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

              Ari'eat e.xcit-;niont in the city ; thnt ibey h.n! ki.lej one niigro in the street, and that eomo of theai had b'^on heard to say " they would iooneadie right there, than that the 22d Wisconsin should take ono negro out of the Slate."' Our regiment was left un¬ til the last.    Wc  did  not  got   orders   to
o'clock.   To our sKtanse we found tbe 13th
^tafi
Regiment Wisconsin "Vojlunteers there, in, which wo have many friends and acquaint¬ ances. Capt. Woodman is really a very 6no oCTicer, and for intelligence and cffi- cre«(^ alaiids woll with thc oflTicers of the regiment.    Lt. Warre^i was not there,  hut
boat its plaoi; in thc lino, and on Thurs¬ day nioriiiiig we started for Nashville. It was a grand sight lo see thnt itnineiisc fleet fall into lino two deep, with as rniu h order and precision as a company of infantry ou drill, and move off up the river.
AVe are now within a few miles of Nash¬ ville, and noth'ng has thus fur occurred ta i i mar the success of the expedition, exci-jit The 13th had come over from Ft. Henry   that this morning about five o'clock a very
iKOvo until after noon of Sunday'   the   lsl it heard very flattering reports of hia cori-'
inst.    There W.TS  probably fowor   negroe.Si induct.
in our regiment thau in any other r«-gim8iii^        Th
in the division, and ihc Colonel offer.id  to^ to reinforce thc 83d  Illinois,   which   had ' worthy .nan from Com nany B went forward
give five dollar.1 each <o any of them v/\io^ been attacked by a large forco of rebels, |on this boat to dip up a pail ol water, fell )uid leave us, but, declared he ncvor^j hut arfived too late lo pailicipalo in the * overboard, and before he was discovertd )uld allow force to  be used   to   compel  ! fight.   The relx^ls'wcre posted iu regard to   wa.» jusl forw.ird of the v/heel, but too lato
won
won
thL'ni lo leave •  that thus far he had boon    the fleet of transports that was coming up   to render   hitn   any   ns.iislttnce.    lie was
tho same William L. Uilev that  be was in'^''*®'"'*'-'''i-''"^ ''^''7 **'-'''''   ^'-'"   aware   that  .»frnck by the wheel and was seen no more.
Wisconsin, and had done the sam(» as tho'i( t'l*^''''*='S only one regiment   at Dover—[He   leaves   three   motherless  children   at
he was Ihore, a^id that   ho   would   do the    which is les»/ban one mile from  the   fort   Oonov.-i, Wisconsin. B.
same and be liie '.ame in  the .treets  of" "^^'^y ^^<-^ they could capture the 8Jd     »"•«"» thfl Tweilty-ScCOIld Regime nt.
Louisville. ^*' •" ^ *"'J he pieparcd to capture and d-istroy the jCo.it-rtiiomlonco of tfcf/<.nilni-i
T , , 1     1   I       J '< transports as they came up
in D!!c hour our-teams wore loa-led, and i      _  '^ . .-'      . '^
wilh fixi'd bayone^^s wo marched into tho eity. As we approached the central por¬ tion of tho cily, the sidewalks became densely packed with men. Among them wo rec(>gni2od men who htivo followed us neatly two lumdred niiles. The headquar¬ ters of theso gciit.s was nt tho Gnit House, in the very heart oi iho city II wore pnssin* there i»to iJie ranks and seized a ne-jfro : imine diateiy a dor.^ii bayonet.s wore brought into
Oil the same day that we left Lonisville, tho rebels under Forrest, wilb a forco va¬ riously ata:o-j at from three thousand to five thousand, attackt^d l!ie H3d Illinois in the vilhigc. This rcgimont had less limn seven hundicd men fii for duly, and the forco by which ihcy wero  ntl.ickcd sb  fir
fi.Kiron.t,  ,VVis., llarch I(Uh^^]gC.1.
Ki>iroR.s Sk.\ti.n-ki.j—Miirdu J^tevcns, of' Geneva, a member 6t Co. C, Twcnty-Meco;id KcginjiNit,  itrifcs lus follows :
"I *ill now inforw you of all whoinlknow of Co. C, aiiioiig tiioNc vbo tyro 9ii8aing, to wit :
Cupt. ]). H. Mav, I.iatit. KinginsH,
'Jd l.t. Ihu'll,     " Sc-g't K. Fellown,
(''ort.'l Fd. (ileasou.        ("orp'l Kolliu Ueed. Kli.sha (Jrsy, when lasl seen had one arm   bro- ken.
Ezra Ibittnn. '    Dwight Allen, .lohn Uust. Win.  (iih.sou, liarvev Noyco, k. >>'il8un, Charley White, ('hauncy Deusmure
pach side of the s/fcets through which we inarchod right up to tho p'anks on which we got aboard, matters looked thn-aten- ening, and I really expected a fight. Af¬ ter we got on bo'ird the boat, several writs
wan made lo detain the boat, bul without effect. Wc feel proud of iho fiict, that no other regiment has ever entered Kentucky that has not pcr.iiitted the additional .A.rti- fi\o of War on the subject of rcturuin? fu- gi;t.ive s'avos, cdojJtcd by Congress, to bc »ioUt(;iJ. hut oars.    .-Vud  in  this   cniiinc-.
A. ouliiumbervid them that they dare not form   ,..,.'"'. t „„„..
ocity.    As companv •• . •' l-vman Leach,
P ., ' . Ill linv of battle; ther   would   havo   been  Tb&roij Aiken.
, one of tlicm sprang I' ,    , „  '   .       .     . . kilwin Hm*
.•^      "    flanked at  once.    So  thev broke   up iuto'V."*'?,''"*^' , . - ' ;.liiii. Merriaai,
squads and nheltered themselvea in thc ra-  Jim. Owen,
,,.,,. ...      .,     ..      ,.      , vines in the village, aud behind building.s.j!!;:"J;t%V,«'^^^
cont.-\ct With hini, and without h.irtiug him i. . ,    , , riaulc. tnow.
I   , 11  J .     1 . f  .u    I Ihcy would come in sight long enouth to j
inuch ho was coinncllcd to let  go   of the t , ,.''      .   .   „ .   .        ., .? , *    n.v        -> .     i,.     n   r   i
' r   , y .      deliver their fire, and ihon  fill   back   and      OlHcers 3 ; privaU-s 1.-all of whom aro sup
negro and   shoved   out ofthe ranks.    At t     i- jt   "/- posed to be either killed or takeu prisoners.
this moment Col. Coburn came up, and in I '""?•!    ^" ''"=• ^"{ ^^"y''<^^';'Sl"  "'O •« >cl.^   ,,'»;'';-''.^JSL^Vr.''" *'"' ""' ""'' ''" , - .. .        ,       ,     I     , a«<' kopl ihiMn at bay for four hours, when ;""'n.-(J, nre as follows, vi/.:
Ihe presenco    ofthe   crowd   ordered   the f,, . •     j        i    -i    ¦      Ditk Hv.lc. Henrv Van Hrunt
boys to put  a   b.-iyonet   through   the  fi,,,,-"; of "'« f'""-^ arrived, and wuh   its   xv.n. Thonp.son. Jo.inLan IW*
•^     ,   ' ...      ,     . ,    , assistance they succeeded in routing Ihcu.   Kobert Ki^dlord, Tartoi.  W u.l, '
man that again iiilcriere.l With them. 1-n    i -i i   ,-r.       i-n j   J«»hii D.ivton,   IJiirk.
 ¦ ,.„     ,        . .    ' The loss on our side wa< only hftecn kil ed   ., .o pi„ <.'.,,« i!...,«. Uoi. i  n...
Wc I,:id no inoro difficulty,   but   as   the ,..-.,- ,j      ,-,    .,   .     .- .,      t^oip I hia Loae, Drum Mnjor J. Cone,
, , ,- I ,   ,.,1   ,   *"d thirtv-hve wounded, while that ot the   l-acon Haud, W4>unded m the knee,
i^nmonse crowd surged forwaid   and  filled       ,   ,       ' .        i      j     i   i-n   i        i   Wm. Henry, Louis Hollo.
r(,bcU was over two   hundred   killed   a«>J , ^^,b..rt «„oijwin.   ~ "    rhandler Wells,
several humlrcd wounded.     For miles back   Frank Meriiain,  .Salsbury,
.1 .      •      .1     J-      .¦        •      _i - u ' Julian Csrov, Alex. Smith,
m the country in   the direction   in   which ^„,^^ j,,„„-^ Aug. Rutteobaur,
the rebels retreated, the bouses are filled "Stephen Knowles, Marttti Hterens.
with their wounded.    Thc dead   wore   not      ^ '     , ....
,,,.,, .,,-,,. Comnnnv C    was rinsed   in the towns   ol
c rv A  .„ .l,n C Inn I ...,d .n .iii..m,.il "¦"' "" "'*' '*"'^*^'^-     ^'-'^ ^"^ ""°   Oei.evtt,tBioomficld, and Hmlson, and in tht
were served on tho CuIon.I, and >xn attempt! ^^^^^ ,,,^gj s-.cccssful and fortunate battles   vilb.gcn of Ly.ons  and  Springfn "id.    Charlc*
'"' >¦-'-—   .   . •   yp ^,,g ,y„p_ j^„j ^l,g„ ^y„3ij^Pgj   ;„   j.„„. 'Smith, of Geneva, »•»« its first C.iptiiin    I'p-
. ,    ,     -        I   . .1      ,.,1   TM- on Smith's promotion to the rank  of Mi.jor,
neclion with the fnct that the 83d Illinois   „„^^i„ y^ ^„y ^„^ mi^dcCapiavu, 88 will be
had   never before   been   under  fire, does   hocii above.
them great honor.    If tho rebels  had   got       "^'»« * )'o""g •""" of unusually mild and
- .,_      , .1. -  1.   . gentle 4cportiuwnt in civil life, and upon tbe
possession of the place   th.^y might   have ,^.,^^,,..^^.|., ^,.„^..j i,,,. ^„^^r^^. „f „ ^J^^ ^^^
done groat damage to ihe fleet. .di.-r.    Capt. A- ^. l>iW^". .w'lo read law and
On    nrriiing,    we   found    that    thero * »»''»*'  mbnitfccd to tJic bar Jp tbi,s place, and tion tho tain-?   of Vi'iliiam   L.  ITtk-y  wiir ^.     „ concentrntinc hero- one ' *'"> i'''*"'"*"''*'*! a Compafly of tho Turenty-
1-     1 A„. ii,;» ^vlr ;«  „bi^ J ami oftpr' conceiiiraiing noro , one b5i,co„d „,i,ich was raised in and ubovt pcjc
live, lou- nAer ths w.ir is  closed aud »tter, j-^^^ Louisville, one  from Cincinnali, and , van, in sIho among the mowing.    Liko   Mav, thia ^c; crutioii huF i^asged away. ' one with   troops from   Western   Virginia,   lie was a young-mwi of aingular purity in .ill
V     .1.     .I,..,..! ,•..!,.   xarn  bio-l/.ri   ihnvl e .\       XT 1.        • 11.       .1       ^ his outward Jifc, estecmcd by all who came
As   th."   stenml.o.U   t.ere  loaied   theyl from    the   Kanawha   river.     Altogether, ,.,, ^.^„^,^^.,   ^j^j;   |,i„,, aod admired for bis
dr..pped down the river with nrif^i.Ko coui, ,ij,,re wore fil'ty-four transport steamers and '¦clear aud vigorous "ptellgo^
at .Smilhland.   nnd to   ren.'czTiv.a^rt   Fort  „in(; gu„ij(,„t8.    On Wedncsd.-iy tho  Com-:f.   The capture of tk««(Jp* unirorsally   bc-
Do«eJson et,nd await fu; ther orders. We| left Louisville on Monday aficrnoon, and had a pleasant trip down the Ohio and up the Cumberland to Fort Donelaoo, where arrived  on  Thursday morning »bo.>t 2
, ^ ., ,      . n    .   1-      1    .   I .    • loved officers is no leas'iSienly  felt by their
modoro of the gunboat floet distributed lo    ^^^^ ,„ ^j,^ „^,j ^^an liy iheir friends and rel-
ihe Ciiplaitu of the transports a   code   of ative at home.    They are  of precisely that
tignals by steam whistle, by whioh he would chuss of hou«#«t upright gentt^ntum, thatour ar-
.   ,          J                .        I .          1 my can but ill afford to loose.                           j
cominiinicite bia orders;   assigned to each ^                                         Maiib«w SwAW.    I