Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-17


the dear ones at home, now smiling ove1
some happy passage contaiping "goot
news from home; now looking pensive
and even sad as he comes to a mothers :
-or,perhaps, Il sweetheart tear stained
repinings for the absent soldier; bu
again his voice rings out in merry peal,
4ef laughter as le reads the droll story
of the recent 'draft." Yonder are I
dozen hearty boys seated in their pleas
ant quarters, singing patriotic songs
! with zcst they mover, never felt at
home. But am dealing in common
place camp pictures, and | will leave
them, and refer your readers to '.Frans
Leslie" OR ''Harpcr" for fuller and bet.
ter delineatiors of life in the camp.
In general, l have only to say, that the
116th Ohio is now pleasantly encamped
in a spacious field, on the right bank OF
the Ohio, three miles below Gallipolis
Weare, it is said, to be in the tth Brigade
which is made up of the 116th Ohio
Slth Indiana, and 10th Ohio.
We are well satisfied with our regi-
mental oficers--of those fight higher,
We have nothing to say at present, for
we know nothing.
Colonel hburn, Of Monroe Coun-
ity; Lieut:-Colonel Wildes, of Athens
County; Maj or Morris, of Monroe Co;
Quarter Master Williams, Of Meigs Co.,
and Chaplain Brady, of Monroe County.
We have no time at present to prolong
the list. or do justice to the gentlemen
mentioned above; but when the day of
probation comes, we have no doubt that
we will have something honorable to
mention of our officers. The company
to which I am proud to belong. is the
one raised in Meigs County, by Captain
J. c. Golden, and our letter is Sc: y
OF course some letter nearer the first of
the alphabet would look more brilliant
to the uninitiatcd; but We mi ght exclaim
with Shakspear--
"What's in n name That which We call a rose,
by any other named would smell as sweet
But our men are soldiers who are
mot to be pleased with rattle, not TO
be tickled with straw they come out
from their friends and homes to fight,
not for names but for the honor of their
native land. However, our company has
one distinguishing title-I mean "Capt.
Golden's Company In saying this, [
simply mean to give due honor to a
man who is alike respected by his com
pany, and the whole regiment; do not
disparagc others The health and spir
its of the company could not be better
than at present. 1t is said that the
mind is a Kingdom and no where
does contentment shine bri shter than
even here under the dark margin OF i'm
pending war. Plenty to eat, comlorta
bic clothing and lodgings, and the soul
refreshing consciousness of being on the
right side and on the strong side in
great national effort to preserve our
right and liberties from everlasting
ruin Our friends are dearer to Us
now than ever. Why. We are fight
ing for them, and they cannot, they
will not, forget us. The angsl Of the
family circle nightly cheers us in our
tents with good news from home-bears
to US visions of our future, and sweet
memories ofthe past-binding our hearts
closer and closer still to the :'old house
at home" Nothing but love of country
could make us yield all the pleasures
and comforts Of home.
l have just been thinking that the
soldier is the highest type Of manhood,
Thousands of examples present them
selves, but will only mention one
in our own regiment. 4 young man
was working hard at low wages in the
oil regions of Duck creek He heard
the distant, and indistinct mutterings Of
approaching war-he heard the earnest
call for stalwart men to denfend our
Constitution--he threw down his pick
and shovel, and shouldering his musket,
and knapsack, marched out in the ranks
to meet the insolent foe. Through ali
win:er he endured the hardships and
dangers of the mountin campaign in
Western Virginia. Often in battle
ever ready and able to do his whole
duty-he pursued the even tenor of his
way, rising to the position Of Sergeant;
but, unfortunately, wounded at Cross
Keys in May, he was sent to the Hospi-
tai and there long time suffered from
wound, the mark Of which he will carry
to his grave. Recovering, aud eager to
re enter the service, he soon had COM
pany in camp-that company is Co. Ii,
116th Regiment. The Captain is uni
versally respected by the men, and Off
GERS, too, for his manly bearing, and gen
uine military proiciency-a thing which
does not always accompany shoulder
straps. This is one example of what
young American can make himself
These are the days to try the capabilities
of men, and if there is anything in man,
the army is the place to show it. Daily,
thousands who passed for genuine at