From Pittsburg Landing

We received a private letter yesterday from Lt. Col. Sanders, under date of near Pittsburg, April 14, in which he says, that the 16th regiment is still in camp, but expected to move into Gen. McKean’s division on the morrow. They were daily and hourly expecting another attack, in which case, he says, there will be a tremendous battle. It had been raining almost a week and was quite chilly, until the previous day. The consequence was that, one-half the men and officers had had the diarrhea. The Lt. Col. had not been exempted, and in the consequence had just arisen from a sick bed, although he had not had off his clothes for ten days. The roads were utterly impassable for teams, so it was supposed they could not soon leave that locality. He adds, “a WEEKLY GAZETTE was received in camp to-day, the first Davenport paper we have seen since leaving St. Louis. It is now going the rounds, the compliment of first reading being paid me.”

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 24, 1862, p.1