Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-09-22
OUR ARMY Correspondence

ooh ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
we nave been kindly permitted 70 oon,
.he ioilowing intei csting letters from . roIp
i've OF ours to his Wife and uo,h.- -,
writer is Lieutanant COMMANDING O. p %
worth Carolina Regiment, Col. Few in c.
" D. AndersOn's Brigade. The ham
hearted, cheerful, victorious sn;r,.
writer cannot fail to be infused into the
minus oil every reader who has fr;ands ;
s"eading columns: our
s m;lss e.o, r4k POTOMAC, Opposite Ber1ia.)
%nieS rom Harper's Ferry, Sept. 5. 1861
DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER: Bv tho so,,;p.
s an mnose rays streak up from the h;aS
VI maryland, 1 have found NV fir, O.
PoIunty 10 write you for the mast tupo
"eSNL"eeS that constitute an imnortant
.poch IN my 1its's history. When I last
- you' l was on the North Anna. 80 odd
lnnes rom Richmond. We took mn on.
harcn from tAere, and every day since then
oesn q marcia long march. W.
.nS 1eu by way OF Orange Court House
L az Ou'peper Z. h., across the Rapidan
.nence 70 the battle field of Bull Run. thence
r.Ilax, thence to LeeSburg and from that
point TO day we have come.
~ ali the long marches, my health has
oeeh excellent, and even now while I write
although ! have Travelled 20 miles ,o.dar
am not more tired than if | had done a d.v,s
work IN the Office. / have never tagged
and can boast that in all the marchir9s
my regiment not one step have | rod.
ten. Anderson told me. a few moman+s
ago, that lie had an opportunity To sand
lew letters privately to Richmond hanoo
these lines. | cannot tell you. all | have seen
ms Is all the paper l can beg. In all orr
long marches we have been as vet unable to
meet the Yankees. jackson and Longstre.t
were 40 hours ahead of us, and though we
mace forces marches, and could hear the
ooomln@ OF their guns, we were unable n
participate. From the Rappahannock to the
Plaihs OI Manassas is one scene of desol.-
tion, and has been almost one continuous
oaete ier 10 days. In every encounter we
whipped the enemy, but upon the twice
fought and twice-won field of Manassas 90
CURED the most bloody battle yet fought on
this continent. Over the same ground wbara
the blood shed last year had hardly been oh.
liberated, when | marched over it Law beane
and piles of dead, thick, so thick. that conGd
step from one to another for the distance of
four miles, while the woods in every direc1
ton were lined with them. I never saw
such heaps of dead, nine-tenths of whom
were Yankees. "
The women in the towns and villages &c
we passed, were uproarious in their low. es-
Peclally In Warrenton and Leesburr. At
Warrenton, Banners long hid were dung to
the breeze, hsndkerchiefs were waved, while
servants and even ladies bore buckets of wa.
ter, and waters Of substantials, and offered
TO our halffamished and ragged soldiery as
they marched hurriedly through the place
alter the retreating Yankees, who had not
quilted 1t six hours. That is why such
bravery is displayed by our men and he
that would not cry victory or death" un-
der such inspiration, deserves to be . bond.
man and slave.
At Fairfax, W casght up with the tadedl
troops Of Jackson and Lonpstreet. while the
enemy had retired 10 their Businesses on Ar.
llngton Heights we then concluded to {
tactics and go into Maryland. Ours |
the first division that entered Lees. !
burg, and words cannot tell of the manner t
Of our reception. We entered at night, but ]
every house was lit, and their tables spread. 2
not 4 cents worth could you beg-it was Q
gwen, freely given. We rested there a few Q
aud then marched beyond the c
own. Since then our movements have been s
n the dark to me. Jackson, Longstreet. !. n
?. and d. H.. Hill, McLaws, and other divis- a
on commands were there, but where thew
ire now, | know not. They have gone
yesterday Garland's and Rhodes, Coiouit's
md Phillips Brigades went over the river 7
| know are now in Maryland. To-day W
were ordered here, and i think to.mor. N
ow will be in Maryland. C,
The next week will be big with events il
am in excellents spirits, and hopeful to come g
ut unscathed in the storm of blood that is VI
IRE to reign. l trust in an Omnipotent d
Providence, and in a Mothers and Wife's cl
'rayers, and feel that whatever happens will az
e for the best. | am in command of INV
ompany. Keep in good heart, dear wife b,
nd mother, and should | fall in this sacred 70
ause, bear up under it well. If survive.
I'LL write sooH. Kiss the babies for me, and di
e of good cheer. Remember me to ali. of
annot get your letters if you write them. tv
CAMP Cd Rec, W,
5 miles north Of FredericL City, HI.
DEAR WIFE NM MOTHER: We have no lei
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