Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-01
From Manisault's Regiment.

Find below s portion Of a letter just received
Fl ess fiji na f@as;a asS5 81 If FIR, RssiGsssahi, f sB5ssss 1EAzn 81
We are glad to hear cheering words from our
brave men in RosrxcpIxx's front. God be with
Thorn
al am sure 1 cannot give you my news, ei,be,
Of a general or special character, as you arodoubt-
loss much better posted than I am. We hnrs
been looking out for somo great Demonstration
against Charleston, Savannah and Ficksburg, but
AZ yet tho powerful cloud that has heen 80 long
gathering, has not poured It's torrents Of wrath
on tho,o citic,. The dispatches brought us a few
days ago ty our " Rebel claim for US 4 complete
victory in q desperate fsht at Port Hudson. l
am efraid, however, to give it full credit, but
earnestly hope it may pr,ve true.
III shall await with mrh anxiety the results Of
tho Spring Campaign, fo' upon the snomy's Sue
cesses or r~eversss, duringths next thres months.
must greatly depend the speedy termination or
long continuance Of thls horril war. It does
really seem to N :hat tbs is the important time,
TO swell c. ranks with ,vcry available man, that
we may -eure what wehare won and successfully
resist the long planned I'D combined attacks with
which VIC are now threasned. On the Gath Feb.
the Charleston Mercury vsrtursd the prediction
that if Charleston were ct attacked within si1ty
DAYS, NO Attaek would Q made upon it. What
think you Of tho truthf,ness of his prophecy
"of the army Of tennessee you will not expect
mo to say much. 1t afais me pleasure, however,
to say that the generalhealth of our troops is
very good, and they aren excellent spirits, aud
and 6ns fighting coaditia. The soldiers are we'll
clad, with the e1csptionf shoes, some Of which
arc much needed. You Nj doubtless be surprised
to know that there haveeen in our Brigade, all
tho winter and spring, suo shoslesH snes, NH do
duty with as much chefulness a. if well ahod.
IT'S strange that men, rsed 20 differently, endure
such . life without murnring. I do not suppose
that tho Confederacy caiboasto Of . batter drilled
aud disciplined Army. ur duties arc not now
onsrous except whom nos on outpost duty. We
penerally drill onco Z dsln Battalion drill, Iorse-
time. in Company, do grid duty, and tho usual
fatigue duty incident to mp life. We do 4 great
DEAL Of outpost duty, goS out by BrigadeS, for a
week at y tins. Durin&eso tour, being necss-
'sarily much exposed, th oen,titution has much
to contend with. Aboutwo weeks ago, at al
hours notice, without ts1 or baggage, We narch.
ed oct six 4r eight mileslo meet tho enemy who
were reported advancing We biYouacked in the
woods three nights, duri which time WV bad q ,
terrible tornado, und wnights of tho oliardeat /,
rains Lever sw-j IIavinnsrched fourteen lniles1
in the ensmy's d%irsctionp nd finding no Yankees, /!
we about faced. and rotnd to our camp, I have 4.
not . doubt that, when o.ieu shallrequiro, this
army will fgh. most ralily, for it is composed 8
of dghtiug material, anan certainly require no 9
stronger incentives to 6s 80 haT in9ES
{" I cannot close witho saylRg . word about :,
the 10Th Regiment. . Ware ttill oamped near !,
our men arenerally very we'll and q
seem rsndy for another play of Southern chir- IL
airy. Quito a.number our officers havp .beep =
and sent to E. en- recruiting service. C
They bring in o~ccasioiy ssme, recruits and o.
s,ragglers. Some murr9d because they wers !.
and some, beee they were. not de- a,
tachsd: Some were plea at the consolidation III
the Regiments, Othcrasaily disylrascd. Still tn
there are many men oA.ny minds ~
x Our Commissary depnent dOsa not issue q pc
rory great variety, but p, substantial %ra.ions, pc
Is such any delicacyis y much in demand n.
o soldier, Tor tulator 1 should rather a.,
returns from a trip tho country, and, at of
top of his voice, erieI', "hers's your pies" tn,
. hers's your egga," yOuuld be amused to see Sa,
,in, in q few minutes, rounded by q crowd, Nm
ind perhaps asfoni'hadl ~ hin selling b -