Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
Army Correspondence.
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the oak Grove Rangers some little pleasure to hear
through the columns of your paper that We are yet
in the land of the living, and breathing the pure
air Of heagei and Of the Southern Confederacy,
hoping lin ,vah though il seems) that we may be
indulged in the variety and recreation Of one fight
IL least before the winter with its gloomy monot-
onous days settles down upon us, as We never have
yet had the fortune to try our metal or prove our
courage tpoh bd,tleHeld Of any Kidd.
IN speaking of our squadron (for know that The
company has been made oue,) it will perhais be
as interesting to give the facts directly connected
with it, as to speak of upinteresting things not
connected with us or OTIS We have been divided
into two separate and distinct companies; young
man, named Caldwell, having been elected Capt. of
the second company, Of which your humble cor
respondent is member and l can say that his
gentlemanly bearing and fitness for commanding,
proves that his company displayed good Judgment
in their choice. We all feel certain that upon the
battlefield, when the order to "charge' is given,
and at the touch of his spur, his sgallaht gray
springs forward over the heath, close behind hina
will fight and fan the men who put full confidence in
hih--Bis entire company. But while we speak of
this one, our second Captain, we mean not to de-
tract from the worth Of our old captain the irwin
chile i. G. Woodward, than whom q better cap
tain, beieyei never lived--made of the best ma
terial, he was, and is now, in his element. But we
have lost him as Captain Of the squadron, for he
has been appointed Leutenant-Colonel of tine Reg
intent III which we are now placed; SO we are in
dependent no longer. Our Regiment is the First
Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by Col Helm. the
best man, and most generally beloved commander
Lever kuew---in fRct there can be no objection
urged against him.. Capt. Woodward having been
made Lieut,Coi. Of the Regiment has left a vacan-
cy Of captaincy in the first company of this SQUAD
ron Company "a" of the regiment,) which will
be filed byan election in few days. Lieutenants
Bell and Jones being the men who will be run,
wait for the election before can give the name of
their captain. 1t is the hope Of the regiment that
we will be ordered away from this point, in a few
days. our Col. and all the Captains of the regi-
ment Quarter~master included have signed petit
tion to be sent to point more accessible to for
age, as the thousands of cavalry that have been
here 50 long have rendered It quite difficult to pro-
cure plenty of forage of the right kind in this
Immediate Vicinity; ard was told by The Colonel
this morning, that he thought he would succeed,
and he said moreover that he thought we would go
in the direction of Hopkinsve or Carksvllle-
That reminds us that perhaps fetched doubtfull
we maya few fortunate individuals of us-get a
short furlough topqy you alla visit abodL Christ
mas oh how we do anticipate it. although the
thing is hardly possible Wen, I'll bet one thing,
if We could just come down for few days, there
would be more big eggnogs drank more sweet
things said and eat more girls courted, and christ
mas more appreciated, and more of everything else
done thats pleasant, except Sleep than ever was
before bit that's farther aloug Well let Decem-
bo,fe
uncertain future to tell where we may be, and
what doing Who knows bet we may all spend
grand Christmas-day in Louisville drinking t6asts
to the success of the Confederate States and the
everlasting expulsion of Lincoln's myrmidons from
old Kentucky. Our hopes have been greatly raised
lately, by tile reported etacuatina of PadIcah and
Cairo, and the return of TIE grand fedara army
that was to attack us, to Louisville showing coh
clusivey that they are sorely beset in some o.her
observation-disclosures, near st. Louis-which plac,
we hope ere long, to hear is in the hands of thC
victorious Price.
Not wishing to impose on your valuable spac,
these nonieutots times; yhsh your columns arr
! always filed with more interesting matter than il
embraced in this trashy note, I'll close by stating
the significant, and, to us, most interesting fact
that this is the most perfect temperance society w
ever were in, ana 'he that drinks good brandy
had best stay away from here, for he'll pine him
self to death in short time when he realizes the sat
fact that Monks, Jack Hales and Robertson count,
are left behind and the termination of his teru
alone promises relief from the terrible temperanc
oath that has teAh ithrOsed tpon him.
. BORE.
p S. Thirty men are jdst starting from thi
squadron TO escort Mrs. Gen. Buekner 10 Louisville
to attend the corpse and funeral Of her child, whic
died a day or two since. The squad go under
flag IL trtice Of course. D.
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9 NoTE.-Gen. Buell. refused to let the corpse pas;
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