The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-08-13
From me THIRTEENTH "a.
/ CAMP DEPlANcE, KANAwHA.l
August Bib, 1868.

OAAP DEFIANCE, hANAwHA.l
August 8lh, 1868,
M! Eatori-This Regiment reached
Charleston, W. ", on the Sd of the
month, and went into camp the same
day one mile up Elk river; some with
tents and some without tbem--for some
of our tents were left on the south side
ofCotton mountain on our last Trip to
Raleigh. Here we remained part Of the
Tune without any protection from the
burning rays of the sun, and part of the
time wading through mud and water and
sleeping upon brush to keep our weary
selves from being swamped beneath the
accumulated slush that had hoated into
many OF our sleeping apartments. On
the night ofthe 4th we received an or.
der from headquarters 10 have four com.
PaDes ready 10 move down tho Kama,
wha under command of It.. Col. Hall,
with instructions 10 encamp on the
Tompkin's farm one mile from the river
At 10 o'clock a second order was receiv.
ed for The balance Of our regiment to
follow. Our tents (what we had) we're
soon struck, and we again on our way
down the beautiful Kenawha on the b.
c. Levi, and night in the morning, for
| think can safely say thai this loca.
ton exceeds by far in beauty and com,
fort any place we have ever been at, PIT,
Pleasant not excepted, and that is a very
comfortable place to be in.
Here we are encamped around what
was once very fine brick building, but
is now in state Of delapilOtion and ru.
in, but under the shade off most beauti.
full grove Of locust trees. This property
belonged to rebels the greater proportion
oIwhom are now away in Dixie in search
of their rights" We hope they will no!
be disappointed, for if they fad them we
need never fear any more trouble from
that source. 1t was at this place where
the rebel hords under tho eccentric H.
A. Wise, were encamped in July, 1861,
and the headquarters of the hated Yam
KEGS are now in the very room then oc-
cupied by this same hair Drained, brog-
adocia, and from the eastern steps of
this building, he made his last traitor
GUS speech in the Kanawha Valley. in
which he uttered the following senten.
ces: "Come with me TO the border aud
we will make their towns and villages
suffer. [Cheers. But first Of all, let
us attend 10 the traitors at home. Those
UhSs9Ri1l not fight, We will take their
arms from them and give them to those
who will, and we will seize all their hor.
ses, their asses and theircattle, and drive
them into camp, and we will feast upon
the enemy. Loud cheers. i" This is
the language Of man against those
people who were trying TO defend that
Government under which he had always
lived and which had secured TO him all
the blessings and privileges that mortal
man coald desire, but which be was then
stretching every faculty of his being to
destroy Poor Henry, if we are not
very much mistaken, your ears will new
er again be g'eered with the melancholy
notes ofthe whipporwiIl, or, the moro
discordont gibberago of the Katy did,
in this beautiful Valley.
But mus: close. We are all as well
as could be expected, md are as ever
ready to fight or die "for the land we
love the best. More anon.
W. w. II.
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