The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-09-25
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A Weeks & lmpnign ia Kentucky

hat fighting Rad begun 10 front Of Gin
,inuali A dispatch from Gov. Top pass.
ID over the line to the Superintendent of
The C. W. & z. r. R iustrucling him 10 /;
send all armed men to Cincinnati as fast
as possible. Immediately there was
stir OF the streets Of Lancaster. A mes
senger was dispatched for Capt ]. n. RuF
NER, 10 come and lead company; another
was sent to the Reform Farm for muske,s
and another to different parts of the coun.
ty to spread the news. Many farmers
left their ploughs standing in the fields,
or stuck their corn cutters in the fence.
shouldered their rifles and came to town
And by the next regular train a comPa
ny OF men. some armed with U. s. mus
ksls and olhtr with squirrel rifles, we,e
on their way 10 Cincit natl.
Arrived in The city, we were marched
to The Fifth Street market, where we took
a supper of hot coffee, liam. fresh bread.
potatoes and onions; theme to the Cliff
ION House basement where we stacked
arms aud went to bed on the apor. In
the morning Capt. J. M. RUFfSER was
elorted Captain, aul Lieuten'apis SEARS
aud SANE were elected Lieuieuanis, by
accIamation; the company was reported
TO G n. WALLACE, aud marched, with
thousands Of raemsn. to Sycamore St,
wi erc We were reviewed by Col. LASE,
and informed that we were needed over
the river. Then was witnessed enc
such as Cincinnati nevsr before witnessed
and as military meu who have seen armies
mar hing, remarked, the grandcst sight
they ever saw : thousands Of riflemen,
farmers, ministers. lawyers, doctors, mer
chants and mechanics, without, pay or
oflicp, in the ranks with guns on their
shoulders, pouring down the levce; over
the pouroon bridge, up the streets of Gov
ingIon. and out over the Kentucky bills.
Altogether il was most Snimating scene
all along ths line was heard the sharF
command "CIose up ]" "Right shoulder
shif, y; calliope on one Of The steamers
played unsrch. the 6fs piped, the teno
drums ratified. and
"Tho bumble.bee bssSdrums doomed beneath. ,
We we're marched out the Lexington
pike foar or five miles and the frst nigh
pncau ped mile or two this side OF ForI
Mitchell. A ong tho road We saw the
veterans of Pea Ridge cncamped on the
hills with their tents and blue overcoats
spread in the sun. At night from our en-
cam, ment, wa henrd the shouts Of The
regimrnts and the rub dub DUB Of tat
toos coming iIom all The hills; ami hun
dreds o! camp fires, rising one abov
another, and ing back towards III
f liver tor miles, seemed like n grtat cit
on hillside or lake with thousan
q steamers coming in. The next mornin
n We were organized aud the Lsucast'
Q romp'ny was made company E Of the |
g Regiment Of Ohio Rilemen. Then v
. were malcked b yond Fort Mitchell, ar
q eDcamped 10 tho woods half mile to Il
. righ'. Tie first night half Of US Sle
witt out ammunition, with nobody b
/, yond US but the pickets. We sang i
u rs ar Splanglod Banner" and "McCl
/. IuD's our Leader" and lay down on /
- ground, with the stars looking throuI
70 the bushes which oov,r,d our tents.
n, to rhS right We heard the crack Of mi
al ket, then in front yolley, and down
N tie hh a few slrargling pieces went {
e, The captain raised his head and ga
n. Boys, thats.picket firing F" Every
go listened. Down in The ravine an q
At hoo;cd, up the hill big tree went do
y wish great crash, amaa walked by
s the rear Of the tent, and then all was 8
again. 0ns by one the men around
ry began to snore, aud We lay down O
. dreamed ourtelf asleep. Next mo
n ing several hundred wood choppers ca
of among us and hesan To cut trees acr
n he ravne. and cl'ar the opposite hi
We and amid the groaning and crashing .
sh tbundr,ing of trees, going down eve
os minute. we sang "Woodman spare {
'is Tree" That Eight ammunition was s
wv us. and we were ordered to sleep on
nd arms aud DO prepared for anything.
- asocndcd the hill, Out the Lexirg
he pike FIVE or elk miles great light fla
up the sky like the buruinsof a city,tl
,re another rose of to tie right. and far do
IN the river another doomed up in ansv
+. AID then all died GU, together. Front
zee For; ard the c,mps beyond came
II sound Of drums and bugles, aud from
os pike tho clattering OF cavalry. and
IL, along the Southern horizon signal lig
the appeared. A movement was going
be but we were not part Of il, aud 81
one that nigh, uhdisturbcd. Next day