Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-09-11
LETTER FROM CAMP TENALLY.
CAMP TENALLY. Sep. g 1861.

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letter nothing worthy of particular notice has
occurred in camp, Monday last, the 1lth
Reg. p Il. c. was again cut picket
guard. Whilst out, We captured small
drove of cattle with the drivers 1t is sup
posed the men were secession spies, and had
the cattle along for pretext to get inside of
the lines of the Federal army. Both cattle
and men were sent to Washington city. We
came in from Picket late in the evening, and
Immediately received orders to prepare to
march. Two days rations were Immediately
drawn from the commissary aud each man
received his allowance. The report was
that Gen. Mcclellan had teIegraphed to Gen.
Mccall that the enemy opposite the Chain
Bridge were bsipg strongly reinforced, aud
that in all probably shey would make an at
tack inside of 48 hours AT midnight we
were called out and the company formed.
After receiving Instructions to lie down with
our arms ard accoutrements near u.s. we were
ordered to our quarters with the expectation
of being called out again before morning. but
we're not Onr orders on Wednesday were
:he same those for the evening before, to
be ready to march at a moments notice.
"Wednesday evening We went to sleep with
the expectation of being called out during
the night, but in this We were again dissap-
pointed for our rest was not disturbed by the
long rolf nor the command hurried!y to fall
in Thursday morning Co A, went to work
m a tIpa SIfv a1 ah haIf
from our eucampment, called Fort M'Call.
The work on this Fort is nearly completed,
and when finished will be very foIniiable, if
the rebels attack this side of The c1pitOl. Af-
ter working about three hours it commeIced
raining and We were discharg ged, ani return
ed to our quarters The rain continueI du-
ring the day-the Reg. did no drilling We
are quartered more agreeably in damp wealth
er; we might hail with delight its coming
but in our present dwelling place. dry wealth
er is much preferred. The following is the
daily routine as 1t is now in the camp of the
g bloody 11th." At A a.. m reveille, Co
drill 3 to 6; breakfast at l. regimental drill
from = to 9 or from to log dinner at p
| from to 81: guard mounting at 6 :; 81 dress
parade retreat at sundown supper tattoo.
aud at 10 taps. At the latter time the camp
which has been very lively during the day,
assumes very quiet appearance. the light
being all extinguished. and no persons NOV
| ing about but those doing guard duty. From
this statement of a days work you can see
that However much soldering is inclined to
create a feeling of laziness, but small
amount of leisure time is given to enjoy it
in The commissary department of the
Regiment is also much better arranged at
present than it was at the camps we were
heretofore located in. Our rations still con-
| tlnue to be of the most substantial kiud: viz,
soft and hard bread, beef pork. beaus, rice
&c A few days since the commissary COM
menced issueiug hominy, which when we'll
cooked makes an excellent dish for soldier
Potatoes and molasses have also been added
to our ratIons. IF our arrangements for
cooking what we receive were good the
quality of the articles received, 10 one could
fare better either in or out of the service OF
Uncle Sam.
News of the great victory at Fort Halter
as Aug 20 was received here Immediately
after the arrival of Gen. Butler and Commo-
dore Stingham in Washington. The news
of this victory created an unusual amount Il
rejoicing among the boys in this Regiment.
a few more such victories will inspire the
Federal forces with far more spirit aud self
confidence than they lost at Bulls Run. A:
we have orders 20 march at moments warn.
ing, 1t is probable that we will yet see some
very active service. The Federal forces a
this point receive additional reinforcement
almost daily. If the rebels dare to attack u
in the neighborhood of the Chain Bridge, VT
will be well prepared to meet them. I'll
~We would render ourselves liable t
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