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

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1ft. Sary't, 6. W. Sanford.mii. Sergt. fleo. It. T.csate. 2d.      do     Wm. .\oblc,      jSIIi.    do     R. Ouldlc.v. Sd.      do     J. Gregory,      j
1st. Cor'l.. Wm. Meusor,    (.Mh, Cor'I., .San.-| W. .Smith, 2d.    do     Will. A Nelson, (Sth.      do    Win. nrant. 8d.    do     Thos. Maloiiy,    .Tlh.      do   Mcholan Otib, 4th.   do     Cor. Wheeler,    |8th.     do   Henry Curry.
Private* Lko.v.mid Tkkck.v and Piiim.ii' Law- liK.NCK have been discharged fioiu   tho .service of the I.'.   S. on  a  Surgeon's tortificatc, ond will leave for home ©n Monday ne.tt. '     The boys have been  in  receipt  of a good many presents from home of late.    We  have had pies, cakes, roast   chickens, pieklos, pre¬ serves, jelly,—and, oh I such a nice lot of good things, (hat were we to try our best, wc could not think of words   that   would   express the high gratification   and   delight   wo^ arc in.— j Girls, we nrc all in love with you,—only woit
lill wc all get homo, nnd   then oh I   dear !
A groat many of thc   boys   havo   received Valentine.<», and such pretty things were never intended for any body but tho soldier.*.    One of our bo.Vfl got  n vnlentiue. nnd   he  wns  no [ overjoyed nt the   receipt   of tho  frwx'ii   rose. ! and thc lines engraven thoicoii, that he  bos jr become shockingly siok, and is now moaning = over an incessant p.iin in thc lion<l.    Another " ono of the boys received  a nocdlc-book, nnd " in it found   a " forget-me-not."    I hoald htm tho other day urging llic   1st   Lieutenant   to.' interoodo to got liiin   a discharge, as he   bad l more pressing business at'home. ;
The Scrgenufs and Corporals are generally ahead in roecipl of pretty little " billo-daux,"/f -though between ,Sam,  Smith. Geo.  Lkuatk d W^iLLT Noble it is nbout ever.    Corn'l. Mei's.kh gets a good share of tiie .'"avorit* s, as woll as private .MorouGR.    Tike it all   in  all, Co. "I " cnn boast of a good  share from the Misses,   and   unless  thc "Home Guards " do better than thoy  havo  dono. I amagiiie   that wc arc sure to carry oflf the prize ¦.
A day or two since, " Wkmyss." "Baii.ey," and old "JinoK" were soen enjoying tlioiii- selvos by cracking a few bottles of (/ham- paignc, and luckily for poor mo, I chanced to drop ill, consequently ,1 had a taste Taking the very high prioe .>f this article into con¬ sideration, it seemotl ovident that thc young gentloincn wore going it " rather stoop,"—bul tha(;i|>ado no dlHoroncS, knowing thnt it was equitable to "go it whilo young," and leave old age to the future. But wo all done our might, and drank the sparkling bevcra.ge with ell gusto imaginable. Old " Bkilky " walked ao fjtraight aa a Deacon, while " Wkmyss " and j " Ji.'DOE " " turned in," and soon wore lost in tht arms of morphcu?, probably djeuming of tho popping of corks, and the foaming nectar, imagining tlic arr.ay of Cliaitipaigne bottles quite large, considoring that §2.60 per bottlo was in price, (an outrage,) and tbe drink a i source of oxquisit'? pain, hardly endurable.
Tlie boys tire all in good health, enjoying themselves as well as circumstances will per¬ mit. Thero, is no chance for drilling, and with the cjMH^lion of the daily inspections, we are entiroTfy free to frolic and cjnie tho "gymnafctic" a* best ple-.isos our fancy. Yours, now and forercr,
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Oorrodpondonco of tho Dally Oazotto.        ner, Johnson, and 15,000 prisoners, a cheer Vrom th. aecond Reslment. ^^^t „p from the socond which  made  the
,--»V^oaT Tillinghast, Va., Feb. 20. woods nnd hills fairly ring. The band was Mkssrs. Editors :-As I have leisure, I "PO° 'he grounds and played several tunes, thought I would write a few lines for your and for a whilo all was wild excitement and columns, to let you know the whereabouts Joj- Short speeches were made by several of tbe " bloody" second, as it ia styled  by °^ 'h^ officers.
some. We havo been at this camp four Capt, McKee being called upon, came months and a half, being longer than- we' forward and mounted a table which stood have staid at any one place before. We ^^^re, and said, " Soldiers, my heart is used to complain  about moving ca/apa so  O'erjoyed at the news ofthe great victories
which  have  lit^y been  achieved by our I believe the war is near
we came here", as'long as^the good wrathe'r ['^^ * *l•^^^^""_^^°^'^T°_*" ^^"\"^^//^^ lasted, wo were  put through  a routine of
much; but eince we have been  he^e  we
havo not had  that to coa»j)laint)f./U-fter (*'''"y *^"d "*^y-
^Ist of Joly, and we all wait a chance to regimental, brigade and division drills, figbt that battle again. I am satisfied from Reviews and insp-jctions camo in, of course, ^'^a* ^ »*" "^ ^O" ^^^t day, that wo have as a change from a regular order of busi-. °° <^owards in our ranks, and know when ness. And, lest there should be too much ^e'^a^" another chance every man will of a monotony in our military life, we used P^o^e himself a hero," to take  a tour  at  picketing   occasionally,       Lieut. Col. Fairchild next came forward,
"just to keep our hands in." And thus it was drill, review, inspection, etc., day after day. But January comes in, and drilling ceases. Why? Bec&use when oflicers witb loBgdegged bo6ts saulc into Virginia clay about a foot, they f^und it rather diiH- cult to extricate tbemsolves, aud, therefore, concluded thoy would give us rest until the foundation underneath got a litlle better. / During the monlh of January I thinK it raised here about two-thirds of the time ; and as our tents are rot entirely water proof, we had rather a disagreeable lime
and said, " Boys, I am overjoyed at tbo re¬ ceipt of the late news. I feel so rejoiced that I cannot speak. I feel more like shouting. Let us givo threo cheers for tho brave boys of the west, who have so lately distinguished themselves," And as he gave the cautionary command, hip, hip, hip, the woods were made to ring with the sound of Hurrah I Hurrah! Hurrah!
By thia time the boys got to feeling i)ret- ty well and concluded that they would have a little fun; and,   accordingly,  Capt. Jlan-
dolpb, when being called upon to make a In'cousequenceof the imme^nse quantities .¦ ^P^^""^ ^°*^ "^"'°^ '°'"'''" °"*' waa instant- of rain which have fallen hero thi.s winter,'*: 'y '=*"«''^ "P hj some of mo boys and borne the roads have beeu almost impassable § *^ ^''^ «**°^- " Boys," said he, " I suppose During this long spell of rainy, muddji ^ ^*^«''««" P"^ "P ^«'« '^ he cheer.nl, as weather, we had uo news of victories bj i »" ^^° ''^^"^ spoken beforo me havo been, our forces to cheer our hearts. We beared" ^ *" °° speaker. I used to think I eould a great deal about what was going to bto *'g'>' ^o"^* > ^ "-'ed "7 ''^'"d once nnd you done, but nothing about what had been . *" ^"^'^ •^^'^ ^ «*"« °";l t^/"- Now, boys, done ; and thus we aro plodding around in
the mud and rain, hearing nothing, and seeing^ nothing new. And it will not be wondered at if some of us got a littlo homesick, and had a longing for some change or something to take place which wonld revive our almost drooping hearts. And at last it comes.
Tho taking of Fort Henry gives us much gratification, and Com. Foote is pronounc¬ ed a hero by tbe boys here, at once ; and we are almost overwhelmed with joy when we hear of the victories of Roanoke and Fort Donolson. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed iu this regiment,  on the receipt'
of the surrender of Fort Donelson to our
forces.    The colonel got the news the night * «°°° "P^'^,''" > """^ ^«" ' ^^^ ... ...     XT .-      I  onlu be makes  you a sneoch."
previous to its appearance in the National ¦' "^
I want you to make a louder cheer for me than you have yet made." The boys cheer¬ ed, and I guess be was satisfied, for they gave him a " rouser.*'
Ur. Ward was now invited to lake the stand ; he came forward but he seemed to lack inspiration and could not .speak. He told the boys he did not feel like speaking, and attempted to get down from the stand ; but the boys had made up Ibeir minds to have a speech, from the Doctor, %ud would not let him off. He tried to get down, but in vain. The Lieutenant Colonel observ¬ ing the precarious circumstauces of the Doctor, considered it quito sportive, and said, " Boys, I can assuro you the Doctor is
let him off you a speech."    The Doc-
„      . ,, T%T   X.-    . u- 1 tor excused himself now from speaking, by
Repuolican, a Washington paper which we ^  ,      . ,j   -       . ..r .,    ,;   .
/. J   I     r iL u 'vu    Aying he could 3ing better.    Wei,  "give
get m camp daily of the newsboys,    ihe     ^   *      „.,.., ^    .    rv
• e . jai a ^'^ 8ong,"<Jried tbe boys.    So the Doctor,
news was, of course too good to keep, aud . •!,' v    „ . ,   ,   ,.
\, ,  .     ..    aftergettitfg the Major to help him, sung a
consequently we were summoned  tc   the    ,*».*,    ,       •' ,    *^ ,„,'       *
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colonel's quarters to hear the latest fromj ^j^ ^g f^^ ^^^^ ^f^^   , «
the war.    When  it  was   announced to us       Now came forward O'Conner, who is our
that Fort Donelson had been taken. Buck-   noble Colonel.    He said : " Soldiers 1 I am
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