Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-01-03

sing the air of Yankee Doodle Dandy !? -
4" Well" said Louisa, there may be some
l don't know-I will ask this soldier e."-
She said this thinking was asleep, but have
too much good nature to remaia silent when |
appealed to l5y the ladies, so told her there
might be some of the fair daughters of Seces-
sia who ignored the sentiment and words of
that popular tune. Reclining back Gu the
seat, soon appeared TO be asleep. when my
fair companions again entered into a lively |
debate. Sarah thought absence from home
soon caused forgetfulness. Soldering is
like travelling weaHs the mind
from home joys and friends. In fact the SOL
der looks upon the camp as his home. The
poet says:
The sailors home is on the main,
The warriors on the tented plain,
The maiden's in her bower of rest,
The infants on its mothers breast.'"
Louisa Well, Sarah, quote tie other
two lines!"
Bat where thou art is home TO me,
And home without thee cannot be-"
The soldier cannot forget home. Sacred
ties bind him to it. Parents, brothers, sis
tiers. cousins, perhaps wife and little ones bind
/ him to it. Or yet, some loved one, whose i'm
age he carries in his heart, may be to his
miud what the needle is to the compass"
1 Sarah. The soldiers life is hard one
he becomes cal!ous-former affections he
learns to regard as silly notions and almost
total neglect soon follows"
" Oh! Sarah, how can you talk SO you
know the soldier still loves home, else why is
he 50 faithful in writing to friends ?-why SO
eager to get letters from them?
Here the whistle announced another sta
tion and the lighthearted young ladies left
lie alone in my glory. 4 host of recollec-
tions had been awakened by their vivid con
vcrsation. was carried back TO my school
: days few ard short " and almost reviewed a
little lifetime. Yes, 1 g seemed to live my
: childhood DER again" We may truly say
I. :" how qaick is glance of the mind"
Well, / must drop my cogitations and pro
. coed with my story. When I got TO Cincin
natl met some of our boys who were guard
= ing The Marine Hospital. I was kindly re
quested to stop for the night and share sol
diers bed. Next morning got into camp
found that Co. d were out on the batteries
On Thursday, 9th inst, about o'clock q
s night all was quiet in camp, when snddenl
e the roll of the alarming drum called til
IS various companies to muster speedily. Sue
/ running l never saw-the boys piling o
= belts, straps and knapsacks in hot haste On
= Sergeant Major, Arthur IIumiston, called t
our men q Boys let no company beat us 0
is the ground" We qlckly fell in and imme
IT diately marched out on the parade ground
= Go. a we're coming at the same time but W
"a were FIRST on the ground, so the other con
II panies had 10 form line on ours. The Lieu
ID Colonel then gave the command E" BY comp;
'e MES right wheel promptly obeyed- til,
Break into platoons F." came next, and "
a were soon off the parade ground. AboI
ia half a mile from camp We halted tie Rankin
is companies A and 3, deploying as skirmisher
nc The remaining companies formed line al
marched steadily forward, occasionally goir
re through the form of loading aud firing
lr Right through the woods over logs and gr
Ut lies, We marched and couLtermarched to Il
ey intimate diversion of some and think the sa
al isiaction Of all. Every little while the re
OF Of the drum recalled the skirmishers, al
then it was funny TO see them come throu2
the brush On tie double quick, forming in
ne line as they came up After the space OF {
9 hour and half we marched back to the r
On rade ground, formed line, and then Lieutena
At Colonel Force addressed the men in the mar
Il Of the Colonel. "The Colonel desires me
: say you have done extremely we'll" We til
marched TO our quarters after our first ST
prise drill Next day four of our compan
went out to camp on the hills to get inur
to this mode Of life. To-day our hank
companies, a and b, leave camp for Warsa
,os KY. Secessionis's are rather bold. there
I'm bouts, but have an idea our boys wll TAI
dc them a little, The E'aymastdr is in car
CT with a little pocket money kindly furnish
Of by UncIe Sam. Having a desire to get
m. quainttd with the gentleman, 1 close for /
an present Yours, &c,
LAWRENCE GREE NAN.