Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-01

waking up ~ the morning with empty
stomachs and empty haversaeks- = d
marching all the next day through an
J enlarged and improved edition Of hills
and cree Ks and mud and rain-encore-
night Of miserable attempts at sleeping
in tie mad and rain, and repeat, with
the knowledge that cur teams couldn't
come up in less than three days at the
| lowest figures. ~ ell, it was a place
where very few men would bcsita e II
invest a Yankee shilling in government
fines.
Tie place where we were told that We
would encamp for the night IS caled
I Robnson's mills, and is at the junction
Of l.intcy's creek and tnc James fork oi
the White river. bat we didn't get there,
not quite. At about half past nine W.
came to a dead halt, and stood there
some ten minutes, wondering what could
| be the matter, when word WAS passed
! down the line from Col. Lcakc that Il e
supply train (Which differs from a re.i-
mental train in that it is laden with sup
| plies for the whole command, and Is un
der charge of DIVISION Quattcrlnastcr, J
was stuck in ihc mud ana conldn't get
ont. probably, before morning. Mean
time we were 10 make ourselves as com
tor;able as We could for the night. That
was the signal for icrrlb assault on
The faIl~, winch were plenty and burnt
well, and the ncight.orlng VII at and
hay st cks. We made ruu, IN, fires on
| pom s'des oi me roai ior more lhah
mnc AMI a i'aii III length aud hy laying
buhdies " wheat ahd nay on the grohhd
We managed 10 Keep out of the ih'id, but
AS 10 lhe ram, we ilad TO take thtt the
bet way we could, fortunately II was
not cold, As at Cad fiy
heveill was beaten AT about o clock
~ the morning, ant Immediately the
WORD vas gwen, all III, Jor@"Fa
NRcH mihos our bfeaK'as'' as III
dcti We knew the higlt before That we
"on'd be There was no great amount OF
enthusiasm manifested rs "e RESUMED
our Pl"ddaigs " r"hid NJ he caiied
march) and II aidn sweetch our Temp.
ef7' "le'l, aitff da"dililg over aoout
Two hiiles ol iilu"' "a'iiuG tic ''ceh
,llfec li'hes ~ liie h'e.iti'ne, We came 10
ho' 'iiSoh NILS ana ionhd thc ','s' or'S-
a!e shn@'y eaihped ~ a g''i iocat'o''
tents All staining, ana everything as
eoAltoitabe as conld be expected.
We had TO wade the creek again at
the mill, and there /. was serious bus;
| I., If.t # n ~
| Il really rfv.r there the "Jalnes
Fork" dc, is covered With flat stones.
somcthiur after the fashion OF tie Russ
| Pavement IN Broadway, which stones
ar coated with a green slime, slippery
as-well, d a pollticlan-ttc alter is not
deep, bat il runs str nc, and the chances
are yer, much III favor Of ones losl q
his balance, several ot rs did IN fact, and
it was curious to see with hat unanllli-
ty the victims, AS they struggled to gain
| their 10 ting, amid The lecr> and laughter
| Of The lockers on, considered |, iavora-
ble opportunity to invest IN government
fines.
! Once across the river, We had bic
hill to climb, where # course there WIS
no mud, there beng one Of those natu-
rally macadcm'zcd places, Of which
have spoken before. About half way up
the hill. there is comparatively level
place nearly large cnough to accommodate
our regiment in line, On thi, ground We
were halted and told TO stack arms ald
rest, being a, the same time informed
that Col. Lcake was trying with some
prospects of success To get some crack,
er> Tor us, out ot ti.c supply train be-
fore mentioned.
soon the 31th Illinois was drawn NJ
N line on the opposite side Of The road,
the battery was posted IN suitable place,
and he whole brigade was prepared to
eharg: on the crackers whenever they
should make their appearance. We
waited for some time for them to come
! and at last began to think that the aiiali
was about to terminate IN iizzlc. Jus
like every other engagement winch we
had either sought Tor or been promised
since We have been on the track OF bat
Ties. After while the scouts whom we
had seat to reconnoitcr the enemys Po-
sitlon returned and reported them strong
~ posted behind three paraiei lines
OF "red tape but that Co. Leak
and Capt. PANE, commanding the 31th
were consulting about strategetlc move
which they hoped would dccoy them
ont OF their entertainments, and then
well they came at last, ami 1t did ut take
us long to lay EN-.
We took the advance OF everything