The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-13
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
CALHOUN, KY, AID IND. Vols, I
February 9Th, 1862.


EDITOR JOURNAL Some time has elapsed
since wrote you, but my negligence in
this regard has not been for lack of Incl
dents to relate, provided l can relate them
in style to amuse, in terest, or instruct
your readers.
Well, on the-never mind dates-we
struck tents, were ready in " double quick
and crossed over the river into Rumsey-
the land of Dixe-and about one IF hour
before twilight, and after waiting for some
time, gladly heard the long wished for words
Eor,Dard n1arch, commanded by Go lionel
Denby, and repeated along the battalion by
the officers of companies, and shortly we
bid farewell, as we supposed, to that town
of desertion, which has decidedly the ap-
pearance that it was finished about the time
that Adam was yearling. or about the year
of one.
The roads were comparatively smooth
from Rumsey to Sacramento, where we
's encamped for the night, taking up quar-
ters in churches, warehouses, school houses,
&c, &c. At this point-Sacramento (made
historical from the fact that Col. Jackson's
Cavalry had q fight in its suburbs) we Jared
exceedingly well. The town denotes thrift
as has been-but now it is truly de-
serted village, only seven families being
left, and these all claim to be for the Union
and, as it was promised in the days OF an
tiquity, once upon a time, that a certain
city should be spared if five righteous
could be found therein, so we, finding seven,
concluded that Sacramento ought to be
more than saved"
Early on the following morning, after we
had reached the above named place, we
were off, and by two o'clock P H. we had
reached South Carrollton; and, to our cha
grin, we found that it was most shock
ingly Ieaky place, for, to be honest, the mud
was from six inches to foot deep all about
the place however, we found it pretty fair
travelling when we took the nearest chute,
and travelled the Losoer read; but, being
duck-legged" myself, I even then found
it somewhat inconvenient and irksome.
| In two days we were again all comforta-
| bly fixed up, and there being lots of most
| excellent timber near, our boys built walls
| for their tents, and even made two stories
to them. In day or two we began 20 en-
| trench, and to fell trees. as if we were to
have fight, and vague reports of the ap-
proach of Buckner, with force of $4,000,
were continually floating around the camp
| But we Just kept on entrenching, telling
trees, making bgeast-works, etc, ETC., re-
I gdTdfess Uf hat zllorn E-a-a7r seEto aud,
! finally, after we had so fortified that no rea-
sonable force could have driven us out, and
the mud become so perfectly intolerable
that there was no hope, prospect, or reason
able inference that the rebels would ever be
! such fools as to come to US, and as there
was an impossible gulf of mud, water, and
cypress knees between as and the fighting
| rebels, we received marching orders, bid
farewell, do hope forever, to one of the
| most forIorn points of Gods creation, and
in due time, without @ let or bindrance,
(save the mud and water) we reached Cal
houn, and are now encamped on the very
same spot of ground from which we started.
Madam Rumor says-and presume it is
true-that we will leave this place soon,
perhaps before this reaches you but as to
where we are going / am not advised, but
hope it will be to a country which is not
quite so susceptible of impressions that q
man will sink to his knees in mud.
Of the real object of our mission to South
Carrollton / know nothing, nor do l know
why our stay was not a more protracted
one, except it was impossible to move for
ward, and there was no prospect of the enc
my marching to meet Us.
| noticed that the ladies of the Carrolltor
! neighborhood, have most singular manis
for white sun bonnets, with green veils-s
fashion that looked rather funny to unso
phisticated Hoosiers, at first; but conclnd
ed that the white bonnets denoted that th'
ladies were for peace, and that the greer
veils were intended to represent the greer
olive branch: I mention this fact that you
| lady readers of fashionable circles, may con
slider the propriety of introducing this styl