Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-07
Letter from the SEVENTEEN Regiment.
CAMP BURGESS. BOWLING GREEN. KY
October IS, 1862.

CAMP BURGESS. BOWLING GREEN, kY..l
October %, 1862
FRIEND b: Day before yesterday regular
old fashioned Thanksgiving in camp. About IL
O'Clock 1T night the Postmaster yelled, Letters
for the Sex enteIh:" the sentines took up the cry
and instead OF Corporal OF the guard, and AIS
well. ""Letters" was shouted from post TO post
wi.h a whoop that Camanche Indian would
have been proud OF In less time than il takes To
tell il flags of truce could be seen coming from
all pirts of the camp. The bows were not par
ticuiar in regard the good shape nettness OF
their toilet Double quick was no name for the
time they made toward the postchce.
After the distribution (three thousand letters
another serious difficulty No candles have
been issued for a month wewefe without light.
and there was no use to talk about waiting until
morning to get into the affections of our letters.
However there is always some smart man around.
One of these had "A held shaped for this business,
aud stands show for promotion, or ought TO. tie
rigced up lamp-nO aiabaster lamp with per
TUNED sht-but plate, old grease ana rag
Ii answered our purpose and Was good enough
tor a soldier
We notice the young man that was so uneasy
for fer ;hat his Ezt Jane wasn't all his fancy
paiuteI her IL all right but wild with JOY. reck
/ less. going 10 church this morning, smells like
/ the bllm of a thous and flowers. Everyb ody Is
satisfied having heard from home.
:
in the same place Ii has ". aud both times
rioht where We live We were hardly through
. reading our letters when Mrs Harvey Bates, DR.,
(may she live forever j. the boys prayer) arrived
! in camp with dray load of eatables sent 10y some
kind lady friends at home. and in good time, for
fat bacon and bread began To 20 down a little
rough The unpacking was very interesting, es-
pecially to outsiders. TO gaze with ravishnS de
! sire on the good things that passed under their
l nose and know that they wasn't in was hard.
And when dinner was called. Moses what din
neri And to see them III, only as hungry
soldiers can Jaws working like hemp brakes mys
terious Disappearance ot roast duck, chickens,
. nice white bread and butter, saTdineS, jelly, It
would have done the folks power OF good. Din
ner over. thu ee bully big cheers and tiger was
given for their lady friends One OF the boys was
deputizcd to thank Ms Bates in a grand, elo-
auent speech, but failed; the pressure was too
great after all that dinner.
We have lust returned from trip after the no
torious Morgan One regiment of Kentucky
cavalry. three companies OF the 10th, L. q, and
X with two pieces OF artillery. all under the com
maud of Maior Vance \ better officer could
not have been selected he is prompt, energetic,
, with enduring courage aud treats the men under
HIM a. If they were men. which is more than
some other officers IN Kentucky do. We startel
about - o'clock at night ia fine spirits ana anx
ipus TO "extinguish ourselves. DIRE ming 81 ceed'
OF daring and the great service We "Oult 10 the
country If we could manage To "hive Morgan
but marching fifteen or twent. miles over r"eRs
hills and holes on n dark night. WAS rather hea',
on US and our patriotism and strength both run
, down nj the heel 4 little But after repeated AZ
,acks on or canteens We got through. only t6
see the reos leaving the little town lWood0ury
where they had been eacamped. We captures
. thirty of the rear guard and about fifty horses
and gave the main body our compliment, IN The
shane of \ lew six pound shells that started then
off lively. We followed them about i've mile
: in hope that they would make stand, but It wa
: no 90. their horses don't like artillery. The Ma
Tor told the bows to 90 in on the captured horses
o That was sweet enough for them Every hors
had 20 c.rry double. and some treble, comm
home =,
N The commandant of the post, Col bruce, M
4 drawn the strings tight the salocus here; the
arc not above d 70 sell give 10 soldiers cou
!. missioned officers are not considered soldler
"a ,l.v can oct their s.nps' az all timesl nor ca
> they treat or give TO private Low priced 50
ders have struggling time getting their "mori
Al in., warming: all kinds of dodses are pa aetse'
- 4 Young commissioned officer who has Tell"
feeling for fellow soldier. vas standing win
y. n.n-eommiSsioned near a dead tall yestefda,
\ which was a cold. damp. ugly day, debating IN
en- interesting question how they could get sm.i
They decided on the following tr1ck as "of'"