Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-02-06
FROM col. TURKEYS REGIMENT.
Writes for the Fsy&sseizs Observer.
CAMP FisHER, sEAR DuAFRIEs, Va. !
Jan. 18th, 1862. 1

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Jan. 18th, 1862.
Mr. N @. Wallace
DEAR SIR:-F I am not too
sleepy to-day having stood out
stpicket yesterday and last
night, / will write q few lines,
though inelegant and imperfect
they may be-. in order to remind
you and your readers that the
orphan LIST" is yet in existence.
For if the facts Of our not receiv-
ing your paper as we have been
wont and delighted to do until a
month or two ago and of getting
no letters from our friends signi-
fly anything tothat effect, you are
all either ignorant of the fact that
we are yet among the surviving
soldiers of this glorious revolution,
or very uncharitable towards or
phans. Although the appellation
of the "orphan lst" originated
back in Tennessee, which howev-
er may have been applied through
a spirit of commiseration rather
than of contempt, you were all
reasonably generous and charita-
BILE until few months back, since
which time I tell you, Mr.. Editor,
the thing has been quite to the re-
verse. For in addition to not re-
ceiving occasionally your most In
teresting paper, that welcome mes
senger that always alleviates the
pains and pr;vations and breaks the
monotony and despair of camp life,
and of not getting any letters from
our friends and relatives back al
home, my sweet-hearts are equally
cold hearted and unmindful to-
wards me, for l have written and
written and rewritten to them
and not one word do ! ever get in
reply. Well ah me! God bless the
pretty little sweet things. Isn't
it hard, Mr.. Editor, for the poor
soldier to be thus treated by those
fair ones whose beauty and chas-
Itity he has volunteered, with a
determination to the extent of ev-
cry possibly sacrifice, to defend
and protect against an infamous
Abolition dogma of negro equality
"a doctrine and purpose on the
part of our enemies to degrade
them to a level with those who
are by nature and by habit and ac-
cording to their own desires their
servants. Well, Mr.. Editor, if any
of the fair daughters of Old Lin
coin county should desire to relieve
themselves of the imputation Of
hardheartedness or uncharitable-
ness just tell them to write to me
;nstanter, by directing their let
tiers to you to be forwarded to your
correspondent, Lincoln County,
But enough of my foolishness,
for neither you nor your readers
care anything about how my sweet
hearts and Iare getting along, and
it seems that they care but pre-
cious little about it themselves.
l promised to let you hear from
our Regiment, the ''orphan lst''-
by Col. P. Turney.--
Well, the health of our Regiment
is very good at this time, and but
for the tolerably heavy guard du-
ty we have to do we could desire
no better time than we have here.
We get plenty, more than a plenty,
to eat, of beef and bread, and
bread and beef, and that too the
very best of beef. If you were
Just here awhile with us YOU
would get so fat on the very fine
beef that we get, that you could
hardly wallow in short time
We have had no very cold wealth
n here yet; about as cold a spell as |
We have had is on hand now
Last-night wewere on outpost, and
while my relief was on post, a very
leavy snow fell. During the entire