Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-07-02
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..THE THIRTY EIGHTH NJ. G. REGIMENT.
- CAnP NEAR RcnMoso, June 81, 1862

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..THE THIRTY EIGHTH N. G. REGIMENT.
oAnr NEAR l RionaosD' June q, 1862.
SIR:-Almost every man in our Regiment can
communicate with his friends at home through your
columns and with more certainty than in cores
ponding by letter. Our position has been so often
changed since We left North Carolina. as torender
our whereabouts exceedingly uncertain. We were
assigned to Gen. Hills Division, which you know
was stationed near Fredericksburg, where We re-
manned several weeks in full sight of the enemy,
but without means to attack him, hebeihg strongly
entrenched and having all the principal streets OF
the town swept by heavy cannon. A trlhlng Skin
mish with sail boat below the town afforded the
only incident of several weeks In it our men killed
several Yankees and frightened some Others so bad
ly as to make them take water. Our march from
that place to this was performed under apprehen-
sion of an attack in front and rear. The roads were
in wretched condition, the weather being very
wet, and from some mistake (carelessness it would
be called in N. CO. Of the Brigade Conmissary, we
marched fortyeght hours with but one halfration.
We were in hearing of the Hanover Court House
fight, but were not ordered to participate, and con-
sequenty are entitled to none Of the aurels won or
lost, on that bloody field. Since then our brigade
has been changed, so that we now belong to Gen.
Fender instead of Gen. Gregg. Our pickets and
those of the enemy are within four hundred yards
of each other. Frequent skirlnshes occur between
them, but the distance is too great to do any dam
age to either party. We have been constantly an
noyeo for the last few days by shell from the enc
mys batter res, which wounded several men of a
Mississippi reg iment one of whom learn died, and
killed and wounded few artillery horses. Almost
every day we were compelled to move to the valley
to escape them, for the Yankees manage their guns
well, and shoot with remarkable accuracy Two
nights ago, Gen. Fender had the famous "Long
Tom and Laughing Charlie mounted, and yes.
terday morning the enemy all unconscious opened
fire usual. You could almost see the expression
of astonlshment Oh their deserted pieces for the
men who worked them did not need second aimo-
milton, but made tracks after the Bull Run STYLE to
the nearest cover from the we'll directed fire of our
guns. In consequence suppose of the opening of
our heavy battery" the enemy in a few hours
sent up balloon, common practice of theirs when
any thing unusual occurs-wh ch, however, wore
well to the rear. In few moments, the - Long
Tom was faced about and in range of tine balloon
Inc Yankee saw his danger, and communicated as
quickly as possible to those below not soon enough
however, to escape being the mark; but the shell
being percussion met nothing 10 explode it. and
passed Try the balloon without doing any damage
The balloon reappeared this morning but it was well
away to the right
The health of our regiment is pretty good We
d
We have no serious cases No regiment, surely, has
suffered more from disease than ours but with the.
blessings of Providence and an efficient medical
staff, We have lost comparatively few men. Dr.
Young is still with us. DR.. Devane has charge of
the Brigade Hospital You remember that COL
Hoke was not elected at the reorganization, but az
ter Col. Kenan failed to accept, the regiment held
another election, whether by command of Gen. An
derson or not do not know, and Col Hoke was
put again Now, there has arisen a question
that is debated with smart interest "whether the
regiment had the ri; ht under the conscrpt law, to
hold another election ?? for you know that the pro-
vision Of the law is, that "promotion shall be by
rank The matter learn will be referred to Gen.
Pender, for the company officers determined to
the bottom of it. If the decision be against the
validity of tie re election the command will devolve
upon Lieut. Col Armteld. This gentleman, you
know, is from Yadkin, which county be represented
in the Convention with great credit to hi,nself-
lie has the entire confidence and esteem of the reg
iment. Our Major o.. ID. Andrews, of Randolph,)
is pleasant gentleman, of good requirements &c.,
studies tactics very hard and learns them very fast
Our senior Captain, who will be Major in the case
supposed above, is A. G. Moseley, OF Dup,in coun-
ty. Old Duplin is famous for good men, but she
has sterling son than Capt Moseley. You
may put it down in your paper that the Yankees
will be terribly whipped below Richmond.
Sincerely, D. W.