Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-03-06
NtsAviLLE,.TENS.,
Dee. IL. 1862.

bY Mt. fdilAhh CAV before yes
terlly, - also tho letter II enclo-
sod. Many thanks to YOU for
them. ioa viii hear from ire
by Mr.. Patman before you set I
this. have nothing OF interest
10 write.
- hlyei entirely recovered ny
health. bat am not so strong as
was before being sica. Last
Mouday.was the first day duty
| did Tor several weeks ] was
on ardthatday. Went out on I.
out post duty 1'uesdayswIth tue
regiment. M tact otr brigade
was all out. Il T. about d miles
70 our picket lines. The way
the line IS formed IS lor a
brigade % 90 out to where Ire
line Is t. be formed; the req
ment, are then placed IN camp
irom two to three hundred Yards
in the rear of the line and from a
quarter 70 half a mile apart, de-
pending on the range OF the land,
then one or two companies are
detailed TO stand picket guard.
they are marched out to the line
and placed IN squads Of !, 8 or.S
men as Is needed on posts In a
line fifty OF one hundred yards a
part, aud on'the roads they are
posted sometimes for mile fur
Their out.
Oar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 18Th
Ohio, winch i, the one ~ which
IS Andrew Neil. Our regiment
was matted IN front oil that one
and | was thinking OF inqulrIng
about Andrew, when some one
spoke al NY back, when, CA tur-
ning around, that individual
stood before me- | was real glad
t. see the M, Tor, although We
have passed that regiment sever
al times, it was always when OIL
the march, 30 had 10 chante
to hunt him up lie is well,
looks well, and appears to stand
mp to soldering. Ills regiment
belongs 10 Van C!eve's Division
Henry is IN Gea. SLIPS Division
1st Ohio regiment. VIM. Stal-
ford Is IN the lst Nv regiment
which is in our division, bat IN
another brigade
You seem IN earnest about ny
coming home on Through, t nv
health should fail. That | vii
certainly try to do, if get 50 thai
It is likely that shall tail of be
ing able to 10 duty Tor any length
OF time. BUTT Is difficult to d,
so, in fact, to get a pass to anoth
er division, tits necessary TO have
it signed by the Captain OF ny
company and the commander o
the regiment, then II has 10 b'
sent to brigade headquarters TO
approval, which it Ii gets, It i
sent to division headqnarter
where II 1t is approved (and
may lay at either oil those place
for a week until It's turn comes
and signed, date put upon II
when It may be used if | shoul,
not be on duty or sick; and tn
penalty of being caught pas-ln
the guard lines without pas
ranges from going on guard on
day extra TO Imprisonment an
disgrace, 80 you see rules are We
~ strict.
will try to tell YOU how sic
was. As have written TO yo
before, in having the Orderly
duties 20 perform ! had as niue
as was able Tor all summer, bu
the march from Louisville t
Wild Cat was the hardest bY al
odds We were never sure c
an hours rest, nor scarcely OF
time % get our meals, besides
Tor - DAYS, at one time, We wer
on hall iced. We would Ue ca
Il, sometimes, al 3 n the morn
ing, march ,, > RIO miles alon
the road or across plantations
through fields, woods or on by
roads, halt, build a fire, get on
coffee made, or hall made, toas
piece OF meat on a stick, or bal
toast (. when We would tall in
Tor ! march again; or, drink "a
eat, STAY until evening, mare
somewhere else back near I
where We started from, iorwar
or around. Just TO change pos
ton. Sometimes we would Ii
in the road all night hay
slept as sound on the hard turs
pike as ever did upon a bee