The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-12-24
GENERAL EAIoN,s AppREss.

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GENERAL EATok's ADDRESS.
CoNH4pHs e. TEE 7sSB OEse VETEaAx
VetsSEEzRa--As day GftSr day, u the
| qaIst walks Of civil lifs. WhaA NJ We ms
6 soldier PsrsEss tAase dltiss which are 40
6lfsNOat from The Eeutizs sf military life
The nesting with q cORrads, lie Ssund Of
= vOiOs, which As he's ASasd oa distant
ASldA remind Ain Of the dayS Whsa By tie
sAHP AFs, Hsd with AIs csuraa@ sf the
biVOuAc. oars vas baHlSheA Ia Gnuhdpatisa
Ofa futuFO Of ViOteFy Gad PRcs. Th0 he
Vistsa VaHtShsS, ahd breaking uPOa hin. Tie
realised truth thrills his heart WltA tie
treasured Rsnory. that hs was oaes q vel
untssr ssldioF sf the I'D Regiment of
ohiO FOssran FOluRtSeE Tnaatry; and yss
ssaii - he ruraS the pages Il his little jsuE-
nsl aad Fuads ths haaty lettings Of Ah aszy
n0sos, ks cas- ssancs believe that Of tAess
scenes hts eyes 'Wsrs witnesses, tAst 0f thess
ssaRds Of aFtillsEY his ears were h0ASSss,
that % de march ls8 step eave ~ paRt 70
Ne aaiVsrpAl tyanp, snd that in an q Whish
be has written, BE has basa an eetsf.
The I'D Regineat of Ohio VoluatOss In.
fsneEy, to which We had the honsF e bslosR
vas oFsaaised at this place, during tks
months Of OctsboT, November and peesn--
bsP 1881 .-OoHpahies, 4. ,. o. D, RF.
q. and l. were Eoeruitsd principally in this
eeuatY. 0O1Psay g. with snsI portion
Of n aad A. was recruited in REio osunsy,
Company <. Was recruited in HOdiIa
seunty, and oempaniss D. +. and o. had q
snail number in Ssch fron sSnsea and
Weed csuAties.
On the 94tb, day ef JsauAIy. ig9, We
LEFT Camp Oroghan, for Oalunbas, By rail,
where We GTiVsd on the S5tk, and msrshsd
10 Camp Chase. on NoAday TIE era.
Companies A, and B. received their araa
The Regiment not having tie nsGimun
numbor Of HeB, Company 3. Wss bYoken
up aud diatributsd anonF the other CON.
paniOl, the officers rendered supsFau nsFary
were discharged, aad Oonpaay recruited
at Cincinnati, was aasIgned TO tie f2d, and
designatsd Co K. iefs
We remained In Camp Ohass, drilEng
in the mud, until Wednesday, February
lStA, 1852 when We embarked On beard the
cars fer Cincinnati, Whsre We arrived at 7
e'eloek, Q that evening, Gnd tOOk the Steamer
Telegraph for PGdueah, Ky., where We aFs
rived on Saturday Feb 2oA.
We remained At Paducah uutIl AaEeh 6sh,
IL the meantime received GrnR for the bal.
Aneo Of the Regiment. Here We were placed
IN shermAn's Division and BrieadOd with
the 18th and 10Th, Ohio ReKi1onts, With
Dol. Buckland, row General, Oo1nandlsg
Brigade. 7 sa'g1 BIO"
On Thursday Evening, March ssh We
embarked on the stsaner Battle. Yea al
Teu0ubSF the tins We hid n getting eur
nulsS on board; if set 1sesuue that
QUHFtaf master GaThnsAS doea- --Oa Friday
We started up the Psnaessss River, n sOa-
Paay with some Ghy stoaBops. At Port
Henry We found ssne thirty senmers, like
eurs, loaded to their fell capaeity with
treopA ,,s
Or the nOrning sf the I7th We dsbazksd
g Pittabufg Landing. FrOR here the frut
ioFBging was doUe. Ce. A WIN DsAt up the
river three or four miller, en- q steamer ~.
der CONVOY Of gun beat, foE Cora End Fed.
der. Plenty OF chicksas, Vsrs isuRd en- the
plantations but Aot & nsn WGa allowed to
eateh sHs With0at paying fer Il Bid net
think ai that time that Is wsald - soeOuiag
% soldier, TO take chicken yIiAout pay. |
| IL,
aRd could fOrags With eldest of them. On
the 2eth, We moved from The Landing 10 |
Shilsh Church. The IL 6ays eonAnOnsht |
On beard the Steamer Baltic, nada NEST Of
TIE usR and officers aick, with Shrrhea. |
Sone ten days were here spent u drilling
The 1en. On the morning Of the ID sf
April eur Brigade Essds a YssssBeisancs IL |
ne direction Of OOrinth, in which the I'D
met the Rebel PicketB, and exchanged shets |
This was our EPHt fire ct the Rsbals.
Oh the 4tA Of April part Of the FeziEUut |
ElBsagAged 10 Skiynish Wi4h Ashel cav
airy, On the picket line; in froat .ef ekileh |
Ohuroh. Several of the ne1 were wounded |
end Hlj. OEnckstt and three uloH were tsk. |
tn prisoners. On Sunday the 9th Of April |
(eu we're engaged With the sseny, in full |
ioTcs, maintaining your po1iiion IN fsoht Of |
oar camp, for TIVE and q half houfA under . |
hsSRy ArefEom srtillGEy aad iuhaatEy, HaV.I
ing expended ysur sungaition. geu we're
ordered back iAto your camp, foT the puF.
Peas Of reftliog your eartEisge boxsa, With |
amHsHition, End again advaneinR b the /
rent yhen Jon we're erdsrsd beck to The
On The nerning Of the 1th, ysa again en-
teset the Akkt. With more eenh hdenes than On /
Sunday and drove the ensuay bsyead Sou7
eva camps that you had occupied on Sun-
day morning. In this battls We Lost l2l
DsA and eficsrS killed and wounded, auonR
then was Lieut.. Col. Oanhsld, Ospt. WsF-
stain, and Lieut.. Clifford, cad allow ne here
3 remark that on Saturday aerniaR before
ths Aght the records Of the Rege. skoE that
toro vSs Us men at surgeons can besides
Fhas we're sick in their qusrtSrS.
On the 29th Of April We len our Camp ss
Shiloh, and commenced what is eallad the
'1'ssiags of qoIisib" From this tino ustil
the 5Oth Of May, We were constantly under
Are. In this siege We lost rnasy 1Sn from
sickness.
From oorinth We marched 10 Ksnphis,
arriving thers on the 2Ist Of July. From
this tine until We n1a1e the GoraantOvn
Raid, which 10 noted amOnR the bOys fer
the number Of chickens sad gsess captured,
and which occurred about the 10Th Of Ne
ven ber-we were engaged ia the ordiHsry
duties Of Camp and Provoss duty, ia the
city Of Memphis. .s -.5T si.f 20
On the 18th of November, We vsrs rsor-
giEiaed in new Brigade. composed Of the
72d Ohio, 93d Indiana, ia Illinois, and 32d
WiScoggin regiments, Gen. BuSklsHd COM
On the 0t;h Of November, vs lsit Nsai.
phis, on what We eaIl ths 6rst Oxford Raid.
TAia EaS Grantia frat Htasmpt 70 take YiekH-
0nrg, VsndoFn having destroyed his sup
9llea, at Holly sPrings, he WaleOuPelled to
iall back. %
At thi1 time Vsiwore engaged 10 Grinding
1Ornneal, for the army, on Hurricane creek.
1sPt,. Moore, being miller by profession,
lad charge of the grinding.
You sll remsmber TIE Eight march from
be 1niIl 70 Abbyvills, and freu tAsre to
Davis nil, aud to Moscow, where Ws rsnais.
d some three weeks, building the Stock
de, and erF anal march TO Oorinth, and es-
'ocially Camp No. g. WheEs ratI0es in Kind
EerS isSued 70 Fou from the division Guar
OE masteThi and cur entering eorinth' 1ho
4th Of December, rainy day, end ell0v |
nt here to remark, that I think that the !
resi- 1e spentin COrinth Al that IIne, was I
he hardest limo that ever saw h the m. I
az, From Corinth We went to Whits's Sta
ion, where We remained some time, building
1hst i known b5 sOns Of you as PortPeeF-
% the 18Th Of March, ws lsft keuphiS
y YleksbuEg. The 95th Ohio wa at this
me bEigaGed with US, in plsce Of the 32d
Flsec nsln, ,-remSining few days ct Sand
llands below Helena; until the waier drove i
out and compelled Us b eontinue our
larch to DuckpOrt, FIVE miles above Vicks- D
urg. Here We were engaged in digging on e
"a U1HRl foP fUn waaks nj p