The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-11-21
Our Military Correspondence.
FRoM TIE shYEK1H REoIMtNr.
FNUNI IHN oNT I'INIf H''"'''"E'
BOLIVAR !lElouTs. VA Nov. 10Th. 1862.

PROM THE sLyEN1H RE0lMtNr
BOLIVAR !lriouTs. VA Nov. 10Th. 1869.
DEAR DBMuCRAT Again am permitted
to pen tow lncs to your numerous read
CTS, hoping they will not DO wholly uniutcr.
ostIng | do not write this from tho nd.
vance Of ,ho Graud Army Of tho Potomac.
bpt from tho rear Yet We occasionally have
some l,to excitement in and arcund nar-
per's Ferry, uud to OUT (l2 ~ corps,
lhai is lying III aud around tho Ferry, | will
conino ysuli, for, should ] Gudrdvor TO
say anything OF the advance. il would be
heGrsay, and perhaps not correct.
Tho 81 Division Of our corps, com
mande1 by Brlgader Cen. Grary, IS ia
camp ou Bolivar Heights, about two miles
from the Ferry. 1t Is tho most dangerous
place, Of danger thorO is hUrU.l for there
can bc no iorco brought TO bear on Ilarpcr's
Ferry from any direction, othor than down
the Shenandoah valley, or from Martins.
borg and it Is your correspondents opinion
tha, tho Rebels will not be abIO TO brinp a
force from that direction very soon, as thoy
need them elsewhere ut present aud
think wo Lave tourd out 10 Il certainty. that
they have no force except cavalry and eight
or ten piucos Of artillery in tho Vailoy above
( us, as was proven Yesterday, By our Dr.
vision, which went up tho valley on re.
cOnuoiss anco. the particulars Of which
/ ail give. Al o'clutk. Il. NJ VI tho MORN
ing OF tho 9ih of November. wo were
aroused from our quiUt siumbcrs by tho Or
der to got ready to march at 3 O'Clock, with
! two days latious. In short tiuo, all was
( activity IN camp, aud many wurc tho con-
lectures rs to our dcstinaion. Al tho ap.
/ pointed time tho buge was sounded. and its
I clear, sharp notes echoed through the dis.
tunt forest, ard over hilt aud vale, md
warHCd us 10 fail in. which WV old in quick
/ time, for excitement s a'wavs vol dIgCstcd
! by tho foder We tthc 2 D,visiopJ nu'ed
! out on the pike running from thu Ferry Ia
! Char'UEiOwu, aud turned toward the Iattor
place, our Reg taking rho advance Of
the column. We moycd outside Of our
pickets about ono milo SkirmishCrs were
thon thrown out frrm tho right If our Reg Z
imcnt, forming front Of ono hnlt mile. * !
tUnding across tho road. Ia that nnuuur
we advanced to Charlestowr, where VIC /
fOund two companies of Rebel cavalry, !
which We drove OUT, capturing ono fold Of !
ficor, ono captain and two privates. The |
remainder. in tho meantime thinking "dis !
crc,ion the better part of valor" and, not
liking our cumpany. rut spurs to their hor-
ses. and started at full speed to toll their I
Taltorous brothers, WHO were Uucanpud !
about four miles boyond Charlestown. Gen.
Geary. who was in command. mosed very
carefully, sholltug tho woods ovrry half
mile, in every direction and throwing ilduk-
ers ard skirmishors in udvpncn SO that We
would not bo taken b. surprise. as the cit.
zBns had told us that tho"e wpre eighty
thousand Confederate soldiers in the vlcini-
ty Of Berryyille, ~hirh is nearly ton mites
from Charlestuwn. But Gen. Gcary did
not listen to hCarsay, but moved steadily
on, passing Rebel camp about four miles
from ChurlGBtown, which had apparently
been left rather suddenly. Their camp
was in wood. They had brush huts Their
hrcs wern burning, hnd they had left some
muut, coOkod. Wo movnd on nearly two
miles farther, toward Borryyilc and tho
General, tiudng that bo could not OvortHke
aud capture "A cavalry tOrco with infantry,
wisely concluded not 20 60 farther, but to !
return 10 camp, which we reached At 7
O'Clock. p. Nj, nftcr making u march of
twonty.olght mIes, without ANYTHING except
hard bread to car. We did not stop at any
one time long enough to mako coffee, and
allow mo TO say that. nuIcss soldier can
got bis ceifce, ho thinks ho has had nothing
to cat and. in after yenrs il will bo folly for
any person to tell us that coifoo is injurious,
as wo fnd thOro is no nlhcr article So nour.
ishInG on a hard and mtguing march as
that nuon despiscd anticio, coGfrc.
Wo (thu 9TH RHgirnenD havc rcccivcd
strong renforcrmcuts within tho last few
DAYS. by tho appearance Of Col. W r
Creighton in our midst, who inspires moro
confidence in his command than anv other
man ever suw. He has recovered from
his wound, and is that Same good. feeling
aud happy Colonel us Of old. Leur. Shop.
aid has also returned to tho Regiment, nnd
tnkon command of Co D. IIois also on
joying good health. Tho general health Of
our Regiment is good. 1t has boon vdry
cold here for some time. Somo two inches
Of snow foil on tho 7th of Nove5.bor il
has all disappeared now. .... .... .-.u
! Moro Ruon. . .... ...-.- ... Il, s,