The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-05-30

of these visits of the payments. s-
Gen. WalIace's boys feel eager to move
to the advance, but are doing good service
where they now are in keeping the line of
Communication with the river open and /
uninterrupted.
FURTHER ONWARD.
Through the kindness of Quartermaster
Pope, of Gen. Hovey's brigade, the writer
was able to ride to Gen. Veatch's brigade,
in Gen. Hurlburt's division. The distance
from WalIace's camp was about nine miles,
over a miserable road, and mostly through
the woods. This a0Gs the extreme right d.
vision except one-W. 7. Sherman's, but
changes are constantly going on, and regi-
ment, brigade, or division, may be one
place to-day, and another place tomorrow.
For instance, the evening before j was in
Wallace's camp, one of his brigades was
ordered to the front from its position in the
reserve. In this manner the 9Th Missouri
he'd been detached from his command, and
it was like parting brothers to separate that
regiment and the 18th Indiana. General
Veateh's brigade had been cut right il two.
Netherlands division l saw moving to the
front. So it goes. An army is vast ma
chine, and is made to work like one.
laa CHANGING CAMPS. .l.-
The 25th had Just settled down into a
new camp, over the Mississippi border,
where, according to custom, they had erected
breastworks and planted batteries. In this
respect, Gen. Haleck's plan is admirable.
Every two or three days the order is given
TO move forward to the outside picket line
from half mile to a mile, according to
the nature of the ground. The divisions
move forward with two or three days ra-
tons, aud one hundred rounds of ammuni-
a. L. l. a.
are fixed in the new location, they send
back for their tents and camp fixtures, and
commence to throw up entertainments. A
regiment will fortify itself in half a day
and in another half will clear out the
underbFush, pitch tents and get to house
keeping" 1t is hard business but Eeces-
sary for safety and success. The tramping
of thousands of men and horses soon makes
the new camp look like an old one. This
has been the constant process for several
weeks. On the way from Shiloh Church
to the front, line after line of entertainments
is seen, one parallel to the others, showing
the positions of the army at various times
In the barely possible event of disaster, the
army can fall back safely from one of these
lines to the other, and defend as they go.
DEsoLATIoN.
The abject poverty and desoIation OF the
country impresses the beholder with the
fearful punishment that is inflicted on any
section of country that is disloyal to the
Federal Government. The country is
ground and crushed under the harrow of
war. For miles and miles the traveller will
pass through farms and over deserted fields,
and see scarcely a rood of fencing. The
| timber is girdled for the use of its bark, or
entirely cut down for breastworks, fuel and
other purposes. "Trespass is the custom
of the country. "Secesh" commenced
practiciug it. and Uncle Sam is following it
up with no compunctions of conscience.
WARS ALARMS.
The first night of my stay with the 18th
there was constant excitement in camp
Word had been received that an attack was
to be made on our lines, and this regiment,
and all others in the vicinity, were under
arms all night. The boys were aroused at
midnight and at o'clock in the morning,
aud formed in line of battle. They had
been so formed at three every morning for
some days, and had slept on their arms
This wearing excitement and their severe
| labor during the day was very hard on
them, but they stood their hardships well.
Food is plenty and wholesome. Lizards,
snakes, mosquitoes and wood-ticks are too
plenty for comfort. ..... ...-... -
Is very scarce, and of poor quality. 1t is
obtained from wells, and is muddy and in
sipid. The soil is whitish clay below
ground. The weather had been very dry,
bat there were copious rains during the
22nd and 23rd- The boys in camp caught
plenty of rain-water to give them CRATE
ful change in their drink.
RIDE ALONG THE LINE.
In company with Lieut.. Alex. McFersons
acting commissary of the 18th, the writer
rode along the line of outer breastworks,
from fourth of a mile to mile of the
! pickets and about three miles of Corinth.
We went from point within mile of the
extreme right wing to another point near
the center. The firing of the pickets could
be plainly heard all along the line, and can
nonadiDg was heard in the distance on the
extreme left. Whole regiments are sent
out at once on picket duty.
INDIANA TROOPS.
We passed the 25th, SID, SD, 10th, 18th,
| 18th, and 5Sth regiments, land sCochran's
battery. Did not reach that part of the
| field where the 31st and 44th were located.
The colonel of the 3lst-the gallant Cruft
is on the Neao Uncle Sam at the Landing,
suffering from a mimic ball through his
thigh, received at Shiloh. he has suffered
severely, put mas refused 10 go nomei ana
has kept the command of his regiment. He
has proven himself hero.
Our old friend Lieut.. Col. VIM. Jones of
Spencer county, of the SD, was there, jolly
and genial as usual. Col. Morgan of the
25th was still at home recovering from his
wound. Lieut.. Col. Foster, Major Rhine
lander, Drs. Walker and Slaughter, and
/ Chaplain Haring, were at the post of duty
as usual, ready for any emergency. Rev.
Isaac Monfort, Chaplain of the SD, rail-
road regiment, was attending to his legiti-
mate duties, and in addition was acting by
appointment as Sanitary Agent for Indiana,
4 and general adviser and assistant for the
whole regiment. He Is man of rare
energy and business qualifications. He
also acts as an assistant in the hospitals of
the SID, and is constantly on the move.
Gen. Veatch is in bad health, but con-
stantly attending to his duties and full of
enthusiasm in the great cause.
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