The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-02-14
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| IrOW LOllcOHers camp, 1t was Col. Van
Cleve's wish that we should ego in and
WIN" There was but an hour left us of
daylight, and we had been fighting and
chasing the enemy all day upon empty
stomachs our coffee kettles having been
left full on the fires, and not haversack or
canteen of water brought with us, and Gen.
Thomas put off the attack till the next
morning, when, of course, it did not take
place, owing to the evacuation having been
made, and passage of the river by the
enemy, with I'll his force. l mention this
to show yon that although the Colonel was
splendidly cool and unconcerned on the bat.
tie field, yet, after day of real fatigue, be
was as anxious for a trough and tumble"
as the youngest of us. You have had suffi.
Gent, L presume, ere this, in addition to
my former letter, of incident and accident
on the field, with descriptions of Zolli-
Golfers Camp, (Which, by the way, was
complete louise bag and he'll of all kinds of
letors and stenches.) 1 believe Southey
says, in Cologne, be counted
"Seventy. nine stenches
Each a well defined and separate stink "
Probably Cologne might have exceeded
that Camp in the number Of its smells, but
for intensity and poisonous malaria it beat
anything | ever was 10, not excepting Cam
ton or the old black town of Madras.
Shortly after the capture of Zolicoffer's
Camp, etc. we moved on this Camp, FIVE
miles from Somerset, the county seat of
Pulaski county, and On the Cumberland
river. | regret TO say that fatigue, the
constant raus, bad wlter insufficient medi.
cal attendance, short ratiOls, and the ab-
| segce OF proper comforts for the sick and
corvalescent, keep us very sckly, and un.
less we move on and get out of this internal
part of the country, there will be but
Flemish account OF the Minnesota Second,
Not an ounce of tea to be had, and men
suffering from camp fever and diarrhoea
have to drink coffee, most dangerous
stimuiant Or the sick, or water which, from
It's componenis OF earthly salts, acts like
medicine on already weakened constitutions.
This requires sharp looking to. Our
boys, after hard 6ghtiDg and marching, are
worse treated in the matter of diet and as
regards the sick, than convicts in peniten.
tiary.
stated in penutimate letter that
company d was in anything but pleasant
state. l am now happy to say that the
fight cleared up the matter, and we are
getting along we'll enough. The good
offices of the Colonel were conspicuous on
this occasion, and we have every reason to
be obliged to him but won't praise him
any more or he'd may be make corporal, or
some such non commissioned officer, and
then my new blown dignity would hide me
from my comrades and fellow privates for
ever. Or l might like Others soar too high
and like Icarus, the wax melting from my
wings, lose myself in sea of patronage,
and come dowa by the run, like Lucifer
"never to rise again" Excuse my adding
Milton en- to sea phrase, but camp meta
phors are like camp grub, internally mixed,
and not more paatable. The Minnesota
First has had the run Of the st, Paul pa
pers quite long enough, and the Second
btgs to say that it is now their turn, and.
upon the best out Of three principles, we
consider that We have the first horse OF the
game, Bulls bun to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Our Colonel behaved to admiration in
the fight, as also the Lieutenant G lionel
George, and the small Major ADDED an
other laurel to the one bis pluck won him
on the Potomac. JenniSon, our new Adiu.
tant, was the right man in the right place.
Company officers stool to their men and
the latter, most Of them never under fire,
and very many mere boys emulated veter-
ans in their behavior; and amidst all my
travels in any part of the world, in recur-
ring to old scenes and adventures it will not
be the least OF my pleasant "reminiscences
to think that fought with the Minnesota
I'd at the Battle of the Cumberland.
Brigader Manson of the I'd Brigade
states that be chased the enemy as far as
Monticello, some twenty miles hence down
the river, and took some stores. We shall
soon move to that town, and our Brigade
will be the centre one W it'll General Thomas
who, must not omit to mention; has dis
played good generalship Throughout
Enclosed l send letter found in Zolli.
Golfers camp, from an aged Mississippian to
his son in the Tigers" Publish what you
please of it, You will see what the block
ade did for them down there. Those of our
enemy who escaped have dispersed home in
every direction, many of them naked and
thoroughly disheartened, never to fight
again, and some OF the prisoners have en-