Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-07-16
From the 7th Regiment.
ALExANDRIA, Va, july an. l8G

points OF minor interest is not noticed
But shall occasionally send you a line To
preserve our identity, a least, even if the
news from other quarters is more aecep.
table.
The Seventh Is. pro TEN. enjoying a good
rest after the severe labor which it has
endured, and quite acceptable it is. too
Since we left Romney, the 10th of Jan
last, we have been constantly under arm:
until a week ago to-day. On the 9th
inst. we received orders to proceed to AL
exandria, by rail, where we arrived late
at night. The remainder of the night
was passed in the crowded cars, and YOU
can well imagine that rest was out of the
question. On Saturday we,-the Sd brig
ade-embarked on transports, to proceed
down the river as reinforccments for Nc.
Clellan. Col. Buckley, of the Goth, re.
fused to put his men on board, and the
matter had to be referred to the War De.
partment, which operation prevented ou1
moving that night, as was ordered. Gen.
Tyler proceeded to Washington. and al
his urgent request, we were allowed to
land on Sunday morning, and we pitched
IL camp on the heights back of the CITY.
Since that time, our enjoyment has been
huge" | assure you.
The lst and I'd brigades Immediately
proceeded to join Gen. Mcclellan, where
they now are. The 4th brigade, consist.
ing of the LIST Va, 9TH Ind, S4th and
10th Pa. regiments, is encamped near us
and is now under command of Gen. Tyler
We anxiously wait for news from Rich.
mond, to which point all eyes are turned.
eager to catch the first glimmer of the
stars and stripes" as they occupy some
new position. The past week has been
one of intense excitement, and in the alb.
sence of legitimate intelligence, thousand:
of rumors of victories, defeats surrenders,
retreats, stragetical movements, ETC., were
put into circulation, keeping the public
pulse up to fever heat doing more harm,
directly and indirectly, than the official
announcement of n defeat of our army be,
fore Richmond could possibly have done.
Newspaper reporters inform us that thi:
is done TO influence the stock market
but we doubt if the government tolerate:
such transactions, and could the origina.
tors of these false reports be found, they
would be vigorously dealt with. 1t i:
very difficult to obtain reliable news, al
present, as the supervision ofthe telegraph
is very strict, and Secretary Stanton i:
very discreet about disseminating new:
from his department, and we have to con,
tent ourselves with the imperfect and ex.
~aggerated accounts of the Proportional
corps" Even these are several days old
when they reach us.
The utmost confidence is reposed in
Gen. Mcclellan all seem to acknowledge
that the title of Americas Napoleon
is now fairly won, whatever may have
been the public feeling in the past three
or four months. Those who were then
loudest in his censure, are now equally
loud in his praise. Every one acknowl,
edges the military genius and strategy
shown by him in the past ten days, to be
par erceHence, impossible to excel. Tho
the record is a fearful one, and the con.
test was for a time doubtful, all concede
the victory to be a decisive one, over the
Confederate arms. Even the Richmond
journals admit that "hc divisions Of HA
and LOngstreet fell back amid tie rOcJerOu,
cheers ofhe Yankee troops" This is conclu'
sive eyidence-evidence from the van.
pushed.
The Fourth passed off very quietly, the
only demonstration being a hasty review
of the Sd brigade, by Gen. Tyler, and q
short address by Chaplain Wright. A ma.
tional salute of t%hirty-four guns was fired
from most of the forts around here, awak'
ening within US a remembrance of former
days, when War was unknown, saw in
history, and Peace alone dwelt within oul
borders. Heaven speed the day when
this may again be the case, when War nc
longer may spread its desolations and
alarms, and Peace again restore our Ma
ton to its own legitimate position-the
head of the nations of the earth.
But we had nearly forgotten the pur
pose for which we write; to inform the
Chronicle of our "doings," in our feeling,
for our country.
We received new arms to-day, and right
we'll pleased the boys are with the change
Hitherto, we have had simply the old
musket, (which is very effective at close
quarters, but useless at long range while
our new arm is the improved Springfield
rife, the most effective and by far the
neatest arm in the service. How soon we
will be ordered into the field to test the
efficacy of our new guns, is, as usual, Q
question involved in ~obscurity. The boys
are so far recovered from their fatigue
that to remove them TO a field OF action
would be an easy matter. The fact is,
they are unwilling to lose the prestige
they have obtained, and would sooner en-
dure the hardships of another campaign
than to loose that prestige.
Lieut.. Col. Asper, is, we learn, on duty
in Baltimore, not having sufficiently re,
covered to take the field. The boys in
the hospital are rapidly recovering, while
those in the company remain in good
health. Beyond this there is nothing OF
interest. Yours,
JULIUS.
The Confis cation Bill a Law.
No act of the present Congress has given
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