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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Kentucky. (search)
From Kentucky. arrival of volunteers at Piketon — Protracted March and severe suffering. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp Below Piketon, on the Sandy river, in Pike county, Ky., 54th Reg't Va. Vols., Dec. 9, 1861. The 54th Virginia regiment of volunteers, commanded by Col. Robt. C. Trigg, and the first Virginia regiment that responded to the call of Kentucky for help, arrived opposite the little village of Piketon on the 6th inst. --Our route was from Wytheville, Va. We left Christiansburg, Montgomery county, Va., on the 8th day of November, 1861, and was on the march for one whole month lacking but two days, passing over the most mountainous country in the world, crossing at short intervals the many water courses that flow down and drain this whole country. The march of this regiment has been one of the severest and most arduous of the entire service. We have had to wade creeks, branches and rivers; camping upon the snow-clad ground, and often