The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-07-12
FROM OUR WAR CORRESPONDENT
CANP CLEAR SPRINGS, MISS,
June 26sh. 1862.

s@ June 10th, 1862.
Mn. Enron: Since my last, but little OF
interest has happened in camp. No move
ment of note has taken place within the last
ten days is "quiet along the lines."-
The Iast vestige Of secesh military has de-
parted, leaving Us in peaceable possession
Of the country and the "iullness thereof"
No willy enemy Turks in the thickets to bar-
rass Us upon front and flank" no "wsr's
alarms disturb the stiffness Of the mid.
night hour, and arouse the weary soldier
from his earthen bed. The storm Of war
has passed, and the army lies quietly at rest,
10 the forests Of Mississippi; the CORN.
thians arc coerced, and We are 6 monarchs
Of al We survey" The roar Of cannon
and the rattle of musketry 10 no longer
heard in front, or surprises feared in the
resr. The early dawn is no longer saloted
by the boom Of the signal gun, announcing
the approach of danger, and calling the
camp to arms. The dreaded 6" long roll -
il no longer heard at "tsttoo,'' nor the
silence Of night broken by the trampliug
of horses, the rafting Of wheels, and the
harsh tones Of commanders, a. battsllious
and batteries rush forward to strengthen
some weak point. No longer is the air
tainted with the odor Of guupowder. or the
sky darksned with the smoke. Such things
were common on the other side Of Corinth,
but now, !" Grim visaged war has smoothed
his wrinkled front, !" and the warrior lounges
lssily in his tent, unmindfsl Of the past,
and without thought Of the future.
Bnt - danger becomes more and more
remote, the "pomp. pride, and circumstance
Of glorious war /" becomes more and more
apparent. Instead Of bloody engagements.
nikut alarms, and forced marches, We now
have snowy drills, grand reviews, and dress
pssades. No wandering multitude Of
women and children throng the way, to
case admiringly upon the dassling glitter Of
gilt and steel. The only spectators are the
leafy nonarchs of the desert and these,
~ they rear their lofty heads to heaven.
and stretch forth theirgreat limbs to screen
the moving mass from the broiling sun,
cannot recount, in oil the years Of their
experience which are numbered BY cen.
turies--another ssason bearing record Of
such imposing scenes, and grand displays
Of power. But not every one Of those
VIE constituted "the grand srmy," whilst
drawn Up in magnificent proportions before
the battleaeots Of Corinsh, are permitted
10 participate 10 the more agreeable exer-
cises Of the army 10 the rear Of the aban.
donsd city. Hundreds, aye, thousands,
Who have hraSsd the Asngsrs Of battle
have met the sasniss o.. their eosnsry face
30 Ease 10 The open Geld. and successfully
vithstool sAsir fierce assaslts, have found
in the slinsts Of ths South foe more for.
midsbls than the asned lsgioss Of the Com
fedseasy, one With which they ore anabls to
cope, and whose dsspsssN charges they
vsrs powerlsss 81 Sssiet.
Many Who have rese4d thfosghs The Are
Of battle, and sssapsd death spon tho Geld,
have net With . fats - times more terri
bic il tao hospitals Of Hssbsse and Co
rinsh. 4 soldier viii ssinly, and Nth the
usnest eoolDess, eopsidss bic shasoss Of
falling upon the 4sld. = line Of dsiy; hss
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