Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-21

Alb +" To bel or not % be- 4 hat Is The.
question" &c
Onsgyeaingas ~ we're all iookiFg :
for - camp for tie night. | hear1a E'ag
zish feiloH say, why not stop here. there {
wJod. water and women7" And, II
de I'd, Why not stop at such place for j
tiece we're the three great comfofis
II msn-Ehe water qaenches oar fhirsI.
he wood kiudles Ere 10 warn rs, aad
the women kindles sacred and holy fire
% lore, that lises and burns within IS
I'LL he taper q lie shall have burned
70 its socket. and gone oat forever =
Now, the above remarks about camp
was made with the intention Of perpe
traring COAX on our Acting AdIa-
tant, and I am sure il was tie ''unkind-
est cut Of all, :" for he IS from nv owaf
town, and more modest and rnoresu q
assuming individual could scarce be
found In obedience TO the orders Of the
Major commanding, he had on several
evening selected a camp, and that camp
ing ground happeaed 70 &c near wool,
water and womenti-l say il only ~ a9Desssd
so---ssilI, where would you expect 10 find
plenty Of wood and water, without fnd-
ing near by some Of the fair daughters
Of Eve TO Tnake csc Of the abova named
articles2 Echo answers, 'Ehere.
From shelbyville We moved 10 Tnila-
homa, the identical spot on which Ee 50
greatly scared Mr.. Bragg. Then We
moved 10 Decherd Station, and thence 10
Cowap Station, which hstnamed place
is situated q The feet y ths caabsr.
land mourtains
On the list ulL, We crossed the noun
tain and catered Crow Greek valley;
crossing the uoantaiu aHere are sone Of
tbs grandest sights ] ever witnessed
Far away in the distance you see villa
ges; also meandering courses Of water
streams, girted By woods, and every uo~
and then the smoke arising from some
Federal camp ire. but hlasi the terrible
iron hand Of var has laid the whole coun-
Try desoIate waste Taere are 10 en-
closed farms the Inhabitants who aIli
remain are trying to gather up the irag
ments 81 wasted psopertv. The great
working element, that used TO plow the
fields ADD plant ilseggain, base al s~a-
ishsd.
To q true lover Of nature, there can be
no grauder sight than 20 cross a mouu@
tain pass down Tho rugged elilfs into Gle
valley below, and ihen look up al the
sublime heights above, and waseh tie
ever varying appearance af the noun
tsins IS he passes along Isroken clouds
reflect their images % the moantain
slopes, producing bright aud dark spots
that CONSTANTLY remind bshs 81 ihe bright
and darks eras ia ene's ale. 4 Toweriug
far above, yoa see clouds sitting in ma,
jestie silence on the summit or, being
driven by the winds are swept along till,
striking the solid rocks, are burst into a
/ thousand fragments assuming almost
asynany shapes. and resembling almost
every thing Of which the lma glnatiou can
/ conceive, have often Witnessed ihese
sights, yet never look upon them With
out realizing the full force Of the fact
I that there i Great Author Of al tbings.
as well as the fact that, H. comparison 10
Hig. tfe works Of man are only utter ia,
significance. Bat these things must be
seem to he properly admifcd
Grow Greek Valley is composed Of a
very rich BODY Of lard mostly owned by
one John Anderson, who, AFTER he basl
gwen "a he said. ninety shousaud del.
lars for the benefit of tue Southern Con-
/ federaey, whniRgly said also, when our
troops came in, that he had esxeu 20
much 20 destroy tho Union. and that
then he would give ore hundred thous.
and 70 have Il restored. bat / notice ~
did DOT do Il. but instead thereof has
taken 1he oath of'amnesfy and has nov
/ a. lis time gos q contract from the Gov.
eruf,enf by which he Is vastly more IKE,
" to make q hundred thousand than he
i TO give City dollars He has toomueh
invested IN the rebel government not,
with sall ~ faults, % lcve Il Stia clss
| mtss ms guess
/ Ne reached stsvhnsaa. Alabama, 90
"All fool day A Ne s,Fueh the piek
ct hne ! observed a tost IL citizens
some on foot, sFadging through the mad
With meal sack, q basket, or some
other article, on their aFms. asd shore
we're quite number mounted on the
I most miserable looking frames 81 hargcs
| ever saw TINS was ration day, md
these people, who had go eagerly sought
their rights out Of thas { nsou, had uoS
become most humble petitioners At III
public store OF tincle Sam; aud he--geu
eroas soul-was feeding hosts Of women
and children, whose husbands and fath
ers were In the rebel ranks; hos L va
right, for no one should be allowed "a
suffer as long as there Is aught to give
War il great leveler ia more respects
than one tor ali, however rich in estate
were obliged 20 ask aims At our hands
Passing Stephenson we marched I,
Bridgeport, crossed the Tennessee River
aud on the 4thoF April cau1pe1 ia Chat
tanooga, after having performed /
march Of nearly two hundred miles
crossing three mountains, viz Cumber
land, Sand and Lookout
Our regiment IS now engaged in VIVA
we all look upon as an important work
| that Is, the National Cemetery Whei
completed, this will be one OF Tho NOS
extensive works Of the kind West. per
! haps in the Union The bodies Of al
, the soldiers who fell at Chiekamaugs
+ Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge
are fast being transferred to that place
and II will certainly be great satisfae
ton to those who have lost friends here
to know that at last their bones repos
where some day they may visit the spo
and see where sleeps the loved and lost
an Informed that monument, th
base of which is to be eighty feet squari
aud eighty feet in height, is 20 be erect
, ed to the memory Of the soldiers
The aggregate Of our regiment Is nor
:. 61l, ard this after We have yeteranize,
= and participated in six battles, viz: Wa
, Trace, Chaplain Hills, Stone River
Cbieksmauga, Lookout Mountain an,
Mission Ridge, and in all Of the allow
named battles our loss was very severe
! sometimes more severe than those resi
ments with which We were brigaded, bu
our friends st home hsve furnished .
recruits from time 20 time, until We nov
namber as above stated lam. .sir,
VerY Respectfully, &c,
@ K. JUxIPER WIGcIys
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