we die, We wish our remains to b
. buried.
/ Many tokens and symbols to remin
70 as of what we received, are distribute
around our tents in the shape Of autob
ographical sentiments, such as "To Wi
" liam, from he knows who" "lo Jam
=. from his sister Caroline and Mary" '
, John from his atfecIiOnate mother" &C
J. here and there can be seen empty frr
e, cans, empty cigar boxes. .ruffled tin foil, ct
n My reminder is in the shape Of thr
% One Dollar Williams, Stats Bank OF Obi
10 received from some of the best fellows (
w world ever saw. have opened a 81
~ show with them in my tent, admission,
I'd cents, soldiers half price. Charles Fiel
he and Kit Linn, agents. 1t is called
Cabinet of Astounding Curiositissg"
Hugh DaugheIty returned to camp
+" day, having got over a severe attack
M pneumonia.
:" Everybody is WELL good-looking, f
lis ragged, sassy, iult of fun, froic, dev
meut and in for one batlle, if it is only
whip the Second Regiment, 50 they 81
. but | am opposed to any such foolishnc
MS as | Lave acted more philosophically sill
of getting whipped at Logan by a fellow
=. thought could whip, but who whipI
r me! .....
III A heavy guard OF sentiuels are pla,
ere around every camp, and picket guards
ci. placed at the distance Of three miles
.he round US; but notwithstanding these P
an cautions, every niger seen at night, ey
"' white man seen ir daytime, aud ev
COW and horse is supposed to be sec
sionist in disguise, and the cry, cris
81 spoken, of "HaW AdUance and give
no coanterSign" turns many negro VIII
: many white man blue, and drives az
re- innumeiable cows.
The Rumor has it. that we start for Virgi
~ this afternoon, but as old rumor has
"? upon several occasions, | think we wo
lie not lose great deal by disbeleviug
hes until we are further advised. One til
g. is certain, however, large bodies Of I
is are going into Virginia, for something
DAD other, which time will demonstrate.
un' l have no news to give you, and
therefore close, US my letter was merel
on be surety TO your mind that the be
en- from home had been received and {
ne> disposed OF. May be able to rec
oV' anothe, acknowledgment before long!
'om Since writing the above, Lieut.. Hu
has made his appearances in tolerable G
ton health, having taken an emetic and
ger well of his gorged condition. cousequ
lore on eating loo many of the delicacies