Year: 1863

We have been handed for publication the
following letter from a member Of Captain
Weiser's company


YoUEG's PoINT La, Feb. 23d, 1863.


SISTER BELL To-day is very fine and
warm one after cold chilly night, and have
been running all the morning taking care Of
the sick, and may be you will want 10 know
who they are. will tell you. Capt. WeieF
is down again, Newt Dunlap is sick yet, and
George White has taken sick too; be was tend
ing Newt when be was taken sick. He bunkS
with me, therefore | have 10 do for him, als
though 1t is bis Mess's place TO do for bin, bus
they have left him to me. which makes my
hands full at this time, The Major has been
after me to carry Up wood for the Adjutant.


We have been looking for our regimenb
since last Saturday, which was the time for
them to be back. expect they will have
some fighting to do before they get back.


The conyalescents were left in camp With q
few men 10 take care Of them. had to set
up with Samuel Brownmiler the night before
he died He was nothing but skin and bone.
He died the 10Th, at O'Clock, p. NJ, and we
buried him the next day ABOUT the same time
As the poet says:


'fNo useless coffin enclosed his breast


Nor in sheet. nor in shroud We laid him,


But he lay like soldier taking his rest.


With his blankets wrapped around him"


We buried him on the side of rhe leTee,
the only dry place we could iud a this cOun-
try. He is not alone there, for the levee 10
strung full Of graves. We buried two more
Of our regiment yesterday the weather being
fine and warm. the Chaplain improved his OP-
portuuity and preached short funeral ser
mon over the remains Of the departed.


l have just been reading a letter from onNof
our company who was lell at Mem. ibis, he says
the boys are all improving. and the wounded
that were sent there were getting well very
fast The Captain has notice Of one death
there by the name of Murield, be was left
there at the same time he also got another
letter, st0ting that Frank Williams four Or
derlyl was dead. He died on the hospital
boat (J. g. Swami while going up the rivdr.
from Arkansas Post to Jefferson Barracks,
Mo. Well Bell, I hardly know what to write
tonight. l will tell you what had for stp-
per, and thought it an extra dish. The 6rst
was what call HdTd-tdck paste. ! viii tell
yoa how it is made. At first / make little
-four gravy, then put 10 a little sugar, Ghegar
and cup of water, let this come to a boil
until it is well mixed and then cut mp crack
ers fine in it and boil it until it is thick and
you have the Htrd.laek paste. The ether wus
desicated potatoes with dumplns boiled With
it, thought that never ate better dumplins
in my life, and had cup Of ten in the bar
gain.


took ride up The levee this afternoon, 10
the hospitals at the upper landing, OpPSsite
the mouth of the Yazoo river, to see Lieul.
Ashwel. He 10 getting some better, but do
not think he will ever be able for service
again. took his letters to him. After seeing
him | went over the levee to a sutleF TO get
some butter for the CaPtaiDi and such butter
as it was, at fifty cents pould- II had
another such roll of butter as mother sent
me from home would not take q dollar q
pound for it. would just go for ii, and
those pickles too. The sntlers have canned
peaches and black-berries which they sell az
one dollar and half a can. Our sutler will
be here IN a d1y or two with his things; bus
this is not interesting to you, so will defer
any further remarks on the subject.


Give my best wishes to all inquiring friends
and keep large share for yourself individU-
ally.


JACOB [. KLINE.