Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-02-28
LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS
Huron HEAD, S. q.
Feb. 2nd 1862.

'AiR. EDlToR. Dear Sar:-
avail myself Of the
present opportunity, Of dropping few lines TO
here IN :sDixie's Land" We are eDesmped
about one mile from Hilton Head wharf, and
are getting along finely. We draw fresh bread
every evening, but We would mach rather have
the army crackers, when they are good ones
but we don't ike sOme crackers that We have
been getting, they are TOO much like bran crack
ers. Our meat IS not yeTg well reiished by
some. but we have got used to eating most
anything that is in the eating line. We are
not ut loss for change bere for we can get
plenty OF fresh opeaed oysters for ten cents
quart. We often indulge in good plate,
though We have to pay ff,y cents pound for
butter, 10 cook them With. Our butter is cheap
to what butter is 10 some of the other Regi-
ments, hare known of some men TO pay one
dollar for g pound of butter, it is little hard
but as the Satsler goes TO the trouble Of hav-
ing it brought on here be cannot sell il for less
and get paid for his trouble. / have been 10
bis store and have seen some of bis bills aud
kuoR how much be had to pay for many things.
Some Of the soldiers b.ams him when they
ought TO thaak him for there is not every man
that would lay out bis money for goods, and
then trust the Soldiers for the goods, that be
paid tbe money for. He cannot bring goods
here aud sell them as cheap as the merchants
can at home. The last week back we have
heard some very heavy caDnonading in the d.
rection of Fort Pulaski. There are great
many r0mors afoat through the camp. but the:e
is as vet nothing de6nite. left Bedford on
the 18th, Of Dec. 10 come 70 the Regiment
Lieut. Livingston aud myself bad to lay over
in Harrisburg one week before we could get
trAnsportations. We left there on Sunday ia
the morning train for Baltimore. We saw
| some VeFy ancient looking bulldogs aloug the
road after we crossed the linc into MARYLAND, !,
! The land was very rough. | thought We had
all the rough lard iu Bedford County, but
Maryland beats our county, especially the part
OF Marylsnd that we went Though. We ar
/ rived 10 Baltimore about nine o'clock the sans
morning l was much pleased Eilh the city,
/ the prettiest thing that saw while I was there
| vas The Washington Monument. We LETT
/ Baltimore on Sunday evening about 7 o'elock
+ for Fortress Monroe, where ne arrived about
| 9 o'clock the next morning. We we're taken
/ into the Fort, where comfortable quarters were
! provided for as. The FIRST day spent ia Fort
Monroe was my twenty second birth dag, il
was day leng 10 be Ismr ubered By NE. We
had 20 lay there three weeks, during which
time Lieut.. Livingston took the measles, aud
got we'll before we we're ready 10 leave for the
Regt. We frst gpt orders TO report ours Ives,
about tso hGudFed and City iu number, on
board Of the s. 4. Spaulding, out We we're ors
dered baSk TO our quarters again, and again on
Saturday evening we we're ordered back. On
Sunday we all marched On board and in half
an hour afterwards, we're gliding over tbe wa
/ ters of the Chesapeake Bay, towards Cape
/ Henry. Ths next morning aboHt eleven O'Clock
se anchored st Hattsras Ialet, got sea sick,
! bat got over it 10 a short time. | spent most
/ of my time on deck looking far off iato the
distant horizon. We could not see land for
nearly two days, then the shores of South Car
olina hove 10 sight. We were lost at sea for
ahWiie aud did uCt know where We we're, but
when tae fog cleared of We we're not much out
1 OF the way. We eoald see Port Royal en-
trance long before we got TO IL. Tho rnasts Of
tbs ErigAte Wabash irst hove IN sight, then
ber bull. Ii was not long TIL the entrance
! looked like our woods in the middle of winter,
when the leaves are all eff the trees. The
scene was beautiful. The vessels that formed
the blockade were large ships, steaners aud
| sehsoneIs. Tue Steamer Cosmopolitan came
out aud met us With pilot on board. We ar
rived at Hilton Head on Wednesday afternoon.
but did lot get on the land until Thursday af-
ternoon, We we're taken ashore 10 surf boats.
We did not get to our camp until nearly dark;
aud Wheo We dia we had to go 10 q camp bg
ourselves, about twenty yards from The Regt.
There |ere thirty two Of Us encamped togeth-
er. The cause Of our being put By ourselves
was that there vas Joung man OF Capt. Fill
iers, Company took the small pox on board she
ship. We had TO stay our By ourselves for one
week, aud the poor fellow that had the snall
pcx whose DalEs was Eli HArbaugh, was res
moved ehort distance from camp, where he
died. None OF the others have taken the dis,
ease. We have to drill very hard. On last
Friday We had general inspection We got
our new oeats yesterday and Eere on dress pa
Fade this morning. Ths Regiment locked we'll
We have good field and company of6esrs.--
Lieut.. Livingston has command of o5r Compa-
ny now. Capt Muliin has been sick for some
weeks, but be is getting better slowly. / ex.
pect be viii 60 home as soon as be ID able to
20. He Is missed in his company very much.
lsaw some Of Capt. Ryee's bOysilo-dsy. Thes
are ell well, bat John King, who is sick. All
the Bedford county boys look better than any
Others | see bere. The climate agrees With
them.
Yours Respectfully,
I JOSIAH HYSSONG.