Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-27
Camp Correspondence.

Camp Correspondence
 Having read with pleasure the correspondence Hof the EHouIRHR from the seConnecticut Boys'' in the army of the Potomac Ihave thought per hapssome extracts from private correspondence of some our "'soger boys''i in Georgia, might be interesting to your readers. If you deem the following worthy of an insertion, it is at your disposal. It is dated
 ss In the Old Martello Tower, FoRr DUPONT.
 TYBsE ISLAND, Ga, Feb = 1862. Out
 on Pickett % J.
 "It may, seem strange to you to get letter dated as above, and that fort is queer place to post picket. The tower is situated nearly in the centre of the present fort, Dupont) and is curious relict of a former age. It is about fifty feet in diameter from outside to outside, and about thirty feet inside, consequently the walls are ten feet thick. The walls are formed of concrete of oyster shells cemented with lime. It is lasting monument to the memory of de- parted bivalves. I make about fifty thousand cubic feet of oyster shell wall, and at areasona- ble calculation the shells of twenty millions of oysters. x Our picket quarters are on the third floor, and over our heads is floor of very heavy timbers to sustain whatever ordnance may be placed upon it. I tell you what, that raft* of nice hewn timber, which drifted down with the tide soon after our troops landed here, has been put to 3 good use in repairing this, and in mounting our batteries on the Notifications Our quarters here are very comfortable. A cir sr T twelve feet between joints. In the walls are three commodious fire places. Wood is plenty. and we have had two rousing fires all night Each sentinel is on duty two hours and of four alternately, until relieved by the next pickett Between the duty hours it is usual for those off to try to get little sleep. cannot yet sleep very we'll with my harness on. The fire was piled high with light pine wood, and the room was light as day. The ruddy light on the great beams overhead reminded me of some farmer s kitchen of the olden time, when the style was in vogue. All that was needed to complete the il- fusion was to wainscot the walls and ornament the beams overhead with strings of dried apples, some links of sausage, 8 squash here, and gourd there, piece of dried beef, the weather-worn hat of the honest proprietor, guarded by the well-tried flint lock, which hangs in it's beckets, and the picture would be complete" Here fol- lows description of the Notifications and the means of attack and defense, which it is not nec- essary to reveal to the public through the col umns of newspaper at the present time, altho' the preparations on Tybee look verys yselearly to- ward tue restoration of the UNION
 A raft of hewn timber cut loose from Fort Pulaski by dcserter from the rebel garrison at the fort, and who came into the Union camp.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb. 25.
 DEAR ENQUIRER = Since national events have acquired such transcendant interest and import ance. it is not often that add my little contr button of local gossip to your weekly record o their progress. But as current history itself is but succession of events most dissimilar and incongruous, accruing often in grotesque disor der and contrast, 80 newspaper, its embodiment must admit for the sake of variety, all sorts oI articles and all sorts of subjects; so I write.
 Last Saturday witnessed striking illustra- ion of those strange contrasts of popular feeling with which war familiarizes people, Joy blend ed with mourning; flags ,shrouded with crape bells peang for victory, and tolling for the dead triumrhal procession become funeral page ant-these are an ill-matched couple, but war weds them inexorably together.
 The funeral cortege in honor of Col RUSSELL. made quite an imposing display. The Governor and his suite were present. Sixteen companies of foot and one of horse were in line Minute guns were fired, bells tolled, and every possible token of respect and sorrow for the deceased manifested by the citizens.
 Besides salutes, public meetings, and other signs of rejoicing at our recent victories, one in- cident occurred of peculiar interest. The stu dents of Yale College marched in a body to the residence of Commodore Foote, and raised over it large and handsome flag, which one of their number in felicitous address, presented to the lady of the Commodore as token of their ad- miration and gratitude for the gallant services of her distinguished husband. Pelatiah Perit, Esq., of New York, responded on her behalf, thank ing the donors for the gift, eulogizing in glowing terms the.character of FooTE, and declaring that he would never rest till that emblem of Liberty and Union should again wave supreme over the whole country. The flag was then raised, greet. ed by the enthusiastic shouts of the spectators and she simultaneous roar of cannon. Through out the scene Mrs Foote, tastefuly decorated with red, white and blue, stood in the porch. and looked so charmingly that Jenkins-the ineyita. ble, Jenkins whispered to me that he didn't know for which most to envy the Commodore his wife or his reputation. ....5 As write, people here are in hourly expecta- ton of hearing that Foote has assailed the rebel position at Nashville, and either driven them from it, or dashed to pieces his fotilla against the desperate resistance encountered. One or the other must happen, for Foote aczH not retire and Beauregard can not, without virtually aband. oning the rebel cause, and exposing himself to a tfaitoss death. Any one can see by glance at themaP, thatl Nashville is the key of the seooad line of operations recently taken by the rebels, after having been outgeneraled, and driven from their first In addition to the strategic import ance of it's position behind large river, and as the center of many railroads. the principal found res of the west are located there, and nearly all fha hoo VII ortiIlorvs n Eostarn paholdo,o ;s E.,