The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-09-29
FROM THE sTu IOWA CAVALRY.
CAMP 9Th Iowa CAvARY. !
E,crem,S T. An0nsf ooh 1QGA

you lengthy ietteT couCeTu'ng TUE cdb
ualties of our raid, in rear Of Atlanta
Since that time We have been laying in
camp at Kingston, Ca, doing garris' n
duty, by way Of resting aud preparing to
reorgsnize dur brigade. The lst Tenn.
essee regiment has gone home to recruit,
the 4th Kentucky to Nashville, aud the
I'd battalion Of our regiment, under com.
p,.ndl. ! our brave NJ. jor Root, has sc-
compsnied til. 4.h TO Nashville. Brig.
,lGs~. Crextop, formerly Colonel Of the
4th Ky and made Brig General while
laying in the woods snd trying to make
his way back to ,ur lines from the raid,
which he accomplished in thirteen days,
a. dirty aud ragged as men generally get
to be lie has assumed command of our
Uhe 1sD brigade and established his
headquarters at Nashville. This togcth
er with the excitement produced by the
rebel Gen. Wheeler, paying US visit on
this cid. the river, drawing the 5'h Iowa
Infantry aud 10Th Iowa to various points
uu this road, t" prevent the gentleman
from making to tree with cur material
for transportation tor our bread and din.
nrr, &c leaves us numbering about 10
men for duty in our two bstallion- left
here, which have to do al the guard aud
picket duty, causing our men to 60 on
duty every other day. Still our me" are
in 6ne health and >prits-S little short
# meat, a. they have bu, on. fourth "a
ZION until the c"mms-ary is again re-
pl, ushrd from the scarcely caused by
the delay that mi>ch,'v"u, Gen Wheeler
made in destroying portion OF this
road. But these are not all the things
We huv. to con,end with.
told you in my last, lost 81 enlisted
men, missing in action on the 29th and
30'h of July When We returned, there
was nine days mail awaiting u aud from
r,e to the, letters for each of ,he>, 81
men. The question arose. what shall be
done with these letters to send them
back would b. impossible, 50 our brigade
cpniIp.. s~- -. u..5 .,..3~- f.- s."p-"J
COMMANDERS to open them; if they con.
tanned money or money value to send
them back. if nothing, to destroy them.
NV among the rest, came one for NY
"a Lieut. Jacob T. llaight He being
smo"g the missing, l felt it my duty to
see to his effects. was going to send a
trunk to DR. Horton, Of Muscatine, the
father Of my LIST Lieut., (kilIrd,) | knew
llxlght's father lives nea, Musca,iue, |
concluded to send Haight's cloths to DR..
Horton in tho same trunk. (this caused
me to open letter directed to Jacob T
ilaight) l read with smazcmen. the
following from your town:
T,rros. Iowa, July 2sth, 1894.
My DEAR FRIEND:
am r>j"'crd to hear from you at last.
Since the date of your letter there has
been y big 6.ht; the rebs lay they were
'ictorious, aud you say you were v'cto
rious How is it-do the 'eb> lie? Give
US your opinion on the subject. You
say the rebellion will be pu, down. |
would like to know when or how. it is
our opinion that the rebellion is assum
ing sreater proportions Every day you
advance into the rebel country, does not
put down the opposition to Mr.. Linc"lu,
but rather increases it. Or Course you
cant see these things VII re you are, but
If you were here you could see them
much palmer than you did when you left
but do not wish to say any thing to
soldiers, inssmuch as l am aware that
they do not dare TO express any opinion
upon political subjects that conflicts with
the views OF the abolition party. Isup-
pose you have n" doubt beard Of the ro,o
| had with the soldiers here some four
weeks ag". 0 course they tell nice
story about i, on their side. bat to do SO
" - ueCe~s'iJ i"i 'Heu W "u'p' C'C'
Stanton's habit. which is 10 lie in all
cases, even when the truth will answer u
better purpose.
wish :" sry here the soldiers are loos.
ing favor with the people very fs.. 10
deed, and it is because they arc made the
party tools of the abolition party
will close my letter here. as it is not
worth while to talk anything but aboli
tion.ism to men in the army.
II w. ROSS.
Mr. Editor, I am very much opposed
to interfering with citizens unless they
interfere with me. but feel it my duty
to let the world know what sort Of pco
pie are living in their midst BY sending
YOU a copy Of this letter. Tho original
is in nv possession; if it is thought bes,
| will send it to Gen Baker. think
the cen,ltmsn mus, belong to that party
which profess so much piety BY way OF
peace Quoting sacred writ on sll occa
| sinms to back their arguments. but yr0c