The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-02-11

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Ia. II. 1855.

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il nearly three nonsAs sincs I have had
wCra fuza hhssa (sRsapsing tAssagA tho
sslumna Sf tho NOaparsil, % msthiaks
I viii take mp my psn, and ssnd ysa q
few lines and tell yoa sOmsAiag Of sAs
Sacred sOil' Of South CarOlina ard, q
cur psOspsrss gsasrally Isn = usual
enjoying pretty gOoa hsAhh N hss /
like the climate hsrs. We are having
sboat such weather here now ss ys1 have
10 October. Il has nos bOsa cold ssough
to freess hers bat Ons OF two aighsa thaa
winter
Well rs to Whist we have bean doing
| suppose you hare kept track ofusthrough
the papers and know pretty waH What We
have done during the past few montha,
50 / will not attempt to recount much OF
the movements Of tbs company CON-
mandsa By Mr. Sherman. Suffice it to
81, that we Isft Atlanta on the 18th Of
Nos. wen, iatr the COufsderAey, travsrsed
il 1t our lsisu. .. destroying ell the II Rds,
Mills, Cotton Gi2a Dep4ts, FacsOrys'
Fsasas, Buadiaga Ban. I, WAgOSs Cotton,
Grain, and all kiads Of tG:-age without
imit hssidea eoaRseAtiag all IN, horses,
males and Negroes in our line Of march.
And remember ,tAAt ws moved in >
column" the aaaks Of which were nearly
seyenty~fo miles from each ether, and
when you consider that the State ofGa,
10 travsrssd BY snch line Of 'dssoistioa"
from Chattanooga to Savannah, dis
lance Of over 400 miles, yOu must know
something Of the damage done the rebels
in the heart Of their country.
We were molestsd but little in our
march BY the Esbsls. aud though. we
started with but few rations, ws lived
well. The country from AtAlanta to the
coast is a Isvsl pine country, suitable for
corn and cotton, until you come 10 tide
water" whsn rice, rosin, tar, and darkiss,
seem to have bssn the psiacipa
productions
We saw several genuine Congo
Negroes" but a few years from
Africa.
The people are very rich or very poor
the formsr reballiouS IS usual, tho Latter
more loyal and heart sick Of the war,
which has cost them not only money and
suffering but much bIeod, for We hardly
passed house but some member Gift lad
gone to war and met traitors doom.
All the people doth rich and poor are
tired of the var and say that thsir cause
is hopeless and that sooa they must return
70 thsir loyalty. But fsw men ware
seen on the march the answer to our
question always being that they had
gone to war"
Our Division (4th Of l7th COrps) had
the honor of first driving the rebels into
their main works at Savannah, and then
were relieved by the 10Th Corps and we
wsat to the right on she Ogeechea river;
We lost over fty men during the
dag.
aardes said 40 could hot get in but
just as preparations were made for an
assault be slipt away. We found in
Savannah over $4,000 bales Of cotton
Is Is 900 900 WORTH $50 heavy guns and
much material ofwar. Il Is q nice city
and its people generally are loyal. There
are several nice monuments there, eOsnt
Pulaski sad !ssrgs. Jaspers being the
most noted. The old works built by the
British in the war Of tho revolution
are still standing and HsOant heavy guns.
Our Corps embarked % transports On
the Wilmington river (SOath east Of
savSnnah) passing out BY way ofossahaw
souad and dsbsrksd at Beaufort 8. c.,
On che Ca Of Jan. On the 18th We crossed
Port RSy@l sinAE ard started for the
Charleston =. B. aA& wscs mss BY
Hardss hshiad powerful ~OEka, but
4AOmgA ssiy swo diSisiOas che 81 ed
Athl wses aspOlysd be run .fsm tAsm
Fer sAslliag ~ sossiassahis. Our
Rsg. lose one q iss best oakOsEs Capt, n.
D. Kslisg Co "A" whe was nostaIs
wounded BY ria ball in aha bowsla
We gsiAsd anF pOsisioa hsrs, and nov
only aHising for che ssss Fl the army to
join us wheu you nay expect 70 hsar
something ''asop" near Charleston. Fall
1 il viii, fall i most wAsnevsT the army
of ths Tsan. aaAaris In haansr hsfars Il
iasd Pap Sherman saya forward
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| Mr. BEe0MKa chs ~sg b asaEly ended