The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-06-05
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.

ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
PENNINGTON, Miss, May 20. 1852.
Nix. ADVERTISER
As the embargo on letters is removed,
hasten to write to you, although there
is nothing to communicate. We moved
to our present position Oh the 18th We
are now within four miles Of Corinth
and thoroughly en,renched, and it will
take powerful army to drive US out
The rebels keep up continued dsht
with cur pickets and keep throwing
shells into strip of timber about quar-
ter of mile in advance of US but don't
come near our Notifications None Of
our batteries reply to them so they have
it all their own way Our principal
batteries, composed Of 30-pounder Par
rott guns, are mas,'ed and can't he seen
by tn! rebels until they ,eceice the fire.
We have plenty Of artillery and if the
secesh attack US they will learn lesson
they will never forget
The town of Pennington is nearly all
destroyed The houses were torn down
and carried IF to build platforms for our
heavy guns. From the present move
ment | do not think it is the intention
of llalleck to attack the rebels. Beaure.
gard is surrounded, nearly, and the poll
cy of Haleck will be to lie still and qui-
city wait for Beauregard to surrender,
The fact is, the rebel army is fairly bag.
ged and the great victory at Corinth viii
be won without fight
The weather is exceedingly hot, but a:
We are camped in the woods and have
plenty of shade, it is very pleasant Theirs
is an. abundance Of good, cool spring wa
ter and the health Of the com pany is un
usually good
Yours, &c, Coon CREEK.
CAMP NEAH FARMlNUroS, May 27th
Mr.. Advertiser:
May is nearly passed and still the grea
battle is not fought, and what is wors,
shere is no prospect Of it being Tough
very soon. We are idly lying beh. ne
our entrenchments, with nothing to en-
liven the time but the noise of the pick
cts fighting, which is so common that
they have ceased to interest US and have
grown exceedingly monotonous.
The death of Col. Worthington, wiz
was shot on the night Of the 2lst, ha
cast deep gloom over the entire regi
mcnt. II. was very popular with hi
men and they feel his loss to be irrepara
BILE. He was shot by sentinel from tn
f3d Illinois, while on picket duty Tn
Colonel, accompanied by Adjutant Pat
terson of the 9TH, was making the usue
rounds after night, to see that the sent
ucls were all on the alert after passin
over part of the lines aud finding a
right, the Colonel concluded that \
would not follow UP the line but woul
= 60 across to the reserve. After leavin
the picket line they found this sentin
who was not on his beat, he had left h
post and was standing behind tree. \
: the Colonel and Adjutant rode up /
= stepped out and fired, without challen!
e ing, and stepped behind the tree agai,
g Adjutant Patterson instantly sprang fro
- his horse and drawing pistol mt u
to tho sentinel, who was loading lis su1
e and demanded why he fired that sho
- telling him at the same time that he W,
= shooting at the officer of the day. K
celving no reply he turned around
look for the Colonel, not knowing th
= he had been struck by the shot II
d found the Colonel lying on the ground
d on going up to him and striking mate
:. he found him in a dying condition, II
!. ball bad entered directly between ii
eyes, at the bridge of the nose, rancir
c slightly upwards and passed out at II
Il back of the head, causing almost insta,
IS death. The body has been sent to Ke
l.. kuk. The sentinel is now under arres
At meeting Of the commissioned of
GERS OF the regiment it was unanimous
c resolved to recommend Major Robiuso
y for the Colonclcy. Major Robinson
J.. every inch soldier and richly deserv,
n the honor. | hope he will get it.
Day before yesterday the monoton
) of camp life was broken by the order
= "fall i'm and make a Reconnaissance =
d The men quickly "fell in" with har
@ crackers in their havtrsacks and a hume
red rounds Of ammunition, and started
After passing our batteries We were ior
i ed by the ith Minnesota and two piece
of artillery; here company B of the st
. was thrown out Oh the right as skirmist
ers, the column now moved forward, an
after passing the grand guard was acai
halted, and Lieut.: Dean was now ordere
to take part Of his company and dcplo
> as sklrmishers on the left flank Of tn
column, part of the company having pre-
viousl y been ordered to tho right for tn
same purpose Lieut.. Dean took posi-
ton between two Minnesota companie
that were also dep,oyed as skirnishcrs
line Of skirmi.hers was now throw,
across the rear, and the column now adj
vanced in square formed by the skirm
lshers. We now took the road lcadino
to the railroad. We struck the railroad
about four miles from Corinth and were
considerably disappointed in no: meeting
the enemy
The country was rolling aud heavily
tinbered with chestnut and oak Thers
was no pine, and the soil was rich and
fertile. Nothing is wanting here but
northern enterprise to make this one Of
tho richest portions of America. We
passed few wheat fields. The grain is
turning and would be ready to cut in