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

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tho field.   I helped htm a(
on my back ; ho put his f_,j/,''
and 1 staggered abo»; u'-;r.      •   ' :.-)(>¦> .•
me he wjwn loo beat .^,^,    ' ,-1,1^   >
him off,'i:hd took h<     i,i,.
told me to let hinr ;,
theg.iliy.   I saw .   j,,j^j,        Umtcrial.'?,
went  into  thc gully, . t>
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¦Of a bombshell tbat struck him. Oeo. Beck ;fc^lo''""'. when iho onemy came uiiou ibein. imissing, and several others. There are aboi^ '"^X ^""'^ blooum in a blanket and Hod, i»«i^ht wounded ib our company, and four or fi^ "'"^ i^^^ «"* '¦''^J g"'' "^'^ ^^ reach, tho .missing. K. R. 0. enemy    Sred    tbe   Hospital   tilled  wilh
•urn ot the Army to Washington-   ^.„unded.    The prisoners here say their
oiHitluu ot the Soldiers—The \S iscou- ^lu Troops—Atrocities of thc Itebels.
commands were, " Give no   quarter."^— ^Aie  these men  human?   Are not iheso
water, as muddy n8'anya..oi" an ftctive ail    ^V«  ''«^» been  permitted  to copy the . j,,j„gj, j„g^ ^1,^^  ^^ should expeot from
puddle, and it lusted go .y.    1     , , following extracts from a  private letter,  men who beat women and sell babes away
;onnheS%la7ed^'a,r     written ou the 24th their mothers?   Dr.   IJaruos fairly
who then occupied th^ oi :V>« g<-'neral inij.^i ,^,- t,,^ Seminary in  tWo cily, at pres" »<'1>1>«1  «« >« ^^\'\ «"*^<'»' l''« butchery of
times.   Just then a sharp     :m thc lincleil.ent on a visit  to ber parent, who rejide ('''" T"' 'T''        "    ".ista'ioe.    The to us from the woods on   ,:.•.. . cui, on u yisiu  lu uoi  pai       , " i cavalry lore the covering from the ambul
ter was leiriblo.   I "   -vgrce ol density wat Washington : ^ancos and sabred the wounded within.
the command to r   |jjj^^^,      ipjj„ «,Q<,f \,..y       *       *       »        %i ^n Jay  Mouday,      The generalship on the other side was
walked ofl" the fieb^' .     * '        -through a pouring raid, the troops came ^splendid ; but they did immense work by
retreat, but no I UrlI, glass,   liietul.«!,  porcistraggling into the city, and a more woe-.; running up Union colors and thus drawing
retreat to.   ^'''jn^] |jq,^Qj.g begone, miserable set you never oeheld—  our men  on and  attaokiug them uD|)re-
itwice us manyr   ....   [        '   ^ hungry, tired, dirty, without arms, aud   [lared.    From most reliable accounts, this
iuforced"when°th '^ '^"'^ Silcsia sliow Kiirimiuy   without shoes and  coals,  having ]was done sereral times.   When they pur-
blule lasted about.     ^Dic nianufacturo ,""\>cl'ed filteen miles, fought beren hours,  sued  the  N. H. Regiment, they showed
7 JJ,J^J^ . „ y.. and iheu retired 35 miles, without tatmg  Umon colors and called opon them to stop.
'   Ellsworths Zouaves lost ovi^i MVCn tliO sciall Ibis lime, and oaly drinking the water iTIiey (tbe N. U.)  did so, and suddeuly
and their Colonel; tbey fougl  *Rc x in which the horses hud trampled and tho  down  went the   btars aud  the   cavalry
saw lhem drop about 80 cavalry   ¦'¦ \ woumled been washed.   The Union  men charged right in among them.    Ihk Black
Jloiso cavalry as it is called, waa almoiit
entirely  cut to pieces.   While tbey were
pursuing, one of our men was wounded
and concealed himself behind some bushes;
eoon he was joined by another man, who
had some oaririgee and a musket.   Firing
alternately from their concealment they
i>bot six of the cavalry, and then the well
Our retreat commenced abo'ling   interest kept open houses, and  weul through the
the enemy buyonetting our    h\\ -^   /i streets with  baskets of provisions, wine,
¦ were endeavoring to craw  d'^>; o^^t.s ITS n^^^.   ^^^  refresh   those who   were in need. Iretreated lu the most perf      "ithis city on       *        * * All day   long   ihey
;conceded on all sides thr. c..^^      J        .straggled into the city, and the streets
owing to waul of bravf I'ltalllff in evciV (1      *"?.,,   ,    ..i 1  v      ^'. c    1
:men    Col. Peck did I  ,'.}   ,   % ,,        V   vvere bled with ladies giving refresbmcnu.,
for nearly five miles.   Thi'li'^ ^*^ ^hc cntir(aiid toilers surrounded by groups ol  ci-
of the woods, which contained ^se nroducti^''''"''''®**'*^ ^"'" *<^°0""" "^ ^^® '^^^'''^•
burned, and all the poor fellows 1-'.^  \        ?, ^ Men were lying on door-steps too wearied one taking ihe  wounded  one upon his
flames.   They pursued us to Ji>vtl CrOOlVlie^i^ "'  jirooeed  fsrlher, aud  occasionally the back they  both escaped.   I cannot begin
j whero wo had tho firet encounter.   Here tbe hiMili remnants of some regimont coming to  give you any  idea of the excitement
I enemy fired a piece of ordnance nt a half dozen in. in order, but tired, ragged, and trailing here.    My vacation, if it goea on ps it has
of us fellows as we were crossing a field ; the i|,j,ir arms.    1 made vain attempts to dis- commenced, will be no rest.   Mr. Buggies ball struck about thirty rods from us.   1 turned ^.^,^^. ^^Lftt ],ad  become of our Witcun- ] was not in the battle, he was in the city,
around to see where the cannon was and then ,,^, ^^^^^j   and   could   only   learn that as was  Good.    These  two will probably
n'o"t tiib:ir^^ra;t7riri»k!"'i ^.--; '-<^.^-" 'v'^ ^"^1'''''''''' ^^^ ^^'^ '^^^r ^'^ T"' "'if r"f
went till I came to the creek again, and forded ^^"'"^"^ «'?^«-      ^ou can draw your own   of our men.   I can only say, all acknowl-
it forlhe third time. This timo I fell in all mlereiice-lhe men staled theirs Jm plain edge their bta»ery. This baltio will jover, and dropped my gun in, but fished it up words. At lust 1 learned that Lieutenant show the condition of •southern troops.— 'again. 1 walked to Centreville, and went to lialch of the LaCroise "Light Ouard" Oenlreville was found tidl <d provisions, jour hospital, whore 1 assisted the Surgeons in was in the city wounded. I saw him and ' and of the ^ost." 1 attending lo the wounded till 10 o'clock in the jrom hi^ own lips heard an account of the ' ieveiung, when Surgeon Hunter told mo we i,ttt,ie, . Our men did bravely, standing in I were in great danger of being taken prisoners  ^i.^, ,„co pf ^ uaWwig tire from a battery
when the Uocior. and Sergeant Bond   whom I ^^,^^, y^^^,,   ^^^^ ^^^     ^^^^1^ ^^ wounded
bouna wounded at tbe hospital, and P. Morn-      ,        •   ¦ .   41 ^ 1    „;.„i  ;„^„„„a.i„ 1.,.,
son  (coporal) and 1 started   off.     Morrison ^'^*l ^^'''f ^*^ *''« ''."^P"*^  insensible, but
could not keep up.    My shoes were nearly off aflerwards  recovering,   crawled out,  re-
irom my feet, and my feet were quite sore    We joit^ed his men and brought them ofl the
walked, however, all night and tbe next day field.    Strong is naid to he wouuded bnt
until afternoon.   It commenced raining in the uot seriously. *¦ *    "^     *    .y    » -sx    *
morning about 8 o'clock, and oontinued to rain     '> All our troops, with toxne few excep-
Tory hard all day and all night.   When we got tjons aiuoug tho officers did splendidly.— '
to Camp Peck, our old camp ground, we were vj-^. ^^e all keeping open houfe, ihat is, xoe
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^y"We have a very Interesting account of the part taken by the Second Wiscon¬ sin Regiment in the battle of Mannassas from Lt. RoLUNs of ^he Randall Guardr, which we shall publish to-morro«r.— It Htates that Col. Pkok bore himself bravely and as became an officer duriug the actiun. Thb Second 11eoi.me.nt.—Gen. King writes,
. , -   .„ „...„j ....      leeu suiuiersttk ortjaaiasi iitic.   —.-.> «" nuvu  »uc av;i.iuu
rto^"ers'pita"l''leTbowere;'w"fe«TI..Zoauves (Edsworth's) and the N. Y. commenced on Thursday, the 18lh. at Bull's a glass of brandy, a cup of tea, and a ^7tl. are on our tqnare, aud last night as- Kun, and were immediately ordered forward,
directed 10 go to Port Corcoran, about a mile lyQi^'n'm'^'j, "Thrs moruVug we had nine   '"m Washington, to the S'ifn/ine/, says our Se- and a half distant.    When we got there we were gyidjersat breakfasl here.       *       *    <""'<* »" "''O"* t^o miles off when thc action
put into a barn, with only room to stand up.— Wo went
bard buisouit", but there' was no room' to lie sembled for drese parade. The roll of the and came up at "double quiok," as Gen. Sher down here. I went to a litiK tavern, occupied 27tli was called aud 200 reported missing, man related,to whose brigade thev are attached by a company of the 60tb regiment, and got a Thoy had just linished when a party ofi#„__,a,i ;„,„,!„. «„i„» a .J ... . .' cbarce to lie on the floor for the night. Got up 25 came up, and such sliouia as •velcomed, l""'; '"^'"»«.«"»^ "f«e<I t^e music' with the next morning not mutch better for wear.— ,1,^1,1 you never heard.    Among them was steadiness of yeterans.   Not an officer or
Charley Moor escaped inhurl, bul happened lo ^ i^jjy [^w^y, ti,e pg^ of the regiment """^ flinched ; but all stood their ground like get within a few rods of a secession camp where ^,,q ^^^ supposed killed. Mtn crowded men, though for tho first timo under fire. My he was obliged to lie all day in the rain.    Ho „,.      a\- i^i:    :~.i   : 1 _     n    j- » ,.    »     ^. ...
lost his way, and was finally put right by one ,
nV tkn  n!/»lfa»   m.e%r^A tKnt   wtiB statiAnA/l   naav* \\xt   *
around hiiii, cuught him in tbsir arms and
ron Gardiner, of the La Crosse Light Guard, I
of the picket guard that was stationed near by. »""'y wept.
Ho told Charley that he might go, and advised     " h)r. Laruef, of that regiment, tuld mo
him to go home.   Charlev sajs that where be.tlut be had dressed the wounds of some
lay  concealed   ho could hear  our  prisonersleigiit  men   ou the   battle  field, and was
begging for their lives, and the Becession sol- kmeiitig, wilh bis shirt off,  »till at work,
diers shouting and yelling.   Charley and I are ^^\^^,^^  a pirtv of eecesslonists came up
quite well, however, taking all things into oon.;„„jj  tj,,^„g|,  f,p  ^^y^j ^^^ ^^m^ j^ ^,,^j^, loau.   p. L. Hildreth and G. Wenzel, also of]
" Su'Jg^n Lewis is taken prisoner. I am in-ll'^^''! ^« ^'^ f ^"""gT ""'^ ""l^^ ?""^ '^'^ ^^ ^"''''' Company, were at the same time | formed that we are not permitted to write home '*"¦ '.''" wounded, to his horror ihey bexau wounded and by the same ball whioh mortally' for a week for fear that we will send oxagger'*''"^"'^ f'^. "''"S*^" f ^^\ "'f,'^ *^"'^" wounded Gardiner. Ilildreth's ankle was bad- ated reports.   Cap. Randolph is wounded ii «''«"<"  '>« had just dres.sod.    He nod to ,    ....      , .. , 1
the bacTL?;ui Meredith in the arm.   Cap wai the   Hospital,  leavi.ig  bis  things behind'^ »^''"''"'^'""'^ »">?"'»'.""> ¦"''^''« °««'""'^^' not running when it was done—it waa » pleo< him, and was dressing tbe wound of Col. *""* Weniel was struck in the face by a fr«g-|
was struck with a rifled <^cannon shot, which | carried oflf his right leg, and tbo poor fellow | died within an bour or two His remains wero I interred tbe next morning with military honors! at CenterviUe.    He had resided at Trempea-
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