The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-09-11
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Letter From the 0Oth Regiment.
CAxf kHAs LoUsyrLIE. Ky(
, .a--1-' - ~ 49, Sept. 9Th, 1859.

ise, make myself % comfortable as Q
soldiers accommodations will permit,
this morning. 10 order to inform the rea.
ders Of yOur valuable paper Of the where.
abouts and whalabouts Of the gallant
Nine,ieth." two companies OF which are
from old Fairfield. Within the short
time We have been 10 the service We have
had evidence Of what il 10 TO bs fight
ing aon Of Uncle Samuel, and as expert.
ence is said to be a splendid school for
fools. We can boast Of being as good sol.
diers as some much longer iu the service.
To tell the truth. withou, exaggerAtion.
We have already seen the elephant. Now
for an account of our march 10 this place
from "Camp CircleVille." We left the
camp at Circleville on Friday evening
29tb inst, and took the cars for Ciucin.
natl ahere We arrived at daybreak Satur-
day morning. Leaving the Ohio river at
the ferry wo marched up into CovingtOu
at 10 o'clock Am. and were kindly and
joyful!y received by the majority Of the
citizens. The ladies especially, who,
upon finding out our hungry condition,
Immediately prepared good, substantial
dinner in one Of the public buildings for
the whole regiment. We camped near
an Academy and expected TO remain for
the night. but our expectations were not
realized, and our hopes Of peaceful
slumber we've to be dispelled BY "mili.
tary necessity" Alto o'clock we were
ordered to be ready to move in Is min.
utes. as the train was in readiness. In
moment everything WIS hustle and con.
fusion. The hoys were running hither
and thi.her--ons hunting this thing. an
other that; but with all this we were
ready to move to the depot at the prescri-
bed time, aad took passage for Lexington
KY, on train of freight cars over the
Central Ky, R.R. We Travelled all night,
without sleep; we had no chance Of doing
such thing. five had been SO minded,
We passed through that section of the
State which was recently the scene Of
John Inorganic operations. Cyntbianna
and Paris lay along our route. and the de-
structiOn he produced on the line Of the
road was still visible. Upon leaving Pa
ris we struck into the finest portion Of the
State. The most beautiful farms OF i'm
mense size were everywhere to be seen
Large herds Of fine blooded horses and
cattle were grazing. Very little appeared
TO be uuder cultivation, but all was pas
turags ofthe finest quality.
We arrived at Lexington at 9 o ,lock
Am. Sunday. where we 6rst heard of,h
battle Of Richmond, Ky. which resulte'
so disastrously TO the Federal arms. w
thought we we're TO smell powder a littl
sooner than we anticipated. We wer
then but twenty miles from the scene O
action. We were moved into a WOO
close by to await further orders. In th
evening we marched through the city @
Lexi ngtou and stopped on the vest sdg
Of the place. On Sunday night two CON
panies Of the Goth were out on picket dut
near the place; Captain Perry's was on
Of the pumbsr. A goodly number wei
caught trying TO pass the lines, but a
we're discharged.
On Monday the retreating forces fro'
Richmond came in and were put in cam
near US. 10 the evening movemeI
was commenced, which TO all OF I
seemed an advance. The troops vel
y moved off in three directions, carryin
nothing but our oyercoats as ooverinI
leaving our blankets and dress coats c
: the ground. Our portion Of the forc'
6led directly north Of the camp ar
2 struck up the Lexington turnpike abo
one mile from camp, where we were joi
: ed by the other two sections, and '
moved of again; but We knew by tb
time that we were on retreat. O
i wagon trains were moved to the fro
with cavalry as a guard. The infans
then came up covered on the rear by ca
!, airy. We travelled l3 miles tha! mig
BY q o'clock, A. NJ, when we rested {
t, the night. Up in the morning early,
were started on for Frankfort, where I
arrived late iu the evening, and Damp
s. on the west bank Of the placid Kentuck
n On Thursday we marched from FRANKIE
TO near Shelbyville, one Of the stiouge
[. Union towns IN the State. The road oy
which we travelled is Mcadamized, aud
being SO very level we could ttave
y great deal faster than is comnSoDly
case. On Thursday we marched throu
d Shelby vile, where all along the stret
,e could be seen provisions Of all kinds
baskets and clear and cool water for /
good Of the boys, who, being hungry &
D. thirsty. could appreciate. That go
=, act viii long be remembered by the bo
Of the Goth. We here heard that
A rebels were in force in our front, and th
would try to reach our rear Chat afteruoc
AT SP NJ the infantry was drawn up
e. line Of battle in anticipation Of an alta
from the enemy. The boys Of the 9O1
he raw and undisciplined as they are, VT