Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-20
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
Eettcr from Kentucky.

LONDON, KY, Feb, s, 90,
MEssRs EsTILL.-P Please grant me small
space in the colums of your paper by which
we csn inform our friends in Holmes county
how the 'soldior boys arc prospecting away
down here among the mountninins, rocks ana
rebels. ] suppose you have all heard of our
march from Lexington to Somerset, so / will
give you a brief account of our march from
there. On Thursday the 3Oth ult, we were
ordered to practice building breastworks, and
before we were done the orders came to pre-
pare TO march the!neXt morning by O'Clock.
The next morning by daylight breakfast was
over, and everything ready for march. To
save the soldiers from marching through the
mud the regiment took across, while the the
teams were sent round by Somerset, with the
expectation ofmeeting that evening in time to
/ pitch our tents and get our supper before night
We reached the place, dark came, but no
wagons. AS we started with but one days
rations few of the boys had any provisions.
Our tents were in the wagons, and our loca-
cation being on the side Of steep hill our
camp afforded no shelter, not even friendly
tree to protect us from the torrents of rain
which poured down during the entire night.
/ We therefore had to provide for ourselves.
Some went to the woods, some to houses, some
to stables, and others remained in the open
field and took it as come. The next day we
marched about mile, and the teams came up
late in the evening, and it was not long til we
had some mush for our supper. We had mush
for breakfast and for change we took cold
mush for dinner. We marched ten miles to
Rockcastle river which we had to cross By
ferry. The rtillery being in front we couldn't
cross until they were over. We were detained
over night; part got across the next day, and
then the river became so high we cold not fer
, nv it; and some of us were on each side. The
next d ay we all got over, and marched two
miles and encamped, at which place three
wagon loads OF provisions, sent from London,
met us, which was a cause for rejoicing, as we
had been with little to cat for several days
t That night we prepared provisions to march
D the next day. The next day We marched elev-
en- miles, but our wagons did not get up unit
10 O'Clock at night. The following day the
S Regiment reached London; but owing to the
7 heavy roads and our mules having but littlt
S eed the teams did not arrive until the mex
morning, which compelled us to sleep without
d tents. There is but little sickness in our Reg
o ment. Tie boys Of our company, and als(
IS those of Capt. Taneyhill's, are we'll Neal
C our camp are breastworks made by Union
It troops to defend themselves against Gen. Zol
u licofler, who was then at Cumberland Gap
it Sixteen miles from here is the Wildcat battle
e ground, where Zollicoiier was defeated, Mex
z. Monday we start for Cumberland Gap, am
4 from there We go to Knoxville, Tenn. W
expect big fight, either at Cumberland Ga
10 or Knoxville, The boys all seem anxious &c
|, it. They declare they won't go home unit
d they each kill rebel. l have given you
n brief history of our journey so far, and whe
we get to our journeys end you may hear troi
d me again. Respectfully Yours,
As N. A. YOUNG.