The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-02-19
THE JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRAT.

active and diligcnt In relieving tho suffer.
ings of tho sick I; aud they do not stop here,
hut gratuitously administer prevcutives to
disease in the shape of potatoes, onions and
sour.crout. A considerable quantity of this
kind Of sanitary stores has been recently
forwarded to this place, by tho Sanitary
Commission, and by them distributed among
tho hospitals, and tho different regiments.
They were hailed by tho soldiers. not only
ms harbingcrs Of health, but as excellent
l%uxuries. Success to the daiIy.growing OF.
fciouoy of tho Sanitary Commissions Tho
Christian Commission is also busy with its
work, furnishing both religious and secular
reading matter for all, also writing materials
for moncyloss soldiers.
But | must not forget to mention my
visit to Lookout Mountain. No soldier
feels couicu,od Until no has made a pilgrim
ago to Lookout, and secured somo relic for
himself or friends Laurel root and hickory
canes arc sought after with avidity, from
stars to p~rivates. Worry many arc procuring
thoir likcncsscs, photographs and ambro-
types, from a rocky point on tho summit Of
the mountain. These canes will each con-
tain a personal history, which will become
Evolutionary as they are pa sso1 from gonor-
alton to generation ; aud tho agod soldier
will. in future years, look back with a smile
upon the llttlo group, so faithfully preserved
by portrait, to remind him of those days Of
tlial and hardship. not unmixod with pleas.
uro, which he spent, long ago, with tho Ar
my Of tho Cumberland, striving to over.
throw the power of his couptry's foes. Ii
Is a weary journey, tho climbing of Look.
out !" but, with duo diligence and energy,
my friond Taylor and myself accomplished
tho task. AMI, after Viewing tho town, tho
river, the hills and valleys dotted with mum
bcrIess camps, all spread out before US upon
Natures map, wo turned our stops iowa I'd
Summorvilio. We found it to be by far tho
prottiost and most porthorn.l like town that
We had yot seen in Tennessee. Tho houses
arc OF wood, and neatly painted white, most
of them bong surrounded by largo balco.
mics, and divided in tho contor by spacious
promenade halls. Thcro is a very large
threo-story hotul, with an observatory, and
also II largo ball-alley aud several billiard
rooms.
But, ms my letter is growing long, l will
hasten to some important facts connected
with tho Regiment. Liout. Col. Tollos, who
rptprppb IN ne N ehnri finn I,oc,ro H., I.,
tic of Mission Ridge, has bid us n final
adiou. His health, tho past year, has boon
very poor, rendering it impcrativoly ncces.
sary for him to resign tho command which
ho has so well and ably filed. AS an off
cor, bis courage and ability arc unquestiona.
bio, and always to be quoted at q premium.
His successor, Maj. George T. Perkins, ia
an abloa and efficient commander, and m UGH
respected by officers and men, whom he
led through tho past campaign, and .hc
fearful struggle of Chickamauga. We have
recently received a mum Der of recruits from
tho North, and have also received an &c
cession Of over ono hundred mon from the
3S,h Ohio, who AFRO tho part of that Rcgi.
mont that would not votcranizc, and are
now assigned to tho lO5th, until tho cxpira.
ton of their (tho 3Sth's) term of service. II
we can now havo a few more recruits from
tho North, our ranks will DO swelIed to ro.
spectacle proportions. Tho papers bring
to us tho Welcome nows OF another call fo,
five hundred thousand moro men, which
looks like work, looks as though this job OF
conquoring a rebeilious pooplo was soon to
DO completed. Yours truly,
7. w. PORTER.