Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-16

+. ABoUr THE SECOND KY.--Caml
5 Thomas, Ca, June 7, 1S9S.-F. Nj
Beagle, Olympia, Ky.
: My Dear Brother:
5 Your letter Of a few days sine
to hand. In reply l do not thinl
, it amiss to give you a brief de
scription of our trip from Ky. t,
, this fort and some of our experience
since landing on Georgia soil anC
Nbeing thrown in contact with vol
Hunteer troops from all sections OF
Ithe Union.
a We left Lexington on the 25th oi
May and landed in camp abou,
$3.50 a. m. on the Goth, without ar
iincident worthy of note during the
I entire route save stopping ut Som.
erset 80 minutes for hot coffee.
Before leaving Ky. the ladies OF
Lexington very kindly donated
enough provisions to last ten days
and, to tell the truth, every crumb
from the beaten biscuits on through
the boiled hams, pickles, canned
goods to the cakes, was enjoyed
most bountifully by every member
of Co. ID. When these boxes of nice
food had been devoured it was a
little difficult to begin on army ra-
tions, but after a few days, these,
too. have become wholesome, and
meal time is anXiously looked to as
a national holiday.
Leaving dear friends behind in
Ky. together with all my relatives
was a trying ordeal, but where duty
calls these sad incidents are par
TALLY softened by its omnipotent
mandate. Leaving Father, who is
helpless, and Mother, who took my
departure SO hard, has been source
of sorrow lessened only by word
from home that he was improving
and that his health was good.
These little messengers came at a
time when their advent was angel
ic, and the comfort they brought
has aided me in every duty.
Chickamauga Park and battle
field contain about II, 900 acres, ev-
cry inch of which is historic; made
so by the gallant deeds of the brave
dead from both Federal and Con
federate lines. If one wished to
study the history Of that famous
fight no place on earth affords an
opportunity half so good as being
on it's sacred soil, and to read the
record of the engagement of each
brigade, division and corps on the
10th and Goth of Sept, 1868, as de-
scribed on iron tablets placed where
each brigade stood during the hot
test of the fight. Monuments have
been raised to the memory of the
brave officers who gave up life for
country and conviction, but these
will have crumbled to dust before
their memory fades. So long as
this great union of States lasts
their deeds are their monuments
raised heavenward to be immortal
lied by the Anglo-SaXon race.
The Second Ky. Regiment of
Volunteer Infantry is in the Fu7sl
Brigade, Second Division ,and Third
Corps of the Volunteer Army We
are on the left, and on the right is
the 9th New York, while the 1st
Arkansas holds the centre. On last
Thursday we had division review.
The three brigades composing it
were on the field in line. Over 5000
men were in line, and the sight
wis really imposing. Inspector Gen.
eral Breckinrldge, assisted by Col.
John j. Astor, reviewed the lines
with entire satisfaction and the di-
vision marched back to their re-
spective camps. When the Spanish
run against that Second Division
you can bet there will be a hot
time somewhere and somehow.
One day last week negro soldier
from the First Maine cursed one of
the Kentucky boys. No pen can
adequately describe the trouble in
the land next day when the negro
was captured by two Co. d. boys
and marched into the Ky. camp
between an axhandle and spade.
1t took quick work on the part of
Lour Col. and Lieut.. Col. to keep the
black devil from being swung to
a limb. The rope was already at
hand and a man was up the tree.
The negro was taken in charge by
Col. Gather and Lieut.. Col. Whip
pie and carried to headquarters of
the brigade. He has been sent back
to Maine as a precaution, and you
can bet that no more sable sons of
Ham will ever give lip to Ky. VOL
unteer. The next day when the
incident had spread over the field
we had word from the 1st and 9Th
Missouri, lst and I'd Arkansas, Sd
Tennessee and 9th New York that
if we needed any help TO call on
them. Times looked troublesome,
and while our actions were con-
trary to all military discipline 1
have heard no words of condemna-
ton against the Kentucky boys.
We have in our camp large Y.
NJ. C. A. tent, about 20x30. In it
are chairs. stationery, tables and
several innocent games of amuse-
ments. The boys spend nearly all
their spare moments there either
reading, writing or playing. The
expense of this tent is kept up by
the Ky. division of the Y. NJ. c. A.
A Mr.. Boucher is in charge and he
is the friend of every boy in camp.
He keeps stamps for sale and uses
every endeavor to accommodate us.
l do not see how we could do with