Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-09-04
Letter from Fifth Regime.
CAMP KALoRAMA. w a.,

August %. 1851. 0S
FRIEND CovER-ArreeLs !
| write you from this place W. n promise
remain long in Harrisburg after r wa not
The order came for tho 5th w. W. let
Regiment to @strike tents ana "'sconsiS
to start for Baltimore July 81 ), 50 ready
A. NJ. This order, you perceive + oel0ck
glance, kent the men nearly all uiob,s . a
ING and fixing things for the mos "'p %
soldiers We're prompt aud at IN 'Aa
ready. The report came that Wa : Was
have first class ears, but report soo YOU'D
runs around the truth: in this 49, us'llns
Cars did not come at the apnoin,o5 sur.
Sat down upon knapsacks aud na sNe 5gle
time as best they could; dayIigbt. ~ Tie
still. The fact is, this regiment g, ~ can
3 o'clock 10 the morning until II !. IRON
ternoon waiting, while the hot SIM Jug al
down his scorching rays with bn. s %a1
pity. Many were sunbunt tba, da'. uIue
at last the cars came in sight-.onos 0ai
The soldiAs did not fancy the chan .u ones
we rode N good cars to this place. f T5o'
were a few cattle cars for the bar..,t, aee
one better car for the officers ana ~ ~ sad
We were all night on the road and ro saIsa,
Baltimore about breakfast time tbo .uN
morning. This great secession town 4sN
quiet when we arrived, and our ron;. o@
passed unmolested through soma q fDI Y
principal streets to The Camden S,a,
where we remained all day. In tbeev,s
ing Col. Cobb received orders to ca~
there; 50 the troops again sboulG''
knap-sacks and marched t. the enc.m.
ment, which is near the WASHINGTON n.y.
ument, upon an elevated plat Of cynnal
just back Of the business part Of ne G,S
Our stay in Baltimore was short, n
days we were ordered TO Wasb;nr,o.
Ehe Regiment had made some preuarSGon
for long stay, and this order seemed ga'
tie stern, but the powers that be mutt (.
obeyed. | found several valuable acon,in
tances in the city and had the pleasure If
dining with three brother ministers. Tia
Tract Society was very kind to me; tract,
and papers We're sent up to camp for free
distribution. shall remember the whole
souled Onion Clergy Of Baltimore.
AT IL o'clock August 9TH, the 9Th Wiz. d
consin Regiment again left the Camden
Station; but this time for the Feders, Can.
ital. Another night ride; we arrived at
Washington, tired and hungry, and took
up quarters in the National Hotel. The
soldiers were placed in good buildings on
the main street that runs from the Capitol
towards the White House; here We STAYED
two days and night aud then came out
to this encampnent, two miles from the
Capitol. We are in the midst of war
preparations; there are, report says, one
hundred and thirty thousand fighting men
around Us; their little white tents may be
counted by hundreds from almost any ob
seryatcry in the city. Our camp will
compare favorably with any other, think
you. know the material of which il is COM
posed; the discipline is here much stricter
than heretofore; the city is under malta
law; no soldier allowed in the street With.
out written pass signed by the BrigadRf
General; commissioned officer mus bass
through this ordeal also. Thus Won per
ceiye | am as closely confined as anr
Our Regiment has been assigned the ny4l
wing of the Battalion aud COL Cobb the
senior Colonel.
! he health of the soldiers is very good;
nothing Il ut measles in the camp and that
Keeps following us like bad reputation.
Thode A. Burr left us two days since,
for home; he will give you many particu-
lars that cannot now.
Quarter Muster Clark, whose health was
not good for few days, is around again
and as busy as ever; he works al the timei
he is now fitting the regiment With new
clothes; these are the regular y. ). uni
form; the band have already received
theirs.
1t is now pretty generally understood
that the Second Wisconsin Regiment will
come over the river and join this Brigade
this pleases the soldiers; they say, SET .;
together and then see what we en- do
Ny health is good; | do not know as
have been unwell a single day; camp ll'
is something a Western Methodist Preache
know how to take, for sometime in bis ln'
he has had a little experier,e.
Time passes, and | must draw tbs sho'
letter 70 close. My duties are still que
arduous, but blessed with health iTus
shall be equal to the task before lne.
this day RECEIVED the Grant co1'g
Herald, and hope shall continue TO r
ceive it; the sight Of familiar paper
next to seeing an old acquaintance
r. LANGLEY