Year: 1864

| April i. 1864.


Eds. Clgoaicle:-Here we are. the sam,
old regiment. only got new clothes,
and 10y way of passing away little of tht
monotony of camp life, we sit down t.
tell you that the sun IS shining for th'
first time in about week. We are en-
camped about one hundred rods outside
of the Notifications. which are becoming
more strongly fortified every day. and We
imagine that "Mr. Reb." would have s
particularly entertaining time, should he
amidst many of his other foolish tricks
attempt to pay us visit. In looking at
the natural fortified position of this place
one would imagine that if they could not
hold their position here. it is useless for
them to attempt to hold any other
Well sirs, the old 18th feel anxious TO be
at work, and shorten their three years
veteran service as much as possible.


Knoxville is far from being healthy
place. and we all feel anxious to be away
from here, where we can be aiding more
materially In giving the last stroke in an
Initiating slavery and rebellion. We do
not know, but we expect shortly to be on
the g,u rice, and when we move, and there
is any thing of particular interest, we will do
our best TO acquaint you with the particu-
lars Confederate scrip Is selling here for
three cents on the dollar, and very hard
matter to find purchasers, even amongst
rebeldom itself. One man told us that
he had been at work for Is months. and
had received his pay in Confederate notes,
amounting to over $500, which he sold
previous TO our troops coming here for
the large amount of zone ten dollar green
back" What pity it is that our Trum-
bull County Copperheads do not have to
come down here and labor for not quite
81 per year. Depend upon it, if that did
not find them in soft bread, they would
not be apt to get much "hard-tack" from
the old 10Th o. V vi.


1t appears to US that the rebels are like
a man that cannot swim, thrown over
board in the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean, and making last desperate effort
to try and reach Columbia's once happy
shore. And we feel like singing cut in
the tones of an a;sctioneer, when he is
getting double the value of his goods,
going" and with Atlanta and Richmond
taken, we will give nine rousing cheers
for the Union, and IN laundering tones
of gratitude, peal out the joyful word
gonei Yes gone But gone where p
Gone to the bottommost recesses of Sa-
tan's Hell on earth, waiting to receive
their just deserts in the death that never
dies.


How is our foe-aiding paper and its
representative getting along and are the
soap.suds pretty near exhausted, that was
used by J. P. & Co., in blowing bubbles
that the sinners claimed were represent
ing the Constitution We anticipate by
this time they are entirely gone, unless
they have been considerably weakened in
strength by certain liquid sold at whole
sale by his satanic majesty,-Vallandig-
ham,-and retailed by pusillanimous ven
ders, such as the firm above alluded TO.


Col. Manderson, we are sorry TO say is
somewhat ailing, physically. but we trust
nothing of an alarming nature. We all
love him, not only for his bravery, but
for the general interest he takes in our
comfort and welfare, and with him for
our commander, you can rely on hearing
still another good report from the 18th,
as soon AS opportunity is offered US '''to
rally round our Banner" or perish nobly
there. BUCK.