The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-02-19
Army corrreesrpSo1nden1ce..
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n CAMP SsAR MuaERErsBoao, 7,
Feh lat. 1963.

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argest and stoutest men died on the
i4.h ultrVl typhoid feye1ip
the city Of Nashville. I To BAY ysthaths
was one Of our best and brayest soldiers
would be but re echoing the sentiments
Of every one in cur company. AS was
said by one of the company who wit
messed the death scene. che died in the |
grace Of God. singing and shouting |
and now rests in that bright and gor.
geous realm on high were wsr's alarms
and its bideous paraphsrnaIia are un
known. Nimrod A., Webb, TOO. another
Of our company, and one. who likeIAzI
bell, was man with wife and children,
died Of tie severe wound received in his
shoulder at the battle Of Stone River, and
his soul has gone 10 the God who gave it,
He, too, was soldier Of no common
merit. Prudent and phlegmatic in &C
ction, taking his standpoint from mature
deliberation, and less impetuous than
most of his comrades, he was always
prompt, steadfasl and reliable, and com.
hued the qualities ola gentleman to that
of punciual and remarkably cleanl ly sol.
dier. re tin peace, Sylvester Nimrod,
fareweH! No one who suffers and dies
in the cause OF bis country, for honor,
for love, for the future and for God, suf
Efers or dies in vain.
James W. Bennett, Free man M. Wolf
and Jack Red all left Nashville on
steamboats,. and at last accounts were do,
ing as well az could possibly be t&pecled.
They will Ill recover shortly from their
Wounds. All three were among the best
If not the best soldiers in our company
The flesh wound received BY Bobt Shan.
non is healing fast. and he will return to
duty in a few days. agl wv, T,l ~
There are no Indications OF f5hl
soon in our immediate front. We, (Johu-
s,on's Division, now under command Of
Col William II. Gibson, Of the 49th O,V;
formerly 0bio's 6pancial dis5urser )aafe
encamped four miles from MurireesbOrO,
on the Shelbyvlle turnpike. Our fora.
ging parties. consisting Of one brigade,
20 out six or seven liiiles further, aid
"na,y'' an armed rebel is seen but just
let small force Of say regiment or
couple companies Of cavalry 60 out, and
they will either be compelled to get up
aud skedaddle, or else fight superior
numbers gapd gers licked: their forage
train taken, and themselves sent to Chat
tanoogs H ~]
! A Sanitary Commission came down
from Fairfield 10 see the snrviving and
attend 10 the wounded and dead Of our
county sfter the Bait Q, fahe Co.
: dars" on Stone River. Jared T
Hooker called on US in the night. W.
vent on picket next morning before day
That's the only peep Company a, la
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Captain E. 7
IIooker., comm anding, ever had Atom,
} Of FairGsld's 3 Sanitariss !" OursCom
pauy since its organ cation has more il
:. killed and wounded than all other com
pants from Fairfield pus together (-sid
from Grants Department } aud i friend
, from home could make it convenient t
; call on US, every third visit, they wou
| ba treated with al the 'civilfly aud deco
/ um 10 bs found in camp etiquette.
d Col. Edwin A. Parrot, Of the Ist,
? now in command Of -lhe Brigade, -Colopt
n Buoklry of the Louisville. Legion bavih
gone into the Kentucky Sia'e Service a
o an acting Brigalier; Lilut Col Langdo
is still on detached service as lpspectC
General on McCook's staff, lesving Ms
ior Stafford. still, as for .ong time bac
d the actual Colonel, although two grade
ID less iu rank. ~ "
: Whilst on this subject will mcnlio
;. that jrsuce, tardy aud long delayed, hi
at length been done to Solomon Il. H
t man. for space Of sixteen months o,
Orderly Sergeant. Entitled to the secor
a and possibly the first vacancy oocurfia
in our regiment, he was put off and p,
off with empty promises, until sever
r. sergean,s reesiVed their commission, :
TT Ono for him at length came. datingtfro
a October 25.h, 1859; he received il abo
three weeks since, and day before We
> ierday was appointed Adjutaut. !, Fro
70 The dirty. greasy, dilapidated inhabit
d Of ,dog tent" he is now promoted
st the frst class berth Of Adjutaucy-ma
as rasses and quilts for bedding, with lux
, ,ious grub aud palatable delicacieS
:, drive away the thoughts of hard cracke
y and fossil fitch, fat, fair and four Tim
al forty. Officers like him who have wor
: ed themselves up by their own ex@rtio
(. without the aid OF army snobs or citiz
soldiery. who have seen the njusti
10 and ingrantude often shown to enlist
NJ men by what are termed superiors {
IN ara not Liable to forget old ASSOCIATIONS,
over the rank and file. Adjlla
iloman. after Captain Hooker was woun
. . cd at Shiloh, took command of It
=. compSpy at the late battle, Hook
~ b ing ams,. the command again
en- upon him but l fail to 6nd, eth
a in our then Col B: F. Smiths report
= Shiloh, or Major Staford's recent rep
" of the Bat le Of the Cedars, Que word,
lie, praise as TO his prowess, although seve,
as Iy.wounded in the one battle and mf
At fully showing his heIoism in the 9th
~ Then he was only an "enListed man"