Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-19
EXCHANGE BARRACKS, NASHVILLE,
EabHnorv 10 1894


To NashgiIie--UHe Huadred and RiiTy sui
fer a bad Aecident--sTen Seriously In
Jared.
EXCHANGE BARRACKS, NASHVILLE,
February l3, 1854.
EDITORS OF THE LEADER Thinking that
some of the many readers of your vslus-
5Ie paper might like to hear something
from the 29th veteran volunteers, and
having few moments to spare, I thought
1 would write and give our friends short
account of our travels since We left the
fair Forest City.
oa Monday evening, February 9th, we
left Cleveland and all we hold near and
dear, and went as fast as the "iron horse"
could carry US toward the "Sunny South" Z"
Early in the morning we PASSED through
Columbus. All of Tuesday we spent gaz-
ing from the car windows at the waving
handkerchiefs of the fair ladies Of the
Buckeye State. Early in the evening we
arrived in Cincinnati, where we changed
cars for Seymour, Indiana. We arrived
in Seymour at six next morning. Here
we we're put in baggage cars aOithout stoUe',
and for eight mortal hours we stood and
shivsred, while we prayed that we might
come to the end of that road. The end
came at Last when we arrived at jefferson
Vile, where we crossed the Ohio river to
louisville, Kentucky. Here we spent one
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warehouse near the wharf. Twice We
were marched through the dusty streets of
Louisville to the depot and tWios We came
back to our old quarters, locking more
like millers than soldiers. But ss the old
saying is, fthTee times and out, so it was
In our case; the third tine we marched to
the depot we succeeded in getting aboard
the cars, ct o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing. These cars were new ones and got
ten up expressly for soldiers. We found
them more comfortable than any we had
been in on the route. Can not the Hoosier
and the Buckeye States furnish as good
cars for the troops passing through their
limits. as their poorer sister Stste2
At half pest seven the train commenced
moving and in few Moments we lost sight
of the city. Nothing occurred to mar the
pleasure of our ride and we arrived safe
and SQUAD by seven o'clock, p. m, in
Nashville, where Es got off the cars and
took up our line Of march Through the
still dustier streets of the capital Of Ten
nessee, towards the ZollicOffer Barracks,
which we found full of soldiers. Some,
like ourselves, were going to the front and
others were going home on thirty days fur
Tough, having caught the "vetersn fever"
From the ZOllioofsF, We went to the Ex-
change Barracks, where We found very
good quarters. As soon as the boys got
off their traps they made q rush for the
soap and water, and In g short time they
re-apesred as white men, having got rid
Of the combined load of Kentucky and
Tennessee dust. They were then called to
a very good supper consisting Of hot coffee,
soft bread, pork and beans. This morn
ing as the boys were waiting for their
breakfasts, an accident occurred which
msrred the pleasure Of our stay here: one
Of the balconies gave way and precipitated
about one hundred and fifty cf the regi-
ment to the pavement below. There we're
fifty Of the men injured, ten Of the them
seriously and the balance slightly. To-
day the boys have been busy writing and
mailing valentines to the sweethesrts they
had to leave behind them. Tomorrow,
the l4th, we leave for the front, from
whence if agreeable, you shall hear from
us again; until then al reUoir. DUsT.