The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-25
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from the Goth would be acceptable.
w e are now pleasantly situated at the
once beautiful little town Of Clevc
land, Tenn.I Bot / must go back and !
tell you something. Of our maneuver
ing before reaching here.
On my return found the regimentl
had moved from our old camp at
Shell Mound, and gone somewhere
toward Cleveland or Knoxville. /
followed on to Chattanooga, and there
learned that they were near Cleve-
land, at Blue Springs. At the latter
place / found them Some part of
the brigade was kept out scouting
nearly all the time until the 22d of
February, when the entire brigade
moved out. We moved light, leav-
ing all needless baggage behind, and
turned our coarse toward Dalton.--
From this time until the 29th, we
were marched and countermarched in
front of the above named place; oc
casionally quite severe skirmish
would take place on some part of the
line. Some days we lay in line OF
battle all day, and march back to
a camp at. night, which we had left
lin the morning before daylight, and
probably ten miles distant. l guess
we were doing what was SO often spo-
ken of on the Potomac--msking y
"' demonstration Finally we got
back to the camp we had left week
before--pitched tents, and commenc-
ed to live again.
The next morning we began to
build chimneys. and the rain began
to fall; however, we worked all day
and completed some of our chimueys,
for the meagre pleasure Of staying By
them one night, for in the morning
we were ordered to get ready to
move. The rain of the previous day
continued. LfH...
We moved up to this place and
again began, mid torrents of cold
rain, the work Of making ourselves
comfortable. Our men have learned
Ihow to soldier. They no sooner 90
into camp than they begin to con
.lstruct quarters, the best the circum
stances will afford, and in every way
make themselves comfortable. The
men now all have good quarters, good
brick chimneys, and beds built up of
the ground, and a camp well policed;
nothing is neglected that can posi-
IDLY eonduce to bealth. --a-f
One company Of our regiment Is
now doing provost duty in town, and
one company guarding the division
Ammunition train. The regiment is
in fine health. We may lay here
some time, it is uncertain. A great
t many deserters are coming into our
lines. Many of the citizens are en-
listing. One company of ali Georg-
ians, has about sixty men. Some
good Union men live here, and some
very bad rebels
/ This has been, once, one of the
prettiest towns in East Tennessee. -
Soon after we came here some of the
old citizens collected in town, and
prepared and raised a fine pole, ant
from its top waves dciiantly, a splen
did flag, which was hauled down a
the commencement of the war, ant
kept securely in feather bed, by ;
good Union woman. Her HUSBAND
' was killed by the rebels for his senti
ments. I talked with a lady to-day
whose husband is in our army, an'
has been for near two years. Sh'
has eight children. The rebels threat
+ ened to hang her unless she tol'
h where be was. She told them t
hang her if it would benefit them any
and leave the little children entirely
n helpless; but to remember that the.
!. had hung Union woman, and retri
It button would come in due time.
:, large number of the men from thi
part of the State are in our army
SIThe sufferings of the Union people o
y East Tennessee will form a large por
Y ton of the unwritten history of thi
war. 1t will form n fruitful field TO
the future novelist.
i The JEFFERSoNIAS of-the 26th ult
l. received to-day. j. w. NJ.
e CLEVELAND, Tenn, March 9th, o.