The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-06-28

reside in this village:
CAMP GODDARD, Zanesville,
June 18th, 1881.
DEAR PARENTS II think they will or.
ganize a three years Regiment from The
18th by filling up with new recruits whtn
the three months men refuse to go SO long
That is the talk now, and they have taken
vote 10 see how many will go three
years from The Companies. Only 10 or
l6 OF Co. F, will 20 for more than three
months. Cornie and are going. We
shall have furlough Of from eight to ten
days to go home, il we go for three years.
There are lots Of our boys sick, but none
Of them dangerously so. The chief dis.
ease is the measles 1 5 or 90 Of our boys
have had them some had them pretty
badly. An the boys hom Chardon are
well now. | haven't been sick a day
since left home. II any one is careful, |
think, our way Of living is much more
healthy than yours. We now have coarse
but wholesome food, and enough of it.
Our rations are 8 o. of bread, ] 9 OF. OF
bacon or 10 o. fresh or salt beef. and as
many potatoes as we need OF. Of
coffee, u oz. sugar, besides salt and win.
egar. Our mess consists of SO Chardon
boys. and we have hired Miles Whitney
to cook for us. We have slept on the
soft side Of board without straw, since
day or two after we went to Camp Tay-
lor. like it much better than straw
now. Some OF the boy, are awfully sick
Of their bargain on account Of their fare,
and also because they keep us SO close,
only three persons from each Co. being
allowed TO be out Of the grounds at one
time SO our turns ou: don't come very
often {; but think can stand it for three
months, or for three years, and not hurt
me much.
Our uniforms consist Of light.b blue
satinet pants, of SO poor quality that
near halt of them were very badly worn
out in a week pain Of drawers. 1--WE
shall have another pair, } blush gray
flannel shirt, (another coming pair Of
shoes (mine are nearly gone now ; the
second sole is made Of pas'eboard y a
blue cloth cap with wide front piese, a
pair of hayelocks, and blue-grey blan-
kot
Our equipments are knapsack. haver-
sack, canteen, cartridge box and strap.
bayonet-sheath, a cap box, and an o.
V. M. belt and buckle; also an 8l6 U.
S. musket and bayonet. II we 60 10 for
three years, we are TO have each Minnie
or rihed musket. three months pay down,
and a lurlough Of from eight to ten days,
and our passage home and back.
We have quite pleasant. situation, but
still we are all impatient to leave. We
have been treated the best here by the
citizens, Of all the places we have been.
There is great contrast between this
place and Columbus.
Wednesday, after dress parade, the
Captain told ak those boys who were out
OF money 10 raise their hands, and, OF
about sixty, all but five or six raised their
hands, and that five or six had from / locls.
TO sc. The officers are just about as
hard up as the boys. am on guard TO.
day, and have more time in ihe daytime
lhan on other days.
There are two Regiments in camp here
now. The Goth Regiment left yesterday
and day before, and the l7th Regiment
came in Yesterday. Two Companies of
our Regiment went to Virginia from Co.
lumbus, when we came here, so we have
only eight Companies. Each Co, in Camp
must detail ten men each day, to do guard
duty for "a hours. This duty is TO stand
guard two hours, and be four hours off;
then on again so il goes through the
"a hours. While on duty, the guard is
not allowed to sit down, nor rest his mus
ket on the ground, nor let any one pass
his beat without pass. The penalty for
all common offences is the guard house.
On board Of Renton. Bel!air, o., June
l7h-l wrote the body of this letter day
before yesterday, 4. M, but since then we
have had pretty stirring times. In ,he
afternoon, we received our coats or gray
cloth roundabouts, with army buttons and
made Of pretty good cloth. Between
or O'Clock. orders came for the l7th ant
10Th Regiments TO be in readiness to star
al 4 next morning. o, you should have
heard the cheers the boys gave when th,
order came All are anxious TO be dont
something. AS soon as l was of M
beat on guard. went to the barracks. .and
in Eve minutes, was packed up and read,
TO start any moment. AS soon as we go
our rations. we went to cooking enougl
, for our breakfast, and putting it into on
, haversacks also making coffee TO fill on
! canteens. Hardly any one turned in I'll
l2 o'clock. and we turned out about 8
and were all ready at A. Between s an
6, we marched down 10 the X. r., tn
: l7th being ahead. They. together wit
: two Companies OF the 10Th, filed the frs
! two trains OF i3 passenger cars each. an
! when the third train came for us il wa
} made up Of hog and cattle cars, with tw
or three inches Of manure in the tom
, and lot OF quick lime thrown omit. wiz
. one passenger car for the officers. Whe
9 Col. Beatty saw it. he went down an
: had little talk with the Conductor, afte
. which the train went on, and we wen
back 10 camp and laid around and slep
\ ill noon, not expecting 10 have snythin
0 to eat, as our ialiobs and camp kettle
9 were gone; but the people Of Zanesyill
J. were ON hand at dinner and supper time
9 with good supply of provisions /; and n
q soldier could 90 down town without h hAvin