Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-20
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. JR.
OUR JUNIOR CORRESPONDENT.
CAMP 18TH REGIMENT 5. G.. VOLS. J,
SnELBYviLLE. Tenn. Feb. 2, 1868. n

| NHMf iari kttilMENT ). G.. VOLS. D
| SnkLbYviLLE. Tenn. Feb. 2. 1868. 81
Dear Hiisoa :-Lcaving Able Vile on the
morning OF the 3nth ult.. arrived safely ut
| the Camp Of our Regiment on the Sunday eve
| ming f"il"w being three days and two
| II ghls "n tn. road.
From Cha't""'"gn tn" first fifty miles to
| wards Shelly Vile. j. IL rough and mountniunu.
country presenting t" the traveller objects of
interest. At some plnc-s the cars would run
close hy the river. while granite cliffs aud
shelving rocke "vrrl,ung and rose high abuv4
Other mountains which rose by gradual rs
Sent presented TO the view naked trees and
many little huts built Of logs. While PAS ling
" harrow white pathway may he seen, here
aud there. wim1ln lis way from the foot.
nnh The eye hy tracing The various turniuks of
these nntis will find ut the end of each lSue
log hut on the side Of the tain. twelveHy
sixteen ieet. with dirt and stick chimney, M
the sin"k' l-i>urcly o"zing ou, at its top, rising
high I" the h-nvcns. Ms if to call down tie
blessings of angels on the occupants within.
Here III all Of these wretchcd li,tle huts that
Seem to sh"~ hut it'll. signs of anything but
nn"h:Sthn'lng in tie door with a group Of little
boys and girls by her aide. and an infunL in her
":'"s. looking apparently in wonder aud almi-
rat ION as the ,r"m ho,se draws nfter him his
train of cars frriehted with the lives of the
travelling public Of our land. But why speak
o. these. Do not the occupants of mansions,
cottages. anu huts pay the same tribute daily
|" The passing train The mechanic lays aside
his implements in their honor the plow,nau,
too, hnlis his rlow. nnd rests his arm on the
handle. while his foot is raised to the beam,
and his head turned until the lushing rafting
train has passed from view.
From Stevenson, a railroad station on the
Chattanooga and Nashville Road, thirty miles
tr"ln Chn'i"n""un. f"iilficai ions may be seen
n' many places fer The next thirty or ffiv
miles OF the road. In come ,.lac.s the tint crs
have been feil-d for military purposes. Til, Sc
Qualifications Were buil' and the timber cut,
last Spring aud Summer by the Yankee forces
under The command of Gen. Buell. They ap-
pear to b- tornhnhlr but Are not occupied hy
our forces nj present. mS eur lines now extend
much aI iheI towards Nashville Than las, ear
lns'' al Of our lines being from ten to twenty
miles tr"m th"ltano"gn, We now occupy the
COUNT! t"r m"r- than a hundred n,ilrs
IT, r""--"t I:-al ,".-'.~- ..r C-n H..r., =
"' lul ahomn. Nmj jor General With-rs' DIvis-
ION h-inp nj Hhrlhyvillr Be,ifyrl county, Tenn
~hti', vile is town nine miles from War
Irarr--War Trace l. a small town twenty
miles irrm tn :nbumn on ,i,r NASH 81 i!r aid
Chn'i"""g" Railroad. ard The iunct ion of the
Br"' o'' from the R";lroad to SieIbyvile. With
er>' Division is nhon, fifty miles from Nash
VI j. and "h"n' 'wen,y five miles Southeast
Of Mntncc- ":"; >he!hyviile is one hundred
and r-'. ','i -. ir"m CkattaErpgn. Th. Rail-
real runs through Jackson county. Alnhnmn.
hn, W. do not 90 as far in Alnbama ns Hunts
vile; ''un,.viIIe is on the Memphis anl
Charleston Railroad. The cars leave CLatta
n""ca daily al s"ven o'clock in the morning,
and arrive at Shrh willie. at seven in the eve
"ng-"""h bridge on the Road being guarded.
'n!. p"r'u of The country through which
We hav" passed is iol-rably fair for farming
PURPOSES, tui the greater portion that we have
seen Is poo aid Of Little worth. The citizens
along The Road were generally poor, while
now mn.l Then II settlement :s seen where the
inha' nrnts are weil-to.do. AS yet have had
hut '''te opportunity of forming any cnrrect
'de" Of III ir political f.elings whether
they are Tor or against us in this great con-
test iur rec lom l am we'll.
Reait. fully. H. ".