The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-02-07
MUNFoRDsvILLE, KY, Jan. 90, 1864
To tie Editor Of tie Pioneer.

10 Me L]dNOf O| We xtOUceT.
DEAR SIR:-While so many have sent
you communications from this place, will
you please accept Il short one from your
humble servant. While the exciting news
is going over the country, carrying JOY
and gladness to every. loyal heart, the
Bloody Fifteenth is lyingidle, and appa-
rently almost lifeless in their camp; sur
rounded and fortified on all sides by al
most impossible barriers of mud and wa
ter, which old Buckner's whole army
would be afraid to attack. But this is not
always the case here; there are times
when the spirit of its brave sons is
awakened to sense of what has been ex.
pected so long-and then it goes forth
like an avalanche. One of those cases
happened some time ago, when false
alarm was given and the long roll called
to arms, then you could have seen men
in earnest; out of pretty near a hundred
who were on the sick list, scarcely half a
score remained in camp while their regi-
ment was repairing to the expected battle
ground across the river, getting there iii
an incredibly short space of time, aud
fresh and eager for the coming conflict,
but returning completely crest-tallen from
disappointment. The health Of the regi-
nent, under the care OF your townsman,
bst our surgeon, o. Ferris, and his as
sistants, Ligget and Rodig, is getting bet
ter, and since the measles have almost
disappeared we have very little sickness,
aud we hope for the time when we can
claim to be the healthiest regiment in this
division. Our hospital is situated in the
and is given up to be the model hospital
in this division it occupies the brick
(and only church in town, and is trul y
rs good place to be in as at home, if it
were not for the name of the thing. Yet,
Notwithstanding all that has been done
to preserve health, many poor fellows
have gone to their final resting place.
This is the sad feature Of war to me. 1t
lis common to speak of the suffering occa-
stoned by wars ruthless hand, and I
would not underrate it; truly it shows its
devastating hand throughout Kentucky,
and while many poor fellows lives have
becn cut short by it, many families visited
by the keenest distress and anguish OF
heart, how many more are overshadowed
now with apprehension and anxiety, in
view Of the probable approach of other
combats, more desperate and deadly than
any that have hitherto occurred, in ex-
5pectation of the loss of other beloved lives
which these must occasion. 'e
Tomorrow the body of Gen. Zollicof-
fer will arrive here, ON its way to Bowl
ing Green, and more than likely our brig
ade surgeon A. Thurston) will accom-
pany it down to the rebel lines only
wish could go with them l think then
l could write something interesting to the
public, but under existing circumstances
we know but little more Of things beyond
our own pickets than our friends in Ohio.
We all feel like seeing home again for a
short time, but it is almost impossible to
get away from here now. never felt SO
much like returning as when / saw the
members of the brass band, among whom
we're some of my most intimate friends,
going to leave but knew they felt quite
the reverse, and, by the way, l think
some Of them have quite forgotten us.
Give the respects of Company d to Upper
Sandusky and vicinity, and also Little
Sandusky, and oblige yours,
G.