1 Bucks County
Intelligencer, Letters from the
Soldiers. February 3, 1863 Page 3
Col. 1 1
Letters from the Soldiers.—We have this week a
varied and extensive assortment of correspondence from
the different regiments in which Bucks county people are
interested. As the events and movements of the last month
have been of a stirring character, these letters will be
read with great interest by those who have access to them.
Our latest news from the 104th Regiment comes down to
Monday of last week--the 26th of January. On that day,
the whole regiment, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Hart, was on board the steamship Cahawba, off Morehead
City, expecting to sail immediately to some unknown des-
tination. The general belief among those who were to
compose the expedition was that they were going to at-
tack the town of Wilmington, North Carolina. Other
advices, however, indicate that they will go further South,
and take part in the grand movements now being organ-
ized by General Hunter. At all events, the 104th boys
are likely to see some lively times very shortly. Our
forces in that region are now very strong, and the man-
agement of affairs is in the hands of men who are not
afraid of hurting the rebels. The 174th Militia Regiment
is yet in the vicinity of Newbern. It now forms part of
Gen. Howell’s Brigade. The men are in good health, and
are rapidly acquiring the knowledge and skill that de-
velop the recruit into the soldier. A letter from the 128th
Regiment, which is in General Siegel’s army, describes the
march from Fairfax Station to Stafford Court House, a
place but 12 miles from Falmonth, the headquarters of
Gen. Hooker. The 128th have just received two months’
pay, which was very welcome The tramp through the
mud undergone by the boys of Frankenfield’s and Widdi-
field’s companies, was much less agreeable than the sea
voyages of the other regiments, tempered as they were
with the qualms and retchings of sea-sickness.