Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-07
From Tie 1880.

EDToR LEADEB:--0 ednesday morning |
the IOSd took up its line of march, leaving |
The remainder of tine brigade at Lexington.
Tint night we encamped near Versailles,
having marched fifteen miles. On Thurs
day we came through to this plaoe-eleven
miles-arriying at P. n. We are en-
camped in the valley of the Kentucky riv-
er, adjoining the city on the southeast
The river flows by the side of our camp
supplying Us with an abundance of good
water for all purposes. The opposite shore
rises abruptly to a high bluff, and hills
surround us on all sides. The situation is
one of much natural beauty, and, taken
all in all, we regard this as the most de-
sirable camp we have yet occupied. Ours
Is the only regiment here, and we suppose
se have come to sccupy and guard the city.
Indications are that we shall remain some
time, and visions Of winter quarters be-
gin to fit through the minds of such as are
more anxious to obtain ease than glory
To-day our bully little Colonel" called the
regiment together upon the parade ground
for the purpose of "talking to the men.
He said he wanted us to know and sppre-
ciate the causes which sent US hither. He
stated that the IO2d had an enviable repu-
tatiou for good cOnduct-that the orderly
behavior of its members had been noted
by superior officers, and that, for this rea-
son. it had been sent to this city, which,
unfortunately, had Of late been occupied by
| troops Of quite different character. Co
| lionel Easement then added: although
was opposed to coming here, the fact Of
your being sent is complimentary to you,
and l implore you to so conduct yourselves
as to detract nothing from the fair reputa-
ton you now possess, but rather to add to
it. Let each man appoint himself COM
mittee of one to see that the regiment is
not disgrsced.n The CeloneTs aversion to
coming to Frankfort can only be accounted
for upon the hypothesis that ne would pre-
| fer an active campaign to q season ofidle-
ness, and there are others who regret that
| the good character of the regiment should
be cause for assigning it to the m 1notony
| of camp ut time when the country so
much needs activity on the part Of its
| armies. "Let us 90 forward, never to
| turn back until we have reached the utter
most bounds of secession and accomplished
| the legitimate object of our missiOn-the
vindication Of the principles Of free gov
| ernment," would be the voice, candidly
| believe, Of three-fourths of the 103d.
The health of the regiment is now ex-
ce!lent. Regular habits, good weather,
comfortable quarters and pure water have
caused q vast improvement in this regard
within few days. A number of line Of
! fcers, however, are On the sick list.
We now receive a mail daily, although
newspapers do not arrive with that pune
tuality which an anxious seeker after home
news would desire. Yesterday Chaplain
Hubbard-who, by the way, is true man
and one Of the most useful in camp
! brought from the Express office large
wagon load Of boxes and packages sent by
| friends at home. Many had been on
! the way for weeks, the contents Of which
were largely composed Of mouldy pro-
/ visions and decayed fruits. Your cores
pondent would modestly suggest, however,
! that the "loved ones at home need not
! for this reason despair in their efforts to
provide their soldier friends with some
thing more palatable than army rations,
for. as we are in all probability to remain
| here for at least several weeks, fathers,
mothers, sisters, wives and lovers can now
safely dispatch those promised canned
! fruits, pickles, vegetables, etc, etc, and l
presume some Of the boys would like
/ small allowance of native Catswba, though
the latter, if observed. would doubtless be
"put down" by the officers, as 1t is deemed
of the utmost Importance that strict tenn
perance principles should be observed by
all privates. OF course your correspond
ent is not influenced by any interested
motives, but is actuated solely by desire
to perform public servicel
Truly, q,