Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-11-27
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So"'' 90 h"JoT hhtu"onn teaVes COLUMBIA
for the Brigade on the 10Th December, and
the packages must be- in my hands by the
9Th and will deliver them to Major Ham
mond who will attend to their personal de
livery to those for whom they are intended.
A few neighbors. can combine and make
up box and send it to me by the time
specified. Ircpeat. no time m,ust BE- lost.
ISAAC BRANCH.
CAMP NEAR ORANGE c. H. Va.
November l3, 1868.
DEAR DR: THE Brigade Qunrtermaster
of McGowans Brigade goes to S. c., day
after to morrow for tile purpose Of collect.
ing from the parents and friends of the
soldiers Of this Brigade. such contributions
Of clothing and provisions as he may he
able to, procure. At meeting of the
commanders of Companies of our Reei.
ment this morning, the Colonel called upon
us to select suitable persons in orr respective
ncighborhoods to act in concert in this
matter with NJ. j"r Hammond, the Briga,le
Quartermas:er, above referred to. Know
ing we'll vonr Zeal in behalf Of the soldiers,
have made choice Of you TO act for the
members of Company "B." 1 should not
have hes'ta'e'l 81 noment in my choice Of
yourself, but for the fear that the recent
injury to your spine may have disqualified
you physically for The task. I hopo how
ever tha, you are fully restor.d ag lin TO
your ACCUSTOMED sire 9Th. Should you
not be, however, mus, beg you to select
some other good man for the work as much
valuable time would be lost by y"ur de-
clining TO act in this behalf and throwing
the selection Of another back upon me-
Major Ii. will advertise in the news papers
his l.lases i'll the promises and, I presume
that thew will be sufficiently ex ,.Iicit to rem :
der unnecessary any thing more in this
conner. ion than statements OF the gene
raj scheme . understand it.
Mnj"r II. goes to s. c., for 80 davs.
His lIeadquar,. RS will be at Columbia.
The different agents selected are to coll.c,
AT sou.s Depot up. the line Of R,ilroa,,
the articles to l'e forwarle.l; send them t.
Columbia by the time ADVERTISED, when
they will bs taken in charge by Maj r II
Your own knowledge a..d experience will
,ra';ily suggest all matters Of detail. Clo-
tl'"g, dried fu'ts, PICKLES, sausage meat
Dr.. de-, and such other home fixings rs
will readily occur 10 the minds of our
kind friends at home VII be gladly re.
crived, and greatly enjoyed by us-so
murl, for business.
The army is in some commotion thi,
morning caused by an or ier which ha.
just come in to have two days ratiuns cook
ID, and kept apn;tnntly nu hand and be
ready to move at a moments warning.
Run"rs and conj"csures are hoat;ng around
thick, but I will not stop 10 enumer.ts
them. as long before this reaches you their
truth or falsity will have heen settled. Our
old enemy is reported to be pressing upon
our front, and ,hreatning again the "on to
Richmond by way of Fredericksburg. We
will see tho " hat we will see AMI few DAYS
will clear away the mist.
Our re,ro-ra1e movement last Sunday
night. from The RappaI,annock altbo' well
Conducted, WAS a very sever. march. We
lett the neight"rhoud nf Br-ndy Station,
where we had l'een III in- Of battle all day.
"b"u' dusk OH Suuda, evening, and march
ed that night 5 mills to Robertson River,
reaching there at a: M, slept two hours
aud at Z o'cl .ck renewed the march lor this
camp, which we reached about I2 O'Clock
IN. This is The same camp from which we
started on the recent ,parch in pursuit of
Meade, which e,ided Mt Bristol. When
I he men were encamped here month ago
the impression prevailed that they were
then going into winter Quarters, and pre-.
para.uries 10 that cad were somewhat ex-
trnsi9e. These we are +ri,ying now and
adding to. A Confederate soldier is a
tolerably interpreting fellow, aud soon
sn'rounds himself with what passes in the
army for comforts, but Which at homo
w"nld lie regarded as end;vees Of the ut
most sq"al"r and poverty
The army is in fine health and glorious
spirits. 1t has bee" purged and worked
down by uiva,ions and hardsl,ips to its
muscle. Tile dead wood has bsen long
since cut out aI:i thnug, small ii. numbers
comparatively. is an army Of veterans and
may he relied upon for prodigies Of valor
whenever the hour Of trial. comes. The
question OF subsistence serms tu excite no
alarm. WAS told yesterday that not one Of
the immense. number of ,heeves btoneht
out last summer from Maryland aud Pen
sylvania, ''as been killed as yet, and that
the supply f't,m our own resonrces is by
no means exhausted. Indeed our ra,,ons
Are as cot,d and far mora rar,ila r thc !, tbav