Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-01
ARMY LET ERS.
From the Linn Rifles, at NewbeTn
CAMP BURNSIDE, on THE NEUsE, !
March 10. lsGl. |

they are bulIt 10 c4eafeI Ae!i on u.uA
near by where there was a f5ur gun bat
tcry, the magazine Of which the Rebel.
blew up before they abandoned i;-par,ly
Of log ha,s, ani partly of tents, with ,hs
never falling scientifically built wooden
chimney But let me tell of how We got
here.
Tuesday, March lltb, weighed anchor
at Roanoke Island, and stood south under
steam aud sail. |, had r4ined, tu; cleared
of cool ard bright with strong s. W.
breeze. We passed the points We had
watched with such interest mouth ago.
as We moved up slowly to where we knew
there would be a severe battle-Stumpy
point, Long Saoal b1oy-I could not help
thinking Of those who saw these places,
Mt knowing they would never see them
again. Under our thorough going Captain
and careful pilot, Mr.. Walton, we arrived
among the frs;transPorts at Hatteras. Nh
Walton ensured himself our more earnest
thanks ty coming in with an immense
mali bag, which Intercepted Us here. Many
received letieTs-the las'.... Wednesday,
l2,h, was a most delightful day. We
woke to see our whole feet gathered
around US. We had left the New YORK
aground on tie shoal near CIoaiau Souhi
aui the Ainira. lst below. 1t was one
Of ;h, pleasantest rides | ever had-the
air clear aud tslciuE, the sun shining
bright, the water cleaning il tit was
luxury to be on deck al. day We stayed
there until darkness closed around Us, and
anchored about ha!f-past seven, in the
Neuss Tiysr, sixteen miles below Nesbern.
opposite the mouth Of the Slocun Creek.
We could see O.raeoke ialet, as We came
down, and It's [to U.s. harmless port, Shei!
Island lighthouse, Brani's Island shoals
but, foE long while, we did not know
whether We we're going up the Pamlico or
Neuse. The pilot told Us when We entered
the Nsuse, but still, even when We anchor
ed, there were bets that we were in the
Pamlieo- When we came into the mouth
Of the Neuse, we saw Rebel signal fires
start up, one after another, aud keep ahead
Of US all tie way-the las: one, with high
pointed fame, bursting up, on the ief, Of
Us, on bluf opposite where We landed.
There was mos: interesting chase, By the
Pictet, after Two small sail boats that were
sc1idiug aloog the shore Ii was very
amusing to see how quick they "GraiTd
up' as she thew shot across their bows.
| have seen many sunsets in these waters,
but none that was equal in the splendor of
their beauty to this one Many thousand
men gathered on the decks to watch its
qliei beauty, and as the bands Of each
regiment played national airs, aud those
that We have heard so often by our fire.
sides sung By our sisters aud friends-in
which We have 50 often joined ourselves a,
social gstberiags-each one Of Us had
enough to DO to fa;hom his own thoughts
We had left our surgeon sick on Roanoke
Island, aud Dr.. Clark, Of Mass, was de-
tailed to our regiment. The hospital store
was in our saloon, and his quiet arrange
men: of certain kinds Of medicine, ia tie
pack that the hospital nurse carries on his
back, was rather cooler than agreeable.
Then, too, his instructions to tie baud
who are men that carry Of the wounded
during the battle, dangerous and honor
able duty-how to lift them, how to place
them on the s.retche-, were horribly disa-
;rseab.e. ! have faced the music Of bull
ets, twice-Td prefer to face them fifty
lines, to seeing the Band armed with
heir ''s,retchers" once They are worse
han the wounded aud dead. They make
ny flesh creep whenever l see them.
You can appreciate it somewhat, if you
'ver went to get teeth pulled, aud saw the
leniist whistle aud handle his forceps
asrrily. Well-we all quietly wrote up
ar journals, packed our trunks, fixed
verything as We would have it we're any
hing......gave our last directions-they
-ere few, and cheeEfa!ly said-and wen,
D bed.
THURSDAY vas dark and lowering. Capt.
'ennet had permission to take picked
-sw, and one Of our Wizard guns weigh
g some 1000 pounds, into the battle.
'e were amused, yesterday, when the
lptain drew them up in line, each armed
ith cutlass aud canvass Laversack, to his
-ess parade, as We called it, on the quarter ,
'ck, and told them that if any wished net :
90, be wouldn't ask them. Their wasn't
laiver. Little George, the Captains son, ,
years old, stood at their head, with
American Tag Could one describs the I
lrse Of that gallant little band during
e next two days, it would be one of |
e mos. thrilling episodes Of war-I |
We never read anything equal to it, even 8
Abbot's history of Napoleon. can see {
em stand there now-I can see Wilson.
they put the gun into the launch, a