Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-21
Communicated.
For the Pomcroy Weekly Telograph.
Rambling Correspondence
FROM
"FIATI' ZOUAVE."
CAMP NEAR GAuLEY BRIDGE, J
hANAwHA VALLEY,
Nov. I'd, 1862.

NOV. "a, lCOZ.
Deur Ieleyaph:-Under the impress
sion that you and your many readers
would wish to know the whereabouts
and doings of the 1st Provisional Brig
ade, Consisting Of the 34th Ohio,
| (Zouaves) 4th Va, 9lst and 92d Ohio
Reeiments,) which is now in the ad-
vance, III endeavor to enlighten you
in this rambling correspondence.
! We left Point Pleasant the Goth of
October, and had two little brushes
with the rebels scouting parties or out
posts, bat they showed us their heels,
but no fight, and we arrived at, and
took quiet possession of, Charleston.
Charleston, the great business mart
of the Saline district of the West; OH!
city of the Kanawha, [ loved thee once;
l then thought thee true and loyal, but
your citizens fired on the Union troops
and killed one of our messengers while
riding through your now, deserted
streets. Loyal, are you? Why, l ver-
lily believe if "Uncle Sam was to say
to the ''boys,' not to burn you if half
the number Of loyal men could be found
in you as the number of righteous that
would have saved Sodom-I say, verify
believe your destruction would be inevit-
able. But comments are unnecessary,
for I must confne myself to the CORES
pondenee, and lay aside comments, else
| may grow irksome
OUR NEW coGNoMEN.
Hearing Of the advadce, the citizens,
OF course, come out to greet US, and one
Of them told me that the rebels gave US
(Zouaves) the name of HI cats. -
Poetic, isn't it, dear 7s1egraph?)
OUR RECEPTION
The ladies (God bless them) were out,
dressed in their Sunday go-to meeting"
clothes. waving flags, hurrahing for the
Union and showering all kinds Of bless
ings on US. One gentleman yelled to
us that, ''if we didn't hurry ana catch
the rebels the uernlin would save US the
trouble - One old gentleman exclaimed,
"God bless you, God bless you, every
one!' Little children were standing
in groups along the road, waving the
cold flag and repeating the ''star
spangled banner" and several other
pieces Of, patriotic poetry; and, from the
greeting we received, came to the con-
clusion that secession" had 'seat itself
up in and around the Kanawha VAL
ley, for the ''sccesh" themselves were
actually glad to see us again. I guess
the Confederate army, to the citizens
here, were not what their fancy painted
them. We marched up to our old, and
frstacamping~ground in Western Va
Camp Enyart-ahHe.-11l- i miles from
Camp Piatt; next day we marched and
encamped eight miles below Cannelton.
Here it was that the Captain of Co. H,
Capt. Brunker, think was the name J
of the 4th Va, was bushwhacked, the
ball passed through his cap, near the
bugle in front, doing no further DANA ge,
and yesterday Saturday, Nov. lsD we
arrived at this camp, where I, sitting on
my knapsack, with my port folio on one
knee, and pencil in hand, in the open
air, scribble this thing of shreds and
patches to you.
a LAUGIABLE INCIDENT.
Hearing that force of jenkins
Cavalry" were at "Red House." the
34th (Zouaves) were ordered forward,
and taking by-road, we went to. the
rear of the town SO as to cut off their
retreat Our Adjutant (Lieut. Mer-