Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-20
Letter from the a8th Reg't,
MkpicAL HEAposi xsrkas esTH ONO,

r.,,oss cyso,,c,s. Tbs n,o,,b ng.islv
-. t,o,, 'fIe eic,,;;ou. az of i FIG beep :
,ro,,;t6,s,,. s, i.,l,SfS Az All l.ysi assi country
loving o;,i.eu. Nome. in nv opinion. has
bssn more 60 Than JuIv 1894 Even the
S.nnv7 7d,v that declared ,hs5 ;paensndon,,c,e
or ri. Land of tbs ftse and bome, Of tbe
h,.vs "A NOT wary f,r eycsed ~. month
;n., .lossd I, X. .nnsa, s,H,osS i me tbst :
s,,vs s5sc;dsa rrogress h.s, ,hss, s;sde IN the
,,.s or o,nsh;ng ou, mi. most ,mo,t unholy. tcruel
aud uncalle,I soy rssell,op ] Q sils l's - ~
See the hattie of Gettysburs, the fall Of
Wick ,burp and Port Hudson, aud consequ-
sniiv tbe oosoinsy II tfe ereaffather of Vat.
A.. mi ,be dismembe IN of the kingdom
AZ rel,edom. ths rom, .ot Bragg. and last bu,,
uo, ls.s, the o.pture of sforaan.i Wbile. Se
are reioieius over these thing We can further
reioics md render. most hearty thanks to
Our Father in Heaven for the blessing Of
health we have eui,yed the past month in
the 9sth. and indeed the whoie sJuthwesteu
sruy, as farus Ib.ye had an opportunity of
iulr;ne. You VII see by tbe following facts
And evures that our regiment has never en-
loved betesr health since they have been IN
The service. Oar last monthly report y, soo.s
nm ss follows. -, ~ 1'-a Z. ag,;r ist
whole n,,mber ,ste, s;ct iAs. for .ynne
Il was 1864 falling of "A, We have nina
more men pre SAINT than AZ INV n, time for four
Or Ave mbnthA ''irs p s';;si ,.'l'',. y
The following are t,,ss diseases 1th,t have
urov.;led:: Hcadacho q. rbeuma,;.m +:
diarrbma "a: dvsentarv q fever tvnbo;d
o. fever rsmmif,an. 7: fsvsr iuterm;,tsn,
/: collie 2: neuralpia &: nost.lg;. 3 sun
stroke aors arms from : v.cc;n ,.,fi fion a lyl
ofhear d;s.. .es- q l,fl.bo vboIo numh.y
ygeIo has besr M, fovr. .svsrs Ics.ss7-,hros
cf ,vrbo;d ssv,r .nd IN, I'm, ~ c,l;o a, a.,
,ocover,n.r, c,ce,,, ,,, ~. : dad
. Mr. .Jobn Rar,o. or Co A. Can,.;r
Jevett's oomn,.y. NV, lors, v,s nav an.
JOY this good health is in the future. Our
living has been good. !, Our Quartermaster
furnishes us Will. good light bread ali the
time and fresh moat three. .fifths OF the time.
The farmers furnish us with q full supply
Of vegetables, such a. to,natoes. potatoes.
apples, butter, eggs, blsckbcrries, &c. 50
you can see that there has been no starys.
ton this far. '''.5 y. 4 - b . fe
A fine supply Of clothing has been re
Gently furnished the boys. All these things
in connsetiou with . pleasant locs.ion 70,
our camp, with an abundant supply Of fine
fresh water, with Duck River flowing close
by fos bathing privileges, make our situa
i'tion' comfortable. Ada 70 this that the
payinsstsr is in camp and you can ressonabl,
sappose We are getting along. y 6s,s..a3'
The history q. We oan gatlter IL from th.
papers and letters) Of the raid of Johr
Morgan and his mule through Indiana and
Chic affsrds quite a. dish Of gossip and
amusement to the boys. I think John is
shout played cut. ~ i.'sss E
Another, man the gentleman from Cauad.
West, appears to be very hard crowded jus,
about this time. What little Vallmdig
hamisn that was found here at the tune Of
his nomination. has been almost played out
ssinee his Canada letter. Even his strong
friend. Col. ~ ;---, =, has denounced him, .
Quite an incident occurred few evening
since. The leading Union citizen Of thi,
county invited a few Officers to dine with
him. After dinner, the party being en-