The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-11-06
L Army Correspondence. q
Letter from the 10th Ohio Regiment.
, n MSMPHls, TEESEssEE,
7 |Octl Is, 1859

our common friends have gone to enjoy
themselves at the theatre. | feel that a
few moments spent with enquir:ng ones
al home will to me b. doutly blessed
"By blessing him who gives and he who
receives" Everything from the army is
read with avidity because Of common
sympathy between hearts who alike End
an aching void tor absent ones. '>
We are still. as you see from the head
ing, in the same location from which my
last letter was directed; but while here
We are rot inactive. We try by every
way possible to make secesh feel that this
rebellion must come down. II tbey will
not hear to good words, 1--WE try what
virtue there are in stones" The guer.
rilas felt that their punishment al Ran
dolph was more than they could bear. and
therefore were willing to quit on The Ten
nessee side, and thus save the setting
beyond the line Of the army twenty fam.
lilies from Memphis for every boat fred
INTO; they willingly closed the ball. Last
Saturday morning they tried the sawe
game on the Arkansas side, below this
city, firing upon the steamer Catatrula,
wounding three men. the pilot and two
darkics. The 46th was again ordered out
by the prompt and active General Of this
department, to bring the wayward boys
10 the sense Of their duty. After some
trouble. owing to the failure in the boat
reporting as ordered. We we're not under
way til about IL o'clock Saturday night
The next morning We landed twenty miles
below, al Mr.. Standings, a British sub.
jest, who naturally enough claimed pro
t ctiUn. We therefor. passed his farm
and soon. reached his neighbol. a Mr..
Mcneil. who some weeks before had un-
dergone an examination before the Mill.
tary commission, Of which Col Charles
@. Walcot was member, and who,
therefore. was satisfied 10 spare him, and
sent Lieut.. Col. Smith and myself with
three companies 10 Major Wards, II
miles in the country, who was suspected
of harboriDg guerillas. We advanced
cautiously, throwing company A ou, as
skirmishers. who were On the lookout,
but not as Nide awake as these cane brake
wolves, for when within three hundred
yards of Wards house. we saw twenty or
thirty guerillas getting down to it as fast
as horse flesh could move them, yet one
ball sped on its way as fast as winged
lightning and brought the claret from
one Of these men oi the forest. None
we're LIFT but women, children and dar.
kies This Ward had. three or four days
before, hilled negro opposite Memphis.
shot another boy through the mouth. and
at this time had two. ia woman and man
chained. I ordered the negross at once
to remove all the household property and
fami!y yaluables: then taking an iuvento.
ry of the property, i, was coon consigned
TO the devouring flames. after which We
returned 10 DR.. Sanders plantation,
whose house l had ordered emptied as
we pissed on our march to Wards
Capt Banton, of Ban,on's Battery. return
cd before my detail had set the devour'
ing flames at work and the, smoke of tor
ment asceuded in huge columns while the
livd lights whirled in the air, seeming
anxious 10 finish tie work they were
called to do, for before we reached Nc
Nieps, only J mile the buildings were
5 levcled with the ground.
8 About o'clock we eft Mr.. Mel
through the dark and dreary forests. aut
!, marched 8 miles, passing MilchelPs plan
talion. where we found two men who hat
guOs and had supplied the gueirillas will
, ammunition, aud the negro said had them
f selves been acting with the party; W
{ took them with us and about ! o'clocl
at night reached the river and boat, upo
! which we spent a pleasant night in III
! arms Of Morpheus. ,.. .....
Monday morning with 90 mounle
9 men on artillery chargers under com
c mand Of the young Major. accompauie
by Captain Bonton, We wcat hack t
MitcAell's plantation and fulfilled the OF
icct Of our mission by laying 1t In ashs'
. thence we crossed the country to Barue
Armsrong's, who was absent from home
. leaving bis wife and childIen 10 bear a
the lerIors of war alone. save the aid I
a few old decrepid blacks. This was
. pleasant home /; aud here enjoyment {
Southern life was seen and felt. Befol
Il we reached this place. three companc
of the right wing of the regiment uudc
" comma and Of Lieut.. Lohrer, had reache
there by the transport, and loaded VIII;
- cotton was bailed, and one mule. 500
the usual invoice was made, and :hi
handsome lone was like others in iii
II ueghbOrbood, passing through the 6er
- ordaol Of oil tho 6rss yitrasaad hv' ~,