Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-31
Army Gorrespondence.
CAMP BANEfKG, Harper's Ferry,l
July 18th, 1869.


JAS. HARPER.-DEAR SrR:-I have
been threatening every day for the past
fortnight. to write line or two TO the
Journal, and thus by one letter, let al
INV friends in .old Gallis" know OF my
whereabouts, and how / like soldiers
life. Iwant to be brief. So l win GO
from general to particular things. Oul
Regiments the 87th Ohio, 1920 strong
and a finer looking Regiment ] never
have seen up to this time. 1t is COM
posed almost entirely OF the young men
of Ohio, Lawyers, Doctors, College
Studehis, Clerks, Farmers, dc. Our
field officers are the best and most
efficient set of men, and the most com.
petent to take charge of such Regi-
ment as the 87lh-in fact, 10 cut, the
matter short, all of Ius, officers and ,pri-
Yates worship them. Coll Banning is
the pride Of the Regiment, an Ohioan
by birth, medidn sized man and Of
prepossessing appearance; a good ma
tured, whole souled ''regNior Buckeye" I"
As regards his fighting qualities, he
has seen service as Captain OF COM
pany in the 4th O. "He has been there
and still would GO" Lieut.. Colonel
Faskin is large. broadchested Scotch
man; if you could hear him swear at
'1h-d-t Art Sergeant" on battalion
drill, however warm the day. or how
ever tired you were, it would put you
in the best humor in the world. This
poor unfortunate Sergeantis the cause
OF many a litter through the column
on such occasions. Colonel Faskin
served for years in the English army,
also faced the rebels in this country at
the famous battle of Winchester
When 1 mention the fact that Samuel
L., LefingWell is our Major. this is all
that is necessary You Printers viii
all recognize him as a brother in the
profession. He may be good Printer,
I knotO that he is good soldier. He
served in the Mexican war. and as you
are aware also, filed the position Of
Major of the 3Ist Ohio. He passed
through Gallipolis with detachment of
his Regiment last summer. He speaks
very highly of our town and the &C.
quaintances he formed there. Adiu-
tant Long was member of the "old
9lst Ohio" in the three months SER
vice. We have a great many Of the
"91st boys" with US, and you know
more about them than l can tell you
Our Regiment probably, will be re-or-
ganized as soon as our three months
are up. And who could wish to go
under better set of officers?
Now few words about our COM
pany. We have the honor TO be Co.
A, and l feel safe in saying that our
boys deserve the position. Our officers
are: Captain. D. H. Moore, lst Lieut.,
E. S. Aleshire, End Lieut., j. H. Jen-
kins. 1t does not become me to say
anything more about them. Our COM
pany numbers 101 men, the maximum
number.
But | am getting most too extravagant
in my use of your columns. One thing
more and l will close. Il is some
thinp nrnnhafin, sA-aa-LaLia -inai-
dence; the rebels had better take warn
ing, and superstilious old women take
off their spectacles and open their ears.
1t is this. The first picket guard sent
from Harper's Ferry by the S7th. was
commanded by Sergeant John Brotrn
of our company. I'll tell you how l
like soldiers life next time write.
Truly yours,
E. S. ALESHIRE. @