Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-01-17
Of the Company. He is very

1 command OF the company. he Is very
good officer, and is much liked by his Com.
pany. saw David Hardness, and young
Hurburt then, they were both we'll and
hearty. Our boys here are all well, ! mean
those boys from near Cedar Fall, Ben. Ragcr,
Albert Munger, and George Deeming. was
never healthier in nay life than l have been
in camp, and weigh now, 10 pounds more
than ever did. Oliver Symonds aud Brice
Reynolds are both quite well.
The boys at the Hospital have good care.
DR.. Wright Of independence has the super:
attendance of it, and his wife is here and as
sists him.
The weather has been very fine, but with
in two days has turned disagreeable enough ;
rain, snow and slcet have succeeded each
other, and as our camp houses arc not quite
as roouy or convenient rs those We used to
have in Black Hawk County, we arc bothered
IL little by it, but we all looked for far greater
privations when we enlisted than we have yet
undergone. ......
You may expect to hear COED report from
this Regt whenever We are engaged. ! sup
pose you know that the Regt. is armed in
the most superior manner; the lnEsHtry,
with the very best French Mimic Rifles, hav-
ing range of 1000 yards, and our Battery
has six brass pieces, 4 six Founders and 2
twelve pound howitzers. We have under
our control Is horses that would be hard to
beat even in Iowa. We have been drilling
good deal have been engaged great
deal in scouting, carrying messages, intelli-
gence from one camp to another, and patroll-
ing between the Missouri River and the
South Western Railroad, with from ~ to 81
mounted men. usually spend from 6 to 8
hours every day in the saddle.
was very glad indeed to hear from YOU
have written sevcrx letters to Cedar Falls,
but have never received one from that place,
and had about concluded that the people Of
that place did not care enough about me to
write. BY the way, Barney Edison is here,
and is one of the best men we have. In every
occasion when have been out, Barney has
always been with me. and. as | never allow
one of my men to go in front of me, Barney
has always managed to be the very next man
behind me. We were mustered prepayment
on the 3lst Of Dec. and expect to be paid off
either tomorrow or on Monday. This will
be good for the boys, for the most Of them
are in want Of a good many little things
see that the ladies Of Cedar Fails are sending
good many things to Co. X. Of the Third
Regt. lfyour folks near Cedar Falls, should
wish to send anything to the boys who came
from your neighborhood, you can do SO by
marking the same as the direction Of this let.
ter. and will see that the boys get them.
Give my best respects to my acquantances
whom you may see, and assure them that
have not forgotten Cedar Falls.
| am yours truly,
VIM. II. MCCLURE.
p. S.-Two men in our Company have
died, both from Floyd Co., and men whom |
enlisted. Charley Pixley who died in the
Hospital at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, of
typhoid fever, and Geo F. Flenor, who died
here Of congestion on the lungs. Pixlcy's
body was sent home to his friends, FlcEor
was buried here We have no men now
who are not getting better.