The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-05-11
Correspondence Of Lancaster Cazette.l
Letter From the Goth ohio Regiment
SURGEONS QRs., DOTH o. VI,
LICK CoEEK, i. Tenn,
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Eds. Gazette - In all probability the
readers of the Gazette, especially those
that have friends and relatives in the
Goth Ohio, would like to hear Of their
and what their occupa-
ton has been for the last two or three
If you can find room in your
crowded columns for this brief letter,
| should be pleased TO do SO. Our
first camp after the victorious battle
of Nashville was near Huntsville, Ala.
which place We reached on the 9th Of
January. We remained in this camp
n few days over two months; all of
which time we were not altogether out
of the rumors that are so prevalent in
camp, that of going to move, or in
other words "grapcvinc." But VIC
did not receive orders TO move until
the evening of the 18th of March,
which stated that we should be ready
to move on the following day. We
we're to 60 to Knoxville, Tenn. Many
asked what we were going there for,
as there was no enemy in any fol &C
in this portion Of Rebellion. But
any one having any knowledge OF
the geographical position in military
point of view, to that of Lees army
should he attempt to como through
here in the anticipated evacuation of
Richmond, our coming here is at once
solved.
About 2 o'clock, P. NJ, on the 10th
inst, we took the cars at Huntsville,
arrived at our destination, which was
Strawberry Plains, sixteen miles east
of Knoxville, on the night of the 14th,
,vna,nlnS III me cars during inc re-
mainder ofthe night as it was raining.
Time went along slow and smoothly
rs did the cars that we were aboard
of. Nothing greeted us on our way
except the little frogs that inhabited
the many ponds that lie in our route
These could only be heard at intervals,
as the cars would halt to wood or wa
ter. But there is music even in the
seemingly inscnsiblc croaking of the
frog, as it is a strong indication OF the
near approach Of spring. But to be
brief: We remained at this place some
ten days only, moving up as the com
plstion of tho railroad progressed
We leave the Plains on the morning
of the 24th and arrive at this placcor
the 9th, after being in camp one day
at q place called Bulls Gap, at whicl
place the road was completed. W.
had scarcely "squatted' in the monot
ony of camp life until we received
orders to be ready to move, leaving
behind what could not make from
twenty to twenty-five miles a day
We left but few men back. In tn
afternoon of the Sd we moved out oil
quick time. making some tourteel
miles until short time after dark
We encamp for the night on piec
of elevated ground one mile North o
what is known as the Big Chuck,
River. The object of our move o
raid was to go into North Carolina t
bring off some refugee families VIII
were and had been hiding in the noun
tains, and also to bring off as man.
mules and horses as We could Obtain
. Ashvillc, the county seat OF Bun
combo county, North Carolina, seem
, to have been a military post for th
} rebel army during the war. The
. kept what thcy called travelling al
8 scnal, merely, Ipresume, to supply I'll
Q guerrillas and bushwhackers in tll
E different parts of the so.called Contct
o eracy. / wonder if the whole Coz
t fcdcracy is not a travelling machine
i Our second days march took us ov'
0 Smoky Mountain, at whose foot ru'
the very rapid waters of the Ficnc
;. Broad River whose waves bid dctian'
L almost to the passer by. On tho eve
IT ing of tho 4th VIC camp near the Ill
J, Springs after having made twent.
II II three miles of march over some
d tho roughest roads that | ever sa'
y AS tired as the boys seemed to be aft
n, marching so far and hard, their pr
!, l. penstics for fresh pork did net see
10 to be deficient whatever. We we
q not in camp long until | saw sever
3 "porkers coming in camp that HI
Vi fallen victims to Yankee lead. 1w
y, q happy recipient Of a nice piece
20 20 Il porker" myself by Capt. j. S. Nc
I'd whose propensity for fOraging is vo
= great.
i The chivalry Of the South came he
M before the war and spent the SUNNI