The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-11-21
CAMP LETTER.


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me will give you kind Of graphic dis
cription OF our march and doings sine,
we left Louisville, which place we left o,
October the LIST for Shelbyvile, where i
was said portion Of the rebels had con
centrated themselves. We set out on tn,
pike, and the first day after marching lt
miles, we encamped in battle line wher
ever we We're, the rebels had Just left
At midnight We were called by our Off
GERS to arise and receive four months pav
and by daylight every man in the 49tl
who was present, had recev ed his pay.
We were allowed sufficient time to ex.
press our money home, and soon as this
was done, we travelled on our way, and
by evening. after L. miles march we ar
rived at ShelbyvIle, which is a fine large
town, and also unconditional Union
Half mile beyond town We encanlped,
here we remained three days in order to
watch the movements of the enemy, there
were no other troops on this pike but
division No. Q, composed Of three BRIG
AIDES OF fine regiments, each amounting
to about twelve thousand men, command,
ed by Gen. Sill. On the morning of the
9Th we set out for Frankfort 90 miles dis
tant, and on the way our advance had
continual skirmishing with the enemy
We arrived late in the evening, and found
both bridges across the Kentucky River
destroyed, and the rebels evacuating the
town. On the moraing of the 9Th at
O'Clock, We set out after division of the
enemy, on the Danville Pike, in hot
haste. AT noon we found the rebels
posted at Lawrensburg, our brigade No. 6
at present commanded by Col. VIM. II.
Gibson was the advance of the division,
and one mile beyond town severe skir-
mlsh occurred, lasting two hours, when
the rebels retrcated. We lost no men in
this action, but had several severely
wouhded. We did not follow up the re-
treating enemy, as our business was to
reinforce Gen. McCook, who with a
corps of Q divisions, was in the neighbor-
hood of B lrlstown expecting a battle with
the rebels every hour. We turned off
from the main pike turning on to the Salt
River road leading to Bardstown, cross.
ing Salt River by the bridge, and after
marching ten miles from Lawrensburg, we
endamped for the night in a chosen pos
ition, in case of attack On the follow.
ing morning while eating breakfast, we
heard the report Of artillery and musket-
ry, AMI we soon found that we had been
attacked in our lcar. We Immediately
left camp and drew up in lihe of of battle
and severe action of three hours oc-
cured. which ended in the repulse of the
enemy. In this action we lost fourteen
killed and fifty wounded. The loss of
the enemy was much greater, but we had
no time to ascertain their loss, as time
was precious with US, and we must join
Gen. McCook if possible before his ex
pected battle. All the rebels gained by
this attack, as we found out afterwards,
that they detained us one day and lost fifty
men killed and Il hundred and fifty woun-
ded. Unfortunately wagon train from
Louisville had come to join us, and before
knowing anything about it, and ran in
the rebels while we were fight.
ng, and were all captured, among whom
were several from our regiment. We
proceeded on our way, but made rather
slow progress, as the weather was very
ainy and the roads very muddy; and
With tn. detention we had before, we did
lot arrive at the headquarters of Gen
dcCook after three days time, where we 7
ound that while we were fighting the
ebels at the dog walk, Gen. Nc Cook
ought bloody battle thirty miles dis. I
ant on Chaplain Hill near Peryville- :,
When we arrived on the battle field,
which is the most hilly, rocky, stony and =
1rbidden place have ever seen in my
lie, where we encamped among the yet c
aorpse5 Ct. hundreds Of rebels 1
Tho had fallen in battle.
When We arrived the rebels had with
rawn some seven miles, and on the fol-
wing morning they commenced their
III retreat, and we after them. When
G arrived at Danville, which is 4 large
lace, we found that the rebel General
ragg had divided his large army into
lrce different divisions, and sent them
1t by three distinct routes, we being in
e rear Of the centre, followed on the
Irnpike were the main body of the enc
y had gone TO Grab Orchard, in tie
rection Of Cumberland Gap. When
X miles out from Danville, We encamped 2
r the night. On the following morn IL IL
8 we set out early. and FIVE miles march SSp
ought us to the town of Stanford, which bu
the county scat of Lincoln County,
hich the rebels did not get time to sack
they did other towns in Kentucky =
5 the rebels were driven through town q
our men at the point of the bayonete. ,
, passed through the town, being l2
lies from Grab Orchard; and all along IN
e road a continual diminishing was kept hn hn.
!; We arrived at Grab Orchard after
TX, passing through town, and for two ma
les on each side of the road, we found on
of our men. When we en- .n.
Gped ourselves, our advance had gone She