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

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\ tbe Southern o/ioers preformed ^ftepding It to tbe Riobmond Temple of Music. 0i^ any occasion when they held forth num¬ bers of these individnals were present, and during the plays seoesh received many bard bits. Qn Christmas £ve tbey gave a grand tbeatrioal entertainment. Many of tbe Southern officers, and many of tbe Federal officers, (prisoners) wero present. After the entertainment was over, two of the prisoners, private Makshall, of the La Crosse Co ,and a New fork Sergeant, followed tboP out and made tbeir escape from ihe building. Unless tbey have been retaken; (wbiob is doubted) or b^fo sho- ooeded in escaping from Richmond, thej aronow quartered in tbe house of a Union roan, who will take good oare of them.
Mucb   88 the   prisoners  suffered,  and much as they desired  to get away, they were true patriots.    After tboy had been in prison a abort time, and whon the   D. S. govermnent persisted in refusing to ex¬ change prisoners,  hints  were thrown out to tbem that they bad better petitjoa their government  for an  exchange, and they: were informed that any dooiuuent  they wished to send 'i^axae would be forwarded uoopened.    A  meeting was  held  and itr ' ^s decided almost unanimously that the^' lie policy of tbe govemnient was not to exchange, but to treat the Confederates as rebels*    They were  willing   to suffer foir the y^i'therance of this object.    NevertheT- less a few drew up a  potition  praying for] an exohange, and it was signed  by onlyg j/!:/i(<«n out of all those in the  building.— ' These secretly added  the uamos of many of tho Wisoonsin men, aud the latter dis¬ covering it bold an  indignation meeting, denounced tbe petitioners,  and obtaining possession of tbe petition destroyed it.— Thero wore no moro petitions gotten up.
I find but little variance in the reports of tbe prisoners as to the Ices ofthe rebels \ at Bull Run.   With Yankee ingenuity they, used every means to find out thcir loss, ami., ss no ofiioial report of   the  battle  viat... made, the method taken was to carefully., noto down tbe reports from each regimonV- as published, and figure  the  result.   If— was several months before this was ao- oomplisbed, and  their figures show a Hat- of fifty-sevso regiments engaged, sustain¬ ing a loss of 12,967 (twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven !) Of those 5,000' were killed, the balance  wounded.   The..^ history of Bull Run has yet to be written..! I noticed all tho buttons off tbe coats of the boys, and inqoiring where tboy went, • reoeivod tho   answer:    "Oh! that's the ^<^7 we got oar papers l"    The  newsboys foraittbed two copies af tbe morning pa¬ pers fo* one of the metal buttons of the
soldiers, and as tbe Seoond had not been j AfliODg the returned prisoners Is the paid off, and luany of them were oonsa-1 little Corporal BvaNs, of La Crosse.-rr quentlj out of monej, this curronoy cams ; Every body was pleased to see Bot, as hia in very opportunely. . Qafli^e b^B bepoqie   sopiewbat familiar as
Out of all tho prisoners sent to Rich- tho author of Gen, Tvlkk's madn«s8.>- mond, only -400 remained thero, the rest When we went on to the field at Boll Run, having been sent South. Many of the Wis- I Ttlbr rods at tbe head of the Oonneoti- oonsin boys sent cff bad been wounded,   out troops, and uoming in at an angle, evory
for fnstaooe, Gaskill, of Co. K, bad a bali throogh 'both lungs. Donkavan, of Co. B, bad five balls io him. Jaccson, of Co. B, had bis arm broken. They were doing well, however, whon sent to New Orleans.
When it was announced  that a number of the prisoners were to bo exchanged, it WtUi supposed that the most feeble would bo sent off first, and there was considera¬ ble '<p08sum plajuig" ta get on the sick list.    These are now in  Richmond.    Be¬ foro tbe choice was made  there was con-    ^    .,- _   .. siderable bargaining, and as high as $50^    ^hUe be was in  the Richmond hospital te    J.   ,   X.   . A- 'A    I    e    Tu iQiP*"-  i<«wis w«8 examining the   wound, was offered to Inokj individuahi for theflSi^^jj^j, ^ „|j^^ g^pg^^  ^^^  ^j^^g ^^^
watching him a moment asked very' inob- cently, how he was going to extraot the ball. "Oh I" replied the Dr. very wisely, "I shall take out the brain, run it through f ftp old fashioned cullender, strain it, then
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st«p bis |ior>e  took |)e was nrgbg the regiment to a hopeless task, that of pass¬ ing tbe Seoond, by tbe order "For*w-a r-d OoDBOOtioat 1"     Little Bpbks would re* poftt tl;o  order,  "Forward Wisoonsi*' nntil tbe Ooneral got so enraged thai _ good thing  was   made out   of it,  a^j "For-w-a-r-d  Oonneotioat" is heard  % ofken   as "John Waddles,  my b orse W •vsr wgs ftt tbo expense of Major  Lanx; IP (he Firs^
Another ofthe boys is SvxysoN, of K. He was wounded in the head, the ball going in In front and lodging in the brain. WbiU -      -     -   -
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chances, note.
I have not seen one of the Second boys who is not anxious to have anothor turn at tbe rebels. They insist that tbe rebel oause is in a bard way, and say that rebels told them their oause was hopeless, with¬ out foreign intervention, and that they were disheartened. There are few troops in Riohmond, and nearly all whose time is up are returning home.
Tbo Union feeling is strong in Rich¬ mond, but is, of ooure, kept down. A secret orgam'^ation, of whioh many cf the boys were cognizant, existed, aud from it tbey received most valuable aid. Before tbey left some of the guards around the prison  had  got   so   as   to treat   them
I put It back." The Jfr. ftijd seoesh wero never friends aftor tbat, but still '£van. SON is doing well. __
I guess tbat will do for tbe prisoners (b|B time. Nsxt will tell you how they got tbeir tobaoco, and everytbuag else \ oaq pick np
Rumor has it hat Jiif Lane has laid forcible hands on the Second Wisoonsin, and is dote/lpiQ«d to take tbem off to Kan- sais with him. I'he boys are pleased at tbe partiality ehowii the Seoond.
A new effort in about being made to reomit tbe regular army, by calling for twenty-five volunteers' from each State regiment. The inducements offered are a month's furlough to go homo, and three month's pay to spend }t In, Th^ moye- moqt will win, and the regular regunents,
kindly, and a member ^of the association
referred to above   told one of the boys   which are fullv o^oered but withouT any
that it bad 2,000 men ready to join tho ^ P"J»^"' ^J he tiled at oqco, C.
Presont  appearanoes   indicate they  wdl   and they are allowed nothing for rations! not havo long to wait. Bach man was notified to attend tke de-
Tho   Southern   mode    of  exprcssing^i P^^'^^nt ajid he would receive a furlough ,   , ,.^., 4 -^r thirty daysj n
things gave tbe boys no little amiuement.j'     ^   '    ^ ,. ^'
When they first arrived tboy were eyhib-'j     ffi ArniB Correj(P>nd«iice
ited  to   the furprised crowd,   and   thej
question was, "What yoa dohig down bere^,
for ?"   Where you -wounded at ?"    The_
ourieus way of asking it always made the i
boys smile, and no little obaficg was the'
result.   Tbe reply was just as the Seoond
boys would be supposed to give it.   "Ob,
hintmr rrmA tno 4ireond.R«fCfiVient.
nothing but a tea poond rifle cannon ball through tho bead," or, "a twenty-four po(md s|iot tbrougb tbe heart," etc. This would be believed for a time, but at lepgtb it oame to be a oommon ezpressioD, "Ibep d— Yankees are the d—est liars in the world."
JorratpODdenee of thii Sentlnal.
; Arlinqton, Jan. 13, '62.
[ DiAR SsENTiNU.:—We on tho Potomac are expecting great things to transpire du¬ ring the remainder of the month of Janu-
4 ary.   The steps taken by the Government
to kill off rebellitm oertainly indicate that
our expectations are not on too grand a
scale. Bvery boar now we are looking for a
good report fVom Qen.;-3i;BNsiDx'8 expedi- "|l>ion, and anlese we are all sadly disap- .V] P0'°^<^ it wUl come up tbe James or Rap-