Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-04-10
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sf From the 121st Eegimsnt.
APR1L lst, 1868.
Fhough specially iniesez'i'g news Is scarce
here Just now, u few lines Ir0m as may not be
entirely without interest 10 some Of your many
readers, and III take my share Of the right in
the day and improve it by writing. ard by the
way there has been considerable fun through
camp, sending each other around Gu errabds,
sc.
To-day received your issue Of the 20ih.
ult., con aiming leiier from Our Chaplain
So you see with what Eepidily news reacLes US.
We have been having, for soane tine past,
weather that aStonishes most of us, as being
very cold and stcrmy, coRpard with What We
lid anticipated 10 this latitude at ibis s,eson
Of tie year. Yesterday was quite wiEiry, and
it gave Us q few snow fakes 10 very bluster-
ing manner. To-day is come plcaRanter--
We've becn stirred up Lere two three times
lately by tie 'Rebs. .g-opce particularly, Whcn
Forrest, some days since, cut eff cur comnu~
,uieation with Nashville for day or two.
Our greatest topic Of interest is copper
head" action (ai.dNe Link The Bane ytry aI~
priate1 at heme; aud cur most earnest wishes
are that we could have them in reach, aud
..go Of into hcroics about what We have done
ARE doing-or are going TO do, yet | viii
say, we hope 10 do something towards the
crushing of this rebellion, aid bringing back
this UnHa where II was n f years tilce, on
ly nsore sound and healthy than it has bCcu for
many years OF all that ] have heard sperk
of II (aid they are mnry) there is not one bui
declares his moss earnest wish for the crushing
OF the rebellion, peace conquered no otler
by rny compronire-and many are the
curses, ''both deep ard lUud." Oh the cownldly
assassins at hCnie HhO are for deing otherwise,
or for peace On any other basis.
Our regiment, so much lessened for a few
months past, by siekuess AID other causes, is
now beginning 10 regain something Of its
"former ereafncss." Lieut.. DUeknD, OF Com
pany /, II turned day before yesterday with 3
Of their men, Yesterday I4oIe came up, AID
to-day twoy one Of the last was j. A..
of Berlin township, belonging to Company K,
Our Major is with US again, after an abs nee
OF some two months, and we could not Lave
been more rejoiced than We were 10 see him,
as was eyilced by tic boys on the first driIl
after his return. He is not in good health, and
] fear the time may not be far distant WLcD
we shall lose him as we already have our e1-
cellent Lieutenant ColoLel. But most Carurst-
ly do we hope and pray that cur man aay,
our much loved Colonel (for Ills hot sayii G
enough TO say he is liked by ally may not ON
any cause whsiAver be taken from us. He is
yet in command OF the Brigade (iWo resimeids
only-the sth Ind, and 50lh o., having b,eB
separated from us) but takes all the iuier st,
and pays all the attention to the regiment tl.ai
be could IL in command OF it only, except that
be cannot preside personally at drills, &c, OF
the regiment We are tAahkfal that bis health
has been preserved most Of the time. Our
Chaplain spoke Of his Illness in his last iStter.
Since be recovered from il his health las been
good.
Surgeon Williams is 10 charge of Hospi-
tails in Franklin, and 'tis what suits him, as
he is constantly ION the 60" DR.. W. like.
His health, is excellent.
Health Of the regiment is much improved
since we came here, as our river trip from
Louisville made nearly all more or less sick
We have moved camp only nine times since,
and with picket and other duties manage 10
keep busy. Several of the boys of the iegi-
ment have been discharged on account of phys
ical debility, aud to-day l noticed, two d tsion-
orQbly as they were deserters from US. Think
they will "shOw the papers" often aud feel
proud Of then.Gl
o. PACK.