Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 10

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go to New Orleans and   take, eommund of |
IS.   C(d. Be is now   Post   Oonimandcr   hero,  will ge |
with   bim aa chief of Staff.    The troops'       »    *    «    -\Vo   left New   Orleans   day will remain here, .prubuldy until  the tcar^ |)gf^,rg ycgtppjay, at 12 m.,   receiving  or-
Froni the iJOtli Wisconsin Kcgiinent.
0.\'  UO.VRD   .STK.VMr.R   Sw KSY.}.,
l.\- .MoniLt B.w, .lufcc. 9, IdiU.
of Unionists destroyed a large annmnt of cotton, and had entrenched themselves, and bc will probably find everything de¬ stroyed by tbo time he arrives.
On the lsl of J'lly, tbc wife of our As¬ sistant .^nr-c.m   (Dr. Fcake)   died.    She    -^ „,,,,..    -phis plac-   has   improv.<d   very      lers at 4 a. m. to report to Gen. Granger, came from Uucmc with Dr. Chapman, and " „„j,,^ ^ndcr thc energetic influence of Cd.^ Wc got away  f'nnn   tJio city   about nomi. bad beiMi here   but   two weeks,   and was   Bertram.    Old Fort lb-..wn has b.-cMi coin- .siekonc   week,   of diarrbica.    She was a^ ^^j^^^jy   rp,,„ir^.,i, and   with our   present very estimable lady, and it is a groat blow   y^^^^^ 2.'>,O00 rebs conld not take it.    Tbe to bim.    She- died   in ocr canrp,   tmd lh?s ^ ^^^(,f^ y.^,^^^   ^pvcr in better health   than al buried by the si.le   of onr Hospital Stew- ] present ;  but one man in the hospital. ar<l(Kwen.) _,     I culled last evening upon   somo Mexi-
The Uh of .Tuly   passc-l off very pleas-' y,in ladies, and had a very pleasant timo ;
antly with us.    In the inorninj.; we got up   nUhougb tlicy do not sjicak min-li K.iglisb,
some games   for   four different jirizcs, bc-, ypj, ^^   understood thc greater portion of
Iwccn tho right and left wiu^s, which oc-   \l^^. conversation, aud   what wc could not
eiip'-c I thc f(M-cii<wii,   and in the .-iftcrnuoir' i„„lurstand Col. Bertram could iiitiirpret.
there was a parade of the entire force, audi      r|.,,^,j.^   arc some   very fine families   liv-
wc marehed into Fort Hrown and rui.sod. j„„ ^^^J.^,^ „.,,„ i,,^^.,, ,„„y,.,i „i„^.^. i j^ft the -the Stars and Strip-os on a new and elc-, i^g^j^^ynt i,j„t winter. Tho telegraph be- ^ guilt staff l;'.0 foot high, gotten up by Vol' j^^.y,.,, i,^,,.e and »ra-/.os is finished, and the
»erti-mn and Lieutenant llm-t.m.    -V'* thei j^^;! ^^ad   will  bo   completed   ina    few
Hag rais.'d, .the niyuntcii- «?liar; i,'&l»4w.d. forth tbe Natioi'ial si^bitc, and three times three cheers were g^vcn bv the men, and wo then maiehod through the atrcets of Brownsville.
Col. Bertram   now   cimiinands   thc f-' brigade, in  a.ldition   to being 1'o.h*    ,    '" mandcr, wbiidi keeps him bu--        ,.'   '^' '' are in good Imaltb.     W     ,    ^'^    J»"V men all times   from H ^ ,, \t. ^'''« "" ^'^"^^ '^t
and moruin   „ „„^     ,     ,.', ¦'r,"is
f^s are splendid.
In tb.' !•¦
"<''   nitvc had  two
montliH, w-lieii a large jiortion of the busi- nesB done in Mstaiuoras wilk^.ass through hero.
One luxury which Col. Bertram has in¬ troduced hero in ice. Wc receive from 2,000 to 4,000 lbs by every Bteauicr,price 1.") cents pcr pound. It is very oxpcnuive living here. Board at Hotels 4^20 per week, and at Kcstaurant from $12 to $10 pcr week.
We are informed tliatan average of threo papers pcr day liiiv(!. been sent   regularly.
got away  irom   tno city though ready al 7 a. m., and reached this port laiit evening.
Thero were three forts eoniniandiiig tbc entrance, Forts Pow-cll, Gaiiics and Mor¬ gan. The first was blown up by tbc reb¬ els, tbc sccoiift taken by Admiral Farra- gut's fleet and Gen. Granger, and the third they arc now pounding away at. The rebel ram Tennessee, which was cap¬ tured, is assisting iu the bouibardment. If tbo fleet docs not cause thc sun-ender by to-morrow, wo may have to join. There arc four regiments now with us, under Col. Bertram, and ono moro is ex¬ pected to-morrow-, nnd a battery to-day. When thc fort is taken it will leave Mo¬ bile City entirely at onr disposition.
We had some difficulty in getting inside, on account of the pilot getting too neai- the fort. A shell from the fort was Hent over our vessel, which caused us to change position out of range.
Eve ytbiug looks well. We have with tbe regiment about 500 men for duty.
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from  0»ptaln   Steven*, IVlaoonain.
From the Qrant County Herald.
The following letter to Hon. J. Allen Barber, dated at Bpwnsville, Texas, Nov. 24tb, 1863, accompanied by a small silk rebel fla^?, marked " South Carolina," which may be seen al tbis  oflice,   will   bo
iiJTc weeks, but no ».<t-      ^^ ""*"  ^"^'^f""'""^ receives the postage
. ft-rs t'r.»»'.'. iiome.      Plenty of Vf\i:',^i'is were '" 'idvanco it seems hard that the soldiers it*'r-ivo(i, which ^iv.} t»s aYi tlui'ncws. should not get them.
f     ^Vcox^io^llo evacuate tbis place this   ^, ,,     „,      ,, ,,    ,,.,   ^    ,     „    ,, „j .„„..„ „vv..»  .
Iwc'^k, and will probably bc   in New   Or-1) "^*"<>'"  ^''*' Iweiitietli   Wisconsin   Kej,'!-   read with interest: leans next  week; frmn thonc.^, '.Vc know                                  "*®"^                                I     J. Ai-i.kn Bauuior, Eso :    Texas is all notwhci-e.      A few of Our men are show-*         Four Moru.vn,  Mobile, Aug. 17.     ; sound, and the Uberals  of Mexico  extend mg signs of rviurvy, on account of scarta-,     *    *'  Ihave a  moment  to wtit«>'c'nat   to ns every courtesy.    Cortina, the leader' ty ..f vegetables,   ant;i-seorbutics.      Arti- "	
cles from Wis^cunsin wc -lo not seo so  fA'" I down as tbisi. an.j tbc TirililVe \n some ex¬ peditious i- p'/obaiil-y a re:" -       • „ .
i\id not tho..!-'.: „,-•„ ,i,i-:''"'p"?'y ^"';'P^
-rt.i-v 01 in this   vicinity;    but Will ' »-      • -    ••       -• ¦
^c will get an abundance in.Vow Orleans, ^'¦»«ht^^f^j^ y^^^  yy^^  oticmy roused  Uij  •*"'
l wrote you a few days a-'o. savin<r thill.        .... ,   .i » - u i        i    *"
Mrs. York-; of IMe.-^eott Jilsf l.ei iitife.b^^^^ "^^ ^'"^ *'^'*  ''^^«'^"'   ''^"^^^   '^"'"''''^ "'*^ Anc
ber.', of f,-ver.    (Lettoe not r(>(:oivi-,l. ,    " hunt for "Gopher"   holes,   of which   we voc
From the Twentieth Wisconsin ltei;lm«ut. *(
t'orri'i<j>y..iU-.ii-<- of ll.o Si'i.tii.cl.
FoKT Brown, Tf.x.vs, June 1.
Editors Sk.ntinel:—Tho mail arrived yesterday, with dates to the llth ult. 1 | rcicivcd nothing from home. I trust you havo ni»t entirely fm-gotten me. Thc iiu-n w-ero as glad to sec mi»><'' 1 was to see them. Col. Berlrum is (piito well. AVo bad a pleasaut trip down tho river, and from NewOrleans eaincoveriii.the Steanir or Crescent with Gen. Il^r^fn atfd Ids^ Stuff, in t'.'.' hours, ii very (piiek passage.
There   Is to bc a   change   in   ooininaiid hero shortly.     t«cn. llerron will   jn-ulirhly
we ure sound and hearty, '.^hic here in I '^^ **»« liberals, is in command at Mata- ..^«,. «p fl,.. p-,,f /-oK...,. •..     1- .        J moras.  I had tb*.pleasure of calling upon
voav of the Fort (abo.'^.nvomtloe distance)] ^j^ j^ person last Sunday, at  his  head- doing latigiie an-^ picket  tluty,   and  get-  quarters in Matamoras.    Ee it a swarthy, ting  a shcj^ oc(jilsionally ftom the   Fort,  atont bailt fellow, illiterate  and  coarse- bat cunning and energetic, and has declar- , ed  war to the   death   wiih   Freuchmen,' .%nd bangs a eoDfederate on the least  pro vceatioii.    Thia  is a great  country, full bavo plenty.    Our  works  are hot  (piite of   .horae   thieves   and   assassins.      The»
1    .. ..   *!...  »..»»,^i    V .    I „„ „.„ oeoole of Texas have known no law or or-1
ready to open on the rebels, but wbcn wc P^oP^e ^^^^^     ^^^ ^^^.^^ j^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^j I
do in ceitjunction with the fleet Ihcy will ver settle all disputes. The loyal portion not need any extra fires to boil their cof- of them arb flocking to our standard by fee with. hundreds, and we can raise men enough ^
,, ,   ^   ^ .J   tl.     -11   IJ.-     here   to  drive  every rebel  out of Texas..
Col. Bertram   commands the  U  Bn«- ,j.j^^   ^^^  ^^ ^^^  command are in  ^ood '
adc of investing forcos, ftttd  all are under health and Bplrits.     We have the most de- , command of Btev. Brigadier General J. Hghtful weather.    No  snow  or  ice,  and BaiW,   of 4th  Wisconsin cftvalrv.    Thc flowera blossom in  every yard.    The mar- ' General takes hold as  though  ho  meant ket  afTcrda all   kinds of vegetables  and,,
,        with oranges from Mexico, we  manage to work, and with his usual  energy  aud ao  \-^,^ y„ry comfortably.    The only thing that j tivity.    Maj. Diirgan, 4th Wi*COtisin Cav- is very disagreeable is the lack of news, airy formerly with Frcncli Bro. of Milwau- We hear nothing from home, kee, is wilh General Bailey as Ass't Adj. CoA's^E.TTS^v'iiNS.
^•cnt-ral. Q^pt. 20th Wisconain.
Musquitocs are troubleaome.