The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-11-08
Correspondence.
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig.I

W lIllAhSPORT, NOV, ora. lCb- \
Error OF The CECL WnIG~-As Cecil is
strongly represented in the 9th, | thought
sketch Of movements. made by the corps,
rIight not b.. wholly unintrrcsting 10 portion
of Your readers. After brirt stay AT Camp
Matlit.'' intelligence reached q N. Wool.
eonilniiiding Slh army cTps, at Baltimore,
that the advance Of The rebel army under
Gen. Lee, was rapidly approaching by the
Frederick road, aud his Skrmishrrs were
then within ten miles Of the city, orders
were ISSUED on the night Of the Sth of Sept.
FOR the Ith and 9Th regiments. Md. Vols to
march, and about midnight left for RandAliS-
town. on the old Liberty road, twelve miles
from Baltimore, where we arrived about >
o'clock in the morning, withoLt a crust of
bread, or cantcen to carry IL drop of water
AS no enrmy was to be found, we rctraccd
our weary way, foot sore, tired, and hungry.
On the 18th of Sept, the regiment was
ordered to Franklinvic, to support Captain
Minors battery of Light Artillery. remained
there until the 10th were then ordered back
TO Baltimore. and thence by Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to Monocacy river and charged
with the protection of the railroad and turn
pike bridges over that Slrcam and the sup
port of the b Gilmore battery Of Light Aitil-
lcry, stationed there, Ga the 3'th received
urdcrs from Cen Mcclellan, to march to
WilliamSport on the Potomac and reported
Thirty five miles, without camp rquipngc. or
stores, AS we could not procure teams
reached W illiamsport in two days, and bivnu-
ackcd in the fields and woods eight days and
nights without shelter fanny kind, until our
tents reached us. and very short of provisions
for several days at that. Had not one ounce
of fresh meat or potat"cS. from the 18th Of
Sept. until the - tn Of October, period of
A. days, nothing but hard bread and pork.
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rejected by very hungry stomach's; the
whole of the provisions had been transported
to " Fortress Monroe" - White House,
IIarrisun's Landing" &c, having all those
marks on the barrels and boxes, and Of course
much improved in flavor 10y Summer suns
and rains. G"vernmen: is not to blame. but
raScalIy QuaitcrnaStcrS, as | have no doubt
all those provisions had been condemned;
and there rcissucd, the QuartcrmastcrS
pocketIn the entire original cost Our duty
here has variety to spice it; although con-
santly occupied by picket service on the
Potomac river and the Chesapeake aud Ohio
Canal, requiring one, and sometm's two
companies from our corps every night.
The rebel pckcts, On the Virginia side.
are in many places, within speaking distance
IF ours. No picket firing between the rebel
l'ickcts and ours has occurred since our
arrival.
.
crossing, at Cherry run, it was supposed he
would march Immediately upon Wi!iamsp"rt,
and make il mou.hiul Of this Brigade, consist
ing, as il then did, the extreme Of the right
wing OF the Army of the Potomac.' The
9th and Ith regiment, Md. Vols, were ordered
into Wiliamspoit, the streets ba,licadrd,
cannon planted, and every preparation made
to give the famous Cavalry officer VAIN
reception; but the chivaIrous representative
~ Il; q
viz stealing Pennsylvania farmers horses.-
In view of the extraordinary success attend
ing the undertaking, and the eulogicS Of the
rebel Genera l-in-Chief, il might be proper to
add to the titles Of this illuStrous scion OF
Nirgnia's chivalry, after the cherished +. +.
V, an other fairly earned by this last exploit.
j. ii. T., so that his title might read at full
length lllustruus representative of the First
Families Of Virginia, and Prince Of Horse
Thieves. His exploit kept us under arms
three days and nights, raining most OF the
time. On Wednesday last General Averell.
commanding 900 Federal Cavalry, had orders
to cross the Potomac at this place, supported
by Our regiment. but General kenv (whoSc
vigilance is hntirint) rs Il matter Of irccan-
tun. sent Major Russell with 80 II en- of Md.
Cavalry across to rcconnoitre, ri sscl's FIRST
move was to pouncc upon the rebel picket,
stationed in sight of this place, capturing
every man. he $50 learned that the g Prince
of Horse Thieves was within miles of this
point, with some 900 cavalry and but for
Major Russel's energy and Success, Averel's
Cavalry and the 9th Md. would doubtless have
been bagged or sadly damaged.
Several flags of truce lIave crossed to our
side trom Dixie, within the last few days, one
of them was on shore when Russell captured
the rebel pickets, accompanied by a Colonel
ono doubt a spy they claim now that the
capture of their picket was wrong. because
made whilst Il flag was on our side, &c. Two
Dragons of theirs came across on Saturday,
with their horses and equipments, aud gave
themselves up, saying they were tired OF the
war; both young, intelligent men.
Yours, CECIL.