Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-01-30
FROM col. Full TOMS REGIMENT.
Written for tie Fayetteville Obserrer.
CAMP PoCoTALIGo, S. G. !
Ian l1th 1852

Jan. 18th, 1862. :
Col. Nlfon's "Flying hstantry.0
| Mr.. n. O. WALLACE fear that
1shail intrude this letter upon both
your space and patience; but my
apology is fully made by confess
ing that |, in common with others,
have tile writing fever: Not how
+ ever that l have any news of stir
ring Importance to communicate;
but feel it my duty lin absence
Of others more conipetent) to Keep
you Informed as to wEefe we ire;
what we are doing, and What we
are about to do. On Monday, the
9Th inst, / left Fayetteville, the
TOM of milk, wine, and honey,
in search of the Sth Tenn. Regt.,
better known in camps as the
Tennessee ''fying infantry" MAX
Jig a balloon chase as far as Chat
,tanooga, and ON Friday following
found them hung out on the snags
and salt banks of the illustrious
South Carolina near the noted
city of Pocotaligo. / take the
Responsibility OF saying that no
troops in the service of the Confed-
crate States have undergone half
the fatigue nor made half the
marches We have. We have trav-
eled on Rail Road near 1870 miles,
and by land 400, since we en-
tered the service, land are now ready
fer another move, and will soon
begin to censtire the authorities if
they do not give us another chase
of about 1000 miles pretty soon.
Our boys got on another Skin
mish OIL the first of this month
(or New Years day. and had all
sorts of amusei2iehts Hltife dodg-
ing the shells. They were doub-
le-quicked on that day 1 4 miles in
three hours and a half, and got
to the scene of battle just as the
enemy began to turn loose in pow
erful volleys their lannon's charged
with the largest bombs ever saw:
The God of battles favored and
protected our boys again, and none
of them were hurt. The fight
took place near Port Royal Ferry;
where the Yankees attempted to
land, and succeeded in landing
about two thousand, when they
were met by the 14th- South Caro-
lima Regiment and desperate fight
ensued. The Yankees were driv-
Ell back on their boats, with con-
siderable loss, while the South Car
alina Regiment lost, killed and
wounded, u men.
Our Regiment was run up to
their relief while the bombs laden
ed with missiles of death flew in
every direction, an incident of the
day which the patriotic press of
! S. G.: have failed to mention. Our
Regiment is now on picket duty
at Port Royal, Pages Point, and
Mackey's Point, being divided and
stationed at these different points.
Our pickets at Port Royal Ferry
and at Pages Point and the pick
cts of the enemy are in sight of
each other; they frequently hol-
low at each other across the water,
passing very high compliments on
each others valor. / do not think
the Yankees will ever attempt to
land here again; runor reports them
this morning leaving Beaufort's Is
land and moving towards Savan.
/ nah. Gen, Donelson; Col. Full
, ton, and others went to-day down
to the Ferry, to send under a flag
of truce, some clothing to some OF
: the South Cafolinians Who were
taken prisoners not long since
: How they will succeed | ca11ro'
tell.
While the Colonel is absent,
now BY the slight of hand, .inhabi'
{ his sttab" and write from his desl
"a big goods box turned wrong