Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-11-07
THE FIGHT AT SANTA R0SAs.
W'fttca for the Fayetteville Obser.er.
CAMP HARDEE, NEAR PENSACOLA, I
Oct. E1st. 1861. 4

DEAR Or; Alter o few days
respite, ] have again entered up
on the routine of camp duty,
and feel as if my foot was upoa
s'my native heath, I welcome
the canvass home of the soldier,
and the familiar faces of mess,
mates and friends fsuch friends
as camp life alone will create with
but little less pleasure than these
from whom | was gratified to re-
ceive such cordial greeting upon
my return to Lincoln a few weeks
since, and now that | am here
you no doubt are expecting that |
win write to you at once and give
the details Of the late brilliant af-
fair on Santa Eosas. Aiasl the
spirit moved me when made the
promise, bui nosy | have, relaPsed
into the usual apathy that cAia,s
among us, in regard to writing
home, ana shrink frem the task
like the SEEK nlan from the pill lie
feels it necessary to take, besides,
there are SO many conflicting &C
counts that one can only draw q
reasonable inference OF thc rea,
state OF facts. | will, however, en-
deavec to give a plain unyarnisEsd
tele, nothing will / extenuate CT
''augbt set down in malice" prefa-
icing my version with the remark
that however reports may differ,
the object for which the expedition
was planned was fully consumma-
ted, and the whole affair is pro
rounced a success.
Now thou spirit Of The iilustrious
g. Russell dictate my words and
guide my impartial pen.
On the morning Of the Sth a
General Order was issued com
handing that certain number 81
men be detailed as al in-j .,in5
Ipich.et; which means that they
must remain with their accoutre.
ments on Their persons, arms
stacked in front Of quarters, arc
ready to march at a moment;
warning. From the It'll Ala.
were detailed enc hundred arc
fifty men, composed of Cos. 4, e
q, with a detachment of s ffon
the Madison Rifles, TO conplet,
the detail. (Tt.e remainder O
the IL. Rs. We're sent to batterie,
'on the beach which we construc
ted last sTring, as the general sup
position was & bombardment woua
follow Immediately, not in Brs.ggg's
programme though, unless Piclzen,
'opened on the Navy Yard-whicl
was apprehended.) | have forgot
iten the exact number detailed ex
,cept from my own regiment; SUI
fee it to say, about shutdown, they
all assembled (Who were detailed
from the station) in rear Of Fort
Redoubt, which is about one milk
from the beach and shut in by 8
pine forest. From tbs rendez
vous, after q short address from
Col. Chalmers of the 9th liissis.
sippi Regiment, conveying the FRS
'intimationof the work before them
the troops double-qulcked to tho
! Navy Yard, form which place they
were conveyed to Pensacola in
steamboats, with scows attached,
There they were joined by forces
from 9Th Georgia Regiment, hay
ing already with them d2tach-
ments from the Florida and Louis
lana troops, whom they joined at
Navy. Yard. Crossing the bay,
the expedition landed on Santa
! Rosas, about five miles above VIII
son'scamp, Having disembark4d,
were distributed as follows in three
divisions:
| One, commanded by Col. chal-
mers, Of 9th Mississippi, consisting
of companies from the 9Th and10th
Mississippi, and q detachment OF
about fifty from LIST Alabama.
Another Col. Jackson, Of 9Th
Georgia, commanding, composed
of detachments from Georgia and
Mississippi Regiments, and a
fspiking party commanded BY Capt.
Hollinquist, an experienced Off
Ger formerly Of Z. S. Army.