The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-29

brigade about three miles in advance,
we succeeded in overhauling them at
3 o'clock, and marched until midnight
I--rested until . in the morning
marched until 6; one hour for break
fast, and after marching until 10 halt
ed to rest until 4 p NJ to avoid the
heat of the day. We started at $
last night from the extreme right Cor
nearly SOY of our army, aud dark to-
Iniant will find us on the extreme left
at least 20 miles from our last camp.
We have had bnt two days rations OF
pork for tho last six days; and Tor
three days the men had subsistcd up
on coffee and "hard tack" diet no
way calculated to make men endure u
night march of this description; es-
'peciallv men who had been on the
picket post the night previous, and
two or three of my men declared TO
me that they actually fell asleep as
they marched along.
| can only guess ut the probable
destination OF our corps. ] think We
will cross the river to might or IN the
morning, and somewhat surprise tie
"Johnnics' by suddenly appearing
upon their "ecnd,' "for sherman is
all the time fighting us eend ways
said a dashing young war widder'
to our boys, one day.
must tell YOU what an old lady
said one day, after II rather heavy
.kirmish through her orchard, door
yard and garden, in which the Con
fcdcrates were ''nanked' out of sight
in short metre.
Says the old lady, "you all don't
fight far. Fust you cum squar up
and 1T like gentlemen, and our men
stud an ckal chance with you uns--
then all to wunst like, yoor critter
compny cum n tarin up the lane and
Jumped over the COW yard right squar
into the cabbage and garden truck
and through the yard, jumped OH the
critters, run down To the orchard
fence, and fell down fiat onto their
bellies, and commenced shooting at
our men on the eend, jest as fast as
ever they kin with them thar pump
guns, seven shooters that you all
brought over with you, and our men
couldn't stand that thar, so they got
onter the critters and lit out, and then
some more of you all come runnin'
and yelln like lngens, and formd IN
ter two rows of war, and marched
right over the palm fence, tramped
the garlin sass inter flinders, ana
knocked over and upset bran new
ash hopper that jist guy ten dollars
fer, and never sed thaDkee."
Some one then asked her IL she was
not frightened when the balls New
around so lively.
my God ! yis! Skcered ? WIS
than that. was in Smoke Gap onct
in rcgler peeler Nv a thunder gust
NV mule couldent hear the nigger
hollcr at him fer the thunder, ana The
ground litcnin was n runnin all over
the side NV the mounting and every
crack nv thunder split tree. thot
| was skeered as much then as l could
be, hut when you all run your wagon
out inter the mule paster and onhltch,
ed the fore wheels, and tuck the NINA
wheels, and commenced shootin bus
tin batteries all over the plantation,
I'll take my Bible oath ! wished
was in the gap with the litenin.'
She was then asked if our men mo-
Tested her much.
"Wcll, if ever woman was mis-
listed, / was. | had risin of seventy
chickens, big and little, and Id he
safe to offer ten dollar gold piece
for every one you could find ON the
plantation. | had nigh onter twenty
geese, and they toted en- all off, they
killed three likely, well-to-do yearlin
heifers, and two yer old steer; milk
ed my cows, picked every apple outcn
the orchard and TUX my old blind
mule to tote EN- to camps.
July III had written thus far
when the Brigade bugle sounded forth
its warning notes, which being inter
preted, sayeth, Boys, boys, get up
and dust, get up and dust, two miles
and a half to water-w-a ter and
in obedience we took mp our line or
and halted for the night with
in two miles of the river-campcd
lor the night in one Of the most com
places that it has been our
good fortune to occupy during the
The health of the Regi-
ncnt is good, the wounded are doing
inely, and we are all in good spirits
Yours. WILSON.