Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-27

" e-NS.4 e.a@f 80 t@~& &AStg Gu1uoSs
cd With Shermau's march through tn
CarolinhSs Il would be atfange il, o,
and then, iasidsnts did not occur Of
ludicrOas Character. The corrsspon
dent Of iAs New York Rsrald gives
few Of the latter. Among these we cop,
tow. 1has6fht daacEl6ssHm
4 TSss " Strsaelk -lSputA Cdrolia.
pa. LhaiGA@
One night 9 party 6l foragsrs wsr.
running o mill on Thompsona Greek
and the better to guard against enrpriss
they sent out pickatA Private Me1na
Company Il, ssth Indiana. having stood
his relief, left theappat 20 call anothel
picket On returning to the post witt
private Criff, of hia coUpany, they were
surprised 70 find two men. dressed 10
our uniform, standing guard. Walking
up to the post the rebels presented 70
volvers TO the breasts Of the Hoosiera,
and ordered them sfu surrender. The
Hoosiers couldn't sea it, and seixinR the
revolvers, a desperate 6st fight ensued
between the four men. Crift and Meeks
each knocked his man down. when one
was shot in the contest and the other
surrendered. To-day the brave In
dianians returned to camp with their
prisoner and two captured revolvers,
one markedl'' II. G. c., q. q. A."
ssaThe same Ecorrsspopd Gent describes
an amusing occurrence between &0a
: JOhnHy and a Dtltcimang III
The day that Wade Hampton charge 4
Kilpatrick's camp / was at Gen. Carlin' )
headquarters, when IN rebel soldier, ear
rying q carblneIsn Te1sonic member
Of the 9th Michigan Cavalry, came mp,
On reaching the tents, the Dutchman
saluted and said:
Captains, there ish un prisoner
Where did you get him7 Inquired
the AdiutAnt General ~ hZ A
"Well, yer see, was in der pergin-
ming of the fight, and got cut of; and
without der gun or horse, hid in der.
swamp. Pimepy, ! sees der Shonny
coming up, so / shust shumped behind
der tree 10. grab hima Der Aam fool
didn' comes elbse ter n0lf, aHsl1 sheps
out NIT ssurrenderf / shook hands init
him, and we made une compact TO strike
for ter camp; aud, lift so pc we make
rebel lines was to pc his prisoner; and,
if der were der Union lines, he is to pc
mine prisoner.
The story, seemed so improbable that
the rebel was appealed TO, and confirmed ID
the Dutchmsn's tale, merely adding;
were tired of toting the gun; AMI
wanted to sell out cheap for cash or hard
tack"
Is During the march through Carolina
some of the boys captured an extensive
rebel correspondence. Many of the
rebel letters contained severe comments
upon the conduct of the South Caro-
linians. Some of the Johniea appear
to have worse opinion of..the ehisalry,
par ezcetlenes, than our own aoldiers.
We copy few of the let ters found: .
What Wheeler's Men think Of thens-
selUes:
DEAR SISTER: had almost despaired
Of ever having anothere chance % mfite.
The Yenkes todk zarsshlug they
could find, and what they did not take we
did The people complained very much.
We were compelled to have something for
ourselves and horass ;SRe EaSe been
living on potatoes for nearly two weeks.
Wheeler's cavalry have had Q name
through she country After the war
| don't know which will sound worse--to
sayI have been in the Peniteutiary four
years, or that l belonged to Wheeler .
cavalry. ~r-vwg-
The &saasst Psopis IN Sosh Carolina
BUFoRB, Dec Is, 1864 .
DEAR JuLIA; We are in South Caro-
lima, where this rebellion started, and
every house has to be garded, and nc
man can get in house unless he is q
captain or some other officer Of q hsei
rank. If the Yankees has to be in any
part of, the government, Iwsnt them
here, forpthese are the meanest people
in the government We will meve down
few miles in the morning, and then il
we are TO COLIN the bitches We viii moi
do il.
Rants the Yaaks q. Sossa Carolsnd.
CAMP THIRD ALABAMA CAVALRY, I
- fssi5ss1 .ssl i,.asslesD Dec II, 1854. szf
Mr. DEAR LovER AND FRIENDS
We are in South Caroline The msaniai
peepel in this cuntry ever / saw since
have ben ssolderings il a solder gol
bout there houses they viii order him
of. / wod'nt care muich If they. Yan
kes Was TO get in here. think they
wood fall 8; snake ore two: oro enfT
Won't Fight Any Longer.
In CAMP, MAR BRIGHTON P. o., s c., l
9 Dec. lS, 1864
DEAR SISTER; ! take my pen in hanG
TO address you few lines, to let yor
know that 4 am lwelb and where am
IL IL supposed that We win Be dismeunt
ed and faken 10 the bitches at Savannah
and if that is 80, IlshAll 20 home. II nm
willing to fight as long as any one, hp
I have been service nearly four years
and have never had leave Of absence fol
| as many as FIVE days since 1 have beer
in service If they will not dismoun
. the regiment, will stay as long as sh'
var lasts. aud tight I CANNOT walk, ans
: I viii not serve as Infantry. / have no
I heard from home in some time. W.
. have not had any bread to eat since WI
\ left Atlanta. = We have been living OF
! meat and p0AA Atoesall the aMdRl / havt
! not tasted q bite Of bread in four months
I to my certain knowledge, and am get
ting tired of living on potatoes an,
: meat
The Thing About PEaseR Z u
] BuTRRD DISTRICT, SoUFH CARoLEsA,
,8guocal bDs9. the 18th, 1850.
DEAR FATHER: / have seated mysel
( IN dron vou a few line Yo
smoke about .Gs0sFe.l NIc%edldt sayis
you to keep him ont of the army as lobI
( as AposAhla 8Ifia true thare Amt mae