Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-10-10
Army Correspondence Delaware Gazstto
From the goth Regiment.
BoL1vAR. TENN.. Sept. 26, /,

BOLIVAR. Tenn, Sept. 26, '62.
ED. GAZETTE: This being the anniversary
of my volunteering, thought l would com
memorate the occasion by quietly sitting down
and writing a few lines to the Gazette. Since
my last our regiment has had some stirring
times, yet nothing of marked interest has
transpired so far. On Monday, 18th inst,
cur regiment left Bolivar for Corinth. AT the
same time Gen. Ross's division left for tile.
same .psce. Our brigade, commanded by
Col Tegget, Of the 18th Ohio, got on the cars
and went to Cornth via Jackson. IL o'clock
p. m, found us in the far famed mudhole city,
fer such think it must be in the rainy sea-
son. We marched out Of town to a ccn!uIon,
and throwing ourselves on the green sHard,
we were soon in the land of creams. Next
morning we made an early breakfast, and soon
after marched about miles from town and
encamped in a field With weeds or feet
high. We set to york pulling them up and
pitching cur teuts, CAUSING a magic city to
spriug up in the midst of a seeming wilderness.
The boys labered making hunks until night,
when we were ordered TO fall in and take two
days rations along. Tn a short time we were
on our way moving quietly through the woods
TO the railroad. Here we lay some hours
wailing for the cars. Tbey took us some s
miles and then stopped for the night While
on the road our Col remarked jocularIy that
&" il wou'd be an easy way for geoogist TO
find the diff; rent strata by digging in the dust
on i soldiers face" Col. Leggett added, "it is
highly probable that he ould find some gold
dust there tCo.' H
The men lay on their arms all night ready
for action at a moments notice. Wednesday
mornidg We had breakfast just as regiments
came up or train. We got on our train
and went to Burnsvile Here we found reg
imeuts standing on their arms as if they ex-
pected an attack The previous evening
train running to Iuka had been burned 2 miles
from town, ard il was supposed the rebels
were yet ID tho neighboGhood. Regiment up
on regiment came pouring in until o'clock.
Oar regiment was then ordered out TO scour
the woods. 1t vas one descending sheet Of
rain when we started, our boys strong in hope
Of meeting tie butternuts On we went till
we came 10 the pIscd Of tbs burning train
We then deployed to The right aud lefI Of the
and were soou in dense woods impervious TO
the light OF Jay. About IL o'clock we got
into u edac sire but that is no name for it
the Dismal Swamp it should be called. The
men took good care to keep their powder dry,
and after hours wad ng aud crushing thro'
6ntrodden paths, we got into an open space.
The rain aud ihe sw@mpS had washed not only
our faces hul orr clothes. We joined our com
radcs and being unable to get near enough 10
the butternuts, we relurucd 10 the town. On
tbe way back our oOys made the acquaintance
OF a.iew chickens, sweet potatoes, &c. That
night we rested in Burnsyille Here met an
old acquaintance, Henry v. Cellar, Of Liber.
| ty. lie is Captain in the l2lh III. His boys
think everything Of him, aud the affection is
mutual. he Was p.eas,d to know that Della
ware was go patriotic.
! Thursday about , o'clock our brigade being
| the first, we were ordered out, the 2Oth in the
advance We took The road to Ialta aud went
/ forward in ha best of spirits. About niles
from town we met their pieIets, and dring
commenced About miles further ou wa
halted, ard $ -roihpanies Of the 10Th were sent
back 10 tzle the Eastport road TO prevent be-
| ing oltfahEtd. About 2 milcs along Tins
road we came upon Ale rebel pckets Two
coinparies Oi the Tth H., cavalry being iu ad-
vance hastily retrea,ed, almost running over
our men, causing them to break ranks but
ozler was soon restored. The Captain Of the
cavalry gave his opinion that the rebels were
10 force ahead OF us. II was therefore deemed
prudent to fall back and await further Ordets
or reiuforremeuts. About II O'Clock at night
the 23d Indiana aud G5h Ohio came up and
threw out pickets, relieving rs for the night.
Next day troops were coming M umtll dark,
and Cen Ross took command Of our division.
In The evening we were ordered 10 join our
4 Colonel, who Was with the brigade, Our wag
ons failing 10 reach us, we were short Of ra-
tions, but the country abounded 10 sheep, hogs
chickens, &c. 1t is needless for me to Guy we
we're not long hungry. Co. u got nice