The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-12-01
Ecttrrs from tbe Armp.
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from Chaplain Shults, of the
.'. ... 175th O.V.I. ...... ...


I'd at Louisville about 2 o'clock A. NJ.
and when the mornings rosy light bad
chased away the shades of night, our
r giment was debarked and quartered
in the Main st. Barracks-s not very
inviting place. Here we remained un-
til Friday evening, which time afforded
an opportunity to view the city and its
suburbs. The thing that attracted me
most was the Falls Of the Ohio and the
canal around them. confess | did not
get to view them as much as l desired.
Here the God of Nature tosses the ma
jastic waters of the Ohio in the hollow
Of bis hand.
Louisville is the great supply mart for
almost the entire Mississippi Depart
ment. This is the great store-house
from which "Uncle Abe's" boys in the
South west are SO bountifully fed.
Just as old Sol was rolling his livid
chariot wheels behind the hill.tops of
the west and nights sable curtain was
being drawn gently and yet closely
around US, Oct. 18th, we pushed out
aboard the train for Nashville, Tenn. -
With a not very great degree Ofpleasure
we contemplated a dark nights ride
through a country infested with merci.
less bands ofguerrillas. But scarcely
had we started when to our great re-
lief and satisfaction the moon, Gods
own lamp, hung in heavens hall, lifted
her mellow face, "a little the worse of
wear, it is true, from a few nights shin
ing) over the hill-tops of the east and
poured down her kind smiles upon us
benighted travellers. By the kind favor
which she affjr ded US, We were enabled
in great measure to view the country
as we slowly passed along, and crou what
we could see Of it (and We slept but lit
tle) we considered that portion Of Ky
to be Of the very poorest quality. We
thought that if the entire South we're no
better than that, the whole land of JEFF
Davis would not be worth the price Of
small picket skirmish. But as we
drew near the line between the States OF
KY. and Tenn. and on to Nashville, the
face Of the country greatly improved
The timber is good aud the soil FERTILE
adapted to the growing of cotton,
and here, too, for the first time in all
my life I saw a Otton,feId. Although
the cotton was bursting forth from
its pods and looked quite beautiful,
Thought it did not much resem bic King
1t may be conceded, however, that l
have wrong conceptions Of kingly attire,
having never seen one. Well we don'l
think "Cotton is King" r',
We arrived at Nashville at 2 o'cloc K
P. NJ. Oct. Is, Saturday. 1t was raining.
The streets of the city we're muddy
The boarding at the Hotels very high
and mean at that therefore, at first W.
were not very we'll preposessed with
Nashville but our stay and Gne wealth
er materially changed our opinion oi
the place. Here our boys were quarter
ed in what is called the "ZoIlicoffer B :
rae ks"-a large, uu6Hished building
said to have been built by the rebe
Gen. ZoIlcoffor for Hotel, but l gues
Zol. had nothing to 90 with it. II wa
a company concern, and had it been flo
ished, il certainly would have been
very fine building. But instead Of I
first class Hotel, where Southern "chiv
airy" might smoke and drink, and bar
gain and sell their wives and children
"Uncle Sam" has converted it into
"Union Hotel" where he entertains hi
white sons of Liberty. 0a. I.'...|
1 Nashvillee is the capitalof Tenn. aut
stands on the south bank OF the Gum
berland River, a stream which waters
by the way, very fine & fertile region
The State House, which stands on a com
$ manding eminenee, is said to be the 6
nest one in the Union. 1t is built Q
b. fine white granite, resembling our Obi
Dayton rock. From it's dome, which
some 275 feet above the level Of th
street, l had fine view Of the ,capit'
city ofths fertile State of Tenn, and a
| pushed my vision out east, nortl
south and west, until the blue hilltop
cOmmingling with the stray clouds th'
we're floating leisurely on the horizon
closed the area of mylvisiOn,, l thOugi
Iofthe loved once far away in OhiO's fe
3 ItiIe plains and l asked myself VIII
. brought US hereS Those huge guT
just und my feet, that we're keepiu
4 watch around the base Of the oaPit'