Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-04
FROM CHICKAMAUGA.

late to get n letter back to you In time
for last weeks paper, so l determined
to wuit until later and send more at
one time.
We left Columbus, o, Monday eve
ming at $3.50 o'clock and started on our
long Journey. There we're about "a
passenger cars in the two trains that
we're to convey us, besides the freight
cars for baggage, horses, etc. Thus it
can be readily seen that great care had
to be exercised and the heavy loads
would not permit as fast running as is
the custom. | heard the Colonel re-
mark before we started that Ia hours
ride would bring us to our prescribed
destination, but he was compelled to
change his conclusion before we ar
rived at Chattanooga, Tenn. The en-
tire trip. occupied space of nearly 40
hours with 26 hours OF actual travelling.
We came from Columbus to London
and then straight to Cincinnati, at
which place we arrived about midnight,
SlOppluH Ou lhlhuuCo lOi SolCCs lO IooN
so galloos of coffee to supply each SOL
dier with tin cup full, and I was told
by good authority that it cost the gov
ernment SOC a gallon for all coffee that
was supplied the boys. l dare say,
however, that with all the great cost
the consumers of the coffee got the
worst Of the bargain for there was
neither cream nor sugar in it so that
the appetite for the same did not in
crease very much as we drank of it.
Then, too, the boys did not feast on
strawberry shortcake and ice cream on
the way, but instead got two crusts Of
bread and small piece of corned beef
three times day and If the breeze
happened to be coming your way it was
no trouble at all to smell the beef the
length of car. 1t was actually so
| rank that after we had eaten of it for
few meals and our appetites became
less ravenous many refused to eat it
again. From Cincinnati we came on
the l.. & N. to Louisville. KY, and ar
rived in that capital city at the sound
of revelle, 5 a. m. 1t is needless 10 say
that the boys all enjoyed the scenery of
the blue grass region hugely and their
appetites for time ceased to gnaw
when the sight of the beautiful land
scape broke in upon their visions
However, this did not have the same
effect upon the writer of this letter as
the scenery was not very attractive to
me, because of having passed through
the same country several times, and
sought refuge behind the water tank
and crust of bread.
The route from Louisville led down
through Bowling Green, KY, and from
there to Nashville, Tenn, where we
stopped 20 minutes for coffee. From
Nashville we were carried to Murfees-
borough, Tenn. Just before we reached
Murfeesborough we passed large Ma
tional cemetery where thousands of
little white headstones told of brave
deeds performed and under whose
shadows rested the dust of thousands
who had died for tho principles by
which they fought-both the blue and
the gray.
"Under the one the blue,
! Under the other the gray"
Many OF the stones were marked by
the word "unknown," but there is a
God in heaven who has marked the
last resting places of those heroes who
died for what they believed to be right
and unknown as they are to us, He
shall raise them up in the last day to
appear with Him in all His glory. A
little further on we came to the battle
field of Shiloh where stands large
monument erected to the honor of
those who marked the pages of history
with such deeds of valor. Things have
changed some since the days of the
fight, but yet who could stand on the
ground made so sacred by the blood of
those dead heroes and fail to shed a
tear OF sacred recollection as in appre-
citation of what we now possess throu
| their Yal0rI
A short distance further on lies
battle field OF Murfeesborough and
old fort which still remains to be 8,
by the passers by. Breastworks W
thrown up on both sides OF the road
a protection for the fighters. Nj
could be seen on these fields to rem
one of what our brave fathers endu
in times long gone by and yet when
turn our thoughts back from the
erie OF the past to the present reali
IL is TO find the sons of these
fought going forth to endure once
some OF the same hardships borne
the last civil strife.
From Murfeesborough we canned
the Cumberland valley to Chattano
We passed through about "a tunne