Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-04
Our Army Correspondence From
Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, October 2,

To-day has been sufficiently eventfu with one
phase OF army life to interest any of your read
ers could they have looked in upon it. The
movements OF such an army are connected with
thousand incidents which do not occur in ordi-
nary soldier life.
Determined on early start. | got up this
morning about daylight intending to take a rail
road breakfast anu be off IN quest of some lndi-
ana regiments which we're said to be about five
miles off, whom the Paymasters were to visit to-
day Ny grief commenced at the dining room
dUor, where Cufy met me rather Indignantly
with, ''What you want, sahI' "a railroad break
fast, SIR said |. "Done quit gettin' dem kind
since de railroad don't run no MORE" was his re-
ply, shutting the door very peremptorily in ny
face. / could do no better than to wait until
common folks got up. Meanwhile, attempting
to read the morning news in front of the hotel, i
was made the unwilling witness of sorrows which
| could not relieve. The ight trains had just ar
rived. burdened as the trains had been for a week
with anxious fathers, mothers, wives and child
rem to visit their loved ones whom they expected
to meet here.
'Can you tell me where the 95th Ohio is, sir?"
said we'll dressed, deicatei lady, lodding beau
tilul little girl or about four years to an officer
on the pavement. "GOne out on the Bardstown
road about ten miles, yesterday, and moving for
ward to-day" the answer. els il possible?"
all she replied the tear started and she turn
Ell away to weep sad disappointment, and pro-
cure a conveyance to follow. She wept doubt,
but she got no conveyance | am sure. She had
hardly got out of sight until hale looking wo-
man with an honest Irish face and / am sure an
Irish henrt, asked the same question concerning
another Ohio reg iment and received substantially
the same answer. "Oh, hiviDsi mon. and sure
ye're not trfng with poor woman who has come
to see my dear husband it is. more AN two hun
hundred miles,"
No. ma'am, the army moved yesterday, and
is moving again to-day"
Aud couldn't Mr.. Buell. have waited day or
two, justg It's meself and his darlint boy here,
he hasn't seen tor mOre'n a twelve month, that
has come all this way for to see my own Michael
the poor. dear man. Is he well. do you know :!
Come along, my boy, We can walk as far as that
and farther. 70 see him."
All the forenoon met with such at livery
stables and at street corners and later in the dav
met some. five or six miles on the road. return
ing after unsuccessful effort to procure con-
veyanees. or to walk the required distance
Among these were dozen more men from
Henry county, who had abandoned their pursuit
after travelling two or three miles
Ny own tribuIations had only begun when the
darkey shut me out from the dining room. In
the course OF time breakfast announced, and
shortly thereafter | began To hire horse IL was
only beginning. Tor at every stable | met with
gagged; wouldn't hire To go out of the city any
how, uhless you deposit the price of the horse
Can't risk the Uncertainties OF battle" OF
course ! didn't deposit the money, for the very
reason that Jack didn't eat his supper, and of
course got no livery horse At last remem-
bered that the city was under martial law, and
that General Dumont was in command of the
city; and doubted not that ii he should consider
the welfare of the Union in jeopardy by nv not
no M IN liz
hence | called at his headquarters and made
known nv condition. Rather short of horses
Mr. G., but | will see what can be done" and
soon he reported that one of his orderlies had "A
little pony, not much OF riding horse but the
best he could do. which might have till night.
If 4 roald be sure 10 bring him back. promised,
and vas soon OF the pony. realizing that General
Dumont is good judge OF horsedesh, for the
thing could neither walk nor trot worth a cent
The orderly had girded spur on my right
foot. which took 10 be hint that il was a nee
essary part of ride; hence attempted to mend
ponys gait by gentle application thereof, but.
the brute, instead of gong faster he stopped
stock still aud kicked wickejly. Not to be out
dOLe. kicked too, and shortly VAS enjoying a
military lope along Broadway. musing upon the
delights OF a pony ride. when, all OF sudden.
there was "a collision between pOnys foot and u
bowlder. which | understood to be an order TO
dismount. pony coming down on knees and nose,
like huge camel. TO facilitate this military
movement, the necessity of which can not vet
understand. OF course obeyed orders, and got
of somewhat hastily aud somewhat in "A heap.
anu right here suppose the laugh comes in. for
when was about 10 congratulate myself on nv
proficiency in the manual OF horse, | heard a
score or more laughing as il they had seen some
thing funny. AS had seen nothing OF the kind
3 dld not laugh: indeed | felt opposed to it. In
the midst of the laugh and much louder a stem.
torian voice cried out, "Parson, Is that youf''
IL that teamster. sitting 20 complacently on his
mule, thinks there was any hing disrespectiul in
my gruf "Of course it Is. he must remember
that il il not military to talk To military men
when going through important military perform.
ances
| brushed the dust of my knee which the
ground had somehow hit the sore il there vet
and mounted pony. n wiser ii not happier man,
and consented TO compromise on "A dog trOt of
just three miles and bali an hour Ii was
after all. commendabe gait, for passed seve.
raj squads of stragglers. Who seemed to be doing
their best. 10 say nothing OF hundreds who were
living ia the wAyside shade. In less than two
hours had made i've miles. and pony seemed as
herce as ever. Here | met man returning from
the army. They had camped last night eleven
miles out and had started at three tins morning
and were probably at least twelve miles ahead
and travelling at about the rate of three miles an
hour and moreover there MAS -kirmiShinC IN