M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-07-28

IokYiIg Lynchburg twenty i've miles,
arh continued the march night AMI
nv urtil reaching Ganley Bridge
a Sarge number of men unpbio to
Oehr me iatleno dropped down ex.
hspsted- by hunger, hard m ,rchipg
and want of sleep. TIE number the
wilter could not ascertain but il was
| vGry elaFge.' Nothing Was found on
tue.r6ad tc eat. Fruit was not ripe,
not even whortleberries. The corn,
II any in the county, could NOT be
found. The cavalry horses had noth
lug but grass to subsist upon, and, as
con"vquence, Il very large number
vi them lelI down On the march ex-
hausted. Ii was understood to be tho
order ri General A.erlI to shoot Nj
exhausted horses, preventing them
thus nom iaIhag into tue hands Of
tue lelny. ."..'
The army burned the Military In
siltn'e at Lnx'ngton, after riAing it oi
Ils library, winch was iouA tu be
very line. tie has in his possession
Que Of thu books. The rallroal in
tue vicinity Of l. y.aoh5urg was dc.
srroyed tu considerable distance,
though the important bridge almed
TO be burned was too well guarded
The soldiers were informed by the
Inhabitants Thar General Lee had a
raiiro.d corps C imposed Of English
men, who repaired roads with great
facility. When rails are DESTROYED,
rails are borrowed from switches and
noiuportant roaIe 10 make the re
pArs. In this way delay Of transpor.
talon Of troops or supplies is pre-
vented " 3 .r ..|.l. ...'f .
rha crops in The vicinity of Stan
ton, M the valley and around Lynch
Jufs, sreIned to bo very fns. Album.
lancs OF the cereals seemed tn hare
neen sown, aud the wheat was Just
ready for harvesting. .i q.
The sjldlers thought II General
Hunters intsntion wa4 10 take
Lvu' ahury, he ia;!ed' II it was tu
dusrJ portion oi railroad and burn
the MliItary Institute, he succeeded.
E4'he loss of ma" from all causps wss
very large rha loss OF horses ieli
not short OF tour tnnnsanl ..'W ".
The narrator has 04en in the ser
vice 1hree years. aud was II a number
OF baths lie fought at Scara
Creek. Cuinitax Ferry. Fayctayii /,
a'''vG McUniAn, New River Bridge,
IN L'aclhrttgn Ele also pav,icr-
,pItGI ma number of skirmlsbAs -
he was laken prIsonrra East river
while doug picket duty, WIS taken to
Rwhmand. staying there Tor two
weeks ant while tn, battles of Me-
ClelIa n were b''iDg I,ngitt beIore that
lCily. lie was taken from Richmond
to Salisbury, N,rrh Carolina, Sent
thence 10 Ben Island. He was
paroIed from Bell Island, came home
and returned to his regiment again.
He comes home unhnrt. The hair
from his temples was cut eff once BIZ
d bullet which knocked him dewn.-
He also received bali through his
cartridge box at Lyhchburg. He,
although OF flee physical powers,
wonld have died OF starvation and
fatigue when retreating from lynch
burg, but with five Others left the ar
nv aud took to the woods, where
from the farm houses he procured
sonethirg to eat. He was almost
unable to walk when he regained the
regiment at Ganley. ,''.
! lie says the rebels fight we'll. He
thinks western men do 'uot fl sht better
tlan eastern men. A regiment of
eastern men, he thinks, will stand
and fight logger in line than western
men. Western men are more exci,a.
biz, and if things are to be carried by
excitement, with q rush, western men
are the best. .' . ''.'.'. -
He thinks the secret Of success in
battles depends not so much on nnm.
bers as ON the enthusiasm OF the SOL
diers at the tins. The army having
the advantage in this respect is sure
to win the battle. According to his
experience, one third Of the men en-
geged in battle really lag hack, doing
, no fighting, and he believed this true
OF both armies. '."-. '. - l q
|. The Confaderates were sometimes
encountered in open. level places, but
their general rule was to fight behind
Qualifications. or to select q arbattlel
field in dense woods, jungle, or some
place Of that sort. Il go tal.f'ai na na
4 The method oEdeslroying railroads
was to tiloa d regiment along the road
parallel 10 it. Tie men then went to
work pulling nplhe ties, with the
rails on them. The ties sere then
Wilt npi in square piles, . the rails
placed on top of them, and fire ap-
! Piled Turpentine, if ihe railA did
not readily burn, was applied. y1jIl
] While marching fpam Lvnchbure
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