Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-24
FR0M THE KENTUCKY BORDER.
Written for the Fayetteville Observer.
New CAMP TRoUsDALE,
October l6. 1861. {

IN your paper, from camps,
t would seem rather out of place
20 write another; but knowing that
there a great many readers of the
O6sereer who have friends and rel
atlves in camps who left on the 7th
INST, | think it nothing amiss for.
me to write you a few lines for pub
to let our friends know
where we are, and something about
our warfare and welfare; but !
scarcely know what to write nor
how to write it:
We left Pulaski about half past
5 o'clock p. NJ, and arrived at
Nashville about O.. We then
marched to the Fair Grounds, about
% miles distant, and camped for
the night. The next day we drew
ourcamp equipage and pitched our
tents. Here we found part OF a
regiment Of cavalry from Texas,
part Of whom have served as ran
gers and herdsmen, are good with
a lasso, and are prepared to ''rope"
the Yankees whenever they get
under good Roadway Oh a retreat!
They are, | think, from the ac-
quaintance formed, very clever,
moyul, and social men. Besides
the Texans there mc several com-
panies of infantry from Alabama,
all unarmed. We are expecting
arms this week. We have with
us two companies from Lincoln,
five from Giles, and one from Da-
wilson.
We left the Fair Grounds On
Thursday and marched to the Lou
isyille depot with Capt. Worley
acting as our ColoneD and took
the train for Mitchellsville, situa-
ted ON the kentucky line, and ar
rived there about s o'clock p. NJ.
and all being tired, we cooked our
suppers and lay down to sleep
where We were; and about 8 o'clock
Friday A. NJ, to our great surprise
we awoke and found it raining.
We then pitched our tents and got
breakfast, and by that time the
wagons came to move us to the
camps, some two or three miles
west; ard by this time some were
wet and some were wetter, some
were drunk {as it was raining and
others sober; but all thought hard
times had come pretty soon after
leaving home. We struck our
tents and went to the camping
ground, which we found to be a
very nice place, with good drilling
grounds, and convenient to both
wood and water. We pitched our
tents again, and are now doing tol-
erably well-no one seriously i'll,
but we sometimes sleep cool, not
having more blankets than we de-
sire only when we are moving; and
as it is thought we will remain here
but short time, we do with as
little as possible, lest when we
move we have to leave something.
Our boys are all in fine spirits.
| feel as well contented as if Twas
at home, except the cooking and
eating part! but that comes rather
a,rk,cdrd. | assure you if we did
not get better cooking at home than
we do here we would suffer our
selves to become very hungry be-
fore we could eat it; but here ev-,
cry thing tastes well (but not reay
well, but we are all the time eat
ing, and all the time hungry. [.
think we will have to draw small
er rations or we viii get so fat that
we cannot keep up with the Yam
KEGS Manassas-time; and you know
we may want to chase them some
where about Bowling Green in a
few weeks, and want to catch
them to try our knives to see if
they will hold a good edge.
Yours, &C., r.
n. d. Our camps are in Robert
son county, within a few hundred