Nebraska advertiser., 1862-04-03

a general thing, would much rather talk
of battle. than be one who takes a part IN
dealing with the messengers of death.
In vain have / looked into Illinois pa
pers, and papers of the east, for hOnOra-
ole mention of our Regiment, for the part
it bore in the great battle at Donelson.-
None are mentioned bat Illinois Regi-
ments. According to those chronicles,
Illinois Regiments did all the fighting
and accordingly they get all the praise
There were but five regiments on the
field that did the hard and telling fight.
Those we're the lst Nebraska, llth In
diana, Sth Missouri, I'd and 9Th Iowa
Regiments, and yet they are scarcely
mentioned in the Eastern journals. l
suppose they can bide their time, and a
future generation may do them justice.
Although we got aboard the steamer
on the 9Th, vet we did not leave Fort
Henry until the evening of the 8lh.-
There are about eighty steamers on the
the river, laden with troops destined for
some points unknown as yet. We hear
that these troops are now under command
of General Smith, and that General Grant
is superseded. We alsohear that Manas-
sas has fallen before the proves of our
soldiers in the east, and the rebels lost
sixty thousand In killed, wounded and
prisoners. But we hear so much and so
often, that we do not know what to be-
lieve, as false reports are abundant.
have heard that the Curtis Horse has
been in a small engagement since we left
Fort Henry, but the report may be un-
true.
The scenery along the river from the
Fort, so far as we have proceeded, is much
better than it is below. The high bluffs
n passes now and then, put him in re-
membrance of the rivers of the North,
and of the big Muddy in particular.
l am not favorably impressed yet with
The land of chivalry, butternut-colored
garments, and blacks. The North is
still my favorite, and shall be my home.
Give me the land where liberty is en-
loved as it should be, and give me the
p~rairies wide, where the free wild winds
riot in reveling, and the man Is as free
as the winds that whistles. Give me the
cline whose skies are blue, and whose
sons are freemen, hardy, and brave, for
there is my home and all that | love.
On the evening of the 18th, we reached
this point, from Savannah, distant five
miles. At midnight we had orders to
disembark with three days rations in
h~aversacks, and all ready for marching.
By one o'clock, A. NJ, our Regiment was
on the move, and in a half hour the rain
commenced falling, 'small drops, but
thick and fast" increasing in thickness
and velocity until the torrent ran. Thru
darkness. mud and rain we toiled till
da wn of day, wearied and sleepy wilhal,
and when we arrived at the corner, the
right wing filed right, and tho left wing
left, and al a double quick step surround
ed the little town of Adamsville but the
game had escaped. At midnight they
heard we were coming, and suddenly
they left, fearing to meet the Northern
ers, as they call US. We remained "a day
on picket, and started back at 10 o'clock
the ensuing, having taken several pris-
oners in the meantime. Two nights were
we without sleep, and the hardest march
ing we have yet had.
Tomorrow, at 6 A. NJ, the Regiment
goes on picket for twelve hours, and we
may have a skirmish. More AGAIN.