The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-10

MAEriNsBunG, WEST Va. May 3lsi

known in this camp. George Evisi.
zer was left in the hospital at Cum
berland with measles. OF which, how.
ever, he was convnlescent when We
left him. We also lett there, Zena.
W. Baker so low with Pneumonia o.
to be unable 10 bear carriage TO thc
hospital. He wau left at citizen
house in care of Jchiel Smith (who il
good nurse, and is well cared for
About noon on Saturday, the 2Stl
inst, while large portion of tho
regiment were hunting logs to build
quarters. OF doing their washing fol
the week, we received orders t.
march. We did not get transporta.
ton till about q r. NJ, and our men
with few regrets but that we did
mot get off carlier--startcd for this
place. a regiment while preparing
TO break camp, presents busy and in
terestiDg appearance. Men who are
accustomed to keep their accoutre-
ments DC. in place, are heard sing
ing the Battle Cry of Freedom &c.
or else writing letters to friends at
home, reading or something of that
sort. The cooks are of course busy
with the ratons. Once in while Il
careless fellow who has lost some
thing is heard cursing some one else
Ibis extcmporized guardian for in.
stance. But of this there was little
at Camp Taylor. At different parts
Of the camp may be seen women hov.
ering around the piles of waste meat
or near the waste boards ofthe camp,
prepared to seize them rs soon as
opportunity offers. They remind
one OF q raven contemplating sick
army horse, and they usually have
just about us much humanity.
In parts OF oar regiment there was
q Vandal spirit exhibited. Every
waste thing was burnt. This was not
the case in Co. J. That company
turned over rs much as they could TO
their friends in the l34th Rcgt( Capt.
Biggs company
4 was mistaken or rather mis- in.
formed in regard to the place of Co.
c OF the 5Sth Battalion. 1t seems
That it is all in the l34th, and that
Boyles' AMI Waltcrmire' 5 companies
are both entirely in the l33d. Al
last accounts the l33d was still al
New Creek, and the 18th are, ! think
likely to remain at Cumberland to the
end Of their time.
In another particular l was wrong
I said the Blue Ridge was visible from
Cumberland; instead Of that it was
one Of the Allegheny ridges we saw
on the esst.
We are now in the Valley Of Vir
giuia so called, Of which the Shenan
doah Valley forms part The blue
Ridge lies east of lis about 20 miles
and the North mountain some or II
miles West The country here i!
very pleasant to look at The farm
about Martinsburg are almost entire
~ mcultivaIcd. The fences ar,
built mostly of stone The grass i
excellent there not being enough cat
tie dc. to keep it down. The face o
the country is gently rolling, with th,
above mentioned mountain ranges
visible East and West ofus. SPRING
are abundant, and the water is strong
ly impregnated with lime. Limeston
is very abundant, III some places GOV
criug more than half the surface o
the ground, and yet hctweon then
even ot such places the grass has al
most black green color.
Martinsburg before the war, con
tanned about 5000 inhabitants; it nay
. has about half that number 1t ha
changed hands very frequently sine
the war commenced. 1t was first Ia
ken by Jackson, I believe, then b,
Patterson, then by Lee, then Banks
, then Jackson again, then evacuate'
ON account Of Fremont's advance
. then by Lee, then after Antictam, b.
the advance ofMcClellan it was agai
left to its fate 10y Lee, then taken b
Lee again last summer and again abar
! doned after Gettysburg, OF cours
the people have little encouragement
to plant or sow.
3 There arc some Copperheads her
NOW, but they meet, rs soon as full
: detected. with pretty sharp treatmen
We have seen two examples Of thi
This place is now the Head qual
ters OF Sigei who commands the rC
serve Of Hunters army, ard the Ba
timore and Ohio railroad. He ha
been seen by most of our men, br
not recognized at the time by man
of them. Our regiment was calle
here in part if not wholly Tor che pc
formance of picket duty. The deta
- made yesterday for that purpose, toe
about one fifth of our effective mel
1t is possible that We may have
guard wagon trains through to Ge'
Hunter unless he soon advances.
he makes much of an advance h
supplies will not be sent up the va
:, ley from this point, but probabI
from Harper's Ferry. IfGen, Graz
y is successful we shall probably NJ
bo sent front during this campaigI
but of course we shall not be safe, G
all the time out OF reach of reb
guns, Part of the l60th --statione
here--was sent to Winchester as q
eeeort for wagon train last wee
and was, | am told, detained thel
" for some purpose. Winchester
n, distant 20 miles, and Huntcs's a,
vanaa Ia 10 miles beyOnd that poil,