Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-02-06

earth with. And while in this
mood the sweetest reflections
would recur. Talk about dread
ing outpost; it is only my de-
light. Iregard it as q favor rath-
er than q misfortune to get to go
on last night while it was showing;
the occasion was so full of poetry
and novelty aud some daring, for
we were put there to watch for the
approach of Yankees. Notwith-
standing our guard duty is tolera-
bly, heavy our desire to do our
whole duty as soldiers in the cause
of our country makes our present
situation quite an easy one
Then let our friends back in Ten
nessee suffer no uneasiness in re-
gard to our condition. Wood is
convenient in superabundanee, our
houses are close and comfortable,
and we have a full supply of bed
clothing (which it seems about
exhausted the charity of our
friends at honey so we, are secure
against any degree of cold almost
that this northern cline may as
sail us with.
But the term of our enlistment
viii have soon expired; SO soon
that it now behooves us to cast
around us for the next service. -
There are few able-bodied men in
this, and hope, any other, Regi
ment who have served one cam.
paign, that intend to make it thei,
last service to their country in this
glorious struggle for independence
and liberty; and trust there are
few very few indeed such from
old Lincoln in other Regiments
And are there not some, Mr.. Edt
tor, in our good old patriotic coun.
ty who have never gone out in any
command that ought to be in the
service? Then to all such, an6
especially to the four Lincoln
county companies of Col. Fulton's
Regiment. in behalf of the four of
this Regiment / have a propost
ton to submit:
That proposition is to have {
Regiment, of our own, from Lin
coin county exclusively in the
next campaign. Is it practicable
to raise such q Regiment? | think
so. Let us see. There are foul
companies from Lincoln in this
and four in Col. Fulton's Reg
iment. Their terms of enlist
ment expire about the same time
ours the Doth of April, theirs the
10th of May. AS before remark
ed, there are few able bodied mer
of those eight companies who are
unwilling to re-enlist. Then we
have eight companies towards the
prospective Regiment. The other
two can certainly be raised some
where in the county. Are there
not as many as one hundred and
forty men in the county that have
staid back in this campaign that
ought to go out in the next. With
that reliance let the aforesaid eight
companies agree upon the project.
Let them withhold their assent
to any other project looking to the
next campaign, furlough under
the late special act of Congress, or
any other. And at the same time
those eight are agreeing upon the
proposition, let the old men of our
county betake themselves to the
enterprise, agitate and discuss the
question, and urge those who ought
to be in the service to enlist in the
contemplated command sufficient
to make the other two companies.
If the old men of the county, the
yeomanry of the country, will take
hold of the matter and signify
their willingness to support in a
monetary view, towards equipping
us, &C., which assurance will con-
stitute the main basis of the whole
affair, the balance of the work
will be easily accomplished
County pride will soon effect the
of the project. But
the supercilious and skeptical may
inquire what advantage is there
in, and what good is there to be
derived from an exclusive county
Regiment? Well, sir, the good is
in this: Lincoln county has enough
troops in the field to make two
full Regiments. They are scat
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