St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-14
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No active operations stPrssens. Preparation.
for tie future. - mmesss q.antitie. Of ar
NY ,tore'.-F1esh troops. about an 3D.
uancs.-Snow sto,m,--F Feeding destit"te
persons.--4 lcdy suryeon.-7Ae Second
Regime"t.-7 Second Battery. to re-enlist
and return home.
Cn!cKAsAroA, Ga. April lst, 1864.
ED1roR DEMocRAr.-During the
past winter the weather and roads have
been unusually favorable tor army op-
erations in this quarter, but the lack
for long time Of subsistence and ma
terial was the great reason Why the army
was and is inactive. Although the
time for active operations is near at
hand, there are no indications that this
army will move upon the enemy for
some weeks yet, unless the rebels ne:
cessitate it.
While there is ! deathlike stiffness
in our front the busy hum and cMtter
among US and in our rear betokens the
vast preparations going on. From that
great army storehouse-the North
there is pouring down upon US in in
crea ed quantities, immense stores Of
subsistence aud Quartermaster goods,
fresh horses, mules and new army wag-
ons. Chattanooga is one vast depot,
with immense storehouses, recently
built by the government, PILED full of
commissary, quartermaster and ordi-
naLcc stores. The supplies tor the army
at Knoxville and between here aud
there go through Chattanooga, hence
the immensely of this great business Of
supplying and subsisting an army
The two long, heavily laden trains
that arrive daily bring hundreds Of
fresh troops to the front, swelling our
numbers largely.
When We will advance, is . question
which a correspondent should touch a.
lightly as a burning coal. The danger
does not lie so much in blistering ones
fingers as in turning out to be false
prophet. 1t is thought that We will
not move before the army of the Poto.
mac advances; then only to make a
diversion in its favor without hazardinc
a general engagement.
On the gid of March, Old Roreas
looked benignly this way and favored
US with an old fashioned snow storm to
the depth of fourteen inches on level.
A snow storn in Georgia! We Min
nesotians felt at home, Of course; but
there was quite panic among the '*old-
est inhabitants" and t'intcligent con-
trabands." The different regiments
enjoyed themselves hugely SNOWFALL
ing. We witnessed very spirited en-
gagemcnt between two Illinois rcgi-
ments in Which great bravery and a
perfect regard for tactics were shown
Gen. Davis commissary issues ra-
tons to over seven hundred destitute
persons, mostly women and children,
residing within a circuit of ten miles
Of this place. -Four and bacon only
are issued. Coffee and sugar are OBJ
tanned by trading butter and Eggs with
the troops. These destitute people fed
by our prolific Uncle Samueps hand,
have been rendered destitute by the
chances of war. Husbands, fathers
and brothers have been conscripted, or
deserted the rebel ranks and been sent
Nor.h. 1t is sad sight to see them
here daily accepting the necessaries of
life from our hands; yet such is one Of
the features Of this terrible, relentless,
war. There are some families accept
ing of our bounty that remind us of
civilization and refinement up in the
"Lord's country" as soldiers facetious.
ly designate that part of the United
States north Of the Ohio. They have
seen better days, and we often hear of
a dance at which staff and line officers
"trip the light fantastic" with the
Northern Georgia beauties; and if
there is not much fashion and elegance
displayed, we are sure there is the usu-
al amount of airtations and heart burn
ings. .....
The last paragraph inclining our
thoughts to the ladies, it may not be
inappropriate to remark, as an encour-
agement to aspiring young ladies', that
the surgeon Of the Sd Brigade Of this
Division is 4 Miss Mary E. Walker.
Of course she is young-possibly some
two.and-twenty winters graceful, pref
ty; appears bewitching in Majors
uniform and rides a horse like-t'any