Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-17
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NORTHERN DEPT, souFHER4 DIVISION,
76TH REG'T PENN. Vols,
Connectsd with Con, Wrighfs Brigade,
OK JAMES ISLAND, S. c., june %.
NEDs. CLEvELAND LnADER. As many Of
the friends and relatives of the soldiers ia
the 10th Regiment from Sharon, Pa, take
your valuable paper, take the privilege
of writing a short account Of our where
abauts, and what eAre doing, and some
incidents in the army in this Department,
and ask you to publish the same
James Island is enc Of the many islands
on the coast of South Carolina situated
off stono Inlet, seven miles from Charles
4on, It is q poor, swampy concern, with
here and there dry spot, which has been
planted the present season with corn
beans, Sc, but the necessities of war have
devastated the whole crop. The few plan.
tations here have been robbed of theiI
buildings and all appearances of homes
the lumber being necessary for wharfs
magazines and floors for tents, boxes tC
bury the dead in, SC. The force here is
estimated at about SIS men, which is
made up from different regiments
representing six different States; alsC
three batteries of flying artillery and two
batteries Of heavy siege and Parrott guns
numbering seven guns, Two large bat.
teries are in process of construction, and
will be ready for use in five or six days
They will mount seventeen guns. A large
force is working night and day upon them
Battery Lincoln, as it is called, is about
three-quarters of mile from the larg,
rebel battery where the unfortunate &C.
ton of tho 18th occurred, the particulars
of which you have no doubt received many
days ago.
From this point can be seen, in the dis.
tance, Forts Sumter and Moultrie; also
the old hulks that have washed ashore out
of the channel. Charleston can be dimly
seen, her spires and dome looming up be-
hind the woody forest which intervenes
As looked on the massive walls of Fort
Sumter, what q rush Of thoughts and Incl.
dents rushed through my mind, many Of
which history will speak, as hastily
run over the great results that have arisen
from the action Of the rebels Of the 11th
and 18th of April, but little over one
year ago, in battering down its sacred
walls; sacred because they sheltered the
bravest Of the brave-Major Anderson
and his little band Of patriots-and hoated
from her lofty heights our national colors,
the glorious Stars and Stripes. What
prophet would have dared to imagine or
attempted to predict One-thousandth part
of the astonishing varied and wonderful
results consequent from the traitorous
wretches Of Charleston firing on the little
band Of famishing soldiers inside this ma
tional defence2 And what philosopher
can now, at this stage of the history OF
battering down the rebellion, anticipate
for one single day the turn Of events,
much less what effect it will have on our
national future or the worlds history2
The rebels are busy in strengthening
their works here. About five hundred ne
groes are engaged on them constantly.
They are now much more formidable than
they were when we were repulsed on the
10th inst, but the numerous deserters all
agree in stating that the rebels are short Of
ammunition, and cannot carry on an action
any length Of time for want of it. The
rebels are reported to have $4,000 men on
the island. They continue to throw shells
at our men who are working on the en-
trenchments and batteries Some of them
Il ~ of % Aho En-,
gineers from New York and the 10Th Reg
iment, N. Y, have been killed and wound
ed by them.
The wounded of the battle of the 18th
have all been sent to the general hospital
at Hilton Head, where they are provided
with the best Of accommodations, equal to
any that are furnished in any hospital in
the United States.
The climate here is very unhealthy, ow-
ing, no doubt, to the swampa, which pro-
duoe malaria, causing fevers and diseases
Of all kinds known to armies. The wealth
er is very warm, the thermometer stand
ing at 1902 and 110o in the shade.
A very important order has just been
issued which viii change the programme
here very materially, but do not care to
mention it for fear Of its falling into the
hands Of the enemy. An action is ex-
pected. .--e
Please receive the compliments of an old
subscriber to your paper, and one who
would be glad to receive fresh number Of
your good and faithful report Of she latest
news. ErT
s Your fellow-countryman,
A. POLLOCK.