The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13

CANr BATTLE CREEK, TENN,
July 90 1862

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]. W. BAILEY DEAR SIR = We purpose rclat
ing TO you 'ew army Incidents experiences and
observations, andifyou please, through the columns
Of your excellent paper relating the same 10 our
friends in Wood county.
In obedience to an order from Gen Buell., rcquir
ing all able bodied men 10 rcion their regiments,
We left the hospital in Nashville on the morning of
the 3rd inst, for that purpose. Our Go. consisted
of privates, and we found it necessary that
evening To call ON Col. Mundy, of the 25rd Ken
tucky, provost marshall of Pulaski, for pass and
directions. Though none Of us were dignifed with
shoulder straps" he received us with the great
est urhanity and kindness possible and interested
himself in our welfare. He was as kind and oblig
ing as is candidate to the electors of his district
previous to an elections. We mention these facts
because his conduct was in such striking contrast
with that of The majority of great men who wear
" shoulder straps"
We spent our Fourth of July, marching, forcing
creeks etc, and occupied fow hours Of the after
noon very pleasantly in company with John o.
Dubbs, and other aCquantarc,~ Of Co. II. of the
2lstO.N v Two Co.. ot that fine regiment are
cncamped at Elk river, to guard thar point. They
have erected little Fort which will he a great ad-
vantage them in case of attack by infantry
cavalry. The men were enjoying good health had
! plenty of ratons, and were in excellent spirits.
We reoined the 4ath ON the 9TH, two miles from
Huntsville, Ala. The entire division was under
marching orders, and the next morning we started
for this place, marching usually about IA miles per
/ day. This is not considered hard marching, but
in the hea, and dust it was about all men could do.
I Il fhaf ilprn bni IN in
| for five OF six weeks. consequently the roads were
very dry and dusty, and 50 many men marching
/ together raised perfect cloud of dust. Now on
can imagine how unpleasant vas their condition
! Travelling thus through heat and dust gave rs an
unsighuy appearance, and our feelings were sure
/ ly as unpleasant As our appearance Was nsighty
We were relieved from carrying our blankets and
knapsacks, else many would have been A" "bushed,"
if they had not died outright.
As we passed along we saw numerous iRdica-
tionS that We were in land aboundng with enc
mics. One of the principal was the defcnces a
round the railroad depot, The doors were barricad
rdby railroad ties being laid up in front of the doors,
and crack left between them the top, through
which men could shoot In addition to this small
area enclosed at end and in the rear Of the
depot by placing ties upright for piekets and pierre
ing them with post holes through which men could
fire. The sequel proves that these precautions
were mot unnecessary, for this country has abound
ed with guerras aud bushwhackers, and it is not
a certain thing that it does not even yet.
We passed Point Rock creek, where forty of our
troops, who were guarding the railroad bridge
across that stream, had been attacked by two OF
three hundred rebels who intended to burn the
bridge. They did not succeed in their design but
lost eight men killed, and carried away two wagon
loads of wounded. The Fedorals had six or eight
wounded who have all recovered. We bod ::il ::ils IN.
formation from one OF the parties engaged.
July Soth. We have nice camping place here
and not much 10 do. Probably our duty is light al
present because for upwards of two weeks We
have had less than half rations, and men are moi
capablaot performing much ply steal labor on sucl
r light fare. The scarcity in the country around i,
nearly equal 10 that in camp, therefore, we car
purchase but little from the citizens And the pros
peet of plenty in the future is not promising The
main crop here is corn, and the inhabitants say
that will not be half crop, and the crops Of corr
{ here do not average near mueh as they do il
. Ohio
In warfare the rebels appear to be more in earn
, est than ourselves. case in hand. The 49ti
was ON picket duty three miles above this place OF
the 2oth inst, the banks of the Tennessee river
5 On mountain in sight of MS, ana also in plaiI
e We" OF the rebels was squad of our sigma
y corps consisting of one Lieutenant and two pri
e Yates a party of rebels went up the river tev
miles, thereby getting above our picket line cross
ed the rver came down behind our picket line, cap
a ,ured these men and escaped with them across tn
river For this exploit the rebels certainly dcserv
e credit.
IT When we eneamped at this place We were toll
that probably We would remain here nearly, o
"a quite mOnth. and appearances indicated that
5 migAt be a necessity 20 do SO. The rebels wer
enea@psd eireeiiy opposite to Us on the other sid