Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-06-26
Fur the Advertiser.
VIRGINIA Correspondence.
C,ur PirK.Ss near Richmond. Va.
.lnne Eth 1851.

C,ur PirK.Ss near Richmond. Va.
Jane 18th 1851.
Deur friends al orer old Eigefc'd: Once
mere beg leave TO appear Lcfore you rs :.
oossipinp letter writer. know yo'' will ali
l--,-l Lc~- So c~--~-- l. g,
of the brave hearts who hav" so nobly quit ;
their homes and iireSides ior these SCENES OF
danger and hardship; Of the gallant men
who have stored away their lures and penntes
and come forth ;:,o face the world and wiring
the hard held honors from stern fortunes
hand" ii wtIlu;.; fear OF tair= ti:"ns:it VAN
or obtrusive, begin.
The Seventh Regiment haYili, been mus
tered into th,, Confederate scrTicc on tuesday
The l,h June, left Camp Butler the same
evening for Virginia. This same Tuesday
will ever lie a memorable DAY 10 Tue men OF
this noble Regiment! From ;he rising Of
the sun on that day until the day on which !
write. Tuesday again. all has been incesSant
wh:ri and excitement Our trip l2s;"d four
nights and three DAYS, and rroTed considera-
inspiring and exciting. The iourneS was III
fact a triumphal procession through three
States. Sometimes We went in one long train
40 cars sometimes in two, sometimes II!
three: each company !rG:l from three 10 io;ir
cars. besides one iOr their respective baggage
The Colonel and Staff had one 10 themselves.
The negroes. Of ~hon there aie 4 tll"n", sat
with anu tended the baggage. BESIDES all
this. there was car with eight horses The
e,rlus,asm along the whole line ct the rail-
way was boundess the inmates ol every
,,riya,e dwelling within seeing or hearing dis
tance Of the train, rushed forth AZ it, approach
waving, luzza:nr and cheering IN the most
excited manner. Very often ladies with tie
whole body Of their house servants, woald be
gathered upon the cnlbankment il wave us
,;ol.sneei SO a'l.l cryading was this feeling
;bu, COOKS t!aun.cl dish rags from kitchen
windows and ebony plough boys let fall the
ulou:.h handle aud lusScd their arms ;.hout
will: frantic gestures. At the prominent sta
tons, cTOSNS N''lS y -'''''>':
composed more than hall Of ladies. te$c
latter came In en- with baskets of bouquets
and refres' ments wl;:h tncy handed along
the line wi. Ihrir own l:ai:''s. CHATTING tile
while with great spirit and animation. Theirs
have Eeen tic words to cheer us on: the hands
70 help, tie prayers 20 project: His was
particularly the ease at Greensboro. \. Z.
At Salisbury, i;reenstoro anu Lexington, '"'.
Bacon was loudly called ioc and ncknoWl-
edged this grateful den onstrat!on on each oc-
caSioa bv short spcc>i.--th. burden of
which WAS rome ont.
BIT spcaai:.- OF bouquets let me tell yon
little tale. a certain young gentleman, wear
inga handsome uniform. we'.t forth 1t Greens
boo anil &c i, cd from tie hands OF Dune
da grGnl Glpnir Il ug,: bouquet with a strip
of Ia er la,i g IN it For the handsomcst
Captain in tie Regiment. The said gentle
man, tonsi ring that he had received it I'M
der f.Ise-lretc ce<, proposed 10 hand it over
to tie h:n'lsom,st Captain. | admired the
plan, an inn, diat.iy cif,:rd to convey j, to
the Captain ofConpany II .whereupon another
sal | i, must 20 to lie Cap:ain Of G. mrlny X.
who undcubcd!y La strong Claims; here
upon o many Gains wee put in that in the
clanorl % light tt the bouquet. and only
know it wen :st.ay Otis destiny as i failed
10 fall int tie hands of the Captain Of Com
pany II.
In Raleigh the x::tcm mt and liberaity
was beyond descr:pti, tn verify feared each
individual soldier would be stuffed to death
with dainties and then carried to Tie cars in
the aims of the ladies'. In times OF peace
ladies' are the su ,ject Of poetry and romance,
but in times of war soldiers From Weldon
to Petersburg the men rode in open fiat cars,
the CoIaasl beading the tain in close Car