Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1861-09-11
From she Richmond Dispatch. !
Another Yankee Letter.

ScOTTsvlLL, Albsnarle, July 80 81
The following letter was taken from
the dead boy Of a Federalist, after th,
battle Of MaSkg !, on Sunday 2iss, o
Jqly. Awssaderessed tOtN Nrs. Jedt
r. Q. COttrelE, Milwaukee, wisconsin. )
On the envelope was printed the follow
ing;
"lt any one attempts to haul down the
American flag, shoot him on the spot
John A. Dir.
July Goth, 8 r1iles East of Centerville
My Dear sister, received YOU,
letter YESTERDAY, and with the greatest
of pleasure. You do not know how
happy it males our boys feel to heal
from our fri 1ds and relatives. have
not received but 8 letters since | left,
but l have hlard through Other medi.
ums. We ae encamped in very nice
grove. Our company is about half a
mile from the rest of the Regiment, and
are acting as picket guard. The regi
ment is encanrsd in an open field, and
is almost roasted every day, as the Wea.
ther is very hot in the day time, and it
raihs almost 4very night, and we have
to sleap in the op'n air, as we left our
tents in Alexandri, and we arrived here
at 10 P. NJ, after march of seven
miles, and We marCl ed it in one hour
and ten minutes. We come in double
quick time the most ofthe time. The
reason of our coming SO quick was,
that we heard cannon and musketry in
this direction, but we we're too late, for
the United States troops had retreated
with loss of twenty Killed and twenty
two wounded. This Brigade was in the
advance, and they had a niger guide,
and he led them on masked battery,
and they cut two companies to pieces
before they could retreat from their lines
We are encanped about three miles
from them, and seven miles from Ma.
nassas Junction aud we shall attack
them tomorrow OF the next day. Our
ga,yissas Is tortiiying on a hili. RS .m1e
from the enEny S iins. anu We shall re-
ceive lot of tar she'll II don't know
what they 're,) They have been in.
vented by man in New York, and are
very DESTRUCTIVE,
We have NV about $4,000 men in
our division, md shall have from Wash.
ington 40,0nl more before night. Gen.
Scott is heN, and taking charge of the
army, and as long as he stays with US
we shall be Il right.
We have got one hundred pieces Of
cannon and about four hundred cavalry
We are very sure Of routing the enemy,
and we are confident that we shall be in
RichmoI d in one month from this time.
The ,nemy Is well fortified and has
plenty # provision and arms, and we
shall have So le hard Gghts before we
get through but we are enough for
them, TIL! have not shown much
courage as Ut. They have run before
us as fast as ley heard we were coming
until we 60 here, and do not think
they will ma much Of a stand here /;
but do not know.
Isuppose 'ou have heard of our jour.
hey from ltrlington to Washington,
and it will b. needless to give you a de.
scription Of It; and all ! have to say
about it is, Nlat we were well received
everywhere nth the exception of Bal
timore, where We marched through the
city in double file with loaded guns
We are the heaviest regiment l have
seen yet, ami l have seen about one
hundred, and we are praised eyerywbete
we 60 FIR our good behavior and drill.
The most Of the troops are riotous and
disorderly, but our boys are very order.
ly and quet, and we have got good of.
6eers, with tho exception of our Col;
be is q regular Methodist tyrant; but
since we have come into the brigade he
has kept very quiet; he marched us
through Washington With our knapsacks
bn when the thertnometer stood liz in
the shade; th' distance was three miles;
and Gen Scot saw US, and the next
day be told tie Colonel that if he did
any such thing again that be would
have his command taken away from him.
We are tbe only troops that have
marched with our knapsacks on in this
country; but we stood it better with
them than good many without them,
and we have a, few sick as any regiment
that | know Of. John B. Page and
three other gentlemen from Ruth nd, are
in our camp waiting to see the battle.
They are IN a pleasure excursion
through this country, and are 'njoying
themselves lighly. When We came
through Alex ndria, / visited the Mar
shall Hodse, whore Ellsworth was shot,
and got a piece uftl,e stair that be stood
on, and sent It home to the folks. The
city ID tndsr martha law. Ellsworth's 3
men are our advance guard; bit they
cannot be kept anywhere a great whilA
at a time. They have stolen horses,
and niggers, and cattlS and hogs BY the