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

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veniences I have mentioned,   fall   in   and wait in ranks ftom 1  to  3   hours  before ererythiog is ready, ant march all day not slopping m
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not   aa    good   as   that    taken   out    of the creek at yor; placo in tbe summer at' low water, stop nbout 7 o'clock   and   rest on the ground without any tfnt  or  bar-i'| rack j be will  get an   idea of soldiering and will not have a chanco to grumble at
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J   then start  and'  J»»« f^'Jo^ing letter from .Sergt. Zsbaii P.    and ro.souioe   th« fir,. ,   a •    .      '"^
.... .y X.X.. topping ove, 10 or 15    ^r-AKK   of 8beboyga„TFalU. . ,,.„,,, ,,    ,,.. of'tho ;'";"« w   '"".    7
ninutes at any one time, and not getting    C;^"' ^" "^S-'no'-t. to •¦Allianoe Lodge"    aatti.lly l.y unon th cT   ""'^'
ut a small quantity of water  and   tba^  ''^^-'^ templars, of that village.     A. it        « it Lri'L T '^'^'"'' '"" "''"''
ot   as    .ood   a«    th.i.    ....„   ....    ..   ;;^"»'--c,withinterestbytho\ieiids:f!valj^    :^   whTcn?dl T ''" ^^^
that o.npany. we gl.dly gi,e it a pi.ee | of tiio cannon wlt.!:;;!:'"'^"°'''^'
Ni^WKLL   Upuam. Wm     EI. CinvisR
CuA.s.  DaRKM and Jas.  Niciiols. all
l^or. ,,,th, 1862. )       11 ''"'•'"»" «^«*J or mortally wounded -
the No. of square   feet allowed   to eachJ ,,^'*^'^ «'^<'^"«'^^-'^'> SrsrKRs:_Some   th'rrf,^h fhi°l"'^^'^^^^ *'   '*"' «^"'
~ u. 1.-.,... .....   .   ..,.        !.     '1 fifteen months  haT« ,c.-..^ .:     ™» ,J throfi|5h tbe hsad.     He was a brave boy.
in Our oolumns.
Hi\idqii,-»rters  1st Wi.sconsin, Mitclicllvilh! Stdtioa. Tenn. |Vov. 1,1th, 1862.
man, or tbe width of the  building.    Tlja, above is not   an   ovor  drawn   picture, as tbe   Grand  Army, which left hore about tbe first inst., have gone through for the last month, and not as bad by far as Bu¬ ell's army   had it  on   their  march   from i Tenn., which arrived here tbe last of Sep-'u y* tembor.    Our regt. has not  slept under /   tents   but 3 nighls  since .we left   Wis.^ /    and has beeu kept on the tilt net stopping' \     on tbe saioe camping  ground   over  two V^ days al any one lime, so you caa imagine we have had very little time   for  drill.— The exposure of (roops kdls oft' more tneO than are killed in battle, b'lt soldiers and
 ., ...tuuvu »ue nsau.     tie was a brave be
hfteen months have pKkfSed since wo ntel ^ sod' had suffered greatly from sickness you for the last time uutil tho sinews of and privatious previous to battle. Hav- thereb.dlion should be te.stcd by the strong iug been sent from Orsen river to Louis- arm^ of your ropresent^iives in tbe strug- ville, among other disabled mon, upon tbe gle for Liberty. grand maroh to Bowling Green last spring
We promised you then tbat ws would j—be was sent to join his rogiment by way write frequent letters bearing informstion   of Corinth and  rosobed Vie lalter placs , uf thc deeds aod whoroaboutsof those gal-   in time, to .participate in   the oolebrated ; lant men; and manv. manv tim... i.— ._- ¦ •      •
lant men; and many, many times havo we thought of tbe unfulfilled promi.se ; and as often have we attoaipted to oorrospund, but, as the p«n would trace lino aftor lino, we would think, " What sbali we say of onr bravery ?** Alas ! we bad nevor seen a b%ttle-field—we fiad nevor beard tbe screech   ef shull—vro  had never   seon   a
Bureeon   oi stiull—wo   had mules in the government service aro supfr   j^^ge^ „gu,,,  f^^^^  ^f ^^^ enomy-and posed not to have auy souls; remonstrance   modesty alone prevented the completion
woijld bo coij.sivlered presumptiou.s. Until   «r *i :--? •-
thoy make a distinction between men and mules DO man should ever enlist, or go into service unless he has a cou.ititution equal to a mule and likes lo bo treaiod like a Dog. I do not grumble that I bare  ot or our regt. received as good Ireal- meut as tbe rest. Deserljo/js are becom¬ ing numerous throughout our army, and the opinion is   bi?coming   very  prevalent
(although we of course do not have a „bo sias j down h chance to keep posted as those al home depth of sorrow whioh wh--.. .1-.. I-      ' ¦•
battle of Shiloh. Tbs siokliness of the looation along the Tennessee caused a re¬ lapse,, and wken he did oonvalenoe be wa.s hurried half clothed and half fed to join bis regiment sl Battle Creek. He entered the engagement al Chaplin IliiU de¬ pressed in spirits, b)al showed wonderfal oooiness, and atiaost fool-hardy bravery ootilbflfell.
Wm. Cakvbr sxpired upon tbe field — IlirUst words  were, " Tell the Captain
of the missives      But now there are deed.    „,,,.., .    .
to  relate, and   deaths to record worthy    r.»d .'  ""T' " ^•" '^' ^"P'*'"
our cause ^nd reputation > . l »e dono my duty." and proudly havo bis
Brave mon and   strong arms have mst   ' "•"^' ^•*"* the report that .-Tip" did his
report mat "Tip' _.„ ..._ •vory duly, flo fell fighting bravely for bi» oodntry, and died as (be soldier luvcs to die, amid  tbe roar of btttis aod the
and  claihod steel   with the foe. aud the evening fires   have shone   upon faces he
-•.red with blood and powder, rom be- I'u "'!' T' *'*' ''" '^ ''^' bind which sombre shad'e, the hea" of •'»;";/^-J/----mrades »»otory   pUyed   upon   arehing   oounte-    / "I '"^•'•** '°  «re.t p.io ne.rly
oanoes. «oounie     two days, when  ihe •• asssrobly call " of
Bot  alas I down  i'q   the heart was     b-*^'f"«€*'»n<l •«^'noned him to the sol- ,        ,        - - -        --pth of sorrow whioh no «:«.! k .   l . '' '^¦^^•¦''oas io   heaven.     Brothers
.le.lh had  pioro«l   ,b. bo,om  <,(
ihe difficulty never can bo sol lied by fight¬ ing, or at least wili nol be until there is a groat change in tbe programme; Last Saturday il snowed about 3 inch.e.-j hern and was quite cold for two or three .Isya but has got to bo quite warm and ploiis- ant again «o that W') ^H not hip'o (o keey
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'Tls mete tbat great saorifioes should be dearly lovsd comr.de,'and'i7l.y'«m'oT    "•^'^ * «'«*»  «»««••    Yoa will think
Coring beneath  •oms'anknowa"so7Jt'h^! "^V**'™'*''""'^*''°*'°"'*" 'Poken aod bi-  face all  covered with dirt. .„d ao'
friend to drop a tear over his lowly grave  !.h. •        .     . -
o-.uk ^.. -^ «¦'"' f ths  morning slumbers, and  tbe  merry,
his  face all  covered witV7irt. "•ud" oo j ?''^*^' '"'"   *^*J^  '" «•''<>''  '«>'»»'•!'
fate.  But wbe9 the reveill* brenks in upon
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,;      , ,     . ' —  ^'     Thos was it at Perrvvilla "ng'»« -orj of •'turn oul for roll call!"
ro during tho day time.    Vo-ir not   be.       I need not speak of .ho\a.t .„    .a   ''  ''•'^'^   »«>   ='o,e-wh.o   tbe   evening' .ug acquainted with .ho ,n-3n ii, our reVt.   by oor br.vo re.^^e      yJI u       «^'''" "
of course you would not feel intcrosto.riu ' too well.     There Z„   H "'"'
ftny descripiioo of particular c.^.ses.      *     ^ho   heart    f *     ' •'*''• •'"""'*
n..ve no pen Hin, i„, ,, ,„„, ,,.j 8heb ^/^n cL'nT:'/;"• "' T"*" '" -vo to write silling on .he edge of my ' of the gal .„v an'd "" ?'° ™"^ bed holding my paper ou a small book on p.ny H." !, ^^ "1 /"""a '' " '^"'- wyki,ee, • • « J   .        ""^ t"« "otodman Guards."
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are formed aod tbelr places are **"*"** !V woroing. noon avd uight. we will mfss'their fsiendly presence aod, per¬ haps, shed a toar of aorrow. Bot our loss it tbeir gain and we will be satisfied.
Maoy were woaodsd but are doing well •nd sooo  we bopo to ••« tbtn with us
.r.d ;"/''"', P'**'" *' '"^ ''"»' 'hey oov-  .g.i„ -*^om.olvosalloverwitbg,or,\v  /on th. Stb of Oot.be. tbo .omy foil