North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-01-14

en- sick and left for heme on a thirtv A..
leave Of absence, leaving no surgeon to ,,I.
charge Of the regiment. walked in and ,~
now chief surgeon, assistant Surgeon, Sure.o.
General and all the surgeon In our Regimes,
now on duty. The next morning after m,
arrival, at the sound of the BugIe I visited n.
Hospital TO take charge of the sick, soon ,bsv
came IN and Company A was disposed of sr,,
examined the patients made prescription
the Steward laid we hadn't the Medicn.'
prescribed again, hadn't the Medicine, I,b.,
enquired what Medicines we had and nov,
prescribed accordingly. I pity the patient.
but won't warrant a care. This is a land q;
prematurely broken down wrecks Of human;
ty, with disease, sorrow, suffering and hard
ships in every Iineament, sick and descm,.
aged, aud longing for the Termination OF tbi,
hellish unnatural war fare, officers, soldie,.
and all concerned, except those at home specu.
lating out Of their miseries. My quarter, Ara
with the chaplain of the Regiment, Rev. Mr.
B4ale very fine merry sociable young fellow
good deal Of warrior and first rate fellow
has been here year and half and is gettD,
sick of war too. Mcclellan and nobody else,
lay all here-ofHcers, soldiers, Democrat,
Republicans and all, is the man to lead on,
army, they have no confidence in, n-ran
they fight under any body else, abolitioais,,
are not to be f6und here their opinion would
probably differ from these, but soldiers saw
let them cnme and try shell and bullets,
| short time and their abolilionism will vanish
| am getting pretty well ,cquaihted with thu
'tficers and men of our Regiment and ber,
| to feel more at home, but can't see the beauty
Of war yet. Christmas Eve the officers bad
qmte ajoIlfication on poor whskey, got hold
| Of an old Planter Secesh Doctor near here pot
him BEAUTIFULLY drunk and very jolly made him
drink to the Union and when he couldn'
drink any longer guard " as detailed to e.,
cort him home. 1t was attended with Con-
siderable trouble as the old gent fell eghn
horse several times, but finally reached hi,
quarters, and was laid out to sober up. benp
little sick Of christmas. Now il is New Years
! E e, and tt e boys are murmnrlng loudly. f.,
whlskey, but it can't be found. Secesh we,
not altogether forgeafal of Christmas either,
! They got up big drunk just across The rive,
um our Pickers aud got to firrg pretty loud
and fast SO much so, That we thought ,hey
were attempting to cross the river and we..
| firing upon our Pickets. The alarm was give, S
| through camp the Colonel ordered out anoth.
| Battalion of men, they soon mounted ther
horses and rushed to the rescue great excite
ment prevailed in camp, things were packed Z
and all preparations for a retreat if neces,l
ry, but the men soon returned stating that al
was well, Secesh was on drunk and shooting
among themselves. Sunday We changed Uu
quarters to this place. called Camp Bayaa
near Bell Plains, named after General Bayar
who was ldoliaed BY this Regiment and VIII
died hero.
| To day monnted my horse, and sart.!
out TO find the boys from Tunkhannock and
Nicholson, in the 18th Regt. Pa. resera
who learned lay near here. Geo. Fet.sr
not with them. The last they saw of
was in the fight at fredericksburg The
think his war is ended. The boys look ,sr
gloomy and long for the war to be over.
saw John H"adly, Ross, John Shlngler, an
Hamlln Benjamin from Nicholson. The
look healthy, but not happy, and say the
dread every battle more and more, that IL
fight at fredericksburg was the wors, lhg
had been engaged in yet.
Yours &c.
H. N.E.