The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-08-02
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LETTER FRoM WESTERN vIR-
GINA.
in Camp At GIrSvmlE. oimcr CO.. Val
July l9th, 1861.
Ens. TmuuNr-As I am a Seneca CO. boy,
and member Of the 7th Ohio Regiment, Il
came to the conclusion would let You know
what We are doing and, if you please, you can
let the rcst Of the county know IL also, as 81
will probably interest = number who have
friends 10 the ith Company 3 contains ten
members fom that county and 1 don't mean
to boast Ehcn I say they are ten esgood men
as there are IN the Regiment
We lett Camp Dennison on "wednesday
eve, at 6 O'Clock June 26th Tor Granou Va,
via Columbus and Bellair, reaching the lat.
ter place about noCu on Thursday. without
any Incident worthy Of note. There We Ter
ried the river 10 Benwood, one Of the West.
crn termini Of the b. 3 o. r. h where We
had 10 await the arrival Of engines and cars
to transport We Onward, which did not arrive
until about midnight Of Thursday night. We
spent part of tie Interval In various ways,
such as swiming in the Ohio River, in about
l5 inches Of water. climbing to the summito.
the hil In the rear OF the village, and some
OF the members hunting for Gre water. In
the evening We had dryss parade and rcgi-
mental dill; then We had cartridges given
a. a guard sta ioned and OF Tered 70 bi,youno
until further orders, IA new kind Of camp lie
70 the boys.) which came about two o'clock.
We were ordered % prepare TO move on and
VIC were soon ready for We were all anxious
10 know our destination. We were slowed
away in all kinds Of cars except passenger,
! (there being none at that time on that end
Of the road.) however, the boys were all Ia
high glee and enjoyed the ride aud scenery
1 Tip top, AZ supposing our dcstiaa,ion was
Grafton, tut We wcro all disappointed on
reaching there about noon on Friday 20 learn
that we would 80 on to Clarksburg, "a miles
distant westward, We reached there at ,
O'Clock 7. M. pitched our tents on ~sesesh"
soil-the cooks went 10 getting grub and some
parties went looking after scocssionists, some
/ few Of which they found and number got up
and lroltcd. We remained at Clarksburg ~
hours we we're then ordered 10 march, which
was something new TO us all, having never
/ done the like before; besides il was a forced
march o. % miles in l2 hours, eaeh man car.
rying a knapsaok, cartridge box, havcrsaek
and musket Ia all nearly 90 lbs but the Uavt
stood Il like mules, some few, however, fail.
ing from the rank through sheer exhaustion
yet moving as long as they could get one fool
before The other. Others uuslngiug thcil
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were quickly In the rauks again and march
ling merrily along. We reached Weston
about daylight Sunday morning with the e1.
peetatiVn oi having 10 fight our way into th,
vi lage; but the rascals were warned Of oul
Approach aud made good their escape. How
ever we caught some 80 OF them mapping nnd
bagged them and sent them up to Grafton lOi
safe keeping. Col. Tyler then took posses,
sion Of the bank, a secession institution with
S27 600, and appropriated the same 10 UuolC
Sam, which the eccessionists say Is down.
/ right robbery. The Col sent out scouting
parties from time 10 time aud captured se
oessiOnists, making them take the Doth Of al.
'legiancc 10 the Cove rnment; but don't think
they REGARD their oath any move Than pirntes
However they have been awiully deceived IL
regard to the policy Of the administration ant
hundreds are eCming back to their good Ole
homes for protection, declaring that secession
is a political hobby and will bankrupt tht
South and that the $. q. can not carry ON th,
war over one year-that taey neither have
the arms, ammunition or money.
This village, [GlenRyille,l is the county
scat Of Gilmcr co, on the Little kanawht
River, co miles above Patkersburg aud, a
some time, may be, contained 300 iuhabiPnt
but now contalne some four families, the res
having lett, the Union element being driver
ut by the rebels and they IN turn being mad
TO yamose 10y US; but every thing is quiet her
now, though we we're somewhat excited whcl
We heard Of the defeat Of the rebels at Lau
rel Hill, the details OF which You know al
about Of course. We were detailed for
scouting Regiment, which we have been do
ling since we came 10 Virginia; but we ar
now ordered t. Join our Brigade on the BIZ
Kanawah, under Gen. Cox. Then i viii
meet with the gallant boys Of old Seneca, will
the most Of whom | am well acquainted -
BY the way will never forget the partinl
fom and the well wishes Of the brave "Senc
ca Sharp Shooters" Good luck 10 them eve
when think we will take up our line o
march for East Tennessee TO sustain the I'm
ion element in that portion Of the country
We have been here some ten days and wear
anxious TO move, as we are letting tired 0
this place /, for my part was astonished
4 when l arrived here, expected 10 see some
thing noble in the +. r. VS., but The onl,
remarkable feature ! can see is plug O
homemade tobacco aud dirty shirt Their
is one thing certain; the Mother Of anoien
Presidents cannot boast of her modern war
riors, for there is not a warrior amOng them
not a brave one.
must say one word in regard to the hos
Ditality OF the Union folks Of Va. They ar
hospitable in the extreme, contributing to on
comfort in various ways. Anything theyoaI
do for us they do with the greatest Of pleas
ure, but the country ia 50 very poor that tn
Inhabitants live poorly. IL you were TO sen'
a Seneca co. farmer here on 1000 ceres o
land lie would starve in six months. A wor,
about the ladies Of Virgina--they eanno
compare with our Buckeye ladies for grac
and beauty. The country is so poor that the
cannot OiiOrd to wear hoops. Isee they near
ly all want 10 catch Buckeye Boy. Tbel
make all kinds Of awkward love 10 us. Tn
weather is very pleasant here. We have
fine shower Of rain about every other day nnt
clearing up pleasantly.
lguess have said enough for once, so
will close by proposing 3 cheers for cold Sen
CO ;" 7 aud a lion for Co. d. and times
for the 7th Reg't.
Yours,
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