The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-12-04
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of Seesssia. How did We get here p
Abide your time and you shall know all.
My last wri,ing was at Glasgow. still "in
the dark and bloody ground" We laid
near there two days. leaving on Friday,
the 7lh inst. Our course lay through
far better country than We had Travelled
through for weeks previous. The in
habitants display cleanliness and taste in
everything around them, and their fine
residences and beAullfui,y laid of farms
compare favor.bly with those seen BY US
at DaOville. Lexington and Louisvills.--
We had certainly At last "got out nf the
wilderness" The road was good be.
ing graded one-aud We fcachsd the town
Of Sco,lsviIls, on Sunday; the 9th. This
is nice town-the houses are nearly al
frame and painted white. Il Is a county
seat, and like Lancaster, its Cpuft Houes
10 the shabbiest building in the place.
II 10 situated but 8 miles from The Ten
n-ssee line, but in a strong Union Dis
tiict. Company D had to 60 on picket.
Nothing startling occurring during the
night; we were ordered in on Monday
morDihg and made = march Of re rhiies,
camping for the night on highihills We
had crossed IL e line about nunn. and,we
rs sled that night in the land of Dixie
upon the soil Of a seeded State--the sbi
ding place Of Brownlow ahda Jyknron
|-ItLe resting place Of an Antrsw jack
son. We wsrs travelling aOn.ths Louis :
yills 4 Nashxills pike. and Was s,tpck
with the care and engineering skill that
had been used TO make the road level and
Of as even aedgrade as possible. We
could travel with ease all the time. AL.
though we had struck rough section Of
couutry--high, coming hills on each eide
ofus, yet We had none totrayel over
On Tuesday. the ilth, we made a lcug
march, and a sevsrs one also The dus
worried as a great deal. We passec
through Gallatin soon after dinner anC
capped on the North bank df the Cum
berland river. This region Of country
fi
has suffered greatly BY the raids Of join
Morgan's, Forests and other thievine
bands, aud the pl,ce wears rather a drs
olate aspect. 1t Is a town Of considera
Bile size, ard place oi soma wealth, as thu
many 6ne suburban residences plainly
show, W. had marched 22 miles tha
day, and we were tired. hungry ant
sleepy. So soundly did we seep tha
night, and go tightly did old Morpheus
hold us in his embrace, that shower o
rain tha, fell was not sufficient TO arous
US. Hfrs~ lU7
Oh Wednesday. he 1sh. ourbrigad
was detained in camp by the crossing u
the river by the 10th brigade Of our Di
4 vision, until II I'M, when the 22d Wa
ordered to cross. The rain of the nigh
before had made the road very muddy
aud the temporary bridge being a yer,
poor one, our crossing was necessalil,
slow and difficult. This is a beautifu
stream, the current now is very swift
The water is clear as crystal The i'm
mense wagon train did not get across I'll
la,e 10 the afternoon. Ws we're the,
travelling ON branch pike leading frou
Galls.in to near Lebanon, being about eli
miles lorg from tie river to the Lebanon
l. Nashville pike. We only made tha
distance b fore nigh! and wen, into can
in cedar grove We soon had brish
fri kindled, and with the cedar wood a
fuel, we continued 10 have good fires a
night. II was near here that John Nor
gao destroyed part Of Woods Division
train, and our teamslers were on th
/ om vipe Tor similar dash from him. W.
} LIT this c,mp at noon Of Thursday, l9tl'
> merely 10 change locations. We were mo
we'd but three miles and campeG in
beautiful woods. A ane location it was
We called our camp "Silver Springs.
from village Of that name near it. Th
name is a suggestive one, and implies
bounliful supply Of good water. W
were all conIenled while we RENAME
there. Ctittendeb's entire corps wer
camped around there, and to stand in on
camp and look in the direction of Nash
vile. nothing but the dotted camps cnul
you see. Ola night it was a picturesqu
scene-one ,ha, filed the soul with sen
D timental thoughts oi the "Ienied feld"-
"the pomp and circumstance Of gloriol'
war" Nothing trauspired while ,her
Of al interesting character.
\ Wednesday, I9,h. we were ordered :
r strike ,ents and be ready to move at 9 |
4 M. No sooner were our tents down tha
J.. "the rain descended and the foods came
and beat upon us all day, and many