Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-09-21

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CAnr Baowx, Uaion CITY. Te..
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ED'Ton sueA,t P4A.,ae;-0 III,
morning August aoth, q es.iy hss;,hsni.
lant Eleventh Louisiana Resineat. M.
command Of Col, s. Marks, Jea ~.
Moore es ,esse for Union City. Aitert~
days Of very fatissing Etsavel sws s,,;,.s
here safely, and al n god hesatAs.aR.A-
under many Q ,lisstions 70 IL lii 49,.
Holly SPRING., Miss, and Jscf.ua IN.
for the warm name with whieA theyA..e'
ed ~. From their generous kands
eeived large quantities Of psevisioss,, veb =.
bread, ham, chickens and o4Asr se.4,h,..
which were quite acceptable 70 on ,oad;.,.
and Is our hardy men ate Of tie fosl.ni.,
q blessing was invoked upon The nod Il n.
noble hearted donors. ma ass
On Sunday morning, At daylight, y I'D
ourselves at the end Of our journey, and
diate'y proceeded to select . suitable p,.ee 3,
encamping, and the position that s>e,a,,,
gallant regiment Of Mississippi vo,stser,
occupied, is now dotted BY our tsats. n.
grounds are beautiful. and ne dsnsely sb.ded
by large and beautiful oaks. The MoSile.a
Ohio R. R. passes but . few PAGES, rom o.,
camp, and Immediately opposite d, on -.
left Of the road, the 18th L., Regiment il =.
camped, under command Of Col. Seoa&. y.
have IN abundance Of food, and that " 4.
best quality, which is brought 70 u b, H.
farmers around the camp. Ths saly dnv.
back is the water, which il not BY my ns,a.
good but still We prefer . LITTLE II v1A,r
to the mosquitoes Of Camp Moore.
Union City, Of great fame Of la.s, y ~
. mile from our eamp-ons Of those analf
towns that are 70 common in the eesatrv-
However, since the war hsske out. -.
camp has been established here, il h,, il.
crease greatly in size, and now many . nat
little shop may be seen where three uesth.
ago there wss = wilderness. Their ne ~.
eral good hotels in the town, and ~. d. =
any time, get a good meal for The supllf -
Of IS cents. When we left Camp Meos, u
men had five days ~rations, but the ts,yeloa
the cars gave them good spPsHtss, ~ \
two days al their food was eoae, an caS1
day the run At the hotels was u MI 90
the proprietors had b raise ~ spsieese
soldien for Is eeats they said q q
pay 20 well. Fruit Il al kia1s kfa M
abundance, and - cheap that every 90 q,
- much % be wants. S4sw69 ;
The Eleventh, l think, 10 Tie Largest mi.
msnt that has yst LETT Lssisisaa: II -
bers over 900 men, and = 6nsr leeking bsly
Of men cannot Be found. Aaose tie supss.
ous companies which form TIE rseimssA II.
find the gallant Cossise~tals, Capt. J. G. Elem.
ming. The company numbsrs 100 rank md
Of the young men beias from ths
6rst families in New Orleans. Their bshav.
ior and drill has claimed tie sdmisaties d
Every one. and JUSTLY are they termed By Ne
Colonel, the model company Of the Ri.
nsnt." The other companies eomposiaetAe
Eleventh, are fine ones, but to describe eel,
would take up too much time and apaee. b
We ever get into = fight, you will hear 80
Of %. 5s 1
It il impossible to tell where ve wtilh
tent from here, ~ there are men snosgb
tr all purpoces, at the di1srsst plaes
# action-in al probability We may b mi
Kentucky ~ watters begin 10 look pssty
up there; in fact there i arsmor al
Feady to that effect in camp Cain i only
10 miles distant from here, and the IN flla.
erals that were there have been largely n.
since the advances Of ths ssstisa
;roops to New Madrid. The camp ~ il
great commotioa last night easssd lysnt
nor in town that large numbers q YashSss
,ad left Cairo and went southwsd tAresgh
Kentucky, but greatly to our diappoiatneas
t proved false. The Kentucky Sssts issFy
only three miles from hem, asd our ieE
to ars stationed along tie soad ssl slslg
he line itself.
There are about 1000 soldisrs sseaapsa
,ere aud among them . fns company 4 y.
ng artillery and oss Of cavalry A1isg.
,ody Of cavalry eans in lass svsuta1C hons
Alabama. They have soas up tswasds1SatT
ucky. The boys AZ al in Inc pisits ~
lnxiously await the chance b smell pswoss.
10 soon - anything Of Consequence taas-
ires, l will wr1ts you again,
aQ FRANK.
Since IL above letter was twfitosdi, IL
Regimsnt hos bsea removed =
columbus, Ky.-Ed Plaatsr.l