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

              John C. Breckinridge, and ho haa two aoni in ter stop, there will be musio when it passes a Democratic Caucus in Frankfort a few rebel army and one in tbe Union army.        "here."    "Why!" I responded.    He replied,   days ainco, oud   whom Gen.   Gillmore had
On tbe subject of alavery, the people aro "They took every nigger from tbe regimenta   onco afforded importaut servicoa, for tbrco
very  nearly   united almost  a  unit    The-which have passed, and they declared tbat   Nogroea, " Abraham, George and John," val-
leading meu of tho State and tbo most in- they would die rather than let the 22d Wis. ue.l al §800 each. The Colonel received the fluential claaaea of tho people ore roaolutely, leave the State with a nigger among them." papers with becoming dignity, and tbim^b almoat madly determined to auatain tho in-iS»id I, "1 hope there will bo no forcible informed by tbo SberifT that all actions Btitution at all bozarde. They oro ready to attempt to take ono from tbe ranks, if thero would bo withdrawn upon conditiona of giv- poril anything and everytbing in ita aupport. >¦ ther* will be music. By tbia time, tbe regi-j ing up the fugitives, and instructing bim as The Governor and tbo L^isloture, openly, meat was in sight The unexpected awampj to his danger of being held reeponsible in and in an inaulting manner, denounoo tbo of briatling boyoneU evidently had a ten- any and overy Stato should an execution bo Pi-oaidont Congress, and aU others wbo sug- denoy to oool the over-heated Southern is-sucd against bim, he gave tho order, and gcettbeofferingofalavory to save tho Union, blood. But tbe tempting bait appeared, the C«>m»ifr(;ia/, with all on board, contra- With Kentuckiana alavery iathe firat object, and several chivalrous obampiona of South- ban.la not excepted, moved down tbe river audi really believe tho State would join, orn rigbU approached tho ranka, ono rush-, as ealinly and quietly os though nothing had beraelf to tbe Southern Confederacy atone© >ag in between two companies and laying| happened.
had ahe no hope of a pro-alavory triumph in hande upon a fugitive. " Snap" went a cap! , Tho indopondenco of tbc Colonel and tbe the North, and wero abo not too closely |fortunate for Mr. Slave-catcher tbat the Regiment boa made a most favorable imprcs- watchod by loyal armies. pistol in the hands oftho  fugitive missed , sion on tbo judgments of tbc people, uotwilh-
Tha 22d maintained hor position, unwa- ^"- ^ *^*'"/' bayoneta converged to the atonding their refusal to bow to tbo yoke of veringly, till she loft the State. No con-'«P*>* '^^'^.^ ^^'^ Blavo-hunter stood, aome o u,o South. Even amidst tho exeitomcut in traband was taken from ourranks. nor given-''^'*'^ evidently penetrated h.a clotbca, and LouiaviUe, somo of the most enraged wero up at the demand of tbo alave-catcbor. We ^* """ ^"^*"° '^* ""^'' '^tagreoter velocity heard to say that it wns a " bully regiment" wereinco.aantlybarro.8edbythoalavopow.^^^*\''« «'>^«»"*^ ^*^«"-. ^^\' ^"^^^ cbargej And citizens of standing in tbo coniDiunity ers from the time we entered tho Stato till l»"^ ^**^y "*'"''* terminated thia mode of arc known to have said tbat tho regiment we loft AUaoomedtoiinderatand our posi-J*^f"«- ^ ''^"'^^^ "^."^^'"S of Southern honored itaclf by atonding firmly and bold- tion, and to keep themeelves posted respect- '^*" ''"^ ^^'"*' '" unstinted measure auo- ly by its principles. Gon. Baird and bis of- ing our movements. Tboy bad thoir plans <^««*'^<'<*^ ^'°'*^ ^^^ «"it«™out. Gen. Coburn fleers are highly gratified with tho resulU. made to obtain our contrabauda at Louia-t»°^ *•**' "^ ^" t'*^' ""*« "*-^^« <-'^°«"l) pri^o the regimeut highly and aoem fully dc- TiUe aurcly. Thc pretended owner of tbe ^•^^^i^g "PO"^ »*»« sjdewalK and the Aids* termined to sustain tho Col. iu tbo position three once ordered to Gen. Gilmore's head-"^^"8 "P*"^ horses between the sidewalk he has takeu. quarters,  and which  order Col. Utley  re-' •"^ *"• ^*°'}*'   P<>»»t«« .'<> • OOntraband,;     -We  oomo  out  of Kentucky unsoiled by
,,.•,,,        ,        ...        L     r      x'. "I.O (if ibe .\uis said to tbe raging, aeie«i<- i
fused to obey, followed ua to tho wharf ondl .^^y „„       _,     ^,
A ¦v.x      er   . L      \.L -    ,x       1 boro, Mia that  your i.igger?      -- ^ es.    was
made every  poaaiblo effort to obtain them. •' ., ,      ¦    ,
¦X. .. , T^        11 1    •   >     •».. tbo emphatic roply.    " Iben why don 1- y»>u
Many  othera  from DauviUe, ond, ind«oa,i .  '    ,        ,.    ,„ "   „       ,.
, , , , , step in aud KOt him?      " 1 mean to.       '-\ ou
from nearly every placo of any coDsequence   ,   ' „ , ,   , ,   ,
tu        I _» • u u   1 J -    »i.   Q4 1   ' dare not,' and this  short duilouiio   ended.
through which we had passed in tbo State.
., », , .Lit (ten. Coburn doomed verv- mucb pleased at
were there.    Many more slave catchers hung , -^ ,     .,
the turn which tlunira bnd taken,  uud siiid
about the rogiment than tbore wore contra bands connected with it. No other regimen had withstood their brow-beating, all other, they hod conquered and token fugitive, from their ranks. Tho 22d bad becom. I noted for its firm adherence to Northori prinoiplea, and they oould not bear tbe idei that she ahould leave the State without bow ing to the god of the South. Word hac been given out that no regiment ahould tr.k< oontrabanda on board of boots. Ordera wort issued to all other regiments to leave them. The 22d was left iu camp till all others had gone on board of tranaporta, and nearly all had moved down the river.    The order came
to hia Aid, -'Keep your eye on "iboso fel- lowB." There can be no doubt, from oircum- atanccs, tbat tho 22d wns loft to march' through Louisville alone that sbo might pot¬ tle the queatioii with Kentuckians in her own way. It is a aignilieant fact tbat or¬ ders were issued to every other regiment., by (Jen. Orangery to tako uo colored persi^s oii.i boarij 'Jio boata who had not free papers. In referring to tbis order. Col. Ulley said lo Gen. Boird, " Ours bave uo free f^apers, bnt all have declared their intontious." |
An attompt was made to prevent tbo Com¬ mercial from leaving   with contrabands iju
#    »L   ««j 4 u *   il     —1.    r     A    -^-1 boord; and tbe Coptain—a Kentuckian—de¬
fer the 22d to march to the wharf.    A citi-' ,' ,      ,      ,     ,,, .,,   /.      .i
,.     , UJ.I./-I1      1       1.11   clared that ho ahould be responsible for all
ten friend approached the Colonel and told ,,,.,, „.,     /., ,    •
,..,.,.       ij ». .      11    - -       Neeros wbo loft in tho boats.     Llie Col,  in-
bim that he would bave  trouble in   going;      ^ , ,      i   .
through the city, and aaid to him: .. Don't'^'^'-'"''"^ ^^i"' ^'"^^ **'« ^''"^ '''''' "•^*'«>'^''^ fire the firat gun." "Fix bayoneUl" Bounded °""^'-°' "^ ^'»''' Government, and tbat as com-  long tbo line, and the ordor waa promptly '"»"'^«'* ""^ ^'^ ^^^^^P' ''^ ^°''^'^' '''^ ^'"'^ <'"'"• and cheerfully obeyed. Reckoning myself '"'*"*^ °^ "'« ^°''*' ^""^ °'^'^*'>^*^^ '"™ ^^ •*«'''" more of a civil than a military man, I was- "I' «"<! ""'^'' «^> neoessitry orrongcmeuta to somewhat in odvonoe of the regiment—j ra"vo dowu tbe river. This order tcruima- While making my way through the crowd,. ^«'^ ^^« ««'=<'°^ '='"''"e'^ ""^ *'»<= "^""y- in front of the Gait Ilouae, in which Gon. I^"^ ^^"^ 'i^^'"*' ^'^'^ "«^ ^" ''^^ acknowlodg- Nelaon fell, a gentleman stopped me, and «^^Vet; and next and finally came tho Miei- asked "Hasthe22dpassed!" 1 replied that '^ "^ JcfTeraon county to aervo writs upon it had not, but that it was just coming down ^°»- ^'^»«y> "' ^''^•»' ""^ ""^ ^^''^'"'' ''''°' '"¦ the street.    "Then," aaid he, " you had bet-   ?«»"* s^^^. introduced secession rosolutiona at
her slavery principles. An opporluuity to mail unexpectedly occurs and I can write no moro.        In baste, youra truly,
C. D. PILLSBURY. From the 22<l Keuiinent.
C.\Ml-   (lAMULE.        I
St. Louis, Juno 1, 1863. J FuiEND SANDFonn: In camp again. The days of captivity aro for once, at loaaUend¬ ed; tho days of pi.roleare iiufnborod. .JSon- toi» Barracks passed, and wo aro onco more keeping houao within our canvasa walls, and making all peccasory arrangementa for thc in-iro active if'.jtioa of tl.o aoldier'a lifo.
We aro encamped npon tho ground where onco stood the rebel comp Jackson, which was supriscd by timHamonted Lyon. Siuco that day it has butHio the noiue of Camp Gamble, in honor of tbe present tlovcrnor of Miaaouri, and wbo au.-cooded tho traitor Jackson. Wo are located in a beautiful grove surrounded togotbor with the city by tbo noted fortifiealiona constructed by the ordvir of Gon. Fremont, and so bitterly de¬ nounced by bia envious und aspiring eno- micB.
Our rogiment presents sad evidences of tho hardships tbr- ugh which it has passed. Tho whole number reported present thia morning, ofiicors and privates, ia -104. Gen¬ erally, tho meu arc iu good spirits, anxious to get into working order and to find them- aelvos again iu activo Borvico. Quite a num¬ ber are still absent on furloughs, and tho purpose is to givo all who havo not recent-