Year: 1863

Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep re. ~
. FROM THE THIRD IOWA. d


Moscow, tenn, Feb. nth, 1865,


Feb. 6.-Thc same old story. No move
made and more expected to be made for some
time. - De-. ".'"


There is now here the 1st Brigade, and we
occupy ourselves in standing picket or camp
guard about every other day. For few days
past the weather has been cold and stormy.
The ground is now white with snow, and it
thaws but little. Lieut.. John Wayne left us
to-day. lie was compelled to resign on &C.
count OF continued i'll health. His sickness
in Missouri, and confinement in Southern
prison, had done its work. lie came back
after his exchange and braved the vicissitudes
OF camp life for time, hoping that he might
regain his strength, but all to no purpose, he
daily grew weaker, and he was compelled to
resign. No one could have been more adored
by his company than was Lieut.. Wayne
Ever kind to the boys, and watchlul for their
welfare, he was pattern officer, soldier and
man The boys presented him with Meer-
schaum pipe, costing something over S25, as
testimonial of their friendship.


Feb. The long roll beat to-day and all
rushed to arms. Firing had been heard out
in the vicinity Of the pickets, and that, IN ad-
dition to signals thrown up last night, led US
to suppose that the ubiquitous Van Dorm was
making raid upon us. 1t turned out to be
false alarm, and in the course of half an
hour the camps were again quiet. ~


Lieut.. Hamill returned to US to day looking
much better for his scjourn in Iowa.


9th.-The weather is mild and springlikc,
and the robin makes music in the forest
The Regiment is in good health. Encampcd
by our side is the 33d Wisconsin who are
suffering terribly from sickness, almost ev-
cry day they bury one or two of their mum.
ber Whether it is owing to the incfiicicncv
OF the surgeons, the want of cleanliness of
their camp or the exposure from the weather
which they endure from having what arc
termed Shelter tents, am unable to tell. l
presume, however, that all of these causes
combined, go to produce the general bad con-
dition of the Regiment ... ..... ....


To-day saw one of the pleasant and hu.
name features Of the divine and pet insti.
tuition of the South. A slave woman came
within our lines who was very white. From
her head to her feet she was covered with
the stripes of the lash. The sears were deep
and heavy and the flogging she received must
have been a terrible one. The offence was
an imaginary one. There was another slave
woman that suffered with her, She was just
mauled up, she wasn't whipped. The affair
took place about three miles from our lines.


10th.-Long roll beat last night and we
were all hurried out of our warm beds on
double quick. Cause, the near proximity Of
a mule to our picket line. ....- %" .....


llth.-Long roll again beat last night
Cause horse came near where one of our
new regiments was standing picket and the
vivid imagination of the videttc put man
upon his back. After standing in line of
battle for half an hour We were allowed to
retire to our tents for sleep. .t.#


We are all 10 pretty good spirits here tho
much regret is felt by the soldiers through
out the army, concerning the disloyal portion
Of the North, and curses deep and fierce are
heaped upon the head Of Mahony and his
tribe. Let it be known that the army the
soldiers who for over year and half have
endured the hardships Of soldiers life in
active campaign, arc loyal to man. To-day
The soldiers are just as anxious for the preser-
vation Of the Union as when they first en-
listed. But you have a class Of men at home
who are allowed to proceed with their usual
vocation and bear little of the burdens Of
he war, save that it costs them a tax much
ess than some Of the Injuries of life to
which they are addicted would cost, who pre-
end to be Union men, Of course, while they
advocate doctrine that would lead to the
Of the Southern Confederacy
with;n month. Their uDionism is disun
onism and reconstruction, and their sympa-
hics are with their brother traitors in the
south, and were they too living in the South
would. if not too big towards, be in the rebel
anks. They fnd fault with the course Of
he President and tho conduct Of the war,
md say that with all our tolls and perils We
AVE gained nothing, and in this cry fear
hat too many Of the real Union lovers join.


The trouble is We Americans are impatient
4 long jobs. We arc accustomed to cat