East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-10-21
THE T-yENTY-THIRD RECT.
FRANKFORT, KY, Oct. l3.

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l will now give you slight idea oi
our journey to this place. Whether
wrote you at Shelbyville I am not now
certain, having on the way to this place
lost my diary, at any rate we travelled
from Louisville, our first day on foot,
/ 5 miles to Floyd's Fork, through most
beautiful rolling region, all occupied ty
large plantations, cleared and cultivated
10y the unpaid labor. We walked the
next day, after light rain, about the
same distance through region very
similar, arriving at She!byvile, near
which place, of about thousand peo-
pie, we lay several days, burning fences
for fire wood, drawing rations from
woods, fields and barn yards, and pun
ishing offenders for slight roberies,
shooting ourselves, ETC., ETC., too mum.
erous to mention. While there two of
our brigade shot themselves through
the foot and through the arm, and one
leaning upon his gun shot his ram.rod
through his body. On Thursday, the
9th, we moved again, having % miles
between us and this place. We march.
cd to within FIVE miles, myself, individu.
ally, with the assistance of horse which
came into possession, as does much,
where property is common. The last
three or four miles were tedious. The
men were weary, thirsty and exhausted.
The wells, like those in an enemies coun.
try, were all dry. Through dust we
marched down, down, down steep hills,
into deep ravines, and found stony bot.
toms of streams and brooks, minus all
shadow of brock. Finally reached
camp at eleven at night, made our tea,
drank heartily, slept just one hour when
the long roll called us to arms, and the
brigade, under Gen. Chaplin, moved on
to this place sleepy, weary, footsore. AT
day break we hailed from one of the
lofty bluffs which surround this city of
the valley, its domes, spires and cot
tages. Slowly we made our way down
and around the bill, at the foot of which
this same morning about forty OF our
cavalry had skirmish with two hund-
red of the rebels, who after short re.
slstance ske daddled to their secret hid.
ing places among the hills. This skif.
mish which occurred between our adj
vance guard, led by Gen. Dumont, and
the rebels, prevented the burning of
the only remaining bridge across the
Kentucky at this place, they having
burned the railroad bridge few nights
since. picked from the ground of the
skirmish a dirk, it was wet with dew
but had upon it no gouts of blood. The
next day six dead rebels were taken from
the river, four or five are in the hospital
badly wounded, and the blood of one
covers the side of brick building just
as we cross the bridge. When we
crossed, an old negro womsn stood
there pointing and saying with strong
voice, and 10 an earnest manner, yet
with apparent delight, "Look thar, that
is Secesh blood" and kept repeating it
until we were out Of hearing. The
Secesh shot there by one of our brave
party, was a cavalier; when shot his
horse was dashing by the building and
his body was thrown against it. We now
occupy green field upon knoll in the
suburbs OF the city, the river a few rods
below US, is at this place twenty or
thirty rods wide, its bank opposite, high
and rocky, upon its summit are many
monuments, among them we see a
structure of grayish cast which they
tell us marks the spot where rest the
remains of the immortal "Hunter of
Kentucky, Daniel Boone" how true /
am not aware.
Lieut.. Hunt of Co. G., this regiment,
Just came into our tent-which, by the
wayne received day before yesterday