Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-03-14
Correspondence. 6
Letters from the IOiI, Regiment

camp ground is very muddy. Our captain,
fKnowlton) is getting better-he has been
yery sck-his wife is with him now-she
came from Lewiston to Baltimore in twenty
six hours. had letter from W lille a few
days ago, he seems to be in good spirits,
hope that be will keep up stout heart tor
if any one needs good courage, it is sold
ier. | never have felt homesick but once,
and that was when we had no dinner and
nothing but bread and water tor supper
But that was when We were moving and
could not cook anything. As a general
thing VIC have enough to eat but to " cat
roast turkey all the time makes one sick, =
SO the same fare day after day aud week at
ter week is trccomc, When in camp, we
can get almost anything we want of the suit
lers, and tell yeu that pics, cakes, butter
and cheese, have to h. lively in passing
round saw Gen Scott, and Gov. Hicks of
Md, at Annapolis junction recently. Gov
Hicks has dome as much for the redemption
OF Maryland from the hands Of the traitors
as any other man.
have got to 20 about mile aud half
to depot to stand guard, at j o'clock this
afternoon. a long tramp through the mud.
We have to stand two hours at time, on
camp guard-two hours en- and four of; bus
other guards stand four hours on and eight
a. which like much better We wear
our kuapsacks at guard mounting, hat We
have got so used To them that we do not
mind it Iauch 1t is strange how quick one
will get used to new things. eau take my
beef aud bread, and dippcr of coffee, and
sit down on the floor anI eat as well con-
tented rs used to II at home, when We had
all We wantcl and sometimes think am
better cantcnttd here, for | know there is
no way to get cut OF it, If wanted to, and
| do not want to, The most of our boys are
wcil cnntcnted here -snip, Of tn m OF course
arc growing all the time but those who
bshaye themselves are used like gcntlemcn.
Jan. 25th
There is no snow here now, but a great
plenty oil mud in fact there has been scarce
ly anything here hat mud, this win;er.
rhcrc is some talk of sending the lands all
home by the first of March. Ii VIC have T.
rart with ours. it will be a sad day for the
boys Of the 10Th Maine, Tor my part, shoulI
rsthcr giVc s., per month than 70 haze
them leave. was sorry that
our government lad 10 give up Mason and
Sidc,l, hut | suppose It Is tor the best, but
even old England may find that it is bast t.
keep her hands OF from [ uclc sam, even il
lie is thrcshing anne of his uaraly children.
hope and trust thut bgf r. the SHOWS ot
another winter whi;cn the hills OF Maine,
that thc stars and stripes or Freedoms en-
sisn vii wave in peaceful triumph over the
rlce.tolds of Carolina. and the e3t;4n-dclds
OF Georgia AMI Mississippi, anl that tie
Triumph Of the Federal arms may be the
downfall Of the fluits, STAN that rests upon
the ensign Of the Republic, th4 most desraA.
ing and inblsng that thu world ever know
slavery. and .lAycry alone, is the cluss OF
the present war tie is>ne is none ether
than slavery. Either this country viii he
come eneirclsl with the manaelcs Of TIE
slave. or At the end Of tbs war, the .tst LINK
which binds the s.ayc wiil be broken.
Jlu 2o,a.
| saw two e.r loads of prisoners "a their
way to Washington the otb-r lay, tbsy were
from the tobacco Warehouse at Richmond
the most Of them were taken at Bull Run
they looked as ii they had SOFA hIrl times
10 reality Bat j, Is through thu tire that
the gold Is refined, AMI our country must *
peet that some Of her gallant sons must su!-
,rr-ycl, that they should perish, rat cr
than the liberty # tic whole country should
fail
| aoTc that when tie tim5 comes, the
blows viii be struck qoiea aud lard, and
tho rebellion be crushed and with the re
bc.lion the hydra headel monster chat caused
It. am willing 70 own that am moro OF
m abolilio st than ever, have
seen and talked with quite numAer OF
slave owners, and they talk like men too
lazy 10 work-who are biunl 10 st u.ir
LIVING as easy as they can. Wcli, | don't
suppose that | can help it, but should llsc
70 sec them At work in the ho, sun-it would
do me gool
Fu5. oh.
We arc thinking that we have got through
the hardcs: Of the winter, and are feeling
that in the summer we shall enjay ourselves
well--but you know all such anticiFations
are uncertain-but ono thing is certain, Co,
+. will always make the best OF II, no mat
,.ef what their circumstances may be.
The Regiment is out on inspection now, and
it is quite still in the barracks. As sit by
the window can sec the sentry slowly pac-
ing back aud forth, on his bsat-and further
off is large herd of cattle grazing on the
hillside About half mile of is the resi-
denao Of a wealthy planter, he at least never
telt how good it was to - earn his bread by
the sweat Of his brow, he never toied
from " carly morn till dewy eve" with the
hoe, or axo or scythe yet If | do not mis-.
take the signs OF the times, the day IS not
far distant, when no man shall call another