The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-24
LETTER PICKED UP on TEE sA-fLg-FlHLp-
The following copy ofa letter from an ohio
soidier. picked no on The battlefield Of Shi.
Ion, VIII De glsrused vi III much iuterast:

LETTER PIosBD Up on TIE SATfLg FIELD
The following copy ofa letter from an ohio
soidter. picked no on The battle field of Shi.
Ion, VIII De gsrused vi III much iutersst:
EAaP SaILoH, pear Plttspurs, Tenn,
Gpri 5tb, 1862.
Dtir IiUts-After some lime and various
Wauderings your Kind letter, OF the 2oth ult. =,
reachsd me at this place yesterday. a. we
are n hourly eApectation # an advance
nnveI4lsLt or >ta attac., / Will answer imme-
djat.iy, presumiug, from wuat you sGid in
your letter, ii viii De none she less welcome
on account Of heing answered promptly.
Il plsasss mt exceedingly 10 tliuk you
have nos forgotten me, and that I1y letters
are received IN the same spirit as formerly,
and hope they may always continue So rs
fer Jour sister mtry, thank her very much
| ior her good opinion Of me-, stranger, and
should ever be 90 for tunate AS 10 See you II
may she not be decsised ia NE, but ner good
! opinion rather I'M prove on acquaintance.
Il. you wish to be posted ii my moves,
Will attempt u give you some of them.
We ieit Paducah March the 9Th, III consort
/ Win some so steamboats, flied with troop.,
which, by the way, was the grandest sight
ever saw-and why Doti That number OF
! b5ats, crows sd with uniformed men, dags
lying and bands playing, must surely have
Daen grand. II were In possible for ne to at
tempt q description. We all remained togs.
tLef until we reached Savannah, where our
division, under ssen W. /. Sherman, was
ortsred up on The river to attack q rebel bat
l-ry. When we reached Ii, finding them ell :
tfely too form idable, were forced to retire
VI 9 dropped back to this place, where orders
came Ior ue to so nto camp, much TO our joy,
having been aboard OF boats Is days. here
we have been enjoying the beauties OF a
| southern campaign undisturbsd, with the
I,n.ep.,on @ OF two marches and attacks the
| l'ss' TWO uays Our present camp IL some $50
| H.Iies op the Tennessee river, and Is miles
rom Cofinth, Mics The next great battle
I Twice ya maos erro. -......-u- - I. -
| the direction OF Corinth, and the last tim =
| cafna near being "g, bbied up," MS the bo g
| cali IL. We found ourselves In an ambu.cade.
| bar from some unaccountable reason v,Its
| their usual cbivalric spirit, "ran
! From that time we have been living with
| all peacetGlness I'm til yesterday, when a Iaree
force OF theirs attacked, small one OF ours,
! IL, i were driven back.t As this was the rrst
| time had ever been near q battle, 1t Inads
| me feel "kinder phunDy." The rattling O,
musketry sounded splendid. bu. perh ps i,
| would not have sounded SO we'll had we been
! engaged. We remained drawn up In lire Of
| battle some hours, when orders came for Us
| to 20 To camp and sleep on our arms. We
| were Not disturbed any more that nlght, but
| To-Day again our pickles were attacked, re
| sultiDg the same as yesterday.
The army assem- mbied hsre IL but little infe.
| rior To the Potomac army, and when they d.
| move, you may expect TO hear stirring news
rEeTebeis themselves ad11aE the hopeless
neas q their cause IN case OF a defeat IL
! Oorlnth. With US. i, IL victory or death
Should they whip us ont there, with the Te!
nesssee river at cur backs, escape would ba
impossible, and would end In our dsstrue.
uoE
With this Ia view, we know what TO ex.
pect. but, pshow the Idea OF defeat m u 81
not bs harborod for minute.
How nech longer our services will be 20.
quired, IL impossible 70 say; bat one thipg e
the army do not care how ioon I, will, en1
A Rrsat many place the 4th of j uly as the day
when We Will BE- mustered ont, bat 1t appears
70 ne that IL toe soon; not that the war will