New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-06-28
WALTON.

LYSclBCRG, VA, June 2, 1851.
Mr.. Eduor-As you are doubtless aware, the
left wing of our Pelican regiment left Camp Moore
last Monday morning 18th inst, at GA. NJ. It en-
braces companies F, (lrish yolunteers) G, (Ameri-
can Rihes) H, Crescent Rifles By I, Virginia
Blues) and K, Livingston Rifes,) Col Hays in
command We arrived here yesterday morning.
having been fully five days on the road. The
amply compensated for by the pleasant and CON
tinual excitement afforded by the demonstrations
in our compliment along the route. But detailed
account OF the same would, doubtless, be but q
repetition of the published experience of all the diff
terent troops that have preceded us. / should in
Justice, however, to the people of Holly Springs,
Miss, Huntsville, Ala, and Dublin and Liberty, Va
record the solid hospitalties which greeted us at
those places, in the nature of bountily supplied
breakfast tables. Such attentions maketh the
stomach glad as well as the heart. Worthy of note,
too, is the evident change of sentiment along the
route Of travel through East Tennessee. Within
three weeks, one train, bearing troops. had been
fired into by some imp of Lincoln and another
train thrown off the track by the dastardly act of
| ditto As we passed through this once benighted
region the demonstrations of favor were decidedly
more cordial and enthusiastic than what had yet
greetcd U.s. Greenvihe, the hot-bed of Abolition
| ism, the home of Andy johnson, (now sloped to
more congenial climes) and the seat of convention
then being held, with view of following the lead
OF the Wheeling Linconites was gay in the display
| OF Confederate bunting and Tennessee girls and
resonant with cheers for JEFF Davis from its male
! population. am satisfied from what saw and
heard that Lincolnism is fast hiding its diminished
mead IN East Tennessee, in fact that E. T. having
at last started into the Southern cause is fond of it
| as we all, young and DID, are fond of new things
and intend to make " big thing u of it. Not in
appropriately in this connection, give you copy
| of note that enwrapped bouquet thrown by q
| Tennessee girl and caught by one of our bows
Suppressing the name, hope this use of the mis-
sive may be considered pardonable, if on no other
consideration than that of showing the spirit of
| the Southern girls. Here it is
| "Ay Soldier F1iends-May Heaven smile on
| you Oh, may the God of Battles be with you,
my beloved friends! It shall be my constant
prayer while you are fighting to gain the victory.
| 0, may it please God for all of our Southern SOL
| ders to return safe and crowned with laurels. To
day is the day for rebellion against Secessionism
at this village. hope and trust if they do rebel
they may have one of the bloodiest times ever
! known since 1872. May the last Lincolnite be
killed. hope sincerely that you may all kill the
last Lincolnite, and not leave one Yankee to adyo-
cate the e,cause of abolition have but one brother
| to go to fight for our Southern rights. Would to
| God had a dozen to GO. May my old native
State, Virginia, turn out her brave sons. II you
| need any assistance whatever, send for me, and
will render you all the assistance that is in my
power May the grace of God rest upon you. O,
my friends-for truly hold you as such-al you
can do is to give your hearts to esd. have al
| ways glOried in the name of soldier. 1t has
always been my ambition to be a soldier; but
since that is impossible, intend, at some future
time, to be soldiers bride. have five years to
wait. I have just entered my sixteenth year.
| Whoever gets this, will pray for your success.
Be brave and patriot . .e our great heroic and
patriotic Washington, who is now sleeping be-
meath the sod in his cold and silent tomb, dream
ing not of the awful state and condition of our
| country. Oh, that he alive tonight Put
your trust in God, as did Washington, and God
will Civ, you strength and courage to conquer
your enemy. If you have to die or be killed, sell
your lives as dear as possible
am yours, yours, yours.
P. s. Good bye May God bless you!"
| "Who 1yOuld'1at be a soldier - now? Many such
| shOwere1
along the route. All of them bore words of well
| come-all Of them invoked the Divine blessing
upon us. One thrown by some fair Abingtonian
which conveyed its words of greeting and blessing
| in verse, and was written in o neat and nicely
rounded hand, THAT | am sure indicated the ap-
pearance and character of the fair writer, con-
tanned in the form of that inevitable female post
script the injunction: "Write to me, and tell me
about the war; with name and address in full.
Happy soldier, to have caught ' on the fy'' that
elegant and piFAqnt little missive; yoa. deserve
to be unhappy the balance of your life if you do
not write-aways contining your communication,
Of course, to the subject of "the war;"
But our "path of pleasantnessn is now at an
end and our next march is to confront - grim yls.
aged war; Upon our arrival here we found that
our right wing, diverted from our original destina-
ton, Richmond had moved on to Manassas Gap,
whittier we follow rs we can get transport
taton; for troops pouring in here SO fast from
all the Southern States, that it is hard work to
keep them moving. We have the first chance.
however which will prob. probably oher tonight or TO-
: Winchester; but if I knew, it would be improper
t in me to say. Our companies are encamped a
the Fair Ground. They are all well, and have hat
: the good luck of getting thus far without an acci
dent. The companies marched separately from
: the railroad depot to the camp ground yesterday
r Our boys, the American Rifles, were fortunate
9 enough to get the regimental band as an escort
t and as the line of march was through the princi
pal streets of the city, had good opportunity Il
e show themselves They looked, marched an
h manualIed admirably, and have been highly com
IS piimented from all quarters. T.
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