Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-23
LETTER FROM CAMP DICK ROBINSON.
The Officers the 2nd East Tennessee
Regiment at Camp Dick Robinson.
CAMP Dick RoBINsoN, Oct. Ii 1861

CAMP DICK ROBINSON, Oct. Is. 1861,
EDS. CON: AS correspondent who signs
himself Justice" has given you and v9nr
readers short account of the LIST East Ten
nessee Regiment, at this place, you perhaps,
will not take it amiss, if notice the End East
| Tennessee
Jas 7. Carter has been appointed Colonel
OF thls regiment. 1t is good selection. and
Is entirely satisfactory to the men. He is a
native OF Carter county, Tennessee. and is
about thlrty-hve years of age. Instead of
| coming from the dregs of society in TeDnes-
see, (as some with bad hearts and emntv
heads represent all the East Tennesseans at
this Campo be halls from one of the l.first
| families" The Carter family have lived in
tennessee ever since that State was settled
by the white man, and long before the Red
man was entirely dIslodged from the rich val
| leys and wild bill country of East Tennessee
| The county in which Colonel Carter lives
was named after one of his ancestors. The
Colonel, though capable of filling anR Office
mat could be given him, has ALWAYS prefer-
red private. humble life, away from The
noise and glitter of public life. He thus
ilved IN his native county till traitors and
reoeis threatened to destroy the liberty for
winch ms fathers had fought, and bIed' and
uieu' me liberty, whose foundation is laid
10 the Constitution of the United States. the
liberty, civil and religious, the worth of
whIcn is known to none bnt true hearted
American citizens. When the Internal howl
Vi the nrst traitor was heard. at the COM
tneneenent OF our present troubles, Colonel
carter came forth from private life, firm
ad'ocate OF The principles upon which our
Government Is founded. We believe he will |
prove himself on the battlefield to be what he |
mas oeen ever since secessionism was born-a
ooio and daring foe TO rebels. Woe be 10 |
ha raho
Col Carter shall lead the bold ana bra ve men
OF the End East Tennessee Regiment. He |
VIII not b. the man that will say. 500 tovs
and Kill the rebels" but will saw ..come |
boys, follow where l leadv He is a brother
to Lieut.. 5. P. Carter, U. S. n, and Rev. ".
ID. Carter, of Tennessee.
" Y. Irewhltt, Esq, so justly noticed by
youI corresp0hdent. Justice has been appoin-
6 eu LEU . Coionei OF the End Regiment. "Our
Dan," though be would rather no pnon tho
court green, and enquiring into the intrica-
cies Oh some complicated law suit, will. upon
the battle held, be foemaq before whom any
rebel might quail and tremble. I trnst onr
Lawyer soldier" will stay as many traitors
with bullets, as he did in Lower East zen
hessee with burning elOquence. eH
, mat cleveland holds the Office of Major in
-;i, shnent. HE'S team by himself He
line and under all sorts of cireumstsncss ~
lght the rebels. He is native of Monroe |
county, tennessee, but has for several years
lVed 10 Hamilton county. At The late aIsc'
ION III tennessee he was elected To renresent
us couity in the Legislature bnt in consa
luence OF bis uncompromising attachment m
ne Union and the Constitution. ba- I'D 81
cave bis home and family, to seek nrotac,;oS
the army of the United States. The l,s, .
dVlce he gave his children on leaving homo
a., tnat they should continue to shout for /.
he Union, and curse JEFF. Davis. | venture :
= say inat there Is no man about Camp Dick
'ooinson VINO strolls about less than Mat
oss. mniie other Majors, Colonels, Captains | /,
.u PriVates are strolling, strutting and loun- I
Jug Soout outside OF the encampment. Mai ! q
. &c eiHnu- "nsn called for, will be found | !
ther at bis tent with paper or hook !, ban5
on duty. have heard it said that he bss .
OF been seen outside the encampment bnt
7o or three times since he has been her. =
'out seven weeks So far as his bravery Il 4 !
'neerned, the devil can't scare him. =
MI. CARPENTER is Adjatant in the regiment | /,
halls from Anderson county Tennessee | a
here he was raised. He talks but little and y
es much-attends strictly to his own bust
SIS and lets everybody else alone Success =
the AdJutant of the I'd regiment. 4
oognt not, IN mentioning the officials of i
: regiment, fail to notice the Chaplain l.
" w. p Lowry, of the Methodist Church n
AVE no natural antipathy to the Methodist s.
urcb. and only state il as a fact. that the n
nisters of that church in the Soutb have ltl
'uted, preached, and prayed fs)' more for n,
success OF the Southern rebellion than 81
the rest OF the ministers rut together. te
mop Andrew led the way and the rest fol IA
req fhst 10 not surprising when We call To