The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-18
Letter From the AOIh.
CAMP MUIDRAueul
Oct. Z, 61.
EbfroRs TRtnuNn:

Oct. {, 81.
EbfroRs TRfpUNE;
There arc varieties even in
camp life, as is shown by our hav.
ing a rainy day to-day, which is our
FIRST rainy day in Kentucky. We
have had beautiful weather. rather
warm the Inst few days, but other.
wise very fine. The boys appre.
ciate a days rest, and / am not sure
but they would vote for several
days ofrain if the Colonel would
excuse them from drill. Under the
constant battalion drill in which
the regiment has been exercised,
we feel that we are being madetruc
soldiers. When a regiment can
march a quarter ofa mile and halt
in u line that needs no dressing,
they can consider themselves good
marchers. Our men are now being
exercised moro particularly in the
manual Of arms, and company in
skirmish drill.
What would you think Mcssrs,
Editors, Of lying down in the WOODS
all night, watching the stars and
the cross roads, for fear socesh
should get into our lines, in short
doing picket duty. Yesterday
Adam Mich, one of our mon, cap
tlred a prisoner said to be from
Bowling Green, the rebel hold.
Gen. Sherman is cross-qucstioning
him this afternoon 1 believe, but
the result ! do not know.
There arc a number of the regi.
ment sick, but DR.. Thrift says we
keep up very fair average. find
that in battles, armies arc largely
overcstimated, because six hun.
dred men on drill out ofa regiment
Of one thousand, is about all you
lgct when you take ont Guards,
Pickets, Cooks, detailed for duty,
and sick. Consequently when you
hear Of fifty regiments engaged you
may count them thirty thousand
instead of fifty.
Rumors ofrebol movements oc-
cur here daily, but we regard, as far
as danger is concerned to our posi-
tion, they amount to nothing.
Nothing would suit the boys better
than a chance to see a fight,-the
only fretting is because we don't
advance farther towards Nashville.
Ourprincipal cause, / think, now
of delay is that we are not furnish
cd with means Of transportation,
no wagons, no horses, Doovercoats.
Gen. Sherman is, | sec by papers,
probably to be promoted, and Col.
Rosseau ia promoted already to q
Brig Gen, so we expect to be I'M
der him, this pleases us very much.
lie is a high toned, gallant soldier
and will no doubt manage his de-
partment well.
Our force is getting to be a con
siderable one, but you must expect
no specific items from me Of resour
ces, as it would hardly be military
and you know started out to make
a soldier Of myself. AS fast as
events occur, | will writo them, and
write you conditions of the army
as far as is consistent,
would like to see this country
after being occupied by Seneca co
farmers 5 or 10 years, it woulc
certainly be beautiful and produc,
tive, os it is now, the farm we arc
now on is offered by the owner, for
eleven dollars per acre, and for
a slave state, 10 well improved,
There amt as many rails on it as
there was before We needed fires. J
Negro slaves will only do what they
are told to, and that slowly, and
don't blame them.
To ono not accuttomed to Il, il
seems strange that tho whites
should, Of all glasses, adopt so much
tho dialect ofthe slaves, 'heah thar
and all such words, done gone, il
tho word for gone away.
was out the other day enquir
ing after secesssionists, We'll, Mr.
SO and so is one. Where is beg' 'Ol
he's done gone South a week oi
two ago. would be the almost un.
varying reply.
Letter stamps are hard 10 gel
here, money or no money, and SC
] suppose friends at home to pay
postage. 1t does not bother me
much, but the young men who
write to the girls are in trouble
this will account 10 them or you ior
any derelictions in paying letters