The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-16
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In .npany wi,hscyerai gentlemen from
this pIace, the editor Of this paper last
week paid visit to the battle-ground near
Sharpspurg. Maryland, and spcr., several
days in the vicinity. An account Of our
experience. albeit not isy;crlarded with
.'ha;r-breadth 'scapes," and the like, may
not prove totally unintcresting; SO we
herewith subjoin the principal points.
Leaving EbeDsburg on Sunday eve, our
company arrived at Harrisburg next
morning at B o'clock, where, not wishing
to walk the balance OF the way, We took
the ears on the Cumberland Valley Rail
road Bless me. it is pleasant, ridin' on
arail." has been sung by somebody; which
may be true in some respects anc on some
railroads, but as applied to the particular
one here enumcrated-well, we can't sec
it Two accidents per day, on an average,
attended with the usual number of casual
ties, are not calculated III any great degree
to enhance ones esteem for any railroad,
neither to minister t5 ones sense of per-
sonal safety while ':moving along thereon.
However, despite our well-grounded fears,
in due course of time-that is to say, at
about II o'clock same day-we succeeded
in arriving at Haeerstown with unbruised
body and whole bones.
The battle-ground Of Antictam lies
about twelve miles south Of Hagerstown.
in one of the richest sections of country
We have ever seen The distance between
these two points was accomplished by pri-
vate conveyance, we passing on the route
the scene of the ever memorable ''Battle
of Briar Knob"-how are you, 4th Penn
sylvaliia Militia? After our arrival on
the field, we Immediately set to worksto
hunt up Sour boys'-the seeing of whom
was the principal inducement to our trip.
In this undertaking we were cminently
successful, inasmuch as we soon came to
the quarters of the 1884 Penna. Folun-
teers, Col. SPIEKaAS, to which regiment
belongs pr. JONES Ebensburg company,
as sell as Capt. BUTLANDs and Capt.
DowSEY's Johnstown companies. We
found them all right, and in excellent
health and spirits, with a few trifing ex-
oeptious. The regimeut has already
attained an Unusual degree of excellence
in matters pertaining to the drill, and is,
all in all, as fine body Of men as we have
ever had the good fortune TO see. The
Acknowledgements and coInpany--are
gentlemen as well as soldiers, while the
men possess superior order CT inteili-
gence. We predict they will yet make
their mark.
The I33d was in neither of the recent
fights, they arriving on the ground only
one day too t,te. For particulars of their
doings since they left camp near Fairfax
Seminary, Va, up to The present time, We
refer our readers to an excellent letter on
this outside, from member of Co. T.
We also visited the camp of the glorious
PENNSYLVANIA Reseryes-name that will
shine forever in history! Here, too, We
found another Ebeusburg company-CO.
A, Capt. BURKE, 11th regiment. The
members of this eompany--what is left of
them, for. through disease and-the casual
ties Of the battle field, they have dwiudled
down almost TO "Corporals Guard
enjoy good health, as general thing, and,
although they have been ia service year
and third. gave no Indication of tagging
in the good cause. Tn the contrary, they
are now a. eager for the fray as they were
ere they had feshcd their maiden swords
Ia the foul earcase Of Southern Rebellion
These boys certainly have done enough
fighting to entitle them to the prond dis
tincticn Of ueteTans. Commencing ct the
Seven Days struggle OF the peninsula
before RichInopd when almost the entire
1lth 7erin.ent was captured by the Rebel
forces, alter gallant resistance they
have been engaged 10 the battles of Second
Es... Rum, South Mountain, Antiotam, aud
all the intermediate fights. That they
distinguished themselves and did their
duty; is demonstrated by official repo-te,
and b, their decimaied rapks. =
rs au indira,ion Of Tie regard in which
r.. observes ars held BY those high in
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