Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-27
News from the Rebel Camp af Pensacola
ImpOrtant Information.


We had an interview yesterday with a
yOnng man who left the rebel camp at Pen
sacola on Saturday last July goth, between
twelve and one o'clock He was a member
of company H, of the 9th Mississippi regi-
ment, Capt. B. Moore. He enlisted on the
2sth of March last, for twelve months, and
the company reached Pensacola eighty five
strong. When be retired from the service
the company consisted of twenty-five men,
His resirement leaves twenty -Four. The
rest Of the eighty-6ye are dead of typhoid
fever-given out and discharged deserted.
+ of the commissioned Sffcers-the lst
aud 81 Lieutenants, obtained furlough about
Two months ago Tor fifteen days, and have
not been heard from since. Th i, regiment to
which he was attached had buried eighiy-
two men since going into camp. Nearly all
died OF typhoid fever. -
Provisions reach Pensacola now by way
Of the railroad which connects that place
with Montgomery. There is plenty of
stsheet-iron crackers" and corr meal. The
boys have crackers one week and corn meal
the next. They have bacon and fresh meat
in tolerable plenty, but there is much COM
plant am0ng the men as to rations. Deser.
tions were frequent and dissatisfaction very
prevalent l5s 1Is
Thursday afternoon last, the quarters Of
the Alabamiaps were burned aecidently.-
| When the ERE was raging the 2. s. brass
( band at Fort Pickens came out spd played
Hail Columbia, with fine effect, to the great
/ aggravation of some of the Secessionists and
the amusement Of others.
| We father the following particulars Of the
position of the Contederates. The Louisian-
ians are stationed at the Navy Yard. They
have one mortar battery and two gun batter
les. The batteries comprise three mortars
and six inch Oolumbiads. There are
troops stationed at that point, about eight
1 hundred LOuisianians and Eve hundred Con-
hderate regulars.
| Between the Navy Yard and Barrancas
| there are four batteries. Three of them have
| three s-inch co,umbisds each, and the other
| has six inch columbisds These batteries
a:e situated about three hundred yards apart.
| Back Of them is mortar battery, where six
| 10 inch mortars are mounted.
| Birraneas has thiIty-two guns mounted.
Nine of them are IL Founders mounted en-
/ barbette. There are two 10 inch eolumbiads
at BaTraneas. The rest of the guns are
/ twenty-four and thirty-tWo Founders. The
fort is strongly protected with sand bags and
eowhides, and is hanked by redoubts- The
tort and redopbts ara -oeGaPiedzR ~ aAaAt1alHlAs
ans. Georgians and Floridians have built a
redoubt about Eve hundred yards in the
rear of Barrancas. They have two twenty
four FOUNDERS mounted in front Of the redoubt
and two companies Of flying artillery are
stationed there. ca
/ Thore are two masked batteries, one with
six and the other With four, eight-inch CO.
lumbiads, in the woods near the light house
to the right Of Barrancas.
In Fort NeRae there are twenty-five guns
mounted Four twenty four Founders ss bar
bette two eight inch columbiads; the rest
thirfy-tRo Founders. There is pivot gun
on the left of the fort. Two ten-inch colum-
bi ids ere mounted as pivot guns on the
right OF the fort. There is a mortar battery
about mile and half from the light house,
where there are three morters mounted
Abon two hundrs ya'ds in font Of this NOR
tar battery, there are two other ten-inch
columbicds mounted as pivot guns These
g1ns are shout three hundred yards apart,
and are in charge Of the eth Mississippi regi-
meRt-C CineiRnafi CommsTeidl. -----