Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 2

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I all ofthe 2d regi-^ept, viz: F M Ricker, P Stimson, O Wiii«Ox, K C .>farbhi|f Yl Htrou<l, A .Vlakan; also Solomon Wise captartd at Fulling Waters, in the 1st reg- ment of ihree months meu. The prisoners were to be mustered aod paid (heir back I pay iininoditttily.
^*^ C Parker, .lohn Iloss^lisha lieed, H Iittde3,«**PP.;rry, F DeiJ^er, Ef Marsh, >"6rthe 2d Wisconsin rogiment, were among ^^the ndoased prisoners who recently arrived at W>iS>#^||u»> por the Kasteru State. A Card. * \|iThe undersigned, members of the Seo¬ ood Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, and for more than five months prisoners at Richmond, Va., render our most grate- tol thanks to Hon. John F. Putter, M. C, for his zealous and successful efforts in our behalf on our arrival in Vfashington. Throush his labors we promptly obtained our fuU pay, and also pay for rations not furnished us by th'' magnanimous rebels. Tbere was nothing that could have been done for us that Mr. J'otter left undone; oo man or sot of men could havo shown us greater kindness and attention.
To Mr. Simeon Whitely, of Kacioe, Wiseonsin, we also express our g;eeat ob- li^tions for his many amd devoted kind-., neeses while we were in Washington.— His favors will ever be held in grateful remembrance.
And to the Union Relief Associstido of tho City of Baltimore, we express our gratitude for the magnanimous reception fciyen us, with the whole 250 released Federal prisoners. We were ragged and they olotned us; hungry, and they fed us moflt bountifully; v^ete fatigued, aad had been in prison, and ili^y ministered unto us with the utmost affeotion and patriotic and brotherly kindness, t
Sergeant D. C. lllUrid);*, Cu. H.
Kob«rt Burns, Co. B.
S. U. JIttgodou.Co. K.
S. D. PiUhet Co. F,
J. M. JVrwkii\Co. U.
Juha Jdnen, Cu.vL).      /
Serg't McCrejforLCo. /. ':
li P. Trvm. Co. O.V     J
H N. Heath, Co. At  / i
F. Braany, Co. I.' .^ -5
J. Uobach, Co, K. :
K. W. McKirnon, Co. H. i
> A. J. Curtis, Co. C. L
i W. P. Smith, Co. I. '
' D. O'Brien, Oo.O.
H. Murry, Co. D.
O. J. IvisoD, Co. K.
F. W. Lacy, Co. F.
H. Henry, Co. F.
Wm. Taylor, Co. I. i.', lateprisooert et Richmond.
I'rom the Seoontl Regiinent.
ARLt.yRTON, February, 1802. Xessrs. Editors. —If 1 had anything of iuler-. est to corutnuuioatc, I would do it in prose, bul us I have not. I have made an attempt at rhyme.
Yours, BKACClIAMPE.
.; TUK  wiijcoNsr.v I'ovs i.v tuk snow ok VtR-
i' OINIA..
|: The white Qakeii of the last r.iliog iiooir fill Ibe air, f,     from the earth to the grar, clu»ky clouds overhead, f; And the fields of Vtrginla, once gloomy and bare,
Wilh a pure spotless ocrpct of white are O'oopread.
"IIo, hurrah for the fast-falling, beautiful snow," In clear accents that ring like a shrftl sounding horn,
Cr^ the boys from the land where the clear waters flow. And thc oaks and Ibeplcea shake their heads Io the storm.
" Ho, for the fast-falllDg, beautiful snow ;-' Come ye boys of Wtaconsia, turn out, every one.
To the shivering sons of the Soutli we will show Tiukt the Northmen eojoy both the sno w-storm ondnoi.
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"^1 arc scbool-boyg ajcaln. and we'll cIom up the day      and could not find it.    They had mhc but a
With the game In which schaol-boys ull Join wkh high , J t>
n. ,„ ^^^^^' ' f*5w rods farther when they camo to a hut.
We'll drive sorrow, and tadBrss, and dull care ffway, »
As the stormy winds dnve a wreclccJ vcsscl^at sea.'' which Was OCCtlpicd by a negrO.     Kow, what
Now Iho game has commenced, and they sporUvely throw do you CUCSS  thcy  donC ?     Why. just   this:
they ni.-\do the " uic,>-pn4l „ ono of his boots
The tiard-p^ckt'd, whilo soow-ball at each oUier, until Kach »ol(I|cr-boy siodns but a hummock of snow. From the fast-bursting balls tbat the atmosjihere flit.
'Tls a minialuro hsttlo, with ch»r(re—rally—rout ;
like grapt.- iihot thc •iiuw-halls Ily swlit thro' tho air.* I can hear the load lauyb and triumphant shnnt.
Hut no groan Irom Uiu wouudod, no wall of dispair.
To Ihis rare iport the snow-covered l.ills art- Hwakv
For th.-y nevor before au'h a fTolic have 8e<-n ;     ' And tl:cir hutfe sides, with lauKhtor ixcesslve, tbey shake,
A* thu pii.es, lo a storm, shake their garmtuts uf groeu. O, the bt^auMful snow. It reminds one of home.
Of roy home 'aong the hills of the old bwlger Stale : I live orer tliedaysthai forcvrr have florn,
With dear friends that yet long may my coming await. i>i<.<tlt'r from. <.'U»rIie JJovv.
j^\ CaJIP TlLLl.VGlUST, Vj., }
> Feb. Isr; 18C*J.    ]
Friend Sam:—On the margin of the Reg
'¦. isier I received from you last evening, I found
'the   following:    "Why  don't  you   wrile  to
[tne?—Sam."    Well, if that is your request,
here goes.
If you will take tlie pains lo imagine your    | huinbU servant acting Serg't ofthe  Guard    , and at present seated iit one corner of a log -] -guard house, which Ij warmed byau old fash-_j lioned fire-place,  wixhr about Iwciily  of  thc (boys around   him   dancing, singing, pl.ijing j cards, tclliiig stories, Ac, Ac, you  wili have ' tny exact position  to a T.    Although we are comfortably siiiiafeo' iii our log' snai'ity, i"i is anything  bHt plea.sant out  of doors, either under fot.t or over head.
olT—which tho corporal n^t on—and then take n lantenHcn^ light (fucm to oamp, nt least one mira^n^a half, which he did, and tbat too, with Mly on^boot on, iheotLcr foot being bare. ^lii^corporal waa a little thc roughest looking "seed'' the next morning I ever saw, nnd, to all appearances, he hud more load the night before than he could can-y, and undertook lo draw it; for, evident¬ ly, he had been duwn on all fears a good share of thc time.
W'c h.ive not done anything except guard duly for a long timo, and all on account of the nnud. t>rills have been entirely out of the question, nnd as fur D.'css Parades thoy are getting to be among iho things that were. The last one we bad ^vas Jan. Nth.
Wc could not go oil I'icket when it was our turn, consequently iheadvuuco regiment > j had to do our duty for us. Reason why— ; m%td. We are not liko ihe little boy whocricd i |'''nrore mud," hi t directly the oppoaitc. Some : people suppose we are suffering hs the cold j ;¦ weather. Never was one more mistaken.— ¦ I do not think thc thermometer has indicated • as lo-v as ten degress above zero this winter;
Last vight snow ^ ^,,j ^^ j.^^ „,g g,,^^^ „,^, h.as fell here, it would fell to thc depth of one inch, and today thei „^, ^^^^^j „,^^^ j„^,,^,, ;,, j^p^,, o„ttc level, ram has fell to the deplh of about two ii.ches.J ;„ ,^.,^5. ^ast night wa.s tlie heaviest fall nt Xow take this in connection wilh the mad we = „„^ ^nc lime. Wc have pbniy of blaidtetr had to start wilh (aboul a foot) and we Lave| ,^ j^^^^ ^.^^„, ^j^,,^ „„j ^^^^„ ^^^ ^^^..^ ,^^^, : a mixture that a weal* man cannot tvaddlc^^.^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^, ^ „^^^^ .^, through very easily.    Hy the way, speaking    .there is some of Ibc gayest bed-making that
could possibly be imagined. Tho days of the " cutting bench " uro nowhere in compari¬ son.    But wilh all  its faults,  (tho bcntdi) I
of mud leuiiiius me of a little incident thut
happened last 'J-nursdny, and  here it is.    A
certain corporal'weiit to the city to sec what : j
few sights there id to  be seen  thero, and in [ 1 i^^.g jt still.    Generally about \he time we
his wanderings aboul town and before he wns :   g^.. j^;,]^ wrapped up in' our U. S. sheets, ¦
ready to return to camp, night overlook him,'   ^1,^ buglers of iho  Cavalry Regiment close j
- and that too, in a " how cnme yer eyo out" ¦ ,,^^ joy^j 11,^1^ "tap.s." which mokes mo think I condition ; bul as luck would have it, he came j someliincs of thc old song, " Toot aw.iy, you ' across an old chum who was " all right,"spir. fljji,,. filler," ko.. .tnd after cracking a smiU ! itualy .speaking, and for short, wo will call to myself, iu remembrance of the days gone } him "Ike." Aflcr a .-^licrt consultation they jjjv, I drop into thearms of .Morpheus and only ' came to thc conclusion thut camp was the   ;^^.j^|.g ^^ j,j,„3^.ioug„ggg j^j jfj^s^u^j ofrcvoib !
. place for them, and for it thoy .started.    They     ,^, j,j ^j^^ morning.
got along finely as fur as the rivcr, and even "Turnout tho guard! Ill see whether across the river; but then camo the ''pull ^^ ^^^^^ ^.ju i^^. obeyed cr not,'' is the order back," for two good miles were betwceii them ^^ ,5,^ officer of the day. Leave the sergeant t and tamp, and tlie mud knee deep in places, j^ command. Whew I I wonder what's up? aud the night as dark as a stack of black caU. j j ^ju i^j yj-u know shortly. Well, the thing They had grouped their way along but a fow ' j^ j;j^ ^nj t],^ result "w, two ofthe N. Y. 12th rods when the corporal got mired, and in jj^j, ^ro safely quortored in our cottage on helping himself and being helped out of his (he Potomac. Thcy would danco nnd now dilemma, he   lest one his boots in the mud    ^jjgy r^^^ paying Ihe Oddler.    They are good
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