The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-15
Our Military Correspondence,

FROM THE NINTH BATTERY.
Posr HosrlrAL. BRIDeEPoRr. Ala,
June 20 h. 1864.
FRIEND CONVERSE :-"Warm is no name
for it"-tbermomoter lao deg. in the sun
Ugh what weather for the poor fever pa,
'icnts, whose only protection. Is q canvass
roof; still Il must bo tolerated, us there
are no houses at this post where botter &C.
oommodaton might be bad. Tho 9th, or
part thereof, have gone off this morning, on
another cruise upon the Tonncssee, aboard
tho same tar clad they first essayed to try
their hand At rebel hunting this time. un.
der command of Is. Lieut.. G. l. Randall.
The boys are quite delighted with tho ar.
rangenent, and are sanguino of large re-.
suits, as tho cnomy are numerous all along
the banks; their commander always there"
cool as cucumber, or firm as an ice
bore--which you will. There are, at the
dock here. two other steamers ready com.
pleted, iron clad these, l am. informed,
will be manned by the h, and the pi eseut
one overhauled 80 as 10 ronder hor shot
proof She has boon considerably perfora.
ted already, and is By no means so safe rs a
monitor.
Yesterday we lost another Of our mem
bers from fever. Sherman wes bis name,
from Munson. think. He has been with
US but four months. His remains were
placed upon the train last evening, to be
| forwarded 20 his relatives. i had a
pleasant visit yesterday. from gentlemapIy
interchangeable. Brdgeman Pomoroy.
He feels we'll. looks we'll, and laughs we'll,
and judging from the motion Of bis voumin.
Gus sides, it will be some time before he
can rent row of ribs for wash. board.
My pen begins to get baky. I canno,
collect anything of interest iron my bunk
at least fol. you still, IT you choose, l shall
lead you through one ward. giving, as near
ly as possible, some account of zach ones
miseries-yes, plural IL must be, for the
maa who has misery only IN the singular
has no "bix" here
Bunk No. Ia young o. V. S. s. got
wounded on tho tar-olad musket shot in
leg has recovered so that he proposes a
race with any couple for a pound of cheese.
No. 2.-Another o. V. s. s., wounded q,
same time and place rs No. musket shot
in side convalescent.
No. IA good na,ured, good hear ted
German has one eye in tho flesh, and four
green glass assistants. Cause of misory
being half blind corporal. going bis rounds
while on picket duty one dark night. when
chandeliers were not deemed necessary for
safety. He walked uff an embank ment, fell
into railroad cut, broke his arm, but mary
rail.
No. 4.-Convalescsnt fover case. Al
though young soldier, will mako q good
ono when strength returns.
No. 5.-Crane (sand.hilD built, only more
so; nearly as fat as a ladder; disease un
known to M. D.. symptoms--cIean tongue,
regular pulse. bright eyes is much given
! to running all over town, returning at meal
times, pie in one fist and black guard
looking card of suffers gingerbread liz the
other frequently asks No. 4 il he can ca,
all his bread. helmipg
doses of cdsto' et opii. Has been three
months in the service wishes the pay mas.
ter would come around, or shat he had
brought some moro of his 5000 bounty along.
Regiment at 'front.', of course.
No. 0 contains prodigious mass of play
outlsm. six feet long by one hundred aud
ninety pounds weight; talks with regret,
that weak knee that has troubled him at
home for four years, should prevent him
joining his regiment has never had mus.
ket in his hands counts up his bounty by
hundreds of dollars, and patiently awaits his
discharge. Treatment-"Let one sec your
leg" and the Nj. D,'s pass on in disgust.
Said gentlemen think, if the post we're at
tackled, his enormous crutch would fly one
way-be another. ..
No. I've shall pass this one by be ID
improving, morally as we'll as physically ia
just about my size.
No. 8.-A dreadful case Of Hypo-re.
crpit; moans dreadfully when awake snoros
at all other times knows his liver is as
hard as a wagon'tire, and quite as juicy; an.
other big bounty and no service. Poor
Uncle Samuel
No. "a Hiberian--Hoosier genuine
soldier; has glib tongue that persists IN
throwing overheard all ws and this. Mis-
cry, opthalmia, one bad eye and worse
one.
No. lo.--A nondescript afflicted with all
the als that flesh is heir to; wouldn't change
jackets with him for the fortune of an Az.