The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-12-24

.. OuT prison ID large TOBACCO ware
house; the rooms are about 100 feet long
by 40 wide. We have from 100 to 200
men in the room. There are now here
fully 1000 officers, about 81 surgeo6E
who will go away soon, which will give
US little more. loom. For the lasr1
week or two our rations have been cut
down to corn bread, instead Of wheat
bread, aud that of poor quality, and
no meat three-fourths Of the days. RebEI
ell officers here say it is because fl our
cannot be had here for either love or
money. When we first came here,
about the first of October, -four was
selling from $40 to $50 per barrel, now
it is from $50 to 800, and eannot be
had for that except in very limited
quantities. believe upon the whole,
they are treating us about as we'll as
they can, and keep up their names as
good rebels. ..t .
We get daily Richmond papers here ev.
cry morning. The cry is all the time
that" "the Yankee prisoners are cating g
up all the provisions, and there are citi-
Gems starving for want Of them. i" Wood
is now $50 per cord, and very
scarce at that, corn SIS per bushel,
candles 81 a piece, and the meanest
kind at that The poorest quality of
small-sized letter paper costs from l25
to Is cents a sheet. x
Our prospects for getting away from
here soon are not very fattering. l
want you to send me a box of stuff
every four weeks until direct other.
wise, Put in ground coffee, sugar, but
ter, ham, beef. fruit,and jellies, about a
pound OF, good candles, lot of news
papers and things to read. We have
been here furnished from the
| North, with testaments, tracts, and
variety of religious reading matter. Pat
in the Highland News, and also the pa
per containing the election returns Of
the Highland election for county off
GERS by townships. Fill in some good
green apples, Irish potatoes, and put in
cheese, crackers, ani clkos of all kinds
that will not spoil on the road, and in
short, anything that is good to eat and
plenty of it. x * x
Write me long letters and lots of
them. The1length of letters coming
hereis no object 10 N to them, ID is only
those going away that they say must be
short. r. ..a x u ..
Your advice to me to be of good cheer
is indeed very reviving and l can do no
better than to say the same you. The
main thing hcre is the econ6 nement. We
are notallowed to go ont Of the building
at all, ,althongh each officer has access to
the rooms Of any Of the theirs at any
time. Owing to the necessarily seden-
tary life here, we have not such appetites
as we had in the field, and want some
thing finer to eat.
recovered from my camp sickness,
and when l joined tho regiment at
Bridgeport, ,he Doctor and Colonel
both said had better stay back. I told
the Colonel I was going with him if he
would let me, HAsaid he expected we
would have pretty hard times. i'm
proved aud felt we'll for several days
but was sick again on the 18th. When
the regiment went out to Ringgold,
about If miles on Reconnaissance, with
Gen. Stedmop, in command Of six regi.
ments, | rode in the ambulance until
We arrived nearly to the rebel pickets,
when took command of my company
and remained with it during the en-.
gagemcnt, (Which was only skirmish)
and returned in the ambulance. l was
always determined my company should
not 60 in fight without me, if I was
possibly able to bewith them. We re.
turned to camp all safe and right the
next day, We. were ordered out early
on Saturday morning the 10th. All
knew it was fight then. We knew
Rosecrlns had telegraphod to Chatta-
nooga the night before that the 6ght
would commence that day. We went
? out with 339 men, and were engaged
about two hours that evening in I
skirmish and partial engagement, max
ing it. what We thought, tolerably no
about half the time. had only one
man wounded in my company that eve
r ming, (John c. j JohnsOn)
We lay on our arms in line Of battle
t during the night, until about 8 o'clocl
in the morning, when we fell bacL
. about mile and reformed our line il
an advantageous position, and lay dowr
: to receive the attack of the momentari
'Ily expected enemy. In a very short tim