Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-01-30
FROM CAPT. MooaEs' COMPANY.
Wit.sn for tie Fayetteville Observer.
CAMP WEAKLEY, Tenn,
Jan. 18th, 1862.

Iplores the necessity of the present
war more than myself. And if !
could be assured that the present
struggle upon the part of the
South would be signalized by a
succession Ct brilliant victories
without a parallel in the history
of arms, until our enemies are van
pushed and our independence is
universally acknowledged, my re-.
greet would remain unchanged.-
For | unhesitatingly state that
previous to the downfall of the
Union existing between the Nor
thern and Southern States, we.
could boast Of one of the proud
est governments ever committed to
human control. But the sec
tional President has openly viola.
ted the national trust committed
to him by waging war against a
people who scorn the yoke of one
whose reign is more oppressive
than that Of Hcrod or Nero,
whose deeds of cruelty are recor-
ded in the annals of tyranny, per-
secution, and blood. A party in
that section more than eighteen
years ago had become proud,
knowing nothing and doting about
strifes Of questions until the
lchurch to which | belong .obeyed
the direction of the Bible, which
says from such withdraw thyself.
/ Filled with the remembrance of
that and similar improprieties of
the abolition;sts, | seorned all hu.
man valor and swarming numbers
lof the North, and at a recent Gull
made by the Governor Of our
State for new supply Of troops, l
became a volunteer in Capt. w.
II. Mcores company, which reach
ed this camp in December. And
as you have already published a
letter from a member of our com
tpany, | will give 10 description of
our travel to this place or our mi
tiation into the Southern army
My style of writing will not he
so entertaining or so amusing as
that of your tough beef Hopping
! johnny correspondent.
/ But I will give you a few plain
statements relative to our situation,
;, which shall contain the keen ker-
nels Of truth without. hhsk or
chaff. In many respects camp
life is sad, lonely, and sorrowful.
For a few months passed before
coming here, | had been a regular
attendant at one of the churches
in your town, where there were
usually q fine audience of females
and but small number Of males
present. Here you may see 800
} men and not a woman at public
worship. This is quite "a sad
change to me. 1t is not only OBJ
. served at church, however. but the
truth is, but few visits are paid us
! by the ladies at any time. There
is a kind lady t., however, near
by, who like angel of mercy has
: been a daily visitor to our hospital
bringing good diet for cur sick sol
7 diers, illprevented by family afliic-
ton. Some nice ladies from Will
hanson county also visited us one
;, day and gave us fine dinner, which
| have reason to think saved me
!, from a spelfof sickness; it being the
first clean dinner | had eat for sew
eral days. And let me say first,
there is more dirt and filth in
camps than | have seen since the
night l stayed where the water
was kept in a piggen with no han
die, but a short handled greasy
!. gourd which the harder you
! squeezed the further it would fly
out in the yard ! think if the
government would establish a ba-
: kerry in every Regiment in the
army, half the -four now used
! would support the soldiers, their
health would be better, and deaths
would occur more seldom. Much
of the bread here eaten is blistered
on the top, burnt black at the bot
| tom. and raw in the middle. And