Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-05-27
Fremont gollrnaI.
Correspondence Of the journal
LETTER FROM TIE .1ad a ".

rubbers, we marched to the depot of the Charles
ton d Memphis Railroad. This road has no
been used for some time
We were loaded on platform cars aud wer,
soon under motion, fairly launched out on an
expedition, the object of which no one. could di.
VINE. Our train ran slowly aud carefully, ap.
preaching every bridge and culvert with great
caution. The morning had been prophetic of q
stormy day, but by O'Clock the weather had
become quite pleasant We were the first reg
Iment out, and there were five trains loaded
with troops, rations aud forage for the cavalry
and the teams ofour wagon train, which were to
travel by public road. We arrived at a bridge
about five miles from Mascon, at O'Clock the
same afternoon, and found the bridge burned
We immediately unloaded and went into camp,
then commenced the labor of transferring the ar
tillery and munitions of war TO terra frma, for
further transportation by land. Early next
morning our brigade, excepting the I'D, which
was left to guard the supplies marched to Wolf
river and found the bridge destroyed, causing
another delay.
About 10 O'Clock the wagon train, 40 wagons
the transportation of fsupplies, by this means, to
river. By dark we had all the supplies on the
road, and at daylight May ID, were on the road
ourselves. We arrived at the river and the
bridge, which had been hastily thrown across,
had proved Inefficient having broken involving
the loss of one wagon loaded with ammunition
and hard-bread The Hath Ill had crossed be-
fore the bridge broke. The injury was repaired
some little time before dark and we commenced
crossing. As soon across we pushed ahead
until 10 O'Clock, making some six miles; part of
the way ii was good marching but we had to
march through some brush and considerable
mud.
May Sd. We were up at 4 o'clock Just as
we were drinking our coffee the order came to
@iall in, and we were soon on the road headed
for Somerville, where we arrived about IL
O'Clock, did not stop, but marched out about two
miles ON the Bolivar road to a creek running
through cool aud shaded strip of bottom land,
where we had rest of an hour.
Somervilleisa very pretty aud pleasant place.
most ofthe dwellings are built of brick, neatly
arranged and beautifed by pleasant lawns cov-
cred with the finest shade trees The place
shows the influence of modern improvement
much more than most Southern towns We
started after our rest much refreshed; the day
had become very warm. We made but two
rests from that lipe until O'Clock, having
marched % miles, when we went into camp, and
our turn on picket About ; o'clock the next
morning were relieved, and took up the line
of March without breakfast arrived in Bolivar
soon after O'Clock. We found considerable
cavalry in camp, awaiting our arrival. The |
Quartermaster soon began to issue staek" TO |
them. We made shelters of our blankets TO pro-
tect US from the rays of the sun, which had be- |
come very hot. We laid in the shade untilnoon /
when we commenced search for fresh meat,
and found cattle, sheep aud hogs in abundance.
Bolivar is a beautifully situated place and quite
a town; there are few splendid residences, and
many quite fine ones m the place but it bears
the marks ofwar 1t has been occupiedb by both
armies at different times
May 5th, Left Bolivar O'Clock taking the
Pochahontas road, marching slowly until near
noon when the advance began to lead off at a
brisk pace. We marched four hours without /
resting, the hardest pull we ever made at such
high rate ofspeed and during the hottest part of
the day. This part of the country is very hlly
We marched over hill after hill, rising one above
another About o'clock the advance reached
the little Hatchie; the bridge had been destroyed
and the men were obliged to walk across on the
stringers while the teams and artillery were
compelled to ford. We were late getting across
and into camp. We did not stop for dinner to-
day
May 6. Left camp at o'clock, and about 9
we struck the pine hills, range or ridge run
ming at this point nearly south. 1t was hard
work marching over these hills, but as we rose
higher and still higher, and could look back
over the country we had left and view the beau
tiful landscape spread out before us we could
not help exclaiming how beautiful. We rested
at noon, after which we marched about five
miles to the head waters of Wolf river, where
we encamped for the night AS we assembled
the last high hill, before dropping down to the
lower ground, most splendid sight burst upon
our view. We could see for miles over the sur.
rounding country, over the tops of the tallest
trees, covered with new and beautiful foliage.
vivid with green, rejecting the light of an eve
ming sun, blended with the mellow grey of the
approaching twilight threw softness over the
whole which rendered the scene the most beau
tiful / ever witnessed.
May Z. The bugle sounded at an early hour,
and soon our stirring little Colonel was heard q
passing through camp arousng the men. Just +
ne fbasrn ,vas v;td;ne tho, ,....,., L. = !. | d,
on the road, headed for Memphis. We rested {
Is minutes out of every hour to-day. At noon t
rested on side hill among logs and brush near t
a little creek; reached Salem, Miss, about 5 t
O'Clock, marched about about miles and went
into camp in pleasant place. though good wa q
ter is scarce; will rest here over Sunday.
Mays. Lying in camp tired and sore footed, /
but most of the boys determined to have some I
thing to eat, and foraged cattle, pigs and sheep
quite extensively. About O'Clock the pckets
became alarmed and in consequence the whole f.,
force was soon under arms the artillery in posi-
ton and everything prepared for warm work, l
which was all done in less time than have been !
telling it.. The alarm was occasioned by the re- q
turn of our forage train. There were two SOL
ders of the 95th Ohio and negro wounded by :
the accidental discharge of a gun. a
May 9. Were on the road early; the wagon t
train had been passing out for some time before
We started. We let out at good pace, passing :
through Lamar on Mississippi Central Railroad Z
to-day. Our brigade was in the lead to-day for I
the first time, and we showed the cavalry what
we could do in that line We marched twelve J
miles before 10 o'clock and rested until o clock G
at creek seven. miles from Moscow, which we
left to the right. We made twelve miles to {
where we left the Railroad, arriving little be-
fore O'Clock, by sundown we were on the cars /
and on our way TO Memphis. We have been q
gone ten days, passing through Bolivar, around +
the head waters of Wolf river, over some of the {
hardest rnads II hos o.-nr h..., ...... L.. L. .I J