Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-05-19
Army Correspondence.

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pany G, since last [ wrote On the 18th
of April our Regiment was ordered to
leave Murfreesboro and relieve other
troops on the line of road between that
place and Tallahoma, distance of forty
miles, in order to permit them to 60 to
the front We are patrolling the
Railroad and guarding bridges, water
turks, ETC., very important duty, re-
curing the utmost vigilance, as the
many wrecks Of cars strewn along the
road by the depredations Of the guerrillas
will attest. ~- r.qe
Company G is divided into three de-
tachments, under command; of Lieut..
Jeardoe, LIT Williamson, and Serg't
Penberthy, respectively. The first
(Jeardoe's) squad is half mile from
1.-THE village of Wartrace (Which, byI
the way, is not the only AGAR trace in this
part of our unhappy country.) The
second (Penberthy's) is three fourths
of mile further on, and Williamson's
two miles from that. We have three
bridges, a water tank, and six miles
/ of railroad, and.telegraph to protect
Each squad is intrenehed in a block
house, a very strong fertilization, built
Of heavy logs and earth, and secure
against any attack except heavy artillery;
even twelve-pound rifed-shot. have been
tried against them at a distance of 800
yards, with no serious effect. so4
ii Capt. Burdick is still at home in
Wisconsin,, sick, and we fear he will be
compelled to resign on account of his
i'll health. The boys are all well, and
are much pleased with our present loca-
ton, and hope we may be permitted to
remain here all summer.
= Vegetation here, like in the north,
is very backward this spring; however,
the trees are all out in leaf and fruit
trees, such as the Peach, Pear, Plum,
Apple, Cherry, &c, have been in bloom
for over a month, looking very beauti-
full. Lately We have been RECALLING
ourselves with new onions, asparagus,
lettuce, peppergrass, and "sich like
garden truck" "
A few of those internal guerrillas
have been 10 our vicinity lately, but
fancy they will not care to come in
very close proximity to our "block'
houses. djig h3uahns tEa
We do not receive our mail here reg
ularly, nor as often as formerly, there
fore we will be pleased to have our
friends write often, and also send us
plenty of papers or other reading mat
ter, whereby we may improve our minds,
FOR the reason that when we have moth,
ing to read and little to do, we are apt
to fall into the habit of manipulating
little square pieces of pasteboard, en-
bellished with black and red spots, and
that, you know, is very demoralizing.
In reply to your question of s''who''
"what and chow is Chuck, II answer
that "Chuck" is Minar, and vas
minor when he enlisted, and, although
he was never miner in his life, still
persume he will live and die M;nar.-.
For the benefit Of the ladies I will also
state that he is a remarkable good look
ing young man, unmarried, possessing
an excellent appetite, and rather ex-
tensive commissary department.
General Santa Anna is fourishing
like green bay tree. He has adopted |
a novel, and, [ believe, original plan to |
load his gun; at any rate it is not laid |
down in the tactics. " While on guard |
the other night he saw something moving
which, to his patriotic imagination,
appeared like, a rebel, he promptly
challenged it, but as it did not halt,
he raised his gun to fire, but the shoot
ing iron wouldn't go of, and Santa
thinking discretion the better part |
Of valor," made "double quick" for !
the block house. One of the boys
went out and discovered the @rebeP' to
be one of our mules which had brok en-
loose Next: morning, as the gun re-
fused to go off, we extracted the load,
and then found out the cause of Santa
trouble /; he had reversed the cartridge,
that is, put the ball down first, placing
the powder on top. He consoled him
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