The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-08-21
Our Military Correspondence.
FROM THE l05Tu REGIMENT.
CAMP REYNOLDS. UNIVERSITY MoUN

you and your readers Of most Of the recent
wandorings of the lo5 h but, since last
wrote at Camp Winfurd, we have changed
our encampment twice, and, although W,
have moved but short distance each time
the change. nevertheless, has been an i'm
portant ono TO us; do not mean in mill
| tary point Of view, but with reference to
our health, and the variety and beauty o.
scenery. Camp Winfurd was situated upor
Il high, rolling piece of ground, aud, so long
encsmpment but, as they became loss fro
quent, wator in sufficient quantities to sup
! ply the Brigade could not, readily be OBJ
tainud, which nocessitated our removal tC
some bciter.wafercd locality. Accordingly
on the 25th of July. between the hours o.
| and L. NJ We broke camp, and marched
through. and, two miles cast of Deckerd
encampcd in n pleasant place, which VI
hoped would be our permanent oncamp'
mont during our stay in this part of TeuneS
SEQ. But. alas for our hopes, We had bu,
just fixed things up nicely, whom en- the
morning OF Tho 2oth of July, chow provuk
iug) wo were ordered to march, and, bid
ding good bye to shady groves springs OF
pure cold water, which were bursting out
from between huge rocks, aud pcbLles
streams of cl5ar, cool water, that merrily
asked rs to "tako bath, wo took to the
road, marching little north Of cast, until
we rouchod the foot of University Noun.
tain, whore We hul.ed to rost. before com
mencing to climb tho hugo pile of rock and
earth WHICH seemed to penetrate tho clouds
that hung o'or US.
| will not attempt to describe our march
up tho mountain but up, around and up.
we toicd for three hours. stopping now and
then to rest, or for tho purpose OF allowing
time to hol p s0mo stalled team over aud up
a pile of rocks. Wo at last reached the
summit Of tho mountain, aud paused ITO
blow in the shade of tho chestnut and oak
timber, which covers tho mountain from
its base to its summit: After resting awhile,
wo pushed forward between two and .hroe
miles, to whero wo found one of tho Brig
adcs OF Shordou's Division. Here wo
halted and bvouacked Cor tho night, first
cooking our supper. Tho next morning tho
Brigade belonging to sboridons Division
moved out, and we moved forward to occu-
py the ground by thom made vacant. BY
tho right Of companies, to tho rear into col
umn, march right dress stack arms !!
Then every ono hurrics for stakes, poles
and boards, whorowith no is TO erect his
honso and install himself as frceholdor aud
houSe holder, considering his house as "his
castle in which the king may not enter,
against his consent" Axc. pick aud spade
arc busy until all bushes, sticks, and rub !
bish arc removed from tho camp ground.
Ia u day or two everything looks cloan and
lidy telling that VIC are opco moro "in
camp
University Mountain derives its nnme
from tho fact of its being tho sito OF tho
Southern University, for tho
building of which Southern capitalists sub. |
scrlbed three million of dollars. This in
stitutiuu was to DO sacred to tho uso of the |
Southern Chivalry. It's floors were not to
DO proianed bv tho tread of the vulgar. low ]
bred student from the North. Ilore caste
iHd Southern arstocracv, built upon capital
md not upon merit, were to develop them
,eIvos. bat who knoweth what an hour
nay bring FORTH" The cornerstone of solid |
granite was laid with tho greatest of pomp |
10 it's center was an excavation into which
vas placed coins of ancient and modern
late; ladies deposited rare and valuable
ewo'fy, aud an elegant copy of the Scrip
.ures was also placed therein, tho whole
vaiuc I; thcn it WAS scaled from tho Dyes OF
man for agos, as thoy supposed. But Tow
tho war, which, for over two years, has dis.
trac'ed our once. peaceful country, breaks
forth in all of its fury, and to tho Southern
people swallowing up, md engulfing every
thing else. every other thought is lost in
their insatiate thirst for tyranny, war and
blood. Their great enterprise upon this
nounIalu Is, iDT tue lino, uOuiihOHcu, VINO
they loose and attend tho "dogs of war. -
Some ono has broken tho stone, and stolen
it's hidden treasures, and now the Yankee
"under'sill," tho laboring man o: the North,
the Yankee soldier, has broken the Stone
toto fragments, and carried it away 10 bis
pocket. Go to tho brook near yondcr
spring, and every day will show you men by
tho dozen rubbing pieces of granite upon
sand stono-moulding it to initiate books
pyramids and desks Yankee ingenuity Ia
busy moulding tho corner stone Of this
Southern University into ornaments, and
Yankee euergy and pluck is equally as busy
IN breaking tho onrner s,ono Of tho Southern
Confederacy into fragments. Strange, is Ii
not, that the high and noble born, tho gifted
and polished Of Garth. and tho favored of
heaven, cannot preserve themselves aud
;heir institutions from destruction.
An open grove of black oak aud chestnut
surrounds aud covers tho whole top of :ho
mountain, while pure springs of cool, soft
water can DO found oozing from tho rocks
| upon the mOuntain sido. Tho place is ono
| that nature has rendered picturesque aud
beautiful, and it needs but the ready bund
OF art to acorn aud polish, to render il beau.
! tifully romantic.
A few evenings since. I went q mile to tho