The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-11-07
ARMY CORREsPONDENCE.
CAMP WARSAW, Mo, Oct. "a

| CAMP WARSAW, Mo, Oct. "a.
EDITOR ADVERTISERS:
Since my last We have marched to this
place. This is now the min point of
concentration for the western forces.
We arrived yesterday and rested to, day,
aud will start TO- morrow morning at eight
O'Clock, in pursuit Of Price Prices
force is represented as 90 miles from
here, and there appears to be no doubt
Of our catching him this time. Troops
are pouring in here from oil quarters
Upwards Of 5000 came in to-day, inclu-
ding two regiments Of cavalry. Several
parks Of artillery also arrived to-day
One battery, consisting of twelve brass
cannen, excited universal sdmiratiou by
the fue finish Of their equipments and
doe sppssancc Of their horses. As each
gun aud caisson requires twelve horses,
it makes quite an imposing appearance.
1t is part of Totteu's famous battery
The first Peoria Artillery is attached to
our brigade The battery has four beau
tiful brass cannon. The Iowa 9th and
eth are eudeavoriug to get transferred to
our brigade, but the 9th Mo. and 37th
Ills. don't appear to like to give up their
places. There are 10000 men here the
Iowa regiments are considered the best,
and the Iowa 5th is still the crack reei-
ment of the West. Gen. Fremont is
here, and will take command 10 person.
He is very popular with the troops, and
the idea of his being recalled is not rel.
isbed at all BY the men. There is very
bitter feeling among the men on account
of Mu!ligan's surrender, but Fremont is
not blamed for it, but those who had the
aid at haud and refused to send it. Our
Col. is getting popular with the regiment
That petition helped him amazingly it
made man Of him.
As there is nothing of military inter
est to communicate will say something
about the country We have passed over.
Our route from Camp Pope to this place
was mostly through prairie. The up,
pearancc of the country is very 6ne 1t
is rolling enough to he good furmiu. land
bu, the soil is not near so rich or fertile
a, the Iowa prairie, and is too rocky to
be pleasant Turning. 7 have not seen
any prairie here yet that is not rocky
The country is thinly settled, the land
being generally owned il: large bodies
We pass.u puI twv ,owus vu W. .v~.-.
The first was Smi.hson, a small place on
the Pacific railroad. There the boys
made general stampede for the post.
Office to get postage stamps but were or
dercd back into the ranks and a Lieut..
sen, to the office, who bought all there
Was. about four dollars worth. They
were all of tho cid kind, aud when he
offered tfem for sale the boys at first re-
fused to buy them, bu. as had received
several letters the day before with old
stamps on, and knowing that it would be
the last chance to get my, thought l
would try them, and secured dollars
worth. In few minutes every stamp
was gone. Co. A got every stamp, and
would have taken ten dollars more could
they have got them. At noon VIC halted
Oh u small creek, eat q cracker and piece
of raw pork, and started again. At
night We halted on the prairie, pitched
our tents, and then sent out the teams
aud con6scated string of rail fence for
6rcwood, made some coffee, eat some
more crackers, and turned in. That
night it rained as usual. Got up at
clock in the morning, eat our usual
breakfast of coffee and crackers, and, af-
ter waiting two hours on the Mos, star
ted on the march. At noon We reached
Camp Cole, q town of several hundred
inhabitants, aud strong for the Union
There the American flag was flying. We
halted here for ten minutes, eat another
cracker aud slice of raw bacon, and star.
ted again. The day was pretty warm,
but the boys stood it very well-only
FIVE of the 9th giving out, while l20 fell
out of the Mo. regiment. felt sorry
for the poor fellows as they lay alongside
the road. They were spunky, and would
not give up till they tainted from sheer
exhaustion, when they would be left at
the side of the road until team could
be got to haul them. The teams used
for this purpose are pressed teams-that
is, they are teams that are compelled to
serve against their will. A great deal
has been said and written about pressed
teams, and the general impression is that
they are con6scated property, and the
owners never receive any compensation
for their services but this is entirely
wrong. That the teams are seized and
compelled to 60, is very true; but the