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+//Hornellsville Tribune//, October 30, 1862
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+From the 141st Regiment.
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+LAUREL, Md, Oct. 26. 1862.
+DEAR TRIBUNE:—-Sunday morning opens rainy and cold, and the guards button their over-coats up to their chins, and whistle to keep the cold out. The Chaplain has gone over to Harper's Ferry on a visit, and we will have no service to-day, but the boys are improving the time, and from many a tent I hear the home like hymns. Is there any thing sweeter than a familiar hymn sung in a strange land? How eagerly one listens, and how involuntarily hums the tune, as on the air comes "Rock of Ages," or "Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove."? Wow they carry one back through the past, and show him the two roads that have all the time been before him, and how plain they show the good and the bad— They that follow one road shall "Walk with Him in White."
+Rain, rain. rain, beating through the tents, soaking through the coats, and trickling in little streams down the necks—but the soldiers are merry and uncomplaining, and the harder it rains the louder they joke. How it would please some of our wives and mothers if they could look in upon us this morning, and see us huddled together in our shelter tents, like chickens under a wagon.
+Last week Watson Prentiss and his son Lieut. John of the 23d, dropped in on us. Of course we were glad to see 'em, and would like to see more of you down here. Why can't you come down end walk among our tents?
+"Capt. Dan Ellsworth also made us a visit. He has seen severe service, and has been quite sick—but he told me he hoped to join his company and regiment soon. He is highly spoken of as being an intelligent and capable officer— and is earnest in the cause. The 86th stopped here a few moments, on its way to Harpers Ferry, and I had the pleasure of taking several of the "good boys" by the hand - among them, Corey Herrick, who was in perfect health and spirits. Company D., was left at Washington, so I did not see ether Charley or LeRoy, Orderly Tuthill, of the 104th, son of the furniture merchant of Nunda, is in Camp on a visit. He was taken prisoner at the 2d battle of Bull Run, kept days and paroled, and sent to Annapolis. He has made the acquaintance of our friend Corporal Cullier—and says that Brewer enjoys himself hugely but has never got over being mad at the Rebs, for taking away his Revolver that Doctor Robinson gave him. We expect Brewer down here every day.
+When Stewart's Cavalry were on their retreat from Chambersburgh, the report came that they were to cross the line near our Camp —and we sent out a strong picket guard— among them was young John Harrison. During the night John heard a crackling among the bushes, and boldly stepping out, he cracked his gun and cried "halt!" Calling a comrade  to his and they discovered a company of forty soldiers. They took them prisoners and marched them into Camp. They proved to be  deserters from a Mary laud regiment, (Union) and were sent back to Washington, but John is entitled to just as much credit as is they had been Rebels.
+Its astonishing how we "targets" like to hear news from home. The most unimportant events that transpire there, have an interest  here never felt before, and our letters are no sooner read than we run through the Camp to "hear and tell some new thing." One day it is—" Bemis is nominated for Assembly man by the Republicans," or "Holliday is nominated by the Democrats"—"The Erie Co. is putting up a new building"—" The Presbyterians are rebuilding their Church "—" I wonder when the Methodists will fix theirs"?  "Joe Lamphere tool a prize at the town fair." "John Rose has gone in to business," and so at goes all the time. To-day we received the im-  portant intelligence that Major Reynolds is rebuilding his saw mill--and George Coburn  says he must go home sure, for the Major will want him to mark stumps. Some like Sol. Jones, who said they couldn't draft him, for he had hired out to Clark for 2 year.
+After all, Tribune, ones life is about as safe  in one place as another. We are all in the  keeping of an All Wise Father, and He alone  knows our destiny. Of the hundred boys in our Company. not one has died, and none have  been seriously sick or injured, while letters  from home are constantly telling of deaths and accidents. First,a school-fellow killed on the cars, and then two neighbors buried in a sand
+bank.
+We have a fair prospect of wintering here, and Paul Wisner's ingenuity is brought into  constant requisition in building stoves, consisting of a square hole in the ground covered with a piece of sheet iron, with a barrel fora Pipe —" big thing"
+Mr. Editor-our boys are well fed, and we don't want sweet cake an "such like fixens" sent to us at all—but we like letters and papers and our friends may send us as many of them as they please. When you chaps sitting around the stoves find a good thing in a paper, just put a wrapper on it, and direct it to some, "soger boy. "Do you see the point?
+M. W. H.
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