The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-18
Army CORRESPONDENCE
HUNTsvILLE, Ala, 42nd Ind. Vols, :
z4s June 10th, 1852.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala, 42nd Ind. Vols, .
June 10th, 1852. /
EDS. JOURNAL :-Sinee writing you we
have marched to this place. We have now
delightful camp, situated ina grove oI
large trees 10 the valley (for such it is hin
which Huntsviffs is locatea We are about
one mile from the town. Here our duties
have very materially changeds Detail after
detail iksfof Ricket Guard tie. order of the
day, sndasessi.l aftsr All tbe details go out,
we will have scarcely a /" corporals guard''
left in nJcamp. A part Of General Mnchelrs
forces, few days since, attacked The rebels
near Chattanooga, and were the victors,--
The exact result of the fight have not
been able to learn, but suffice tito say that
Gen. Mitchell is possessed of the most res
markable omHipTesent powers ever knew
a man TO have. One day he learns of q
rebel force south of us on the other side of
the Tennessee river, and he is efter them.
Scarcely have they had time to make de-
cent display of their " skedaddiing' pow
crs, till they find he is after them from an
other direction. Thus the enemy is kept
in constant cUnfusiOD; aud citizens here
abouts have at length come 10 the coEcIu-
sion that there are few places where our
General is not present. Rebels yeagot to
conclude that to them, wherever the Gen.
eral is, "h-l is not a mile rom there"
You can set him down as the most re-
maIkable, energetic man you ever heard
of, and mark. you, be does not haze work
deue; hedoes his full share of il, and is
ever on the alert Eternal vigilance is the
price Of liberty"
This is delightful country. The spurs
of the Cumberland mountains set in here,
and between these are beautiful and fertile
valleys. Mountains and valleys make the
country bewiIchingly romantic. IL is said
that there are Union men here, but have
not been fortunate enough to find those who
fill the bill according to my notion. All
with whom / have talked have " condi-
tions," but true Union man should,
think, have no conditions.
Huntsville, as you have always heard /
presume, is beautiful place, and shows
signs of wealth and ease, as has been, but
at this time presents, outside of military
parade; dull, dead and weaFisome appear
ance. One cannot but feel for the poor in
this region They must s1ffer OF meat
Flour is out of the question, and corn neal
/. 10 very high, so is every article of food that
can be got. The sick have but a scanry
supply, and are daily almost asking Gen.
Mitchell TO let Lhem get supplies from Nash
vile; but, rich reoels who were rampant
for the war and the destruction of the gcv-
ernment, have given to the rebel army of
their home supplies, have hurried off the
poor to fight, but took good caro- TO etay at
home themselves to look after their
righIs,' ought not to get penitent when
starvation stares them in the face, nor ask
81 Yankee Lincolnite" to let them have
supplies, If they have reckoned without
their host" they have done so with open
eyes. If they have urged the delusion
upon the poor, let the ones W ho forced FAM
inc upon the innocent non-combatants feel
the cravings of an empty stomach and
then aristocracy will begin to fad and ap-
preciate it's level, or that which ought to be.
am told that the fair take peculiar
delight here in showing their disgust for
Union soldiers, and in most cases where
they go on the street at all they go with
yelled faces, for the purpose, presume,
of keeping from falling in love with some
good looking soldier boy" but am of
opinion that the !" thin barrier " is not al
ways a sufficient barricade to keep away
a good looking phiz aud killing NOUS
tache," even though they may belong to a
Es Yankee" Sometimes these fair ones be-
come impertinent and saucy. Sometimes
they engage in a chat with Yankee for
the purpose Of getting chance to try lit
tie modest insult which seems to be a huge
ly gratifying desire of theirs, but they are,
in most cases, met with as modest rebuff.
and then both obey the command, /" cease
firing" -7-.-s--=-,-ss.-s.--s-
One ofour boys, few days since, after
talking for q quarter of an hour with q
"pretty, pretty Miss" was asked what ne
thought Of the War--an awkward question,
to be sure-but he answered that "We
have very extensive war. man." "Weli,'