The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08

day who say they expect an attack from us daily.
 Fairfax, Sept. 14.--A courier has just arrived with the news that 1000 of the enemy are coming down upon us, and that we must hold ourselves In readiness to march any minute. l have heard that until I am tired of 1t.
 Fairfax. Sept. 22.-Captain Du vars health is not good. He leaves for Mont gomery this evening. We have the best Colonel in the service. according to my notion. The officers of the Independent Rifles are no small potatoes themselves
 Sept: 2.-Our regiment Is now at Burke's Station, four miles above Fair fax. That is now our advance force. We have a great deal of sickness In camp.
 Note-A number of men. Including the writer, were iii with bilious fever and were sent to Richmond just after the last letter. Dr. Weatherly went with them, and stayed until they began to recover.
 Richmond, Oct. S.-Our forces have all fallen back from Fairfax. I will go back to camp in the morning.
 Union Mill Oct. 23.-I reached camp night before last. and an awful place it is, in an old field in mud and water. Our regiment has just come in from picket. This part of the country, will work from morning till night.
 Union Mill. Nov 3.-I have had slight attack of pneumonia, and the doctor wanted to get me a discharge, put h,,g,al MI
  : Union Min, Nov. l5.-General Ewell has left us, and General Rodes Is put in his place. -. ters are nearly completed, but there Is no telling whether We will get the ben eft of them or not
 Union Mill, Dec. i've are going 10 baggage will be safe. and will probably go to Dumphrey's about twenty-nve miles from here. Sure enough, we nave to leave our winter quarters. captain Du Val has not returned, and Lieutenant Fox has been promoted to quartermaster of the regiment, in place or Captsln Harris who is quartermaster or the prlB- ade. Lieutenants Kirkpatrick and Goree are our officers now: 10 We have been here over week, ana have very comfortable house to stay in but whether we will have the pleas ure of living in 1t long is more than can say. 1 would like to spend 1ew days with you Christmas, but cannot leave. now. am better satisfied here than I would be at nome uhIess peave was declared. Our army here IS m pet @ ter trim for fighting than 1t ever has
 Camp Davis, Dec. 2s.-I never heard such an inceSsant roar of cannon as there has been for the last three hours toward our batteries on the fotonae t 7, The boys are in fine spirits, hoping to be sent there. Our General Rodes IS very strict, and duty is quite heavy. me roads have to be worked all the tune. Christmas will soon be gone; ana t no nIeasure have we seen yet. We are not aiiowed to go out of brigade limits from Christmas until New Years Day.
 Camp Davis, Jan. s IsbZ..CapttaiIh I,irt.. Iu patrick is now Captain, John Burton IS Third Lieutenant. Lieutenant-Colonei Baker has also resigned on account or f1- i'll health. Major Gordon IS now LI1u Wa- tenant- Colonel and Captain Weems Is Ma '0 0Note-All of January was spent at Camp Davis, and the letters speaK oL heavy snows and impossible roads.
 Manassas Junction, Feb. H-About three hundred and twenty-five Of our reg iment have re-enlisted and gone home on a furlough. Most of us will. do the same same when the others return. Captain hrk- is at home now. l thought l nad seen bad weather in Alabama, but this
 Orange Court House, March 8.-our army has fallen back from Inn1 Manassas s;s and i've miles through rain and mud and are now without tents. We left our camp Sunday night the 9th of March, ana until or o'clock; stopped tlil day. and started again. We got four crackers and piece of meat each day which I call pretty small rations. Cap tain Kirkpatrick returned yesterday.
 IOrktOW va, ApTll l5-lI lS N"O weeks tomorrow since we arrived here. and we have worked night and day build ing Qualifications. The enemy is in sight of us, and we expect an attack daily. They have made two attempts to cross our works below us, but got whipped both times By the conscript law we are now in for two more years without chance of going home.
 Yorktown. April 25.-I thought Bome- time ago that the war would end soon hrt It hos inst begun There are thirteen Alabama regiments here, so when the fight comes of you will hear from us.
 Yorktown, April N.-Colonel Seibels Is roing to leave us and l don't s&e what will become of the regiment. We elected Colonel Gordon yesterday. but 1t will be hard to find ar&,body to equal Colonel tenant Goree are going home. Lieutsn- ant Fox is now our Captain. The Yan5 kees are here by the thousands, and throw us a few bombshelIs every day. They were working in front of us last night when our batteries opened on them. They returned the compliment. but none Sf-tis were hurt,
 Chckahominy River. May l5.-We left