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

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and say that  without our direct  aid it isa' difticir'" ¦¦      ¦ •
his lit
difticuU nmtler to catch a man  Aeeing tor! But this is  because the men want
to   appreciate    our   auperiority   in   real
strength and resources  as   compared  with
themselves.    They begin to understand that
instead of an array of ignorant,  contempt¬ ible "mudsillB" and  "ftuiaiics,"  ai they
have been taught to regard us,   our very
rank and file aro superior iu almost every
respoot to their boaated Chivalry.    They foi
tho first   time   witness  our   wealth,    oui
strength,   our   intelligence,   our   evident
thria, all the result of the tree labor ideai
on whioh our society is based,   and to con
tratt thom with the efi^oota of their own ser
vile Bjstem.    This they will continue to do
let us hope, until they are fully arouse*
from their fatal delusion, and  havo  free
themselves of the mad spirit wbloh withou
provooation would  diamember  and destro
the nation; that they will, consequently, b
led to pay a ten-fold more faithful allegiane
10 the Oovernment in future than they hav
overdone in the past; and that they wl 'also, at no distant day,  consent to the n
moval of that system of slavery which no'
ouriai their land, and wUoh onderllM an
is the prime cause of this great sections
straggle.    This country  in point of natural or's l.rif,'.ido do not ch>orf,i/lyoh'oy"oidon.
endowments of  soil  and cbmate,  i nav 11,,^  unwillingness on our part to do the
never seen surpassed.    How eooo tne  fre^ dinie.'^t of nil work, is regarded by the nogro
labor of   the  North,    If   •Btt^ashed  her«l clninmnt.,.as •• hnd usnge'^and in consequence
would convert it ftrom only medium   nennee roprcmands have conic donm to us I    Let roe
and/rodttctivenesa hito a literal paradise,    g^y to you that a whola acting brigadier
/ YourSt  sa,    "-^ geiieral's.staff would have resigned or called
rr>.       m ¦    . .... n '*"¦ "^ court   martial had not the  orders to
Tli«.   Loyal   ^riny   aud   Slaves." thom been qualified.    And  lot nio say that
Cami' Walkku, Tonn., April 21,    I |"M'ortont resignations will toke place as itl
To C, C. S1.0I.I.S, I'^q,, of Wisconsin : . !'' .".H'TiT*' "''' ' »"" '*"^ r^.'J''""' ^^« ^''^^'^yi
T.        <¦• r 1 I.-    . I ¦ I  .  ' '" "'® "*•'<'• Respectfully, '
lJi:.\ubin:—I have a subject on which to ^ •'
Tht -ifr^it and ?nt«niona^^the North^lS' "" '"'"V*/ "";' '" «?^ '*«»¦ •««•*". «nd the do you think ? The fair representative of i.^«n,Sth^-wi ?nd at the aame ti^^ "-'"¦" 1 '"^"Z T!"' ''>' '^''"''"^S their run- secossis having all power ovcV the Adjutant, proseoulinifthni vrar,   »I»fJ,V,?,t»*PJ'* V™.*   "/^'.O'fl»vo« ?    The negro drivers laugh ini (in response  u>  a proposition from him no
tiioir sleevos to find that the loyal Union doubt,) offered to ride a race with him on army ¦« "se< in tliM way! Why should they the following terms : That if the Adjutant not f llie chief biisineas of our officers at should win tho race he might have her hand tins post i.-i to issue pas-ses to slove hunters, at tho altar, but if sho boat him he should IM obedionco to hiifher authority. The now throw off tbe Lincoln livery and resign his aiticloot war lorbid.ling officers to aid in oommiasion ! This was a poser ! He came r.-tiiri.iiig fiicitive.x, is carried out thus far, to the conclusion that no Adjutant of an that we iiccil not show tho claimants whore Irish Regiment dare be bluffed off in this they are, nor take hold of them and help to way by a lady. The race is to be run if we get Ihem iiwiiy. But, on the otlier hand, stay here long enough. Mara (the Adju- pnsscii are givjn to search our camps, and if tant) and Venus (Secessia) are to tilt on llic negroes are found in them, a word of the turf of Tennessee, be the result which syiiipatliy must not bo expressed by us, nor ever way the fates may determine. It will j tthngcr littod to save!    1 will be  candid, end io a oourf martial. U.J
'   -   AUtijI to I
iy   C orrevpondcncer^
freedom, and will run in hopes ofsocurinVit/ IICAnquAnTEHS  STAiiKWrATHER's)*-
Now, sir, w- the ofTicerii ^nd j.rivatelof th:-* regiment, do not liko this work. We came here to fight the common enemies of onr coiiiitry, and w want to do it Field oflicers have ridden twenty-four hourr in a dietiel.iiig rain, in the night, too, to protest against Ihoir regiment being used in this ay.    Ntgro catchers say that Starkweoth-
write that v/ill interest you:
The glorious deeds lately dono on \-fie field of hultlo by some of the Wisconsin regi ments which havo just been mustered into the service, have extorted praise from us of the "First," and yet wo mus";iR{iy that with our expressions of joy, aro uiinglod deep murmuriuga regardiug ourselves.
Whon wo first joined Gen. McCook's di¬ vision our Colonel was welcomed with hia " bully regiment," as it was termed. "That lirst Wisconsin 1 can depend upon," said ho who hud no ^I'pcrior over him. Staff ofRcera of a regiment that has lately joined us from the noble stale of Indiana have twiee ro peated in our hearing, that the First Wis cousin was tho best drilled regimeut that I
A'
J. MoNAMARA, ChaplaiaLst Uegt, Wis. Vols.
RniG. My, Pr.KASANT, Ajirii gj'.'( Mr, Editor :    i h.ivo. been   .-.bscnt from ciinip .'I wroks, nnd on my   return yesterday fouii.l our Regimen' in g.KxI spirit.s and anx¬ ious for the comin'4 coiilcst.
I think I wrote you ofthe promotion in the ofTii ers and men of the First. It is sup¬ posed Lieut. Scott i.s permanently detailed nnd will remain in Louisvillo, conseqnonlly Lieut, Ilnml.ro(ik is acting 1st Lieut, and Orderly Thayer 3nd;. this mnkes vacancies In the non-commissioned oflicers ; (Jorporal Spencer is promoted to Sergeant. He is a good and laithfid officer and well worthy of the position givm him.    Gen.  Starkwenth-
er's coniimand c<msist3 of the 1st Wis., 3.^th
J^ Ind,, 2Ist Kentucky, 2 companies of covalry ipond«no« of th* B«ntln*l. '^       n    r     .-n ,- .
CAMF Walk.e, T.NN.ssa«,)    ^ "f '-irt'llery, makinfr n good, strong brigade.
.April 22,1862.    J     *"d althoii^di he has bccn in command of this
TBI AOa or OHiVAiST MOT QOKM.       forcc but uvo v/oeks, he has spared no pains
Permit me to send  the Srhtimii a rpi to make  them  almosi equal to tho ".illart
mautio item from Acting Brigadier Oenera .,  «„,',.,1..,.-» 1 ¦¦ 1        ,  ° ,'
Starkweather's command. ^'^' """ '^'»'^ '« '"o'Cthoy all love their good
W,e havo a dashinc young Adjutant con General, for Fuch he is, spar'mg no pains to nected with the Thirty-Ofih Indiana (al make his men comlortablo aiid contented Insh Regiment,) by the name of C. Thh ,,. .1 j • ,/,, , ' young officer hasa horse that attracts a gooiij S>inco llio death ol Chas. H. Orvis, we have deal of notice on account of its beauty ant had no sickness in camp ; all aro anticipa- sprightly qualities;   moreover it is a fas' .. 1     - ,
  .        horse.    The young Adjutant has a keen ey< *'"C»"'^'^''''^v'"Pr'^ «l">»*:e to try the strenKth
had passed througli tho city of Indianapolia.! fbr the beautiful, and it fell on a handsomt «( »Soutliern rights.    As usual, yours, Col. Willich, of tho ;>2d   Indiana, who  has face  as  our Brigade marched through thi VV   A   M
twice led his regiment into battle, and con- village of Monuv Pleasant.    He marked tht    ^        -j,^^  I '    -S-'-
ducted ifoir the field with glory, never cage that environed this fair daughter c^i , ir*^rom tho r^n-sl Iteftinwnt. ' ridoB by a private soldier of our  rogimont Tennessee, and retraced his steps to it, afteH y^-, ^ „ ,_ .
withoutlakii.ghimby the hand and saying, the Brigade had camped. The Adjutant; m "•• T"?;E^"sr'rKN^''7,^r4r\"r ' I in   his broken accent,   "1 liko you-—brave was   not  denied  ac'jjiiittance, although  the!     '      ; ' "• '      .."  • 1' .:„„ «n
Colonel, brave regiment" Any one of the mansion was occupied bv the widow L-w-r^l Fd,.ors Motor :-\\e mc nUU l.ijingon regiment is readily recoguizcd by tho stato n-o, and her bewitching (shs htd bewitched I 0"r o;us, no move hiving yet bocn made by button. The7<Jtli Pennsylvania in our brig- as the sequel will prove) daughter. Bean* j tho troops in this vicinity, of uny importance, ade is tt noble rogiment; we think its officers ty, grace, eduoaUon and very broad acre^ thouirU now and then a company of cavalry nnd privates superior to our own, and were are said   by   aU-to be   the portion of Mii« I  ,.     "
surprised to learn from  the Chaplain, that L , but  she   is  a secessionist, as is het   *-" '"*'''
this is Just tho opinion they entertain of us, mother. This did not deter our brave officer But no more of this.    We have  heard the of the Irish Regiment, but he proceeded to
cannon roor  in  every direction  from ua,— hcadouarters   and  procured   from  Col, 8. battles fought und won within a day or two's what is called "a pass at will," to visit the
maioli of us,—divisions that comped in our tome of the widow L ,    The holder of the
rear all winter permitted to pass by us, and pass wills to be there all the while, but he; their commanders for their noble deeds nom- festrains himself and only goes every even- in ated for the Three Stars,—"Sic itur <id*»K' ... . antra." And wo > Where aro we? What Now, let »• tell youhowfar matters have; arc we doing? Oh 1 they tickle our vanity Progressed bn»y—n the loyal (7) Union by telling us we ore in the reserve. officer and tb» iHrtifttl eecessioaist—what Division correspondents write to the New » title for a rwutiGO I Seceisia (femmine; York papers that Gon. Negley's command g«»aer) has a ft«t horse as well the Adju- co.istitutos the reserve. Well, this reserve ta°» of'^« Thirty-fifth and tho fair owner has ft huge number of coutrabanda within^»»^e»rUs8 rider. Tho Yankees anu the iu liiius.^ Now comes the question whether 9'»»^»1>7. Union and Separation, Love and it requires suoh legimcuts as ours to corici/t-Matrimony,  have been  diacussed pro and
-    •   con in the parlor of widow L , and what
gos its position, in ordor to guard some exposed point on the railroad, or some tcle- grnph line. The wentli^r continues mild and pleasant, nnd wo have but little drilling to do; so we are in comnarativc idlcnrsa. Oen. N'eglt^y is still s'atrO/iod nt Columbus, and Col. Starkweather is still Acting Brigadier Oeneral. It is curri^ntly reported that Oen. Negley is to havo couiin:iad of a <livJsion; nml if such is tho c ISC. Col. Starkwoathor will be pcrm.uiontly promoted to a Brigadier Gene- r.il.ship—a placo we believe him eminently fit¬ ted to fill; a conclusion which is fully justified by the lunnnor in which ho handles his brig¬ ado while on drill.
There arc now and then a few bright spots