The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
FROM QUE SOLDIERS.

FROM OUR SOLDIERS.
LTETER FROM CO. C, 2O9TH p. Va DEARTH OF
NEws-HEALTH OF THE BoYs-coRREcTIoN
OF MUsTER-RoLL.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, Oct. 26, '64.
Correspondence of The AlIeghanian.
l again put my pen to paper for the
edifcation of your readers, though under
protest that there is an absolute dearth of
news of any kind whatsoever wherewith
to interest seekers after "something to
read" October is nearly gone, yet at
times the warbling of birds will strike the
ear, In strange contrast with the heavy
booming of the batteries along the river
For be it known that though the folly of
treason has made much of Virginia a
desert waste, yet now and then little
scngster perched ON branch or bush will
send forth his joyous notes as if anxious
to remind all of other and more peaceful
days. And even at this moment, as l
look out upon the clear still air and into
the woods beyond, and hear no sound nor
see no sign of contending armies, it is al
most impossible to realize that all this
appearance is deception, and that at any
moment the storm of battle may burst
forth with intensest fury.
The health of the regiment is extraor-
dinarily good. Not single death has
yet occurred. In some Of the companies,
a good many are sick with the chills and
fever Co. has the smallest number o.
sick OF any company in the battalion, and
has not had even single case of chills
and fever
In the muster-roll published in late
number of your paper, there is failure
to mark James 1inger, of Cambria coun-
ty, deserter Also, for NGinley J.
Appleby it reads M'Ginley j. Adams
Fhere is also an commission of the name
of Uriah Wagner. GAMMA.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM co. c, 209TH p. VA
MOVEMENT, AND ALL SORTS OF RUMoRs-AN
ASSAULT WHICH DIDN'T COME OFF, &C.. sc.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, Oct. 81, '64.
Correspondence of The Alleghanlan.
Since my last, movements have taken
place in this department of which you
have been fully advised. We, though
hearing the sound of the guns On both
hanks, still remain in ignorance as to the
result. Rumors Of disaster and rumors
of triumph have abounded on every hand,
but news of trustworthy character it is
impossible to obtain. At one time, But
ler has secured a position within two miles
of Richmond, and at another, be has been
driven four miles to the rear Of his old
one, and suffered the loss of the whole of
the 10th corps as prisoners. Again,
Grant has captured six miles of the south
side railroad, and anon has been repulsed
with loss of ten thousand prisoners
Were it not that Buffers previous move
meat, though successful, was followed by
the same scarcity of information and ru-
mors of defeat, one would be forced to
conclude that the present indications were
signs only of evil. 1.-THE result of the
movement concerning which our corre-
spondent speculates as above was a sue
cess to our arms. Through some of his
peculiar strategy, Grant advanced mis-
lines three miles, and gained position
from which, at any moment, he can fall
upon the South-side railroad, SO essential
to the possession Of Petersburg, and rem
der its use to the enemy extremely peri
lous and uncertain.-Ed.
On Thursday of the past week, the me
day as that on which the movements on
our fanks took place, we were formed on
the right of our line for the purpose oc
assaulting or supporting an assault on the
rebel position, in order to learn the force
stationed opposite US. The assault, how
ever, was not attempted, owing to misap-
prehension of orders, and consequent
bungling of the whole affair. We re-
mained at the Notifications till midnight,
in steady rain, to be prepared against a
rebel assault which the Johnnies had
doubtless no notion of making. This,
also, was through either a misunderstan.
ding of orders, or failure to deliver
them. But had we not been uselessly in
the rain, we might not have been able to