Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-05-21
From the 9th Ohio Cavalry.
C.n Cu,sr N.Y. 10 1860


'.Editors Chronicle The friends of the
9th may be surprised that we are yet here,
knowing that we have received marching
orders some time ago,-we did somewhat
EXPECT that that ere this we should
be in Wheeling, if no farther, as
tride of our horses, with full equipments
for dealing death and destruction to ''Sesh
Guerrilla" but ''red tape" is sometimes
slow, and we are yet retained here to
watch over these lovely prison birds, and
are putting in our time pretty wei too,
having to stand guard every other day,
which is found to be very severe on the
health. of the men during these
hot and weakening May days,-we
feel as as if the game, was not worth the
pains and cost Of watching, and we think
our friends at home would agree with VI
if they could get one peep at hundred
or so of the mongrel dirty, uncouth look
ing set, such as many of them are, though
we are said to have the honor of having
all the best and snnartest sent here. If
that is the case, as We presume 1t Is, We
pity the rest, and are heartily ashamed
too, to think that the Q. s. should pro-
duce such "things, we can hardly call
them men," We wish you could see
lot of them as they come struggling into
camp. The colered ones we think rather
the smarter of the two. The most of the
Officers are being taken to Johnson's Is
land, where they complain of hard fare,
having. only such as we soldiers get, while
here they Jared much better. There are
some thirty wounded rebels here from
Shiloh, all doing we'll
We have some men from the 9th in the
Hospital whoare pretty sick, but we think
none dangerously so. regret to have to
record the death of Ivory B. Sanders,
of our Co., "a Capt. Bingham.) he had
been sick some ten days with Typoid
Pneumonia, but was not considered in
danger, but we think he took some cold
which produced eongestive chills, on the
I'd, of which he died We were much
shocked by his sudden disease. He was
fine generous hearted young man, much
respected by US all. 1t made my heart
ache as stood over him IN the last strug-
gle for life and hear his earnest pleas for
relief, alas there was no relief but in death
for the noble boy; believe this is the
third death in our regiments small num-
Der amongso many, and so much exposed
to disease. We hope there viii be no
more unless we are obliged to fall before
our bastard foes.
Yesterday was a very hot day for the
season. The heat was really oppressive,
affecting us very much; and under its eff
fects two of our Company (A) Charles Nc
Ellicot and Daniel Randall, fell from sun
stroke. They are pretty low to-day, but
will doubtless recover IN a few days. Our
tents are found to be poor protection
against the heat, though comfortable at
night. The boys ramble offinto the woods /.
which are becoming quite
shady, and are very pleasant. We have
no guard around US to prevent going as
we please. The men being considered
gentlemen enough to odoright without such
a burden. All is pleasant and agreeable
in that respect. Gen. Fremont orders US
now to Wheeling as soon as we can be re-
lieved from this prison guard duty. We
may 90 next week, where we may get our
horses, &c. And we may not, for am re-
liably informed by awounded soldier from
that they cannot use all the cav
airy now there, that regiment of Penn
cavalry have been near them for months
who are not and tciH not be equipped on
that account Still we may have the luck
to get equipped as a favor and sent after
those Internal 'sguerillas' they'll get
a tremendous thrashing. sure. We re-
ceived part of our pay last week, since
which the boys are having better times.
Half of the women and boys of the coun-
ty are here with eggs, milk, pies, cakes,
&c. all of which have to suffer, but it
picks off the change" Iwould not have
The name of saying that the boys milk any
1f the eops that run on the large conf
mons, not at all, but / am pretty sure
hat the Reserve" boys know how to milk.
md love that which they know is unadul-
erated. The soldier misses butter as
much as anything. and we would like a
title cheese, We get so tired of meat, meat.
md grease, that it turns our stomachs to
hink of it. 1t goes down hard these sui
ry days. But enough until we get to
old Virginia"
Respectfully, E. 0. B.