The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-10-03
Our Military Correspondence.
FROM THE l05TH REGIMENT.
Co. +, l05TH RE-, CAMP NEAR
LOUISVILLE. Sept. 25lb, 1862.


unhurt so tar as the body is concerned, but
our conscience has been considerably frac-
tured since we havo been 10 Louisville
owing to the many disappointmentS we have
been doomed to experience. Several days
ago, the Regiment was alive with excite
ment, thinking that we were surely going to
have q chance to smell powder, and, con-
sidering the course that the army was taxi
ing, one might have such thoughts wan
dering 10 his mind without being at all IRA
tiona'. or our Company. there has been
an average of twenty. FIVE detailed each day,
during the week, to work, enttenching.
choppng, &c. Otber Companies have had
a corresponding number also, not only from
the l05th, but from oil Regiments. This
we thought looked something like htipg,
and this was what aroused the boys, for it is
the height Of our ambition to have chance
TO show the RebeE that we can ddudnce. as
| we'll as retreat. Tuesday afternoon, the
l05lh was detailed for picket duty. Every
man jumped for his gun, with q smile upon
his oouutenance-ready,a aye, glad to do said
duty. Do you ask why We choose so dan
gerous II position We'll. partly because
we all v uish to exchange shots with those in-
fernal bands Of Hardee that barked so close
to our heels while on the retreat from Lex
/ .
change in our diet, and know that such a
change can DO made at no other time. We
| that came from land of milk and honey,
do not like to choke ourselves down to hard
crackers and coffee, especially when the
country abounds with rich delicaces, like
those found at homo. And We know there
is no othor time to collect said delicaces,
but when we are on picket duty. There
fore, need you ask tOhy We choose such a
position We oil improved our time while
on picket, especially Co. e, us you all be.
| i,pve, if YOU know of what tho Company is
mado. do not wish to insinuate that any
Of our Company will steal, BY any means /;
We merely exchanged until after tho war !;
and all our friends at home are ready TO
join with US, aud say there is no harm in
that.
We wore relieved, the next day, by tho
S0th H., (Which, by the way, belongs to our
Brigade,) and returned to camp, with our
haversacks and long baskets full of the fat
| of the land. We arrived at camp just as
the sun was sinking in the west, and all tha.
was needful to make the happiness of the
l05th complete, was, that we could have
the privilege Of saying that we had met and
rcpulsed the ensmy. Our cavalry came in
in the evening, with seventeen prisoners,
set. They report that they have to clothe
and furnish themselves throughout. We
were ordered to retire an hour earlier than
! usual, and did not have the usual ceremo-
MES gone through with. Tho reason was
We were somewhat tired, and expected to
bo obliged to march before morning. To
bed We went slept soundIy until 2 o'clock
whom We were aroused. not by the sound of
tho drnm or bugIe, but by soft whispers
from our Captain. who ordered us to get
ready and fall into limo ne quickly as posi-
! blo, without utterlng loud word. The or
dor was Obeyod to tho letter. and away went
the Regiment TO the battle. fold. and won IL
glorious victory. | know not what aroused
tho Regiment, but do know that it was n
false alarm. Co. had a very desirable po.
sition, II not an important one. We occu.
pied tho east part of a Blind Asylum,
| poking our rnos through tho windows
ready to send the Rebels into that dismal
place whore sinners find no peace Bat no
Rebels came. 500 it is not the lot of tho
l05th to be in an engagement /; always
keeping at tho Robol's heels, but never SEQ
,ng them.
Capt. w. Mnnn, of the 4lst, has been with
US several days. Ho Btartod before his
Regiment, but found he could not get to
il; therefore, concluded to stop with his
old acquaintances. Ho loft this morning,
hearing that tho 4lst was in town. If il
| could be the lot of tho 4lst and l05th to
come together, it would be day that would
be jubilant. and celebrated by said Re-.
forever. Such may be the case. Wo trust,
aye. think 1t will be.
Tho health Of Co. f is good, but, owing
to accidents that all armies experience,
oar numbers arc somewhat reduced.-
Sergeant Taylor and IL. Sanborn are at
the hospital; have been quite sick, but
now arc getting bettor. What few OF the
} boys have been in tho least homesick
, arc now full of iifo, and say nothing could
nire them to 60 homo, rs our country and
their homes are in tho situation thoy arc.
, l went into tho Captains tent this morn
ing, and behold there was a man fresh
from Old Geauga. At first sight, l did
not know but that should bo sunstruck ;
indeed, was wondcrstruck Aftor collect.
, ing what little sense Fhsd together, found
each Of my fingers aud thumbs closed around
hisas if in the jaws of vice, and bobbing up
| and down, like an old fashioned churn. /
passed few words with him. and gave way
for others. Such is tho welcome of all loy ers
of freedom, particularly If they come from
Old Geauga.
g We know not what will 30 our next move
q bus expect that we have got to chase
r Bragg. All are ready to march if necessary
# Our hardships on the march from Lexington
# have been stretched by the boys that have
written homo, very much. Not but that W,
4 had very hard timos, but you all know tha
it is not In the powor of man, of COMPANY
= Of men at least. to mako hard story les
= so. They rather incline TO make a baC
= Inattor worse. And such is tho case tha
: We arc now describing.
a i learn that some of the people al hom
!. are blaming our Colonel for using his moi
as he does. But want you all to remem
). ber that the Colonel is subject to orders, q
. we'll as the privatos. E'ory man in Co.
Il extols our Colonel to the highest notch
. Some did think he might have been littl
d more lenient, but all now are convinced tha
be knows better than they. Lieut.. Col
is Tol.es, you oil know that we cannot speal
too highly of him. Major Perkins no on
!. can dislike. Capt, Garfield and Lieu,
Tuttle are rs Rne officers as Geauga or an
other county eau produce. Thoy neve
. are satisfied with what they do, but alway
i keep doing. There 10 much more that
j. could Nrte, but time and space forbid'
n Mr. Ebitor n uou n nd thia nofa ,y orth, 1.