The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-02-12
.ETTER FROM THE NINTH vlR.
GINA REGIMENT.


GINA REGIMENT.
CAMp NEAR WISoarsrER, VApl
January Slsb 1863.
y Nr. Edior--lt has been some time
tince you had to endure letter from
he 9th, and We, therefore take the great
est liberty to trouble you withthis short
spistle:
We have been here since the 24h
day of Docomber last, Our camp is sit.
lpatod one fourth Ola mile due west of
the town, behind a small eminencC,
which hides this once handsome town
from our view. This same emineuce
serves the double purpose of parade
ground end observatory, from which
place; we have a splendid view Of this
beautiful valley, once SO grand and lux
urious, but which now looks like some
yast common, stretching out with It's
graceful undulations for miles around,
here and there dotted with what was once
q princcly estate, but like, whore some
noble warrior is lying ia stale, the be.
holder invOlunlarily exclaims how the
great have fallen! Here is whore Shields 4
Fought and whipped Jackson. Hero is
where Jackson's christian name was
changed rom tom" to Stone wall, and
here is where the Same Stone.wall
fought and rcpulsed Banks DIVISION
Here too is one vastgravcynrd-lhe re-
suit of hard fought battles.
Asw we pass these Asbitations Of slain
rebels, or those Of patriotic soldiers, and
look upon their narrow house, We eau
but contemplate the solemn fact that it
q quite in the bounds Ofperadventure,
salpe Of US may soon be shurers in their
SsIient Sleeping. Such are the sad effects
Of this accused rebellion. Oh, how SOL
emily the thought rushes itself upon Us
that as soldiers, We are candidates for the
same sad (ale Who, ah who of US shall
be the frst to be elected.
We now turn from these sadlaning
scenes, and solemn eontonempIations to
our own beautiful joyous camp. Our
Martial Band true to the appointed
hour, calls us from our morning sIum.
bers to hear the glee'pl responses to the
oft repeated ro-caIl. Seven A. NJ,
and with it The ridiculous "ho GIN along
sick and lazy" Bu! thanks to a kind
Providence, there is but few this winter
to report at the Surgeons tent, SO that,
"the quinine squad" as tho boys call
them are doing small business. Our
aggregate number as rogjmsnt is some
two hundred less than any other in our
Brigade, yot we report moro men aud
officers for daty than The host of them.
We only wish this to show the com.
pafatively good health Of tho regiment.
Immediately in the suburbs Of the town,
and near our regiment stands, OF is stu
ated the onco stately mansion ard The no
less magnificent lawns and walks of the
once proud and influential Senator
Mason Of Virginia-but stands there on.
ly as sad monument OF the now traitor
Gus, FOLLY. Do you ask Of these bollaw
walls, these shaggy walks, this tulteyod
shubbCry, what's the cause of all this
sorowful desolation? They point to
their expatriatea owner and answer in
dumb uttersnoos, traitor TRAITOR !
TRAITOR!! The classic cedar, SO
beautifully arraycd about his dooryard,
that once mado harmonious music to the
sage Senator Of this Edon,liko Valley
COW with broken bougbs, and shattered
limbs, mourn TO the winds of an inccns-
ed heaven, his doIorops reqaium. Hard
by ibis is the college to which the body
ofJohn Brown was brought and dissec.
ted. II too, is in ruins.
Very Respectfully,
PROSY.
EE The youngest and prettiest girl
is mo chicken" il she /, a goose.