The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-11-26
Communications.
[gor tho News,
Headquarters, Co., 2D o. II. A. J
FoRT MoALIsTER, KY,
Nnvemher 9th. 1863. J

The I'd Regiment Ohio Heavy Ar
tillery, numbering about eighteen hun
dred men, is at present doing guard
duty on the l.. and N. r. r. Co. A
is stationed at Fort McAlister, on the
Rolingfork of Salt River, tbirty-one
miles from Louisville. The company
may very properly be termed a High
land County Company, as ninety of
the one hundred and forty men com
prising it are from that county. The
company was recruited in tho month of
June and July last, by John s. Irwin
and musterd into the service on the
goth of July, at Camp Dennison.-
They were ordered to Covington Bar.
racks on the 2lst Of August, whore the
organization of tho regiment was com
pleted, and on Oct. 18th. Co. A arrived
at this place, and have been on duty ever
since. The fort was constructed by
the 5Oth Ohio, aud at present is occu-
pied by our company alone, with two
pieces of artillery to guard the ap'
proaches to the railroad bridge over the
above named stream. The bridge is
fine structure and was built by the
railroad company at cost of S27, 600
The importance of this road to the Gov
ernment at this time cannot be over
estimated, as all the supplies for the
Army of the Cumberland must pass
over it. Consequently large numbers
of troops must be used in guarding it.
Frequent attacks have been made upon
it by rebel guerrillas. There has been
perfect qniet here ever since cur ar
, rival and no rebels are Thought to be
in the vicinity, and no danger of any
depredations, unless committed by citi.
zens, most Of whom arc good Union
men, and all profess to be, but some
fail to give satisfactory evidence of their
loyalty. They are like their brother
sympathiscrs in Ohio, displeased with
everything done by the Administration
and can sec no other reason for the war
u but the abolition of slavery; but unlike
their brothers in Ohio, they do not mis-
l treat soldier. They deserve no cred
it for this, however, for it is nothing
y but fear that restrqns them.
; Your readers wi pardon me know
+ if I relate just here an in cident
which 1 am reliably inform
t ed took place only few week.
ago near Rainsboro. A wounded sol.
> dier was vending his way homeward
t and night coming on, he stopped ant
asked the privilege ofstAying all night
, with Butternut near Rainsbo ro, nnC
| who processes to DO a loyal man. He
was told that he could not stay in tn
house as they had company, but if h,
Y liked he could sleep in the hay.mow
The poor fellow, doubtless tired anc
. suffering greatly from his wound, pre-
ferred this offer to the necessity o
. seeking further, and started for the hay
NOW, when he was accosted again b,
! the hospitable Butternut, as follows: 81
suppose, sir, when you started out t
| this war, you thought you were going t.
n fight for the Uniono. Yu did not thinI
you were going to fight for the niger
did your"
i Reader, juSt think of Union man
4. who has through all this war RENAME
m at home; enjoying peace and plenty
m treating Union. iar thus. No, sill
L. don't tell he is Union man. Ian
is guage fails to portray the inefabl
meauness of such man. He is
double traitor and richly deserves a
e the exeerations showered upon him b
ID the noble defenders Of our country
l. honor. When the war is over, sue
( men will call upon rocks and mountain
g to fall on them, and hide them frol
the faoo of an outraged soldiery,
Since our arrival here, we have mac
is great improvements in the quarter
Id and now we are in a condition to bi
defiance to the storms Of winter. W
have good comfortable cabins with ol
fashioned FIRE places, and with little la
Dor plenty of wood can be obtained
= which will make us as comfortable
. if we were at home.
Some Of the letters received fro
~ home recently, bring the startling il
r. telligoncs of great dissatisfaction amor
the men and gross incompetency in Il
um officers of our company, and that all t
officers were likolyto be put under a
rest. This is misrepresentation fl
which the originator will have to gi
an account if he ever makes himse
known. Never did set of men al
'"' officers get along more pleasantly th