St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11

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passci, lut $R s2aeaw the huge pot
h$kl &mbosin tie signature Of prake
p&ax aid toG4 Mansfield, he fell back
a1a DIED US PISS. Going On aboats
mile e. from w. the NsA we arrived at the -
tret'chmcnts Of the Goth the first encamD-
ment on this side where VIC stopped I'd
went in n. sassshsTStsfks.g WSa1ite -
tonished At their extent, in three weeks tie
men q tic -69th have done tlis s=7 WORK of.
year. they have at least 3q.heavy gqh.,H
Founders most Of them mounted md coin.
handing all the approaches. Coming
Tue 9es; ~ 1oaSd
I eeaaa1 - o&oslf 4 10 @ ks,examf1t
secession soldier; Il 'Mas. NAV: b oatd inaan::
wes&d into ths94Ab E,4Siqa, lrsoSsl1i
4Ghariestown, timedat flhis hightbeS455itst, 6td
deserted from Heir st,ai Als4aidriassAd fivsaaf
himsc1f' tuthe fir |pieket he 'ltep His
uniform consisted d pants adds blouse Of
dafR fg il! hdamasss kkqa iizinSed VII bhT
round the bettou aetasluouse, a black belt
and, black stripes onosthe 4pa.pt,r hi,s bat I
did>not see: Did'htstcp long II, tho 69th
cnean'ppenteb utst 3at on passing fher2nd
Ohio Regiment next and then came toths
End. New York -Regt, Col. Tombkihs.
Here ' 10 stoP1piea:fo s5se Major DiH5ek 10
old Hartford p.aat tfo5dnds him ID shirt and
:: pleants. ( a decidedly undfess uniform 1ea22
|joying short n.piashis tent. II The Reg't
had only: beea;;iiaa sshcira present enesnpe
Fmenta week but; expeeted marching q.
'ders Immediately 70 movertowards Fairfax.
The Major ~: Eefgs much pleased, 70 iee|
such a Conn. delegation and treated ~
alt.stas..!Feastsnnsesseer2A Of
whieh8 for The 4ene6tf Of thezpainitisted
I'll gire; agood: ;deal1ef5 whiskeyEa.eopd
deal Of sugar li!ae: Eessr aodra little nut
meg, stir all together vitha stick. Afterwe
had imbibed t., the "'gga lllss md, ~
Esuncd our: places in tue lcarriages: nd
started onto the Cepn .1st Col Blu isbams
Hero. air Of III had>trtsndsfomse1el.tio
20 We nnpneked : storesoof2papsws <gpsa
things to- cit and suspicious looking bottles
and distributed them around; the b5ys were
apparently delighted e t ses US, and We cir.
,eulated round: the camps among the::tent.
for an hour or SO and'tben all met 1t the
Colonies tent when ~: won't into sund1y
edih|es With = relish only second to thesol-
diets own. After lunch, ne had y: little
more "tustenugs = and drank '"eonsds;oa
to :secessioniSts: and success to tie. lit
Con" u after lunch in company with the
Col We visited the 2nd and 3rd Regl:
ments Cors Tefny and 1Ch.t6eld, just a,
We reached tie SD sd p ii ia came in with
:two secession t1rooops 9ouhr ho!sesp juse
captured from The famous black 1h6rse
troop Of Fairfax Co. The horses were
splendid animals. but their arms Acre 2,u-
fsrior. Thqy Consisted Of doqBless barrel
shot guns, pistols ana sabrep ,tbe sabres,
one af which sc examined; xefs ground
up till theey: were az sharp. =. = razor.
I! One of the men was a splendid, fellow, tall
and handsome. with full black beard and as s
eye like 6leJ; hihss White Hand. and we'll
made boots, notwithstanding, his: course
homeepun: uniform proclaimed the gentc-
man, indeed in examination he said hs
was a planter owning slaves; sua thst hi.
horse a :, and equipment. we're III III. own.
bought with his owqs money. The other
man wasy.nall and generally Insignificant
neither s q Sd mb 81 coaee,dad, fdmowing
ven '.A into yhoose bands tbsy b.a fsh8n!
At the third Regis cncampmentsxe;h hid,
pointed sout t t. US = boy ofsi1teen the bu.
gler of Lieut.. Tomrkins troop, Who. va
in the famous charge at Fairfax hesedc
thro, the rebels with his bugle in. ons
hand andz : pistoFiisi' athe other, aud sho.
several y II - AA0 a3N
Tie Conn Brigade, consisting, thS
list; endaand' srd Reg'nts under: .omnaad.
ofGcn. Tyler arc ennicamped nearer o. 10
rebels than- = other troops,Ethsy-.re
within one mile IF Falls Church. Vilhge,
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