1              Bucks County Intelligencer,  Visitors to Washington.  January 14, 1862  Page 3  Col. 1  1

 

Visitors to Washington.—The Ringgold Regiment

being now quartered in their comfortable, barracks on

Meridian Hill, we presume that the men composing this

gallant corps will be visited by many of their Bucks county

friends during the winter, and we may look for a regular

stampede in that direction in the course of a week or so

The wives of a number of the officers and men of the reg-

iment will doubtless visit their husbands in camp while

they remain in their present quarters, unless these visits

should be deemed “ prejudicial to good discipline and

order “ by the commanding officer of which there seems

to be no immediate danger.  Some of them have already

taken the initiative.  Mrs. George Garner, of Doylestown,

returned a week or two since from a short visit to her

husband, who is attached to Company B ; Mrs. Lieutenant

Robert Holmes is spending a brief period at Washington,

and Mrs. Colonel W. W. H. Davis; and Mrs. Lieutenant-

Colonel John W. Nields, with children, servants, &c., took

their departure for the same locality the early part of last

week, to spend part of the winter months with their hus-

bands in camp, where quarters have been specially fitted

up for their accommodation.  Mrs. Lieutenant James M.

Carver also designs making a journey to Washington in

the course of a few days, to take a hurried view of the

new quarters of the Ringgold boys.  Many others will

doubtless follow these examples.  We hear of many others

that have recently been on , or soon intend to make a

pilgrimage to Carver’s Barracks.  Cephas Dyer, of Doyles-

town, started for the camp of the 104th, on Friday last,

and John W. Gilbert, of Buckingham, intends to depart

for the same location on Saturday morning next.  Com-

missary-Sergeant James M. Rogers, who has been home

for some weeks recruiting his health, will return to his

post on Wednesday, taking with him Master John Yard-

ley, son of Lieutenant Mahlon Yardley, who will remain

a short-time with his father in camp.  This is right.  Go

and see the brave boys encamped far away from home ;

 the presence of friends and relations from old Bucks will

have a cheering effect upon them.  Take along with you

a few delicacies and such articles of comfort as you

may have to spare.  They will prove very acceptable to

the soldiers in camp.

We understand that Colonel Davis declines granting

furloughs to any of his officers or men to visit their homes

unless in cases of great emergency, such as serious illness

or death.  This deprives the men from making many visits

to their families.  Consequently those who can make it

convenient will have to visit their friends in camp and

entertain them with a relation of the condition of affairs

about home.