The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-08

the Middle and Western S,a,,s; SO You con
Gee. by the aid Of urhorscs aud wagons, that
goods can De disuibuied around TO The dit
fsrsnt posts without any difficulty. for 'be
roads In ,his country are general, tolerably
good. To my own knowledge, since have
been on the hiu the old 25th has not been cuff
fcring any yet, icr the want Of something TO
cat. We have had our full rations, with he
exception Of culy thrce days, when we made
on, to get along with hdtn,ions ofsugar and
coffee, our bread and meat rations wcrc full
Asfaras our clothing is concerned, We have
had plenty all the time; aud, At ,his time.
will positively say. that We have mote than
We want, and that Of the best quality too.
But three days ago we received the second
lot Of clothing. with the exception Of under.
coats. which We do not need, as cur first is-
sue are good yet. Our oyercoais are splendid
very long. reaching almost to the ground.
with a care over the shoulders, covering the
body down below ;he waist Our pants are
none Of the heaviest. but good aud substau.
tal, Our shoes. shirts, drawers and socks
are splvndii, made Of the best material and
in the best style. will remark here that iG
with what clothing each man has in Che 2jth
Ohio Reg't, be was ordered ON march, and
compelled TO carry his knapsock, with his
cloihiug va IL, he would be compelled to DIS.
pose ol one orhis blankets before going very
far. for it is tuo much OF "A load for any one
man 10 carry on his back. Aud, with our
abundance Of provisions, clothing, sc, We
have had the pleasure Of filling our pOckets
with money. Aud. with all Of these things.
ir we should get out, We have got Captain
that will do all that is in his power to get
more for us. lie will get them every time,
It thoy are to be had at all
We received our pay for twomouths, which
affords us an opportunity to buy butter, cab
bagc, cheese, apples, &C., which Is brought
into our camp In great abundance now.
OF sickness, l will say but little about ii.
But ths much l will say, that at times Il
| great many are sick that are not sick, espcc-
ially when there Is q little extra duty 10 do,
Some are really sick, but this is the way that
SO many are reported sick.
We have been busy fo:a few days get.
ting out timber and laying the foundation
for our winter quarters We have now got
out 1900 logs, 20 feet long, aud on an aver
age Of 10 inches in diameter, Our quarters
are to be % feet square, with a large fire.
place in them. Five OF these ro oms are al
lowed for each company, which will make
very comfortable winter quarters for the sol
dlors II will be unnecessary for me 10 tell
you anything about our engagement at
Grceubricr for Il has got to be on old story.
But a little incident must relate, which oc
CURED the other day.
While a squad Of men from the S9J Reg't,
were starting out TO scout the hills, they run
across "sccesh nigger" coming up the road
to our camp from his own, with white haod'
kerchief tied on pole, for flag OF truce .--
He says he deserted them while on Picket
Guard. Reliable information has been ob
tained from him in regard to their forces, sit
uation, &c. lie also served as a good guide
for the next day after his arrival, a compan.
Of 800 men W, detailed, under command o
Major Webster, and started, guided by th
nigga, around the seocsh camp, and succeed
cd in bringing into our camp, a portion Of thei
, mail, 3S head of cattle, 9 head Of horses, an'
besides these things, the boys brought SOM
sccesh keepsakcs. One boy from seucc
brought bnek an old flint lock rifle, which h.
. says he is going to take home with him.
Bully for the "scocsh nigga"
Yours,
W. II. s.