The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1864-11-25
Our Army Correspondence.
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EDGRFrKLD JUHOrIoN, Tenn, Nov. 10 {
To dss Editor a5 tho Pioneer:
Supposing that you might have room in
your columns for short letter from the
army, now that the business of election is
over, have undertaken to post you up a
little concerning the whereabouts and cir
cuInstances of Company B. Although the
company was not made up of St. Paul
men, still you may feel a little more inter-
est 10 it than in others on account of its
being raised there. After variety of aa-
ventures, pleasant and unpleasant, we have
finally settled down to the comparatively
quiet business of guarding the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. The company is
divided into three squads " Ga melcdious
term seculiar to military phraseology),
with headquarters at this place (Edgefeld
Junction), about nine miles and a half from
Nashville. 1t is called the Junction Oh
account of the Springfield, Knoxville and
Olarksville Railroad joining the Louisville
and Nashville road at this point Two
miles above or north of here, a bridge
crosses AanscOe Greek, where there is
stockade, and Lieut.. jones with thirty men,
from this company guards it. Four miles
north of that, or six miles from the juno
ton, Lieut.. Fertig with twenty-six men
guards bridge crossing brakes Greek
and water-tank and woodward Each
morning patrol starts from camp head
quarters, carrying the morning report ~
and mail, and goes as far as Manscoe
Creek, where another patrol from that sta
tion takes their place and goes to the next
station, where it 10 relieved-and so on
until it reaches regimental headquarters at
Gallatin, sixteen miles from this place.
This company has very few men sick in
comparison with others. Still their guard
duty is pretty heavy, bringing each on
duty every other day. The country around
swarms with guerillas and deserters, but
as yet We have not had the good luck to
"gobbls " any Of them. We have found
a haunt, however, and next time may be
| able to give better account Company f
captured one notorious guerilla week ago
| after shooting bis horse under him, and
short time since they shot two in one night
In the morning their bodies were found
lying by the roadside. +.t
We are stationed in beautiful country,
and favored with excellent quarters. A
vast difference between these and the
"dog. tents at the front. in frsnt of us
We can see the Cumberland tearing along,
with logs and trees scattered upon it as far
as the eye can see, the yellow water surg
ing and boiling, and carrying away all OBJ
river rose thirty:tioe feet, and since then it
has risen, more slowly, at least fifteen
feet more. The country on each side is
overfowed making an immense lake.
For week or two it has been wavering
, and changing between rain and sunshine
on alternate days. Now it seems 10 have
settled down to rain.
The crops this year, especially Of corr,
are not so large as usual They will not
average more than halt. 1t will not affect
the people much though, as they are gen.
orally in easy circumstances, many of them
wealthy. Still, there are a few refugees
from the South, who will suffer severely,
if they do not starve, before the winter is
over. We are quartered in an excellent
neighborhood. The people were original
ly "Southern sympathizers but have
taken the oath of allegiance and live up to
its requirements. They think, that, al
though secession might not, in itself, be
wrong, yet in seeding, they were taking
the surest and moec direct course to lose
the stake for which they fought-slavery.
They say that no hostilities should have
been commenced until Mr.. Lincoln should
have committed some outrage on their
constitutional rights. Then if they found
justice at the ballot box and under the
Constitution, was not to be obtained,
they think secession would have been JUS
tifable. 1t seems to be their opinion,
however. that such time has not yet ar
rived. They keep the oath to the letter
and are an honorable, high-minded class
of citizens They treat Union soldiers
with the same respect and gentlemanly
kindness as they do their neighbors and
friends. Our men are treated as neigh.
bors, borrow tools and horses, exchange
rat;ons for whatever the citizens have to
spare that we need, and in return lend
them as readily as we borrow. This war
would sooD be amicably settled if left to
private soldiers and citizens to arrange,
but political faction runs too high for such
a millennium to be at hand. There was
little excitement here over the election az
in the minds of all it was foregone con-
clusion, however much they might regret
its course. l suppose you have seen by
the papers that, on account of military su.
pervision, the Mcclellan electoral ticket
il Tennessee was withdrawn. On that
account it is impossible to tell how the
vote would have stood.
Every body here is making great pre-
paration for Christmas. Your humble SER
want has already received number of
invitations to holiday parties, which he
means to attend with military punctuality
if the exigencies of the service " will per-
NIT. :" Until something worthy of note hap
pens, l must close for want of material to
NIL