The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-20
LETTER FROM THE lOTn nEC,1
Yours truly,
S. S. KISINGER.

bAhf DENNlhONi 9ept' A@tlli ActAs
EuIroRs TRnuNE:
Correspondence from me, you will recol.
lect, was not to be subject to any rules.
was to lie permitted TO be independent Of
Grammar, photography, syn,O1 or Prosody
Ito write in sober mood or gay-to give In.
cidents withou at caring whether they pleased
or not, whether they were interesting or te-
dious, and finally, it was more TO relieve me
Of the dull hours, that such life has so many
Of than, to benefit any one else. And In turn
you were to be at liberty to burn the manu-
scripts or publish them, to honor or dishonor
them, as you saw fit. So, know one and all
that this contract is this day signed and seal
ed.
We left TiHin, tas you very well know on
Tuesday morning, and a tedious ride we had
Of IL. The cars ran very slowly 10 Spring.
field, arriving there after dask. At every
village, crowds were waiting 10 greet the
49sters, aud every house aud hamlet was
alive with waving nghandkerchiefs. Our noble
Colonel, land, bye the bye, be is attaching
the men Of the Regiment to him, In q way
that scarcely any other man oould,l felt quite
jolly, and no wonder; his whole soul has been
devoted 10 the service for weeks, and now,
that his efforts are crowned with success, il Is
little wonder he felt proud.
At Carey the Surgeon Of the Reg iment, DR..
Thrift, joined US and we have already greet.
Cd him as a great addition TO our social ranks.
He Is the 49th style, a sober, afihble, polite
gentleman and, undoubtedly, good Sur.
geon.
From Springfield, VIC prog ressed as far az
Aenia, where II continuing 10 rain hard, We
Concluded to lay by till . A. NJ, which W,
did, and, coming on in the morning, arrived
here about nine o'clock, and, [shali modesty
permit me TO say it, at once received thu
praise OF being tns best looking Reg't tina
had come into camp. II may, however, beer
on the principle Of the Irishman, that told III
on arriving at quarters, that we had the bes
place on the groun de, when the first visit
we made we found Col. Ford's men had q
much nicer plnce-the principle OF pleasi nc
all, by saying the "last is the best" If so
our laurels will, Of course, DO taken BY ia,
next regiment arriving.
1t had continued 10 rain aud the GROUND
was very sloppy, so that we were not long Il
find the l2th Reg't barracks, which bad been
cleaned up for us and vas in quite good con
dition--no tent pitching to do but dry quar-.
ters right away.
We took walk in the afternoon and found
We had ON the ground, Col. Ford's Regiment,
1910 strong, Col. Piatt's Zouaves lacking
about 10 men Of maximum number, a part OF
the I'd Rcgt, part of the 18th and two Ar
tiliery Companies, with 10 Rifled Brass
Twelve Founders. The camp is certainly a
fine selection and, while so many are blam.
ing Gov. Dennison for its expens Sc, certain-
| ly praise him for his selection. IL is a round
gently rolling plain, surrounded on all sides
by hills overlooking il, dry and sandy soil,
and as is shown to-day, after yesterday e hard
rain, dries up rapidly.
To-day we commenced mounting guard
regularly and ore going into regular camp
organization. l am sorry TO be obliged TO
record an accident that occurred to day
among the hands employed around here, Inot
a soldier By careless handling, a muskei
was discharged and he received the contents
in his breast, the ball passing in at the right
and out of the left breast, passing Just behind
the sternum or breast bone. The poor fellow
was alive an hour ago, when | called to see
him, but the Doctors say he will hardly live
till morning.
Among the arrivals at Camp. to day, are
two ambuances tor the wounded, aud, al.
though lmuch prefer never to be detailed as
a passenger in them, must say that they
are just the thing to carry sick or wounded
Inan comfortably along in.
Sept i3, 1861 The Cincinnati Times ol
TO- day, will give you an idea Of the opinion
down here Of the 49sters, but we intend to de.
serve more praise than we have got yet, both
for drill and service. Our proposition Is 10 let
our record in the War be our praise or
blame. We have had beautiful day, and
tonight, in'the bright moonlight, the camp
looks beautiful. We have already got our
sentinels walking like regulars, all together,
clear around the ground, first in one direction
and III en- another; and we are commencing a
systematic, thorough discipline. No man
passes the guard as a commissioned officer,
without his uniform on. Our beloved Colo
mel Gibson, is only "Bill Gibson" unless no
has the Eagle on his shoulder, and you see
he proposes that, in etiquette and appear
ance, as in every thing else, we shall be true
soldiers. SOgt0d bye.
Yours, /.