Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-09-03
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA, VA,
Aug. "a, 1862.

ALEXANDRIA, fA.y
Aug "a, 1862.
Dear ISir-The absent may be doing
well, but the other absent may not know it.
Now this is precisely the point in question
which | propose to supply briefly. First
let me say we are all alive here Every
thing is on the stir-contrabands and all.
| saw this morning droves of them pouring
| through our streets-men, women and chill
| dren-old and young, covered with dust,
and some of them not dressed Ia mode.
Poor souls they are signing for liberty,
and hope to be more happy in the land
where all are free-but the Press
There is and has been a remaI kable ST.
lence, yet lively times are going on, and
stirring events before US on and about the
Rappahannock There was serious fight
on Friday, and part OF our wounded, be-
longing to the 74th Pa Vol, 6lst Ohio,
and 4th New jersey cavalry were brought
up on the cars last night and placed in the
hospitals. Every kindness is shown to the
wounded, and everything granted consis-
tent with propricty. Some have single
wound, others two and three; many arc shot
in the lower limbs, many in the arms, and
few about the head and body Many of
our men at Cedar Mountain were wounded
with buckshot The rebels ar0,sRd three
to our one, but We with our En6elds Kill
| three to their one: | suppose our men
60 on the principle that dead men tell no
tales: the rebels on the princi pie that liv-
ing dog is better than dead lion; for you
l. -, . h ~
makes the man-and on this rule of logic
hold that all our men, even the boys, are
lions, That matter at Culpeper-well, it
is over and the wounded are here The
spoils, they are not, and We came off second
best, SO no more Of it.
| | walked down to the wharf this morn
ing. The scene vas beautiful, indeed
Before me lay the broad Potomac, opposite
the shores of Maryland, and floating on the
water steamers Of the largest size, literally
crowded with living beings, soldiers from
Y Yorktown, on their return from the Pcnin-
sula Alas, how many widows tears and Or
phans' cries are produced by the bare remem-
brance OF it! In these perished the hopes,
the fears of forty thousand beings, whom
| saw 90 away in March last though.less
and lively as if going to fair or sleighing
party. There they will sleep until the crack
of doom! This morning | behcld the
remnants Of the same weather beaten war
riors, fresh from the seven days battle
fields. The smoke, the noise, the shouts
of the victors, the 9roans Of the dying, the
ftnd ties sovered, the certainty Of rushing
into the cannon's mouth again in 4 few
days, Ca battle is going on below us)-all
have not served, and do not serve to make
the bright counteuance sad, Or cast down the
huoyant heart. have just seen pass by
the famous New York 31st, "small in NUM-
bers" to what it was when I saw it embark
in March, sadly diminished by the battles
of the Peninsula. Also the "Goslin Zou-
aves." For the last few days thousands
have been passing. The ID and Sd Mich
igan also passed. The 9lst, under Col.
Gregory, have left here and have taken the
field; they were on duty here for three
months. The 63d Indiana have also left
here, where they have been some time, do
Ing duty for the Provost Marshal Hora-
ito Norris Ia u member of this regiment; he
called to see me several times The 68th
Illinois regiment will take their place.
Sergeant John Nolte is doing well [
saw Henry Printz this morning; he is DO,
iug very well. Sanford, at the st Paul's
Church Hospital is doing well, and the 9th
ers. William Link died at the Christ
Church Hospital on Friday morning, from
rheumatism and diarrh@a. Homer Sigler
took dinner with me yesterday, and break
fast this morning. lie went off to Fort
Ellsworth this morning to rejoin his regi-
ment, now on the area occupied by conten-
ding hosts He was in fine spirits
[ saw Gen. Heintzelman ride through
the streets yesterday with his staff He is
deservedly great favorite. Fl. G. Wor-
rail-, as surgeon in the 10th, left here on
Friday to join t!.e regiment. You will
soon hear of mighty movements-hosts
mingled in the shock of battle, and fields
ensanguined with human gore. The reb-
els wish to make one bold move, knowing
when we concentrate Father Abraham's
"three hundred thousand more," their
hopes will perish where their bodies fall
Look out for news
Very trul ly yours, W.
Camp 10th Regt, P. v. near Alexandria, Va, /