Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-23


W. B. CaswslI, of this city :; ale bse5A
I'VE arrived ct cambridge about SIX
o'l,ck en- Saturday afternoon Since twelve
O'Clock We hadr beens oonhuually within
,he sound Of cannon, hetokenIDg sharp
oousest going. on in fIont, end as We, pass
inc through the Anticipated looking town, I
came upon the circle Of hills that s0rrohnd |
che place, the rcsr Uf artillery, bnd and !
clear, broke upon our ears, and the smoke
--Ofthe rebel camp fFes, some three miles
%, greeted Uu- eyes.
'Subdsy vas clear and cioudfess. Har-
ker's Brigade Of cur Division were eHga-
sged IN building b bridge over the French
Broad, sDd We, awaitingit its completion,
oEat 10 tbs Gun and yswued the day away.
Capt. Nicholson and Lieut.. 0.good, being
Tin sowo, paid rs VISIT aud with thor IN
ifofmation ceDcerairg the I'd Corps %e
Bpegulatod upou the morrow.
aHuAt noon u order came for report Of
the number cf reunds Of anmaition wan
led ar E" l"'s s"i if, '''4
IHlWe, the I00tb, we're sIorF Of smrnnoi.
stion Oh eec6nht IF having had some fhy
men CODE up with EMPTY cartridge boxes,
efteF The distribution, but averaged fity
rounds The largest regiment in the
BrigR6e bad bot Twenty rounds. meme were
,faiL and other BFigsdes were in worse
condition nth note single spare toT in the
Supply train. Whose fault this ives Ikuow
not, tot certainly ssme ore most shamefuily
Neglected tbeir duty. f o."
rsr 4 litsle before four we heard few shots
nVprB sbs advance picket line, Just enough
80 elicit Single remark, but gradually
growing more frequent until ne started to
? Gur feet and listened eagerly TO the open
l.. N, A l,n 1l-cy- "A 800, rod
Bott, taking position in line in The edge, Of
ftbe timber sbUut.a bslf q mile in Advance
of where we lSy, LEd Gm.uarces we're
stationed JIG ihe rear
The firing cortibuaiiy increased until
'slhe loud roar Uf rnuskeIry was Ike the
ssione roll ofa drGm. We coull hear the
-volleys Of regiments just going into the
fght snt the fierce yeils OF charging e0l-
umus. Breatl,ss We listened 10 delermine
by the sound whether eur lines were Gd-
varcing or falling back. An Aid came
riding Up ordering Us to put on accoutre-
nsuts. snt be ready TO move at any no
mept. 200 ''t-
Of. We artillery moving up on cur left
aud soon its heavy boom mingled 10 s Iymn
strain with the rafting rifles ard the wi I'D
cries Of the coInbataOts.
Nearer and nearer came the sound oil
the strife, luuder each sharp voIley and
savage war 0rS-we we're being driven -
For a moment the storm would IuIl, then
would ceme the llud prolor gpd cheer Of
the sdyaucing batiailiors, followed by the
rOkr cf Thousand muskeis. Each mo-
ment We expected to see our troops coming
in wild disOfSeF from cut the woods In our
front, hut tho tide Of tattle changed.l
- The sun went down, and aslrdaTkness
came on weCJuld see through the thick
woods toe fagh Of the ex pipding shells.-
Loud cheers rang nleng the line. isFcer
yollsys OF musketTy ind CTR pyaGticed ears
=, at once deseotsd that our l:it was rapidly
driving tkeF Tieht.-aas-4 f--..s 1865
~, Until altar seven the contest went or
y and ,theaIdisd slowly away for, the enemy
who bad made the attack, then slowly aDC
each spilslGl rife seemed to say sulleI Il
retired; ! ard We anziously waited for re.
ports Of tho Eight. So. ,-.a -H.g7
~ Eentie Brigsde headquarters 10 OBJ
tain Ehes news they might have aud fuunC
bthai an er5eF had just been received Il
have the hssd Of the Brigade St Harker'
bridge within ten minutes, followed Rlmos
iolnmediattly By en- order to get ready bu
ITO wait orders to move. - erf --rf's
-,eIi Returning to the regiment everythin;
HRsspaeked, and sitting ssuud our fires W
wondered what vas 10. Crack, crack crac
as Keht guns on the picket lire, then rattlin
vOlleys, Struggling shots, and an was qui'
nd agPia, ots r1 III 30 le.ass
s. Orders cAmO to nova. j was to repoi
The regiment at headquarters. ArriFin
u there Inquired what cur place in rou
Wouid be, Get in anYwhere YOU can. "gf
the reply. thougIrt this -lodEsd a itJ
queer but il was nos It'll we had passe
through towD, cut on the road we cam
Jstbat discovered that ire Ue,e 1alli7
n back.
on No PER oan describe that nights marcel
Through mud from ankle to knee deep, owe
roads cut into deep ruts by the heaTii
loaded teams we plunged. stumbled an
fell. The ciayey sOil when NOT soaked I'M
shici, sticky mud was SO slippery that e
ling Up and down hill we could kardl
stand t!cTe was scarcely 9 man
Our D,Sisioo who did not fall aud one Dol
fellow as be went down struck the hammt
Ct his his qua, discbarging it aud sendir
ball through his leg. We were almo
ready b. crop with exhaustion we 80 10
Eed TO lie drown and rest but Move taste
faster" came up the order-end We stag
Eered flODg-up the mountain, down
'sAsouthern slope aud Halt" was sounde
Own into the mud dropped we all al
anlsfi there till the cold frosty air bad sti
ened our 'limbs-then forward again II
moon went behind the thick clInds and o,
Of sight altogether and darkness was aide
ITO our trou bles. o..
It became impossible TO distipguish on
51e"n men, and scattered BY rocks, ruls 81
streams, now spreading into the fields
avoid the mud and now coDpressed IN
the marrow tack that ran through ii
aIarE tvnUHa nostp. J.. 4
togsther and great mass Of men we slrul
glod on.
TIE artillery in fropt got stuck in Il
mud and .shiyering with cold we vel
obliged to wait lite extraction Such oursin
OF artiliery-snch swearing at short
lions which we were on, such daTnning
mud and roads you never heard.
At last, at six in the morning, inst
the sky began to grow red in the east, y
marched into q corn field, stacked arms, g
rails. boil. fFss, aud made coffee Al
can you b,lieVe il, az l pulled eff Z
stockings, wrung them out aud hold the
= op-tc dry, looking round upon the orig
fres aDd feeling the werm cheerful -glo
Of my SYN, I thought Vel there's som
thing pIoessn. in camp lie after all"
Gathering ie@ corn stalks aud sprea
lag ny blankets cpOn them With the ra
Iaiiing upon my lace lay dGwn and sleI
The Mn - more fortunate than /, four
the remain. VI a graveyard fslce, whit
served for his mattress, shoull have sha
ed it wilh him if he canld have found u
but be could not, aud SO / was SCARED Il
secrilige. At half past seven an Aid reut
me NJ 5y ording ms up to march.
an What order shall we go7' i asked.
"Sane as yesterday, was the reply.
"B 1t SO diln't mach yesterday, ''snid
rubbing my eyes. 800 q -.-5 81
~''F6li1 The fish, he called cut ridi