Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-02-20
Army Correspondence.
SUBLrxlrY SPRINGS,

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published every week, willie we are on the
march. We received marching orders on The
39th of Jan. The men were in the woods BALD
ing specimens of gabions and fascines. when
the orders came TO prepare 10 march on The fol-
lowing morning. The boys shouted for Joy;
the work was left unfinished, and two days ra-
tions prepared or the march.
Jan. 3lst. Struck tents at daybreak. and
formed on close column al sunrise; the bugle
sounded and the march commenced. The day
was warm and pleasant, and ye marched SIX
teen miles. The country over which We passed
consists of mountain spurs. aud narrow valleys
Many of the knobs resemble mass OF lime
stone rocks, with cedar trees growing from the
crevices. The people are poor and ignorant,
but very clerer. ] saw bsre-footcd children,
and houses without glass or sash in the VIM
iiows. We passed through basin valley two
or three miles in length, where all the streams
emptied into springs in the ground, and eniiie-
ly disappeared. When we halted in the eve
ming, 1t commenced to rain and got quite eooi:
Our wagons went by the way OF Somerset ana
rs the roads were very bad. they ana nos meet
us where we struck the main road, The place
We intended TO camp for the night; consequent
Iv we had to lie out all night in the cold rain.
We stood out in a field till dark, when word
came that the wagons would not reach us ill
the next day. So we got privilege TO go oihe
woods and spend the night rs pleasantly rs
possible. Some built fires TO warm themselves;
some crawled under logs to sleep; some tried TO
make shelters of rails and brush, and others
wrapped their Blankets around them and just
tumbled down any place, and let it rain. Those
who had never seen the war elephant before,
were thoroughly convinced that soldering was
moi all sunny days, golden slippers and paths of
pleasure. Some took it rs patiently rs .Diog
Nil
some boys-who no doubt often complained of
hard work and hard usage at home and went to
the army 10 see good times-began to cry. Per-
haps they thought they would have 10 answer
dead! at Roll Call in the morning. | was
tired enough to sleep, assure you; but the rain
tickled my ears. and the cold pinched my toes,
till my slumbers were considerably disturbed.
although .'the rain did patter the roof." l
thought the exposure would almost kill those
who had been sick and were very much fatgued;
but when the drum beat in the morning they
all reused up, and when warmed and dried off
were as merry rs ever. You may try to mag
inc how we passed the night, but my language
and time fail TO paint a real picture. To do SO,
would cause our friends to pity us; but, it is
now passed, and who cares ior- past troubles.
The 9th Ohio Battery, commanded by Capt.
WETMoRE, Of Cleveland, joined our regiment
in the evening. The Battery consists of four
smooth and two rifed cannon. One of the III
fed guns fired and sunk the rebel boat at the
battle OF Fishing Greek at the distance of 2la
miles.
Feb. Ist. Rain in the forenoon and pleasant
in the afternoon. Our teams did not come till
the afternoon; we only marched one mile cross
ed Buck Creek and esmped for the night. To-
night We had our tents, stoves, and plenty OF
heinlock for bedding, and we slept as sound as
kings on their downy'pilows. !.
Feb. I'd. The day was pleasant and we had
ten miles to march 10 reach Rock Castle river.
After marching two or three miles we gained
the summit of a mountain ridge. The soil was
sandy and the road good. There is considera-
bic of fine pine timber in this section of the
State. When we halt in the evening we gath
er pine knots 10 burn, and they make capital
fires, sure. Some places we travel four or five
miles without seeing a habita,ion. The de-
scent from the ridge to the river is steep, and
winds around cliffs of rocks. and along ravines.
The natural scenery along tile river Tor sublim-
ity and grandeur almost rivals that OF the M
agara river. l wish you could see it as know
you are particularly fond OF seeing fine scenery.
1t would take the poets song and The artists
pencil to describe it. Some of the cliffs are
lwo hundred feet high, and covered with ever
green trees; such as pine. cedar holly, dc. The
romantic scenery, and the cool sparkling water
of Sublimity Springs, attract q large number
OF visitors during the summer season. There
is quite large and commodIous hotel Tor the
accommodation oil visitors. Inc gentleman
who keeps the hotel at present was driven from
London by the rebels, and robbed of almost
everything he owned. The country abounds
with game. and the river with fine fish. As the
river Is not bridged, we had 10 cross on a ferry
boat. We arrived al the river at 2. NJ. 1t
look until noon the next DAY 10 take Inc Aftii-
iery anu 'heiT wagons across; lhete was
hea'y ram "i, curing .ie hish''
FEB. Sd. Rained the greatest part OF the
day. The road on the opposite side OF the nv
er IS SO steep and muddy that 1t TOOK rom IL
10 10 horses 10 Draw a cannon up 'he MIL
great portion oi me baggage h:'u 10 ue carried
up by the men. The heavy rain raised the nv
er so nigh thatlt became dangerous 10 cross IN
the evening. Inc ooat came near sinking win
some OF our company on ooard.
FEB An River falling Spent The day IN
crossing the river and getting our leans up the
NIL
Feb. 5th. Heavy frost in the morning and
the day pleasant We got the last OF our teams
to the top of tbs, hill by 10 a. NJ, and proceed
ed on our way to London. We marched ii
mile5 and campcd for the night. The road fol-
lows mountain ridge-tbe soil is as poor as
desolation and The people are poorer if possible
They look as though they could hardly keep
soul and BODY together. / think the crinoline
Of the fair sex. Will never hinder them from
STRAIGHT and narrow wav Their
bread is made of water and unsiI,cd corumeal
minus salt. A specimen of their intellipencc
c,r,a j., =, oa,,,,I ,IiS S,;i -
but he had never hcrb @ eI tell Of OHIO
We had ouito n severe tbppdcr-storm dnring
the night. -, - -. - .
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