Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 1

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La.st night miiiule guns were fired as ap¬ prehensions of clo.se approach of the ene¬ my ; at one o'clock at night drums beat fur ;ilanii and in two miiiute« we were m.-iich- ing ill double-quick time, tufurm \\\ Batlal¬ lion; hor.semoiJ Hying in po.st-h.asto ascer- laiiu-d ihat a Sjiy was .-h >t and we ivtiied. I was ignorant of liict-, of coui-so, and was loid by several that it w:i.s our own Uegi¬ ment shot lliespv; spy was vshot by N. Y. 28tli Regiment. (.So much for rojioit.) Hardly a night passes without captu spy ill llie vifiiiity. Our R.'ginjent"° alive I think. There was ono kiioc the cars in Poiinsylv.-niia, tmd report ed; then biotight on toliariisbmgh ho died again; I hear fli;it he is iiiipr .-ince. Last night ono of Coinpanv b. wi poisoiicnl by drinking lemuiiade sold by wench. Ile is cuiufoitalilo this muniiii; To guess, I .suppose wo will \dx maie South nntil Coiigiv*-**does something, when wo will movo South en iiia.s.so and sweep ilcle;in. Thoio is a luvvii of soldiers here 2J miles .sqiiaro and from 4 (o 5 Regiments , come in every day.. I will .send yuu the Rcvolvtion (paper,) ol Baltimore with th We get tiaiilsed uiivelo|)i'S heaieafler, and I shall cyitiliily write oltou My chanc for writing are just'such as you cm iinagi-' ine, when sifting undiiP a sli.ido tree on the gruiiiid and a |><>rlfolio on yuur knee. Our giiil. is tUMgh,. yt.'t flioiigh fill ions are dealt bnt poorly cotikod. God knows (hat I wunld give $o.0U fur ono lue.d at hune; sui'li cuflee that M.i mikes, and one Cool drink of water; yet, I must get u.sed to it. I have heen siok a.s a liurso since I left Har¬ risburgh, where 1 took tho sick head-ache, I was ii'it able to g.) on duty lid this morn¬ ing, and yet I am we.ik and have a very! sore iin.ulh; I (lid not sleep any the iiigbj before leaving M;i(lison and iioiio till reached lieixj; very warm here. We jCan i net leave the Camp to go into thc city—, sorry. Expect we will have a big ^iuie tho 4th.
E. K. McCoRD.
f ^ tiotter Trbin   Virniuia.
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Hazel Okkkn, Jul
9 1-. M. we crossed \ ^Oiornac and took up our line of marcli into Virginia. We arrived at this jilace at four o'clock the next muiiiing nnd pitched our <'.-';ts. We are within eight miles of Fairfax Court House, where thc rebels are statiuiied with tell thousand men. It is rumorcjd that tlieio is to be a fight soon, if tho robel.s do
opportunity and I expect to see him   here 1 soon.    Yuu spe.ak of uiilisting if (hero   is] another call m.ide; there is no need of any I man leaving his family or bu.siness to come here.    There are tlioii.sands in  our St.-ite who are ready to go, and tliivo from ono | family is enuugli.    If I live till the w.ir is over, I sliidl cuino out west.    1   will clo.se
nut run, and that wo /ire t..i mnioli on Fair-1 \,y asking you to write often; as I get but
fax Court House   with   (hiify   thousand | f^^. j^.tteri, your will bo quite a tre;it".
men.    All I know about this i.s, th.-.t every Your broiher,
man is provided   wilh  twenty   rounds of! F. A. Nyk.
cartridges. _.      „,, ,-,, ,    „     . ...''
„,    r I'll .1    -171 ^e „.... TT.,:.. Our Ihree Wisoonsin ICeeiinentn.
lo-day wo hoisted (herlagof our Uiim —
over the "sacred sod of  Vi'rgim'.f.''    A.s     A r/-.Aun<! correspondent from Martinsburg, soon as our flag was raised   thico   more "ays:    "The Ist Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and ere lliiug to tbo breeze by tho Connecticut 23d Penncylronia arc regarded as the   crack ji,^,.i,{, regiments, and have,so far, the posts ot honor "
(Jur ll.ig wa.s runup to fhe ma.st ho.ld An array correspondent of the Sentinel bv lur brave Colonel, wh.m threo hearty states, that the 2d Wijconssin, theSth. 13ih«nd •s weio giveii f.ir the Stars aud Stripes 'JOih New York regiments, with Sherman's bat- liich meant nothing less th.in that we tery of six guns, tho finest in the world, togeth- ro ready to defend it to our 1,-ist drop of or with a troop of 300 cavalry for scoat duty, liled on tiie grounil at are to form a brigade, under command of Qen. M. our fi'ig was saluted Sherman, who is known as the head of Sher*- I's Allilleiy of thirty man's b.^llcry, and the brigade is attached to ioned nearer to the iel>-Gen McUowell's division. The 2d Wisconsin Regiment this f.idc of has the second position of honor, the left of Ihe |0 climate atlects us some, brigade. The regiment is drilled daily by its aro not very hard ; own field officers and a Lieutenant fresh from tatioiiod on Arlington West Point. Oen. Sherman sold, pointing to ivtly busy; now wcaiotherei{iment; "I have confidence in those men, hours a day. Reveille and will make that tbo most splendid regimont bcils at ¦> A, il.-, when all hiiiids must turn („ the field." "We are," says the Sentinel oor- outancPflt for^drfly. Battaliion drill alrespondent, "drilling Hardee altogether, every 4.30 A. .M.; h.rt^ak la.st at 7. At 8 a.m. Jill^o^enjen^ ^eing made in double quick time, a ft.^soml>le r./ euiniut];^' drill, w^ch hi-st--<change which is liked muoh. None of the regi- Oiie honr .ibd a I^IT; aj^ 12 My wo bavo^en,, ^^^^ i ^aTo seen, drill anvthlng else than otho A"«i'»oon loij„j^,g ,,^i^j|j yg,, ^^jj^ ,j^ ^,gg^ changed to a;.soiiible,jjg y g infantry tactics.   So your regiments
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dliinor, and tm oinchos until for tho dress par;; eats, afler whie" e:ive his qii;irl commanding o
Our food cuiisis bread and .salt beef, 1 in four or five days then; cuflee twice dinner.
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9..30   the   t^Jfo-'athomemay take a lesson therefrom, ler is allowed tu„„ .   „   ...    , ,,
, ,, ,   most sensible change."
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Wa«hlnj£ton C-orrespondono«,'.'
ipally  of   piiot       ^ Wasuinqton, July 8, 18«l.
h   beef once     L'ditors Patriot:—Last night  was infertaiiy
lyhns now mil**"'   °^  ''^'^   weather   was not sufficiently
poU]   wil.M. -It ^"'¦"' 'l^'r' ^^^ *'¦" '" different parts^f the
cow   \\an,i  '«i city, and the «re  bells played their ding dong
incessantly.   Startled out of a hasty nap by the
of drill wo are occu- sharp crack of a musket appareatly nnder your
H.\ZEL Gkkkn, Jui    ....      ..\(n\]n deining ouWuns,   washing  our <'''"™'^?''"i'''^'"'.   or  'he distant bosming of
i M». co..n-Bear ,s-,>.-.-E„^b«i i j ,.i,„i,o. me.iin,, Ac.. w„ s,,o„a .1,. Sau- s;.r;'.f;.rrb/.^yv;i»,vrt
send you the copy of a letter rec^'ivo-l  l.y   bath .-is tullows:   Kevoillc   beats   at   six; sion Musketws,   that hare invaded   the city me from my brother now in   the iieakfa-^t at seven: itispeclion of  arms ut from across the Potomac,  over in Vjrglnia, in
army in Virginia.    You can jiidgo contents and tho tone of th/writei thing of tho spirit which ilctuates pie of tho " Pine Tree S^te."
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Falls Crfuitcu, Farrftx (' >., i Vir^uia,July6,1  (11.    j" Dear Dkokiik;.^.:-^! recei\ei|   your let¬ ter in due courja^l-mail, .•unl i iLo thisop- porliim'ty to''58ro^it.    I enlisted at ilan- o-or in tho .Sec/nd Regiment, Company K, and arrived alf Washington June l.st.    Wo were   statiuiied   on   Arlington    Heights, where wc yi^nmined   about   four   weeks, drilling, djgging trenches, (fee.    LastMon- i day wo ;"lveived orders to m.'irjli   at   4 o'clock; 'Wrt were ready at five but were detained until eight by a heavy rain.    At
other Regiments hero to-morrow; ami as Ono thing,  however,   they are better  fighters soon as we get ready we shall move fiuni*^''° ,*•>?   Rebels, they woo't rwi—"binod or
bi 1 1   II I death ' 18 their motto.    In other re.soccts theirl
ore to some place where we sh.all have a„„j, „f ^„^^^^ ^^^J^ JJ, tSIILf tfc Jtebefs I
chance lo show our courage. they lie io ambush, and come   upon you un-
Brother Georgo is in the Third Rcgi-awarcs in the night tine, and adoiinieter ment. Our town rai.scd §2,000 for thoPoisoa tfcrough their niurderoiw biils. Suffice voh,„«,-.f„,niii.»,.„.l ia"a co,n,..ny ^if^^^Tjt^ZSuT', .Z'Z" "' "" 98 thcro were but Ihroo inariied men.— Yegtw-day a party of us, including Congress-1 There were a great many young men iiimen Ilencbett and Sloan, your P. .M. Keyes,! our town that^vanted toVo, but no inoi(.Q«?- Lawrence  and B. Riiford,   of Oshkosh,
• I      .       1 „     t.\,»i ^,. .,„; I »!,..»   I. visited the camp of tire 2d Re«. of W. V.    We
could get a chance.    lather sad that Ik^^„^ ^^^ p^^^^^^ ^^^^^^"^^^^ ,^„jp„,^J
w;is proud to know that hc could give  hi.'up and ovnr Arlington Heights.    We found tke two sons fo light for his countrv; and foli camp in the lc»el country besrond—tl -ir ca»Fj us that if we'never returned ho shonld leo«<UoiM tbe 13ih N. Y.   As w« appro   •¦ I the ^,   . I-   I ¦ I    ¦        ^ T two reffiments   were   being inspected and ro-
that wo died m a glorious cause.    L ^.^J'hy GeneraU McDowell and Shermw..
h.'is returned home;   I  received   a   htteij i, needless to add Ui»t our regiment appeared from him yesterday; he will enlist the liis to be  superior in   ev«ry i-aeoeot.   I etroli*d
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