The Shasta courier., 1864-12-10
A Soldiers Letter.
PREsIDIo, SAN FRANcIsco.
20 Qe

Nov. %, 1864.
Ed. COURIER The long looked for CoU-
RIER made its appearance few days since,
and its loyal columns have been perused by
US. Many of your readers, no doubt, would
like to know where we are, and therefore
take the liberty of sending you the following,
which you may please consider entirely at
your disposal.
On the evening of election day Messrs.
George Gray, James Cook, w. S. Summerin-
dyke, Thos. Stephenson, j. P. Wright and
w. S. Kidder, from French Gulch, and Os-
car Fitch, Geo. N. Fitch, II. +. Hudspeck,
W. H. Marion and w. A. Liney, from
Trinity Centre, left our mountain homes to
enter the military service of our country, in
this her hour of need.
November 10th, at Marysville, by Captain
W. H. Parks, Provost Marshal, we there and
then solemnly, in the sight of high Heaven,
took the oath to be true to the Government Of
our forefathers, and to protect the flag of our
country by standing between it and its foes;
and, should God spare us, we hope to give a
good account of ourselves whenever we may
be called.
Nov. 18th we arrived at this place, and
were attached to Co. I, 7th Regiment, G. ",
recruited at Nevada and. vicinity. We num-
Der nearly one hundred men. The following
are the officers of our company: Captain,
Geo. D. Kendall; lst Lieut., VIM. McNeill,
ID Lieut., Edwin Darling; 1st Sergeant, G.
S. Watson: I'd. Geo. N. L. Powell Sd, S.
S. Sherman; 4th, Geo. Gray; 5th, S. P.
Runlett; lst Corporal, j. S. Beard I'd. W.
II. Morrison; Sd, H. D. Lincoln, 4th, E.
Manners; 5th, P. Graviers; 9th, E. Dem
ningi 7th, NJ. Derry; 8th, Jas. Asken. The
company is we'll oficered, and more gem
tlenaniy Captain and Orderly Sergeant can
not be found in the regiment. The members
the company are fine body of
men, taken as whole. The regiment is
nearly full, and will soon be mustered into
the service as such. The regimental officers
are not yet known to us, therefore 1 cannot
give you their names.
Our quarters at present are somewhat linn
tied, but more buildings are rapidly going
up, so that in a few days we shall have plen-
ty of room and not tread on each others toes.
Our daily duties, though combining, are not
laborious. We rise at break of day, answer
to roll call at sunrise, drill one hour, break.
fast at o'clock, inspection and guard mount
ing at 9, company drill at 10, recall at III,
dinner at II NJ, company drill at 2 P. NJ, re-
call at 81, dress parade and retreat at 5, tat
too al 8, taps 81 o'clock.
We frequently meet some old friends, who
come out to see the poor soldiers at this post
D. J. Van Slyke, who formerly taught school
at Millville, is in this company, and through
him l have gathered the following items of
interest: amongst the members of this COM
pany there are 9 married; unmarried, SS;
voted for Lincoln, 10; Mcclellan, school
teachers, 8; miners, 4s, the remainder being
men of twenty different professions. Thus
you see, Mr. Editor, we have all followed
some honorable calling.
Should any of our friends from the noun
tains deem us worthy of a call when they
visit the Bay, they will be gladly welcomed
to our quarters and should any one wish tc
correspond with us, they can do so by direct
ing to Co. /, 7th Regiment, c. ", San Fran
cisco, which letters will be duly answered.
X. S. W.