Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-06
FROM COL. FUlTON's REelMENT.
Written for The fasstteriGs 0Jse'rer
CAMP NEAR PoCoTAIfGo, 5. e.,
February 18th, 1862.


~ 0. Wallace, Esq:
DEAR EDlToR-As 10 one is COM
municating with you now from.
this detachment, / will assume the /
privilege, and make a feeble effort
to give. you a short detail of what
is going on in camps. ] suppose
YOU have learned. ere this that two
companies of the 9Th Tennessee
were detached and sent to Ora
hams Neck, between the Coosa-
whatchie and Pocotaligo Rivers,
for the purpose of certifying. On
the 25th Of December, 1851 Capts.
Thrash and Mckinney were sent
with their respective companies to
the aforesaid place to do the work. |
Since that time, a constant appliea-
ton of the spade and pick has
.been made, and consequently some
huge batteries have been erected.
Spades are trumps,' and You may
rest assured that we have had
trumps enough to make high, low,
Jack, and the game, if "Abes
boys wish to take game with us.
Since our arrival in the Gland of
Dixie" we have had almost per-
feet health. The sick that were
left in n. W. Virginia have nearly
AL returned to their companies,
and both companies number nearly
as many as they did when they
. entered the service. The fact is
we can't hardly find room for them
all to sleep at once. Mr.. Editor,
if you could see how .ft the boys
are getting. You would shake your
. sides. Some Of their eyes. have
, almost closed up entirely. Tt ism It
meat that they are fattening 50 on,
but simply peas and ;@'taters.' 1T
has been SO long since | saw piece
Of cd bacon that I couldn't tell
YOU how it looks, if | were to col
lect all of my wit and try ever so
: hard. If you were to see what an
enormous amount Of peas / can eat,
YOU would think | was am ''old
hero" sure enough. 1t is peas and
tafers for supper, breakfast, and
: dinner. Well, you must excuse
me for saying toters 50 much, for |
have got so use to saying it | can't
say anything else. MI. Editor,
I. YOU ought t. be at one Of our
grand parii,s. Such another dar-
cling YOU never saw. We.have a
dance every night, and the boys
cut up all kinds of monkey shines.
They say they want TO getuse to
shaking their feet by the time
they get home. / think they had
better get use to shaking their
tongues BY the time they get there,
or they won't quite come it, Upon
the whole We are the best content
ed boys in the Southern Confede-
racy." We are just as well salts
fled as if we were at home sitting
in the chimney corner talking TO
our Dulceneas. We have some
idea of MIR. Burnsides paying us a
visit soon. We are waiting anx-
iously for him to come. But
If he knew what was good for his
mutton he would stay away. If
he does come he will go back with
his sides burnt sure enough. The
Yankees got powerful smart the
other day, and thought they would
cut off our pickets. But ''Jeff's"
boys were too smart for them
They made three hard trials and
failed as many times. So we
thought we would be smart too,
and cut them off. We accordingly
prepared o naval force commanded
by Capt. NJ, which was composed
of one very large fat-boat manned
by Is men, which was to co-ope-
rate with Capt. Us land forces
numbering 80 men. Capt. NJ. was
to attack them by water, if they
were not too strong for him; and
if so, he was to steal their boat
after they landed and leave them
for Capt. L. to capture. But the