The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-07-26
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July 9Th, 1862.
III. Editor: our very pleasant eDcamp-
/ ,eeut Il ssClear Spring." Of which made
me1tion II ny last, prossd = bs of bos
abort duration. Tho same evening mailed
! ~ last letter, orders were received in camp
I 20 prepare Immediately for the narch-to
J 81 81 readiness At three O'Clock next nncrn
Ing, with Eve days rations prepared.-
tiosning came and found US ready, though
she whole Of the night had been consumed
10 cooking, and the necessary s'fxing up"
for the march. The column moved for
ward at an early hour on the morning Of
s the 9th, heading southwark, ind continu-
ed 10 this direction until We reached the
handsome little village of Rienza-a town
1 on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, about as
large as Council Bluffs, though made up en-
tirely Of small frame houses, great many
very neat little cottages, but no large build.
ipgs, indicating business-here we s'fled
right,'' ard directed our course westward.
At o'clock, p. M, having made long
and wearisome march through the heat and
dust, we halted by the roadside, and land
down in the bushes to do little sleeping,
Of the kind known as sfast." At q
O'Clock next morning that ruthless disturb
er Of the soldiers peace, the revellle,
awoke US to "glory again." and after
hasty Breakfast we were once more ''on
to the wing westward ho!" This day,
the 18th, we made good long march, still
keeping our face toward the setting sun
which said setting sun, would remark,
parenthetcally, is, at the time it 6rst COM
mences to sset'-sny O'Clock, p. ma
.sson' 'prodigal' beyond parallel, either
in Sacred History, or the experience of
your correspondent; its bounteous stock of
slight and heat" is poured out with d melt
Ing munifcence alike upon the Just and the
unjuss-at least am so informed by an in
telIigcnt contraband, which information my
own observations confederate, entirely
Again we halted late in the evening. and
again started early in the morning, march
ed all day Sunday, and reached Ripley-a
town just like Rlenza, only little larger
n. noon on Monday. Three miles beyond
this place We halted for the day-did some
stall' resting, and surrounded more than
a few secesh black berries-with which the
whole country abounds. When We .sfell in
on Tuesday morning, the head of the col
umn was turned in . direction opposite to
that of the day before, and We were moved
back toward our starting place. The rain
came down steadily all day, and the dust,
which had rolled in clouds about our heads
the day before, soon began to pull heavily
at our feet but the air was cool, and We
pushed ahead rapidly, undoing in one day
of rain, what we had done in day and a
half of sunshine. Wednesday we camped
at three O'Clock in the afternoon, and star
ted again at eight the same evening, and
marched all night, reaching Rienza just at
day break here we rested until about an
hour after sunrise, when taking the Jacinto
road, we marched until noon and halted
On the 4th we lay in the brush six miles
from Rienza, till three O'Clock, p. M, when
we moved up to our present location-from
which we are now ordered to move at II
NJ. tomorrow.
Our Fourth Of July this year must have
been very much like the original Fourth
Having been out eight days on FIVE days
rations, you may we'll suppose our big
dinner " wasn't so big as SOM other din
ners eaten on that day. BY dint Of perse-
verance, our Efficient s @. NJ" managed to
secure for rs a small allowance OF fat meat
and hard biscuit; a rayenous appetite sup
piled the &c sauce" and We pitched into our
feast with determination to do the sub.
jecs justice. The big guns doomed during
most ofthe day, and, although We had a
less sumptuous repast than some other
ssparties," Pll bet none had more noise, or
q larger crowd.
About the middle Of the afternoon, we
commenced our march, and continued IN
til sundown. We are now ordered to be
ready to move at noon tomorrow, with
three days rations cooked. Although l
A1br nothing Ct the course We will take,
ii is my opinion that we are going towards
The North pole, for ] am inclined to think
that the work is done in this part; in fact
the whole drama Of the rebellion is abou,
ssplayed oats If Richmond is taken, as
reported here, the monster Of secession is
|" done for" The great staggering and
stunning blow on the head has been given
Ia mortal palor is on the cheek-tae gla.
sed eye balls have lost their vision all is
tlak-the writhing dea'h-struggles of the
muscles are seen-the death. rattle is heard
black despair is in every lineament Of the
contortsd visage and the fortunes OF per-
dition have seized upon its guilty and con-
science. stricken soul-the cold dnmps Of
dissolution IRE gathering upon its haggard
: anu FALLEN Drow-the pulsations haveceased
in the extremities; it lis fast breathing on,
its wretched life--the venal current is rap
idly ebbing, and the blood fast congealiug
in tho arteries-the heart only still beats,