Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-07-23
From the 2Ath Regiment.

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From the oath Regiment.
FLORENCE, Ala, June 26, 1862.
Chronicle Friends:-Yous see we Jog along;
scjer chaps now days keep moving. AT
ter / joined my regiment, our division
stood a week before Corinth, then into,
through and beyond it. Then made a
forced march to relieve Pope, who was
said to be in difficulty. Then from the
advance we turned off via Jacinto on TO
Iuka. Ia watering place. Unanswered a
few days and pushed eastward to Tuscum-
bia; we crossed the Tennessee river and
encamped beyond the town plot of Flor
ence. Have not had tents up for twenty
six days roughed it in the bush entirely.
Weather hot, hotter, hottest; water of the
ditch. swamp and mud-hole kind, save for
the last two days, during which We have
passed through a fine country with big,
Illinois-looking %cornfelds, (up fence high
and tip-top water, which, l assure you, Is
one Of the "main branches" to a soldier
When a 24th Ohio MAI finds a good, cool
spring, he shouts, "real Cheat Mountain
waterw then there is a stampede.
l thought the other day l would have
to turn myself into a regular, ranting, in
stanter abolitionist, as l cannot disguise
the tact, itself evident, that the darkies
we meet are more shrewd and intelligent
what you call STANDARDIZATION the
white folks. The fact is forcing itself up
on the soldiery. 1t is an outrage upon
the common sense of an observant man,
passing through this country, to say that
the blacks here cannot take care ofthem-
selves. Pshaw. iflet alone / believe they
could run the plantation" as well as the
overseers. OF course the war has drained
the wayside of much of its best intelli-
gence, as far as the whites are concerned.
The recruits, Hayward and Taylor, are
hearty and in fine spirits they are the
right kind of stuff for soldiers, as is Mont
gomery. They say nothing can kill him,
he is tough and why. Inotea also the good
health and behavior of Mowery and Gid
dings. Rice had a bad cheek most well.
Anderson was left at Pittsburgh Landing,
somewhat i'll, from where l suppose he
went home, as they grant furloughs to all
who ask, if anything ails them.
Sergeant Andrews is at his old post,
Color Bearer. Gray got back feeling very
lively. He took good care of that big,
round box, as l can testify by personal
taste. For when it went to camp l lay out
on picket, and it stopped Tor the COrpo-
rails Sullivant and Lyman, who were along,
halted it and left ne cLunks ofsweet cake,
cookies and cheese, all in good condition.
Twill guarantee the Fsquadfee "athome."
Lieut.. McCleery rode over to see me to-
day. He looks quite well, but time will
make him tougher the weather is rather
hot for him. am enjoying the fun tower
the left Of being under arrest lit means
travel without your sword) for sending to
Headquarters, from my post as command
er of the picket, "citi-saS'. When they.
come to find out that I arrested them as
''secesh deSerters, and forwarded them
under guard to Headquarters for eXamin-
alton, | think III get my blade and some
body catch thunder from Gen. Buel.
l have been intending to go home as
soon as the Pay Master gets around. The
war here rapidly assumes the permanent
phrase of merely =" occupy and hold
And as l prefer other employment to SOL
diering upon the merely draw rations and
draw pay plan, why Ishall give some one
else a chance to wear my shoulder straps.
The powers that be understand their buSi-
ness better than | do, at least ought to, at
any rate l do not intend to grumble, as |
made up my mind when | enlisted to take
it for a year just as it came. That the pol
icy of the commanding Generals saves
thousands of legs and arms, none can doubt,
but that it saves life is an open question.
But believing that our glorious old flag is
bound to wave, lot for a day, but for all
time, over the entire States, and trusting
that ere long even all our bond shall go
free, and the banner of liberty float over
America, with no shadow Of wrong on its
folds, securing to all who dwell beneath it
those "inalienable rights" for which in
part our forefathers cast themselves upon
che stormy waters Of Revolution, and to
ecure the complete ta!!dHn,eat Of ,eh;eA three
foarths Of a million armed men roc stand IN
Baale array. 1 say good bye, with a CHEEKY
heart and nig,i A?res of our nation'sprOm-
Use. CHAS. II. HARMON.
P. S.-June 20th.-Just arrived at
Aforementioned opened yesterday TO
Nashville.
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