The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-12
Cur Sfmg Correspondence
FROM THE rssp REGIMENT
NV C,,,K. Va, Nov. SO

Nxv Cs,tK, Va, Nov. so.
DrAR TRIsrsKi
| The changing circumstances OF war are
beyond our comrrehensioa. When last
vrot. you from Beverly l little though',tha
in less than a fortnight, We should be back
here Oh the II. R. But 80 IL is, and must
record the fact, Il | cannot sss through the
strategy or necessity that brought It about.
The expedition towards SsHntoi, that
,poke " in my last. wa, q sreeessfu, Que,
aud rs,ulHd in the capture Of the notorious
/ Capt Harms. and about fifty secr,h prison.
/ ere, including many bu.hvhaekers, sSue OF
whom were sent 10 Camp Chase. The en-.
pediticn was unusually successful in the
capture Of horse, and cattle About ffty
head Of the former, aud over hundred head
Of The latter were brought down to Beverly.
and placed is the credit Of Uncle Samuel
The ;r CO.'S who went out suffered, however,
severely, as they had no tents with them
and the weather was extremely wet aud
cold.
On Sunday morning, November 10Th,
near ly the whole Of Milrcy's army, iuclud
ing the l23d, took up their line Of march for
Webster, point ON the railroad four mile,
from Grafton, aud distant from Beverly, tor.
~ two milcs. The road lies over Laurel
Mountain, where the battle Of that name was
fought. and presents great deal Of rugged
and pie,uretqvs scenery. The trip was made
in two days, although the Piuri"l deity let
down on us all day Msnday and the roads
were indescribnbly muddy. Webster, Cor
few days. was all eommoton aud mud and
cosfuslon rsigusd supreme.
Our boys 20, Asoard train on Tuesday
afternoon, and arrived at New Greek. about
daylight nost morning. Suffice 20 say. We
pitched our tents on the best spot Of ground
we could select, and have been here ever
sincs, ruisuirg the even tencr Of our way,
with nothing to do but eat, dill aud sleep,
The cause Of our coming hero was under
stood to be partly because Gen. Milroy could
find nothing more to do ia the region Of
Cheat Mountain, and partly becAus' it was
currently reported and believed, that Stone.
wall was mcditating an attack upon this
place, which is only twenty miles from Cum
berland But we found, upon arriving here,
that Stonewoll was nowhere near aud not
likely to come.
We are here In the old beaten track where
Fremont, Milroy aud schehck have been he
foro, but We hope to be more successful this
time and never retreat, after we have once
made a forward NOV vsment." Old Mlroy |
hn. got the pluck and will pitch in when
the proper time comes. Whether we will |
move towards Winchester, by way Of Rom.
ney, or dowu'to Martinsburg and pcrhap.
Harper's Ferry, or go up toward. Staunton,
BY way Of Moor,feld and Petersburg. is for
the future TO disclose. When we do move. ! |
doubt not, you wilFbe apprised Of i. through
the city papers.
The hoy. Of the 1924 are all right aud
spelling for fight. Adjut-nt McCraeksn is
with US again, looking as hearty q, over. and
Captains Reed aid berry hav. bath rcjoinsd
their companies. But three deaths have oc.
Cured in the Regiment, aud only one Of these
from Seneca CO.
Col. Wilson takes good care Of his men,
and is well liked by them. He isss prompt
efficient and judicious oil officer as there 10
in the service. We are rcLrigaded with the
ll0th. 10th and l22d Ohio, and the Big.
sde is commanded by Colonel washburn,
Of the lleth, formerly Captain in the 2olh
Ohio.
The weather has been very changcabls and
many Of the boys have bad colds but with
this exception, the health of the Regiment i,
good. The boys have Sibley stove IN each
tent, which makes them very comfortable
Col. Mulligan's Irish regiment, (the 23d
III, y are building log cabins, PREF aratory to
going into winter quarters.
Nearly all the camps here are decorated
with spruce pine bushes. and present a very
pic ure'quc appearance. The Seneca boys ia
the I23d are all we'll.
Yours truly,