The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-12-11
EettcT from Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. |, 1852 ID
Correspondence OF The Aieghauian. --e
10 Is trans"re>siny II" given rue. | be
levc, to communicate YOU ii few lines. Il
lu-t you and MANY ether friend, LETT ia
The o'd Keystone as t" my present where
abuu,S ANA hatabuut, L iccl proud Ia
Claim Pennsylvania as the land of my
bir:h Often and often has it delighted
me t" know hat she has sent more sni,!irrS
into the fed, IN proportion I" her popu
l;if'ii, than any "fiirr State in the Union.
AID - ready and vi. hing IL >cnI more if
necessary, Ia crush the iicbclioE @ 10
r.ous Old keystone
O.l regiment, the Goth O. V. [, have
beet qu.irt,Ird in ard about Nashville
>rcc i,tout the 2Uth June. doin. pick ct
and guard duty. Since Gen. Bueii made
l!is lcirU grade movement, we. along with
>c,ctal other regiments, have suffered
Considerably far wdut of food. Tie Gov
crnmcnt stopped issuing ratio,.s f,r man
aad beast ubont The 18th Au-u-t Sub
>,qncI.1 t" that peIi,i lar-c tora.ia4
trains would 20 ont daily ten ur ti,;ccI
fni!es 1Eciew.fc. @c:icrallv, ia he train
lron iutr to live hundred uaguhs two 4"
three Regiments oi lstantry, tw" or three
hundred cuvairy, antl two pieces IL artli
icry. Iari ui the Wagons wuul! be ioadcu
Win hay, Gals and corn. ia tec,i the horses
and mates, and The remainder with irI>h
iiG sweet o;;i"c-, bacon, 4 'iir, salt, aud
either edible, Tor the laeIi 10 Sab>ist ON
Sometimes wc got plenty again our w.
tulis were lew aud lar between Many 1t
NIGHT We would lie dYwn OH cur hlank-t>
with an empty stomach, and rise uc Xt
morning hIlh.ricr than. ever. Ia find nniii
iilg Lut ii sulali piece al bread and Il cup
of rye ur corn coffee to apPc:,>c the appt-
tile Tie troops ND hot "Iuuihtc nuch
: not 80 much az would hc exp, c'rd itnder
the cii iicui:.>tinces-bat iurhulc ali, hui ia.
that Gen Buell. would s"nm drive tie
l,rbeis FROM Tie soil ut IL eniuchy aud
rec, en- can,mun. cation bc,wrca Us ana
the WI IL
For Iwu long months. small banl oi
us were heniaicd IN here by the Rebel
.ucriiias WHO iip,,rcd around uiir lhci,t;I
,o>s> c,m;iuualy. IL was unsafe 10 go
outside uf our Ines enc mile. Frequent
iy they would fire ON our l,ic&et>, but
never uuiuy much daniaoc. Ihey burnt
several pike brld .cs, IL put stop 10 our
iura = bat u did not am bant ~ much
" heu we started "ut fora.in;.. we tcr,,f,
ana the cucniN would be scattered ch.it
before he wind. Gen. Ne-iey always
iil.,de it "a joi,.; to 80 out tora.In. on Il
ral where ii bridge had just been &c
str"ved IL rs AN uid sayitg that ''et cry
thin. s fair IN war. ;itid fiic rule has
Lecn pretty well lived up to lIrrcabuuts
O, tie 9th uit.. which WAS briu,c Gen
Ro>cc.ams ctme .hroa1h, the hebtl. at
tackled VS. In force. about y Nj on the
snri,h SIDE of the c:'y. Vi iiic HE fi-ht
was progressing, the notorious guerilla,
j ohn Aur.Hn. sent III ia. "i lluce, ON
pretrxt ot exchanging prisoners, bat the
.alant Nc.iey, surn,ieiHg IL wa> oniy a
ir!ck, refused to allow Ihe fay TO approach
the cav. I hen, iiu~gan, with o { hun
dred oi his cut ihruat., made IA dash on
our pickct-, drving them back To where
,he 10th Illinois wcie encamped -un The
mort, side of the Cumberland river VIII, n
they were repml>cd, a lew 6emg Killed
and some taken prisoners Mor:au's in
teutium was to desfrul the railroad aud
pntoon BRIDES atru>S the Cumberland,
but. ialln. in that, he was bI"ed Ia cIl
tent himself with burning several ireihgt
cars aud two houses. Our re incnt w.ls
engaged ID the f 3 lat Oh the soalh side Of