The Jasper weekly courier., 1865-04-15
[Corresposdencs q the Jasper Coorier
Letter from a Dubois Volunteer.
FoRTREss MuRFRErsBoRo, Txxr.1at
Camp OF The 143 Rsor. Isa VIZ,
Mafctll 3oh. 1865

- - bDf -tt ~ hht NNfth ."htir ~
+ntsf in'o The minuiae OF ,he argauiz ,,ion
'of l'ilS regimen; woaars ed from Cinp CIR.
Indianapolis. on ~. eve ~ ne 24ip,
M Feb. IN route for NashsIlIe, Team, arny-,
Ing At JviTsrsonvillr. a. $40 f25lh), We
crrsse rhe river with a drsnchlug rain
geYsus t,wp Dpon u, msrclitd % th- '.-ul-
aiers rsel.'' ia Louisville, capi. Ksi.oeg
commanding The regiment; We. wrfr lhrn'
marched 20 TA} l"r's Barracks, reiaaiD,n.
lnrr- lI he 20 b i-,.. when W. boarded
Freight rsntpr Nashville; arrived
lbrrr on hr 27o. 81 + M, ma'chsd 70 n
very cs-pcigus onHalag called Z,lucoG-f',
Brracss ior@rtly thr properly ~ the Ksb-
w, q M. u liIceii.r, hqt nov converted into
haffaeks. and Nu mas imaglae that. When
af- Uuelr ) aa- Dpy ssas there pli nl.h',
ihai ~ i n~i parieuiarly anxious H sspsat.
~ ,nrysr. H. 265 rooms d pacny are
h.A.d wun other tnl..s tsai wnich contrb
ui-~ 20 Tie colni.st oi sv;dssf'.. Ai3P. M.
..e started W. Mmirvssooro, dsstance 80
m,le-; arriv,n. Al q 4 A..i~e msIcAed %
'os -.'adir Y IsFsefirld. oivou'csed Tor
spsi night, grhly feelluing ourselves on
ihe grpuaa ssish our bianAess and lortunsie-
ly ciear ~Sy .vr . in an, ID add kuspsack
lp,lo~. Nxtdey Mach l.r, iremov 81 .
short distance 10 on adjoining nnh drew
tents and were regularly iniIisledintv son.v7f
The par lcaiars OIL soldering, mud pretty
rough imitation i, was. TO those wnom the old
so.dssrs sGeoousf,iate'iresb tisn' We renamed
Ila camp belweeu ihe Msnchesssr aud Saef
syyiiir pixies. iii th~ 9th, ~hrn We cr.sseu
tie Nashville sndf Cnst'aaoJgs railroad.
sud moved into the me Fortress, where We
have remained ever slncs. About 60 men
are detained every morning She men se
making vssy tar spsofeieHcy "a dbl. most
% ~. .iIis.s- .sssng ,bern "a ihrl service
before. understand tner du;t. There are
apouI IS vr 50 guns nacunted iihin 'hs
Fn,Irs-. vsf,,ng 81 trizs frr,n "a to 60
comm,uclng evefy d,rcc'iYn win 40 the
Flriryss. All ihe iVrces he ponies could
lrrsid ruu.n maze no show Yard ~hlplue
1900 m,n within The foruess. a,ih the re
,qui-ile provision Tners hss bp-n severa
lde lh.ln ssr Feglmeni, mpslly a asler sns
.ivLhnid tev-ra sDmr irs rum snrll pox
lQ Mts 3 uumb~r Enahe hospIAs: tne weash
lrf FIs WY .cnprlc.pus heFerrca crls tore
.MN.
Htpn-+ rullse dpsA sI'ke. aud Fhe Marc
iaa41s uiAxs. M iinhk ~ Snrkespesrs .,
n4s.'s ihrrA,ruae Msny u ~ boys ~
wv, sAnl lu.as II, ine bs.s ha' siir, WI \
s...n- w l,uflh ot Jaly dlaner La
.iAiiie sareiics ~ in' rat. ih0fwiIhSl4n inl
,h- rn,s, y ssclous observer u 'hr ,mes
tpmieunse U'r dssss,vnr vvri igYrfsbls "
\ On ssri, rstisstou VI peace. lar S0u,
lis crr1siniy bankrupt as . people, and like
wise udis idually ID 81 fqari,re ~ ,n- y 4
Jeff. Gems vrfy slow ~ lluli In nt of M
'tpromisss 20 sipe oui lac name ~ Shrrms
Itcnl The ron ~ fsukes Gsesvsl. Ia. IL upo
lhi- 1ssl Jlrch and preparing 70 Tumble ID
and iumh!ng vii! take with him the whoi
lrouea crew. The rebel chief may crop
liz VAN thrcugh Narlh Csrohns fur forces =
cope with ShermaL's armies; The ul'imal
success u Tho North Carolina campaian
yery surs. L., our armies though keep on
thing in view, and success i inevissbi'
Military oceupsiion aud military ,ue, sne
a. the people d South Carolina are exrer
,encinr u very hunihssina: we little smss
line how its iron en,ers into sheir souls
they awake 10 The realities Of ,heis conc
!, ion. Tmy. .mose vap any sikfr people
the Southern Ssates, were sanguIne cf q
success Of the rebellion they schercely y
suugursted. They had ne misg,viags s,hs
might hesitate. they would not, their CO..
..lspirscy was 10 cause The whole civiIiz'
world 10 shake aud commences new es'
they would do something that would eIc'
slously characteriEs sl,eir history sss peosI
o While Others paused a. the fearful brink
i civil war, they fsrceIy plunged wsshp
IN relacisnee into its swelling tides ss iftt~e
10 their natise element Who can have
,e spssk Or synpsshy for shsir wOes!sE wb
Il, ssFsAngs hsvs they esused 6rosd cas-, o.
sdl,his land; those sspe, concei.sd hhs,ic
~ lCarslinisps whose dess have A'wsPs bss
'. Irspugssns 20 Amssiesn tbes'ys insugDrst