Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-03-20

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it il lower than in any similar Institution that
We know Of Board is only twenty dollars
FER month.
! FROM OUR JUNIOR CORRESPONDENT.
CAMr 10TH REGIMENT, 5. G.. Vols,
SnELEyvllIE. Tenn, March lO,h. 1868.
! Ocar I'ilson - Since wrote YOU nv
las! letter we have been absent from camp
: three days. About eleven u'ci,.ck OF Fri
day orders were issued to the Brigade to
cook two days raions and prernrc to
malch by twelve o'clock. In half an hour
we were ordered to "iall in." AS soon as
the companies weIc "!ormcd' We matched
off without ra.ions. perfectly ignoran; as
to where we were going. Marching
through the town Of Shrlhyvil!e We topk
the Trinne or Unionville Pike, and after
marching in that direction for six or eight
miles We were ordered to file left in II
c"pse of woods and halted, stacked arms.
and broke ranks. AS rain had been fall
ing for two lonrs we lost no time in ma
king fires ly which to warm and dry our.
. selves.
About ten O'Clock in the night rntiuns
come, ana with all the promptness YOU can
imagine we paid them our respects and dis
cussrd their merits occasional showers pre-.
vented lis from sleeping Il great deal du-
ring the night. WEe II morning came we
thought that we were going back to camp
but the day passed and we still remained!
The darkness of another night surround
ed us, ana the woods presented rather
than otherwise, cheerful appearance with
lis hundreds of popping fires of cedar wood,
grasping blazcs and ascending #rall;S. AT
an carly hour we laid ourselves upon the
ground trusting that we Oh, have Il good
nights rest. In short time, the dark AID
threatening elements above gave u~ thun~
deriny promises Of mo-c rain. The prom
scs were fulfilled by heavy rains al in.
tervals during the night At one time
nearly all of oar fires were exlinruished.
~ daylight on Sunday morning we mar
chcd eight miles further ~ tn.nvii~
towards Erglrsvi!lc. ana in the afternoon
we returned TO the ground on which We
had camped for the two nights previous.
i Faigned by the days march, we were
soon sleeping upon the wet ground H',''
49,. ~. "A.---'"c morning we n.a'c..ed to our
| camp. Tie only result Of our expedition
rs far as | could learn was several cases
, of pneumonia, and a number Of cases of
! bad colds
| The enemy attacked Gen. Van Dorm at
! IhomSon's Station nbout mil $ OF
Shelbyviile, Tenn. He gave the Y;.nkccs II
handsome whipping and captured five
Regiments of their infantry. Besides the
prisoners, horses, wagons, arms ,Er, Gc =,
We're captured in like proportion. We
! saw number of them in Snc,byvilIc yes
trrday. They were fine looking and well
clad set of men. What pity it is thai,
they were Gang bit i'll bad company.
y severe wind passed over ShelLyvillc,
lew days ago, unr"oiling several houses
and blowing the top storys from some OF
the b'lck buildings. Several cars were
blavn--ttilRW the ilsssif. The thanEs 81 Tie
Regiment are due to Miss NJ. A. Bowie, of
l;dgefieid District for her excrlons in our
behalf Recently she sent us Il large and
valuable box Of clothing for the destitute
!" our Regiment Through her cxer'ions
several Thousand dollars have ben raised
i" E'gefeld District for the purchase Of
clothing and blankets fob,4keua1py.
l. Mi'S NJ. {. MscPzASs the thanks Of
on W |aasalas.-s!.e--s'i;.,-.o Of
tLas.. atass'.~-se"a'.-es'.pa
s festyfcia" and the 7ele-
se"pe - bd visitorf to our CAMPS.
Rosencradz has issued an order for
70 gSoutherm soldiers to wear Cloth :