Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-02-14
Letter. from The 1ana Renl,nen,.

hAMf ChAlSft FeDruafy 4, loOS.
Deer Gurnal:--Undoubtedl yew'l be glad
togit nuze from the gallant 20 seckond. shsl
rite yew breef letter for we are livin on army
krakers now, and it takes so long to etc enuff to
kepe feller live that we won't get time to do
much else. My fzical condishun is ganing.-I
kamp is CRATE on a teller's state any way we fix
it. don't think my frenz wood no me now.
When kane here l was leen, lank and kaday-
rus, now I kant the ground within 80 yards
of my frunt, and my eye is 3 inches from the
outside of my iziognomy, xceed the fat man
grately. These army krackers is CRATE thing,
worth morn phorty Chaplns. Men don't have
no time to git into wise if tina etc many of EN-.
Genral Mud has taken charge of this post
He keeps us very strickly, We kant hardly get
out of our barax. I don't think he'll be sew
perseaded by any seenyer ophisers as it seems
plane his komishun dates back This is CRATE
place for mud trewly. The uther da 2 inen tride
to desert a stole fore daEe rashuns started. -
Thay was gone daze and 90 three hours, when
thay was discovered xactly phorty phive yards
phrom kanip kompletely xhawstid. Thay sed
they had bin going mite da a had only got so
fur. So u see there amt no such thing as git
ting away from hear % Aapt Fas
heer that Juge Green's dischargin all the
solgers up your wa. Ispose if we was there
hede ishyou proklamashun saying that our
inlistment want lawful il we didn't reelly
| want to go We needn't y @ haa 'in
This regiment is now phull--of officers and
about 9 thirds phull Of men Patriotism you
know is tested by the rize and fall in man S
pocket. When man kan get hundred s a
/ munth a do itothin ware slick klose hese a
4 heep more likely to be patrotic than when he
gets only thirteen 8 munth 4 has il little work
to do. This filing for country is awl fools talk,
or what they call bunk comb Phrom a tally
which I kep on the rige of my knows find
there has bin Just lO49 applicashuns for offs in
this regiment. s' r" '''
l pade vizit to Kolunibus tother day. !
cawled on Dave Tod the guvener told him I'd
take them niinst pize he owd me. What pSe9
SEE he. Why, sez /, didn't voat for You for
guvener a want you elected Sez he, kavc,
he brawt out the pize, After citing phiye and
konversing with Dave while. left. He is a
cleyer fello for guyener,4 was elected by CRATE
nlagority, Il o3r eife-a7o 5f-fsff al
7 | then went . look after the wonderful bore
Of the State. had got the idee that this bore
was arteeshun well, but my CRATE supprze
| found twas the ledguslature, think this
konsern will bore hole thru the State, a sink
il If u let them work long enuff tosnt com
plain Of the he'munny it talks. Each member
seems TO be q sort Of gass generating inasheen
which is Kontinually operating. This maiks
me think itwood be agood noshun for your
lpeepal tive set a snAalil Legislature d keap in
Fremont Gor. the gasss-nnow that Mr.. s. has
gone out 9l H0s Jaoy eNQ nay ylf3dg r0n
Welearn that the fare grownd was kiyered
alloverwith water. Well, it's lucky we got
away, Tor betweeu Juge tirpene 4the hi water,
there'wouldrt have been, any 7areginent left
xcept the ophisers. YOnIo tina kant be dischar.
ged and won't rezine. 70 aa5i tefs
| Vhste has binjustA hundred ruinons aiiotetO-
disHbout ua being pads oph and going awelgh,
a 50 4th, but don't no any thihg In kaniptill
liz u dOneBo.iiH ol4iss2q 20 Wla ~ 7'isosIg
4 Dunhing, our news man, broat us the glorlls
ftidings this evening that III Henry hds bin ta-
ken by dur trOops.E We air greatly plesed Of
korse, but wood like It IL saln way could BE
ficlSssd that We mite have a hand in sum Of tile
pldtIng. to be dun. II rite agih it win be
hereafter. e i gn "a oaio ,
3 Yewers esPsshelly, Ma. BANGS.