Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-15
Sixth East tennessee volunteers.
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C.vP SroNEHAs, EKAE WAsHSeTcS, ID. G.
February ?, 1850
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suppose that NAY address yoa by that title
nov, bat hope ere long 10 substitute for il another
kr we see YOU are 20 spon beeosae Military Cover
nor Il he Commonwealth Of Tennessee, and We
srdsnsly hspe the time may soon come when We can
have yoa fer Civil Governor -ben civil law shall
be restored and again shall have peace on solid
base without being cHmbered with thst greatest OF
al modern curses--tlayery. We are proud 10 see
that there Is such 8 uasnimity Of sentiment among
our people on the sabjeci Of ersdieAting the evil
.hst has brought 80 much trouble uPoa Us and We
hope when oar State governmental reorgsniEed thai
or constitution may be 20 amended As 20 forever
banish from Cur state limits the institution Of ARR
"a slssery. But / did not seat myseif and take aR
81 pen te dEse,vss State affairs the slavery qRes-
aoa. Ny business Il something slse for the present
But nv object in taking my pen Was with your per
mission. 70 speak a few words with our nuneFcas
friends 10 East Tennessee Whe We know ever
interested in cur destiny. They win be Surprised
10 learn Of our sudden transit from the wilderness Of
Dixie to the great metropolis Of our nation but Il IS
nevertheless True brief account of our trip here
might not be uinteresiing and il i 10 be regretted
that an aller pen cannot give IL On the evening
q January isth, we Sid farewell 10 our comrades Of
ibe Sa Tennessee Infsutry-slth whom ehHd been
srriag 50 loagxhoss term of serTics expires soon,
and embarked on board the steamer Leni Leotl
aud by dsybreak next morning were moving rapid
IL down the turbid and swollen waters Of the Ten.
nszsee river, and in twenty-four hours bad reaehed
is mouth and were steaTning up the 0hlo When
ps EeAehed Cincinnati, on The evening of The sssi
Se learned thai oa account of the accumulation OF
ice in the rver, could go nofarther in boats and
on the morning Of the 22d We disesabarked At the
dry docks above the city. Preparations wsFe made
for tTansportationt 70 Annapolis IBds by way
Of Columbus Bell Air, &c By p. 81. we wers
xhirling rapidly away toward coarabas, Ia erowa-
% box-carz, from forty TO hfty men ia box. We
reached CoIurlas about midnight where We re.
Tsssa until snorBiBg the eitizsns of the eiiy far
nshiag as viii hos csfee by the bssrei, which wa,
quite sasspsable, Is ii was very eohi and snewing
At rsPid rate and you may be sasaFed the h0yi
did nupls jastce 10 the occasion. AZ daybreak nsx
morning we fgsls.d that a car bshtAining enc eonS
pany Of ouF.regimsnt had srokcn dovn, aud Wer
ordered 10 distribute the uaea Of that among th
Others, already crowded and overaowing. II doe
seem 10 ine that there is no cause for thss punish
ing troops IS i always the ease Fea they aie trans
ported by railway From forty 10 any men IA I
close car without ROOM tosit lie dsen very an
pleasant when they have u rsnlaii 80 81 seFers
days. We hope ogF authorities may ssriolsiy tinl
Of these things, aud THAI fsasdy tasy be adopted
Bat We Sere sooa under headway Sgaln, bal pro
gresscd slowly, on account Of snow on the ground
which was from ffteea 70 twenty inches deep. nnt
continued 70 fall rapidly, 20 ss did not reach Bel
AR until hszt HaeFHiag u . 4. u. This i anal
village jass below Wheslsng, Va, on the Ohio sia,
% the riEeF. Here S'e ERASED the Fiser whore th
pAeAing process wss kssiz Fefeatei, and We Wer,
~ 9 e=fs without stoves and tbe Wesiber extfrfae
y eSla. sooR We SsTs nvFiae sls3ly On the Bad