Nebraska advertiser., 1862-04-10

half, whens from sOme cause, known only
10 The officers, we had to retrace our
steps TO the boats. On the afternoon we
started again, and marched in regular
order until when within a mile or two Of
the fort, a heavy firing was heard in the
direction of the fort, supposed to be from
the gun boats. Every heart beat wildly
as we hurriedly made our way to the
scene of conflict. We marched into camp
close to the breast works Of the fort with
out having any fight, as the officers tho't
it best TO rest the men, for although it
was but three miles by water, they had
marched about eight miles BY land, and
were naturally supposed to be in no fight
ing order, though they were as willing to
fight then as any time.
On the way to the fort we were joined
by regiments at every crossroad all bound
for the same market. As we were going
up a very steep hill, my load would not
permit me to travel very fast, consequent-
" l fell behind the regiment, and sat
down on a log for a moments rest. The
SD Ohio were just behind our regiment,
and | was watching them as they passed,
when my eye fell on a boy about sixteen
trudging up the hill with a large KNAPP.
sack and musket, whose face seemed
familiar, but as we see a great many re-
~semblances in the army, | did not pay
much attention to him until after be had
passed me and one of the men asked me
if / had "pegged out % This drew the
attention of the person / have just men
toned, who glanced at me and said, "Ill
bet that's the Teller that started 10 the
Peak with a'dog train" l jumped off
the log and shook Frank Munson's hand
as cordially as / would a brothers.. He
talked with me a while, when | thought
would catch up with the regiment, and
started ahead, when a rough faced wealth
er beaten map, calling me by name, said
"How do you do 90 II do not recollect Of
eve seeing you before" eff you know
Frank you surely know bis father" Sure
enough, there was that round face, but,
how changed! He and Frank-father
and son--in the same cause, were as
cheerful as though seated around "the
old hearthstone in times of peace"
Our regiment and b e52d Ohio fought
side by side, and Frank and his father
did as good work as any two men in the
regiment.
Your humble servant was "thGr or thar
GbOtts,' and beat on an instrument called
a musket instead of a kettle drum. Sar-
geant E. F. Buckley was wounded in the
groin, but not severity. After we had re-
pulsed the enemy, stray cannon balls and
six pound shells came intentionally near
to sour house. " and as Lieut.. Berger was
standing, with revolver in hand, waiting
for a secesh 10 poke his head over the
hill, some unprincipled cuss fired a shell
directly at his mug. He saw the unwel-
come visitor coming in time to evade it.
1t sank into a bank a few yards behind,
but did not burst. Col. McCord picked
IN up, when, seeiug the fuse, he dropped
it like a hot potato.
We made a little trip into Prof. Nixon's
native county, and took or of the rebel
pickets prisoner. The roads were awful
muddy, and on the way l thought PAR
must have had rather soft mud under his
toe nails to be Tennessee mud.
We are now about to make a descent
on Memphis.
R. C. B. sends his best respects to you
and says l shall tell you that he is still
fright side up With care"
The foregoing letter was unavoIdably
crowded out last week, and, al to news,
is somewhat out of date. 1t contains
matter, however, of interest to our home
readers.--ED.