Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-10-18
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VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE

VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Charlottesville, its aPpenrance-1he Sick-Pros-
P"efs Of a dof'h. Hospital arrangements--
Tile wi"ter Campaign, aa
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA,
Oct Z. 1861.
Mr Ep,roE: never think Of this place with
out applying 10 it n part of beautiful text of
scripture, to wit: "As the mountains are round
about Jerusalem" for that Is literally the situa
ton OF this place. il is surround with noun
ia:ns with barely sufficient opening for the
'ngress aud egress Ct the locomotive it would
se"!n! The place IL srsccptable Of very great
Improvement, it needs it rs much as any place
Oh Tie size with which am acquainted, 10
make it nt oil comfortable in rainy weather.
With few exceptions, our sidewalks are misera-
"lc but they are now beng improved by the
laying Of large square smooth slate stonea
which are quarrled out of the hills close by.
The University has just been opened but it
will doubtless have TO close, ns am told, there
are only some half dozen matriculants
The health Of our army is very greatly i'm
proved. as but have died since we left for the
south which ID certainly very great falling
OF. 1t WINS not an unusual thing wien we
first came here TO see the Hearse leaving the
door of house not two hundred yards from
ours from to times a day, aud now we rare.
ly see it,
fight is daily and hourly looked for, and
still months may intervene before ,ya will
have one. 1t Was supposed when we left Pc
tcrs burg, that n conflict would take place be-
fore our arrival here, and We seriously con-
'emplatcd going OIL to the seat of war before
we come here, but the near we approached the
armies, the less there was said about it. and
when we reached Gordonville we met tho
President On his return to Richmond, and we
then came TO the conclusion that we were not
SO near fight after all. There is no question
but the powers that be, on our side, are irving
to force an issue this. fall, or rather to invite
one, If they can do so without invading but
then it is believed tlint the Fedcruls dare not
! meet us on equal terms, and hence there may
not be anything but skirmshing before spring
The question is often asked Southcrnera. How
can our extreme Southern troops stand q. win
ter campaign in Virginia Mr.. Editor, I be-
licve in my heart that we can stand it better
than the Northern Troops. Every one al nj,
conversant with Northern life knows, that they
have closer houses, thicker clothing, and .iry,
dozen times hotter than we have, and that
that are far better prepared to withstand one
OF their very cold winters, than we are ours
Almost every northern family have tlieir win
ter's supply of Nood hauled cut UP, and placed
in their framed shinglcd wood houses before
winter sets in, SO that it can be procured with
out going OF: of DOORS and when they 60 out
0f donrs aff
ed with thick clolhings Flrs and Buffalo skins,
to withstand the weather 20 degrees below Zero
| thnnswe IN the South are when the mercury is
70 degrees above. know this Mr.. Editor.
from positive experience, Iknow it from obser.
walton, repeat it witl,emphasis, that L believe
our gallant army can withstand the winter
! campaign of 1861, ;better than our Northern
enemies.
| Not one of our Abbeville friends have died
since left here for the South, Indeed, al, Of
them are improving, and some have returned to
camp. The weather is much warmer here now
than itwas i'll Columbia when we left, W G have
had no frost. and everything looks as green
and iourislling as mid summer
! 1t is uncertain as yet, where Que location
will be. it may be here, but more likely it will
be ut Warrenton or on the Manassas Gap Rail
road at strassburgh; so miles Aaom Manassas.
4 suitable house cannot he had at 6 Gordousvilie
or CulpePper for Hospital l@rcturned here
with all Of tile suprIiesI started with, ,sand
picked up four large. boxes on the way. two
from Cahoun's Mills, and Two that found in
the Freight Depot in'Colufnbia.H These. four
were No. j. boxes. sand it isswell that they
finally reached their destination, which they
would have done much sooner If thEE- had
been disseted, right. LIB.