Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-28

therefore, had the hunor, about the 10th
of Oct, of being put in the First Brig
ade of Major General Coxs Division,
commanded by Gen. Lightburn.
Since then several Brigades have been
maneuvering either to get the rebels out
Of the kanawha Valley, or pen them IN
there, and l canuot precisely tell, to this
day, which they aimed at. But, be this
as it may, our Regt., then at Pt. Pleas
ant, was ordered forward on the 24th OF
Oct, and just at sunrise We slung KNAPP
sacks, shouldered arms. aud up the han-
awha VIC started. not without some hopes
of fight, for we learned there were
about nine thousand rebels in Charles
ton and vicinity.
! Since then, we have been marching g,
scouting. or skirmishing, almost every
! day, till the 1st Of Nov, when we found
ourselves at the mouth of Gauley, snugl y
tucked into the beautiful camp. above
described.
| AS to the rebels, they mana ged, as
usual to retreat about one days march
in advance of US, and are now, perhaps
between here and Lewisb urg.
| AS to our success, when tits all summed
up, and condensed into few words
amounts to about this: We have COM
pletely cleared the valley Of rebel forces,
white they, in turn, have cleared it OF
almost everything else.
Our only loss, since we left the Point,
is one man in the I'd Va. Cavalry,
wounded in The thi gh bya bush hacker
The rebel loss amounts to ten or twelve
prisoners. | assure you we have seen
considerable OF the soldiers life for the
last three weeks. Being raw troops and
unaccustomel to marching, our boys
have suffered greltly from sore feet.
Many are troubled with rheumaties
from sleeping on the ground without
shelter. We have had no tents since we
left the Point Sometimes we had two
or three days rations in our haversacks
and SO me;imes nothing, and hungry to
boot
Well, when | think of the vast amount
of suffering and privations our soldiers
ale compelled to undergo, and then when
| look little farther back and mediate
on the great burden of sorrow and mis-
cry forced upon the wives, and families,
and mothers Of nearly two million of
absent soldiers, with nothing to console
them but Il feint hope of some future
peace, or the consolation of lifting their
cries to benefcent Heaven for protec-
ton; am forced to believe that if
Jeff. Davis, aud all ether leaders in this
hellish rebellion, do not smell birthstone
in the great hereafter, there is no use Of
any future punishment. 1t might as
we'll be abolished.
The boys from 61eigs are generally
WE'LL Corporal Cook, from Rutland, was
accidentally wounded, six miles above
Charleston. The Surgeon thinks he
Will soon recover.
The boys are in fine spirits and anx-
ious for fight, but 1 fear there is no
chance for that, for we must acknowl-
edge, however hnmiliating it may be,
that the rebels can easily outstrip US in
fair foot-race. Our friends at home
should give themselves no uneasiness as
to our safety or welfare. We have able
and efficient officers. Every body that
is acquainted with Col. Van Worries,
Lieut.. Col. Fearing, or Major Smith,
knows they are brave, and kind, and tai
ented. With such men to command,
and such men as they have under theil
command, 1 will vouch the 92d will
render good account, and hew out, for
itself, high and lasting reputation. ]
am sure recruits from Meigs, or any
where else, wishing to volunteer, could
not dispose of themselves better than to
join the 92d 0. V. l.
Perhaps I have written enough; feal
[ have already tired your patience. 1t
is now midnight, and my fellow soldiers
are wrapped in slumber all around me
There, now; just as 1 finish, big ow
lights in the spruce tops, over my head
and breaks forth in vociferous hoo
hoo! hoo! as if she, too, was lamenting
over the sad calamity that has befaller
our country.
1t makes one feel lonesome, and think
of home. | shall, therefore, wrap my.
self in my blanket, for the night, an;
endeavor to forget: in sleep, the trouble
and fatigues of the past, trusting that =;
just and benign Providence may speedily
bring back peace and prosperity to our
once happy country.
Yours respectfully,
VIM NJ. HUDSON,
1st. Scrg't Co. B. 92d Reg't o. V.
For the Pomcroy Weekly Telegraph.