Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-24
Communicated.
Letter From the Camp.

We are indebted to Miss Sallie w. /
Pomeroy for permission to publish the .
following extracts of a private letter +
from her brother, Lieat G.. r. Pomeroy. +
1t will be read with deep interest.
NEAR PERRYvILLE. Ky,
On TIE FIELD, Oct. llth, 1862.
Dear ,Sistcr:-I have little time now,
that we are still again, in which to give
YOU brief account Of our engagement
on the eighth of this month Since
then we have l,oen busy attending to
our wounded. ! have seen, dear Sister,
what | never want to see again, and
would to God that | had never seen the
sad sights, which met my eyes in going
over the battle field on the following
day, our brave fellows lying side by side
with the enemy.
| was ordered to attend to seeing the
wounded carried off the field, and to
bury the dead Our Brigade, the 9th,
lost five hundred and ninety in killed,
wounded and missing. Our Regiment
33d Ohio, lost twenty one killed and
ninety four wounded and missing-and
our Company, Co. I, lost two Killed,
three wounded and one missing.
Sergeant Morris and Henry Dodson
were killed instantly on the field. Tim.
Sullivan, Sam. Sullivan and Tom. Hen
essey are wounded, and Curtis Hood is
missing. Please tell the friends of
these boys, at home, that they fought
Jrare7y and accU. The rest of our com
pany are we'll. BE sure to let their friends
know how bravcly they acted. | can
say for our company that it is good
one.
On the morning Of the eighth we be-
gan our march at four o'clock, and
at eight clock A. NJ. we were drawn
up in line Of battle, the firing from the
cannon on both sides having commenced.
We remained in line for one hour, then
our Regiment was sent out in adcance
of our Brigade Our four fanking
companies began firing at eleven clock
! A. NJ. We we're ordered to run up to
a hill, in advance, and to remain there
until our hanking companies came up.
! We did so, bat, just as our companies
had come up and were about to form
with us,ea regiment Of cavalry came out
/ of the woods aud made charge upon
us. We repulsed them with heavy loss
on their side As soon as the cavalry
had been repu!sed, brigade of the
rebels followed, and came upon US, not
fifty yaras from where we stood!
/ They pou,cd fire into US that l
thought must drive US back, out not so.
+ We stood firm, and in our turn fred six
or eight rounds, which staggered them
fox time. Again they came on to Is;
again we sent death among them; but, j,
alas they were too strong for US. We
were ordered TO fall back beyond a fence
near by, but they come on stronger and
stronger, and we slowly fell back until
! the rest of our Brigade came up. We
! lost in this way only three hundred
yards, when we were allowed 10 fall back
and the fresh regiments went in by us.
! We fought until dark. however, and the
field was ours Then was heard the
cry for water; oh for water, one drop of
water, was our only cry We had
had no water when the battle com
menced, and we could not get any until
eleven or twelve o'clock that nj sht.-
| | ran over 2 miles TO find some; and when
| got it, it was half mud, but oh how
good it was! !, with the rest Of our boys,
have had hard time of it, but am
thankful to say that / am very we'll.
Iwrite here on the field Of battle, very
hastily, as the sutler who takes this to
louisville is waiting for me. ..
have not mentioned yet that our
good Col, Oscar f. Moore, of Ports
mouth, is wounded, (not seriously, We
hope and taken prisoner.
We are daily, almost hourly, expect
ing another fight. Do not forget to
speak of our brave boys, at home.
In great haste, | am always,
Your atfectonate,
G. R. PoMERoY, JR.,
1t. Co. /, 33d Ohio Reg. Vol.