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

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as displayed  in the  battles of Roanoke   1,0 ^rnc position the  JNorthwest  held to Island   and   Fort  Henry,  a terrible re-   \^ balance  of the country, and exerted '
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is mighty intellect and oratoricol pow- rs to impress il upon the nation at large. • e was foiled in (his principally through .he jealousy of thc Empire and Keystone states; and had it uol been for this war, he Northwest would  have remained   in
buke.    Ho ssys:
"At Fort Henry, a Brigadier General unwounded, havinjc a garri.son almos intact, lowers the flag over a doxen gun; of thc largest calibre, and, with a hack ncycd compliment, yields up his blood less sword.    How withering and   humil
iating lo our southern manhood, was lh« .jj^ background for years to come. Now sorrowful reply of the Yankee command- ^.^ .       ,        ,   ,     .   .       ,,..... i
"     ^       0^ ^ 0,x 51 18 acknowledged   by all (hat thepub-
Jic service demands " (hat  some   fortifica-
Ou  those   eneatr d   in   the   battle  of >.. ,  ,      .     r 1 -.-
* * -lions and depots of arms  and munitions,
Roanoke Island, he was particularly se- ;^j^j^   ^^^^^^   ^^^  navigation   improve: rete,   using  the   following   plam   Ian-1^^^,,^ ,^^ ^^„ ^^j^^^^j p^;„,g  ^ponti^c, guage: (great rivers and   lakes,"  should   at once'
"The Roanoke   affair is perfectly in-  bo   made, and   that   ilia   necessary   toi eomprohensible.     The    newspapers  are j „f^,^^^ ^,,^^^   g,^,^, .^ ^,,       ^^^,j I
filled wilh extravogant laudations of our ¦' '^
valor; the annals of Greece and Rome »>' Ihc benefits their wealth and glory ; offer no parallel; wbole regiments were'will bring tothe Union hereafter. To ; defeated by companies, and we yielded icarry out this fostering principle the • only (0 death.    Our  men finally surrcn-j„ ... , xt    .i o     -ui    "
dered < wilh no blood on their bayonets,'i^'^P"""**^'^" of Northern and middle and what is the loss? Richmond Blues, plates who have heretofore ignored the two killed, and five wounded; McCul-frights and importance of (hegrcat North- looh Rangers, one killed and two wound-i^^pgjijf,,^;^ willingness to vote ed; thc other four  companies lost in nil  1 7
twQ killed and eleven wounded. Com- 'nppropnations for the establishment of ment is needless. a   National   Foundry   at   some   favored
" The whole army had better surrender! point, for the enlargement and extension
at once, for it will eventually come lo it.'
oflho Illinois and   Michigan   canal, by
I sot the last sentence down   as sound,   ^hjci, j},, g^cat lakes would bo   connect- an,d the writer of the article shows  (hot ^,1 .^ju, t,,^ Mississippi; the erection of a the Greal  Moguls   of the bogus confcd-  Fort on Lake  Superior  commanding thc ; eracy have not "fired his heart' to thc ex-  g,„if g,   ^arie   Canal: a   military road tent sought.    Straws thrown up into the  on   Lake  Superior   from  Green   Bay to air will show which way thc wind blows,   MarqueKe, and divers other internal im- and the publication of plain  truths liko   provements necessary to placo that sect- the above, shows   that reason is return-   jon in position for   a successful   defence. :ing to some of the Southern people.    All       xhe importance ofthe above measures \ that is wanted now,  is a   continuance of   have been long   known, and    the North- : the same line of policy heretofore adop(-   yrest through thcir   Representatives have j ed by  the  Administration   of Mr, Lin-   labored with untiring zeal to bring about : coin.    The conservative   poillcy  is win-   ,i,e   proper  legislation   to secure   (hcm,^ ning bloodless   victories   in every   part   Uut it was   reserved for timo   when   (hc^ of the South, where  the presence of our   hardy   sons   were   freely shedding their- armies makes il known, and I much mis- 1 blood to put down   an internal war and lake tho Southern character, if a   large | the prospect of   a conflict with   England : majority of those now   in   arms  against ¦ and France appeared (0 be imniineu(, for :
the Middle and Northern States lo vote5 "to give to tho Northern Stales (hat;. protection they deserve." «: .John W. Forney in his Philadclphia- /'rf.T.t, (hns speaks oflho report ofthe "Select Committee on the Defence o •                                       Great Lakes and Rivers," and (he claim :
(Camp TiLtmaiiAST, Va.,   1 of (he   great   Northwest, which  he say :
March 6, 18G2.   /        ^^.g uprescnted   to   thc   country   as the§ I   One  of tho   most  important features    never havo been   presented before."    I.? .'connected   wi(h (he  present war, is the  "alluding to the resourc«s ofthis rich and new position in  which   it is causing the    fertile region Iho Press says: Northwestern Stotes to appear to the poo-        As wc look upon the pyramid  of figur-
Ihe Union foroes do nol themselves give the final death blow to rebellion, by bringing the leading spirits to (he pun¬ ishment they so richly doservo.
BADG^ y^ For tlie Dtmocrat.
^ ^ ARMY CORRBSPOIVDEIVCB.
Camp TiLtiHGUAsr, Va., March 6, 18G2.
pie of the other sections. Hitherto, this section of (ho country has been looked : upon by the politicians of tbe Norther^ and Middle Stales, as vcry')J^od for rais-, ing grain, &c.; but when her represenla-^ lives asked that a portion of the puplio monies should be appropriated for the improvement of their Lako and River Harbors, it was a bird of a different col¬ or. The lamented Douglas, wilh his great "visdom and  forethought years ago, saw
.es representing   his arguments,  and sec
j calculation   after   calculation,   showing
jthe   population,  (he wealth, the tonnage,
the commerce, (he manufactures' (he real
i estate and   personal   property,  nnd  the
[polidcal   power   of   tho    Northwestern
States, we feel humbled.    And when we
remember that these things have come to
lass, almost In the span of 4  single gen-
.•ration, that the first white   man born in
1 the State of Illinois is hardly old enough
, lo be a grandfather, we stand   aghast at
I (he power and strength still to oome, and
t see the glory of the Empire and Keystone
State pass away (o (he shores of (he great lakes and Upper Mississippi. The West¬ ern Slates have been negleoted children of (he Union, They were turned out in(o the prairies and forests lo how limber and dig soil, (o nav!ga(c broad streams •n rude boats and fight thc Indians, and hey attain the years of manhood ."trong, lurly, uncouth, honest, and affectionate >ons. During tho generation in which .heir petted Southern brethren conspired to destroy (he Union, (hey have added (o (hat Union an Emjiire grea(cr than (he Republic i(self fifty years ago. And now, when our good molher is menaced by fra(ricidal liaiid<;, (hey are enduring pri¬ vation and ileath lo vindicate her lionor nnd punish her unatiual focmcn.
Thero is something imposing in the power of this great empire. There arc immense inland seas, covering eighty thousand square miles of surface, and surrounded by five thousand miles of coast. On these coasts a vast population^ has come together,
From tha Socond Wis. R e'ra-int
Camf Tai.i.vuii.i.<r, Virui.vi.\, I MhicIi ;^:1i, 1->0'2.     { Iillion Tmisuxc :—
Un the inorniDg of thc 2'2n I ult., WuhIi iu;^tou's birthday, the Second were not- fi d that thoir presence was wanted nt Oen. McDoW9ti.'s Head Quarters, to hear Washington's Farewell Address, and fire a salute of ten numda of blunk ciirtriire. As usii.-il, tbe Second turned out ch masse. prepared to do their might in paying a I due respect to the Father of his Country. T.in drill was splendid, nnd eclipsed all other rogi ments in the brigade, ('aptain Hatii.\w.\v read the Farewell .Vddress.— Cheer upon cheer rent the air at thc con¬ clusion, and the bravo troops evinced tbe true spirit of the noble chieftain.
Oil tbo 2-nli wo wero again ordero I tu appear 1.1 head-quarters, to drill in Rri- •g.idc. On this day, too, wo inide agran'l -appearance, .and won laurels. A niimbtir of rcjiilar oHicors nml nic.i were present, and quito a coiiL':re;ration of Indies. At the eonclusion of the drill, and at tbe re- jqiiest of Oen Kino, thc .Second roiitaiiiu •and hid a dress parade Adjutant Okw 'formed the battalion, an I the troops boin.' • ordered to be played—((he rezimout stanti at parade-rest, «vory eye to the front, hands in pioper place, not ono movin;», every olhccr and man actually appearin;r mo-c liko statues than mortals,)—the band passed up and down the front of tho i batlallion, dii>[)cnsinix sweet music (o an admiring assembly. Lieut.-Col. Faiu- cnii,o, then put the rcgiiuent through tbe manual of urm>i, and thc cffeicncy they displayed in this particular is worthy of the men. At the bandK of an unbiassed public thcy have more than once beeu thc recipients of applause, ns tbe enclosed ' s'ips will show:
Tuc Wisco.vsi.f BniOADE.—Oa Wednesday afternoon, Gen. King's Wisconsin brigido wt« told to be in readiness fir an advance ; and il was really gr.atif. ing tu wittics.s the earnestness which followed the an.iounccnient j among thc troops. The brave boys considi-r- | ed it quite a notice to quit playing soldier, and '