Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-12-05


RoaY Pek ennSo Mctnphis Tom. q
November 24th 1862.
The quiet of tho army of the district Of Mem
phis is broken. The same old scenes Of hurry,
hustle aud confusion hre being regcnacted on a
grand scale Evopybody is sgetting roady to
inovc--we know not where. For seyeral days,
fot weeks IL fact. we have been expecting dfders
70 'no%c!s Orders have been repeatedly read to
us to the effect that "al troops in the district Of
Memphis, should Immediately prepare for field
service To that end baggage must be reduced
tothe amopnt limited in the order from tho Cen
cral-in-cbief the number Of teams must be cut
down to six to each regiment; and particular
attention paid to the condition Of the arms aud
accoutremcnts of the men.
But aD the time the T2d was kept bHily at
work putting up barracks for winter quarep;
hence we fattered ourselves tbatGe were to re-
main for the winter in Fort Pickering. Latterly
a large force of troops has been assembling at
this point, which, with the old regiments Of Cen
Sherman's division, were recognized into new
brigades and divisions, and Sherman becomes
Commander Of corps dc urBsio of the division.
The first, commanded by Brig. Gen. Denver the
second, by Brig. Gen. Smith, the third by Brig.
Gen. Lanman. The fifth brigade, composed of
the I'D Ohio, the 93d Ind, the 93d and ll4th
Ills, and the 32d Wis, regiments is command
ed by Col. r, p. Buckland, and forms part of the
third division. - "
Our orders are TO be ready to march early
Wednesday morning, (26th) the three divisions
by as many roads, but all going the same gene
raj direction. Our destination wo do not know,
and it's useless to guess. Suffice it to say, that
we are entering upon an active winter campaign,
under able, and skillful leaders. We confident
ly expect TO rid the Great Valley Of traitors and
armed insurrection, We know our enemy and
have learned how to deal with him. He shall
feel us in the future as he has not felt us in the
past. We move onward with the utmost conf
dence of success, and complete victory.
| The men move in light marching order, the
sick and those who are unable to march are left
here in hospital, or on garrison duty
There is little doubt that it will be a vast ben
eft to the morale Of the troops to leave the vi
cinity Of Memphis, for the city presents about
as full he'll Of vices and crimes as any city un-
der national control. Drunkenness has become
among the class who have latterly infested the
| city-soldlers sailors, boaimen, and civilians
the general condition, and sobriety the cxcep-
ton. It's a thing of little moment in Memphis
| If a man be shot or stabbed on the street
Thieving and plundering are matters for emula.
ton. Law and order are made a mockery.-
Crime triumphantly defes punishment.
| But the worst feature of city evils, as connect.
ed with the camp is the facility with which liz.
uor may be obtained Nothing, either, will sc
swiftly and surely demoralize an army. Wha
can be expected, when half the officers Of a reg
iment nightly hold high carnival over the in.
toxcatng glass? officers who have not thu
manhood to refuse strong drink in excess, bu
| Al. E i.
are very certain to soon lose control of thei
men, TO neglect all their duties, and thus to ere
ate by their oton violations of law and order
total disregard for discipline. Here then, whert
officers have very many of them acted thus Grim
inally, II is not strange that one should hea
wishes expressed by private soldiers, that thu
army might leave the place, and by so doing
cure a nonstrous evil.
! There is a novel race for Congress going on II
this the 10th Congressional district of Tennessee
How many candidates there are | cannot ex
aetly state. / saw .fUc only, clambering for on'
stand last night. One run for the Rebel Cong
ress last summer and was beaten; another was
staff officer in the rebel service; still another wa
employed by Isham Harris in gathering mp rife
and shot-guns to arm rebel soldiers They ar
now amusing themselves by abusing one anotl
er for having been rebels and aiding the confed
crate cause.
Il 1t is hattering no less than gratifying to no
tice that orders are issued that horses and mules
wagons and forage shall be seized as the arm,
advances for the use of the national forces.-
!, They are receipted for by brigade quarter r-mas
ters, and when the owner shows that he was
true Union citizen, loyalty voucher is give
him and he will get pay for his property. 1t
probably, needless to say that there will be fey
whose property will have 10 be paid for by Gov
ernment, as loyalists are few.
; There appears to be a feeling of enthusiasm
among the troops at the prospect of more activ
service and all are ready and cheerful for tn
work before them.
The readers of the Journal shall be informe
of our operations, as speedily as I can transm
you the news. They must remember, howeye
: that on a march, the facilities for writing an
sending letters are few. SEVENTY-SIX.