Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-10-03
VOL Xiv.
Army Correspondence Delaware Gazette
From the 96th Regiment.
FoUR MILES n. E. FROM NEWPORT,
Sent. %. 1862.

FouR MILES n. E. FROM NEWPORT,
Sept. p, 1862.
ED. GAzETTE:-The closing Of anothe
week. and the beginning of new, find US sill
"near BeechWood Battery" ''close Fit Wash
| ington," "on the hills of the Ohio" las ou
place is termed in fact Just where we wer'
at my last. The week just closed has brough
its excitements and changes and among th'
| latter that which concerns the regiment is th'
| appointment of our worthy Colonel to th'
place of acting Brigadier, while Green Clal
| Smith commands the division. A new regi
ment, the 23d Wis. Joined US this week, and
are a noble set of fellows as far as physica
/ appearance is concern ed, and are well equip
/ ped By the by, it is said over the river thai
! Ohio troops can always be told now days By
being the poorest as far clothing and equip
ments are concerned: a fact, if "sho1dy" makes
! facts, which should be remedied. At present
our brigade consists Of the 96th. 50th, and 79tf
Ohio, 23d Wis, and about 900 infantry of tbs
| 18th and 18th regiments, also Fit. Washing
ton, new work about completed, and Other
batteries. Lieutenant Colonel Brown com
mands tie regiment now, and though we should
not wish to lose our Col, yet with Brown snt
! McElry we should be better off than oul
neighbors. In addition to the promotion o
| Col. Vance, We have had to give up our frs
Assistant Surgeon, DR.. Hess, who goes 10 takC
charge Of the Regulars. Those who have
! been with him most know best the loss tbs
regiment sustains 10 his detachment, and tho
we are fortunate in having the best of medt
cal talent, we cannot but regret the loss of d
third Of it. The DIR. cannot fail of being
loved by his new associates, and we wish him
success in the certainty that he merits and
must receive it.
One of the most interesting Ito me at least)
sights OF camp is the arrival and distribution
of the mail. had thought the eagerness OF
College students was hardly to be surpassed
but that of soldiers to hear from home exceeds
it. You see it in the anxious watching as
the letters are called over and handed out, in
the joy Of the fortunate oues who receive and
the ms-fortunates who have none, and also in
the listening to the items of correspondents
from the neighborhood of home. Nor is the
scene much less interesting as the hour comes
round for the starting away, when from all
parts of the camp you see men coming with
pace, closing and even folding them on the
way so as to be sure and have them go.
know the ones at home are most anxious 10
hear from the boys, for have seen the anx-
iety, but could they see the eager watching
here they would not forget that they too had
"part to play and would cease their often
heard complaints that no letters prove they
don't care could they see how and when the
soldier writes for their eyes, realizing that ii
becomes hard work to write merely of the mo-
/ notony OF camp life. Bat this is not all that
goes to make up camp life which is more or
less interesting to novice, and among the
funny phases comes in the music of teams ard
teamsters. About cock-crow, and sometimes
before, the concert of sweet sounds commences
and from the whole line comes mp the glee OF
some four score mules. Some OF your read
| ers know how it goes, aud those who do not
uecd better musician than myself to explain
| the different cadences. tones, rythm and har-
mouy of our early singers and late warblers-
| One of the best things. to an Impractical ear
| that they "get off is the solos down at the
blacksmith's Office, which for clearness of tone
and pitch certainly exceed any prima -dOnna's s.
/ think IT was stated before that our camp
was on bill, the quarters extending down tho
slopes on each side. These cool evenings
when fires are comfortable, 10 say the least, tt
men out of doors, it presents the appearance
of a small city with its lights in regular sue
ceSsion, or more it is said like large camT
meeting. From the south, where our hospi
tai is situated the view is especially fine auC
a walk the other day proved the other side tht
bill equally beautiful, and both look home-likt
and cheerful. When we have received all Oul
tents (about eighty have been received tht
past woek) the day view will also be pleasing
though doubt if it equals that given by thc
fire aud star light now. In my last noted
the visit Of q hospitabe lady with needed ar
ticles, as also of The Sanitary Committee
Both have been repeated, and we have in ad-
dilion a well filled box from the ladies of Mt
Vernon, which comes quite acceptable. Real
ly our Buckeye ladies are worthy oftheir faith
crs, brothers aud husbands in the field.
Saturdays papers mention the nomination
of Tbos. Carney, of LeavenWorth, for Cover
nor of Kansas. His friends in Berkshire will
not be sorry to bear of success.
During the week we have been visited y.
Lieut. Col Irwin, Mai. Henderson, and Sur
/ geon Williams, ofthe I2lst Ohio. They have
left Cincinnati, and are some two miles from
us on the Licking, being attached to the 81
brigade Of the second division, while ours i
the second brigade. Nothing more this morn
ing. II. WARREN ALLEN.