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

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As usual with Jackson his forces were be¬ hind a stonoj,fonco, and in a lavino at that. Aftor boinir under firo^foj somo time, cmv Begiment made a wheel, giving us a clear i-ange on the i^cccsh behind the fence.— Here our boys pilcd| them ;ip iu heaps, most awful to speak of. The most of the Socesli appeared to bo struck in thc head. Gon. Ilvihcrt Lcc, son ofthe i-cbcl geneva^ Iv. E. Leo was killed, beside several Col's and Majors on thcir side. We Avithdvcw nbout 10 o'clock at night. Daring tho cimo that Con. Hooker h.id drov^ thc enemy on tho right, Coiici-al lleno hnd ruu them on the left, giving us aftor three honra con lest, poacssiou of tho field. In liiirs en¬ gagement our Brigade suL jred a loss of over 400. My company had five wou..i.';.d us follows :
Corporal W. A. Nelson, A. T. Budiong, iB. F, Knowlton, G. W. Williams and Ceo. Gilbert. '
In this battle, as in tho fbr.iiov our men behaved most gallantly and nobly hold their ground. Tho next morning [Mon¬ day] wc coiumcnccd the pursuitof thc on omy, often capturing a largo nutuber of prisoners. Both ^londay and Tuesday wc were occupied in cannonading and pushing forward closo upon tho hoola of the retreating foes. Tuesday evening wo camo upon their lines and lay down with out supper, iu sight of the enemy, and di- irfectly uudcr their guns. During the nlMit heavy .skirmishing and coutiuual cannonading was kept np. At daylight our brigade was ordered Ibrwar.l to open for the enemy. Wc wcra marching in Division front, nnd had reached a cluuip
from thc enemy's battery bur-^t iu our reg-   day's battle seemed mo.st horrible.    Soon I weut tho tunes ofa cannonading. Thisbat-1 iment, killing seven and wounding   five. > our regiment charged directly on the first j tlo all day, the oaemy being drivoo »t txUj
Lompany, giving U3 a crossfire on tho en-ji points.    Thc lunnbor killo(i and wounded
ciny.   :\liijoi- Allen Ava.^ wounded and had'
to leave -tho field.    Captain Ely   of 6o. D
theu took command.    Our men were fall-
j iu our Brigade wusover -100. In the foin- I buttles our Brigade has suffered a loss .<rf over 1.700 kilie<l and wounded.   What the
_ fast—our ranks were tliliined, whcn'-ulo^s can be to our drniy I cannot tell but it seemed that wo had sgarco forty men M* ^'.^"^''^<^ o"'-''^t- '-'"ht rehels liii^ ccf* left to defend our colors. All around mo j t«'"ly iu this last batll^.lpst two to'our men were falling—.some bogging to be car T ^"o. Thc robel.s, under •the cover of u ried olf the fiold—othoi's giving thcir last] ^''U-J of- tifuee to bury their dead, (wliich request to some coinradc. For onco whilo q thcy failed loSio,) rotrciited across thc viv- standing there with but si.K of ray own | or lu»v-ing thoir wirtinded in our hands, company loft, Avith tho bulloLs flying nil j But-^Sn tho Vir<finia side thcy ruu iuto the arouud mo and man after man dropping ol^l'^^t^hnin" Sigel nnd undertook to here and there, I thought of tbo awful crob-s badl?,'-ft-licr. IhcfAvcrc iiiSthy our. carnage—of this dastardly work oftaking" fovc^^iind brought to a stand slin. As thc lives of human beings. The N. Y. tho plug ucv; ai^ind.'{-'.cesh ure in u b.ul Brooklyn boys camo up, and with a cheer ^^ >"*^ ^'^^^-^^y *" ho annihilated. .Tlicir our boys turned to them and nskcd Ihcm whole army i.s horoand the //«Hi/must de- forward. With a hurrah thoy rushod cidc thu iuto of our govornment. Itisoi- throiigh our ranks and opened on thc cn-', ^^'ci^ CWcdcracy or no Confcdeixicy. omy, our boys joining with thera. But it ^^^"^y'l^^d .lud rennsyivania arc Safe seemed as if tho Secesh roso from tho'^^"ough.' "Tn thc fights of Maryland we ground—for of a sudden a wholo brig.adc' i""***^ bavo captured at least 12,000 of their of frosh rebels roso and poured iu ou our 'i""y- /Oi:i- li^to battle field is an awful distracted men volley upon volley of Min- •'^IKCtacle,—only our own troops have bocn ic balls. Then .and not till then did it hiiviod. The Wiscousiu boys were niccj,y scorn that tho old Brigade would give way/'"t'^i"'"'=^i''^"^  a fence built around  their
But alas! itslowly, gradually foil back :^^^-^*'^'^-t''° 1'^'^^" '"^*''^*^^ ^^«- ^^ ^"^ till it paHscd through a column of fresh ^''^"^'^^ I"^^^" ^^'^^^ *'^^* ^'"^'''' >'"" ^^'^"'^^ "°^- Uniou troop.s who marched forward to cr go over another. Tho dead sodisfigur- mect the osultaut foo. U. Saufoidofiuy ocl,-swollcn and black as-ebony./ It company had fell, wound.d In the head- -^ould Been out of thc question for human his brains partly proti-adhig, when I had i^^"'"^« *« ho treated ho, but bo Jt said- him put iu u blanket aud  curried to the l^^av has its evils.
rear.    Lt. Hill of Co. C Avas also Avound- I   .^b' letter  is growing  too. Jcugtliy, iind cd and carried to tho roar, as also was Lt   pcvl.aps you Avill   s.iy  a tiresome job to Jones of Co, A.    Our  luou  what  could, S''^''^ '''' hot 1 have trjed togive youAd.ur- , ., 1   1      A       „      „„  w..„.;   ;ricd skctchoi our doings in N irginia nnd
served tho wounded.    As many as  possi- ,     ,,        .       ,'' "^ ,,
,,       ,,.   , , .,       II   /. 1 „  „„,! .,„   .MarA'lanl, kaowiiig thai  you Avould natu'
ble rallied orouud the old  Colors, and us j        i o j
of woods when the enemy opened Avith a ^^^^ ,^3 ^^.^ ^^^^^^^^^ j,,^ ,^.^^j^ ^ ,yl,„„„ battery on us, but fortuna-:^ly douc "<>! ^^^^ f^^.^^^^j ^^ ^^ ^ j^^^ ^^^j„g from great harm to us, but a shell  bur.st  in   a ,,    p tj
division of the Oth Kegiment, killing sov-      .-   //1    1   e »  w     -v'^i i«  r„»,ri
,      , ,. , , My Orderly fcorgcuut, Wni.iSOhio, [and
eral aud Avouudiug a number—how many     .   '' "^ u    u      ,1    .....oV^fi
,, ^   /-x,^ ,    ,        ,     ,^ a braver man never shouldered amusketj
1 know   not / \\ 0  passed   through  tho
Avoods Into an opcii^^diold,  nnd through a
corii fiold AvIth thc Oth Hocrimcnt  on tho       •^'
stuck by tho color?, and dono his Avholo lie has bcon all   to  mo,   aud  his
course, and manly bearing has taught  mo ; to love thc man.    For his noble   conduct
riglit, and a X. Y. rogiment ou tho left.—
Wo sloAvly craAvlcd up through  the coni-
field while Gibbon's B.attci-y was throAvIng,,    , .r . <^.    r    1 •   1  *    *i      i       -. 1
^„.   • I 1   1   11 •  .   X. . °! had Lt. Saiifoi-d earned  to  tho  hospiLal
caunislcr and shell into tbo enemy.     Af-I »
tor pasHing through thc cornfield into the
open field, tho enemy  was  discovered to
but tho Doctors gave him up.    He Is noAV at Kecdysvillc under thc care of Geo. II.
1    ; .P . ,.       ,   , „    Lciiate.    He is about tho  same,  and as
be in groat forco on  our  right  and  left,      f      , ,    , ,       , ,- \ ^r k;„
¦ .„,..  „,,   . ,       1       . .r,      , I yet unable lo speak—at times  out of his
leaving their centre almost opon,     Cos. I'f     ,     „„     ^. ' „ *i „f 1 „
o,„i  \ 1... 1 *i    c    L    X   L   L L     r ,thead.    The Surgeons  nil  agree thathe
and A had tho first shot nt tho foe,  andi , ,. , , ^ t    7 1 i  r^»
^1    ,..,   ,,    . .. ,       , ,^ .  ,   . ' cannot lue.    1 huA-o sent by tclogvaph lor
soon tho Oth Begt. 7t'a and 19th lad, and. p,.      , ..       . ,   Z-'    t,,
,,    T..  „        .   '- , '        - some of his relations to como to him.    In
the ^. \. regiment, opened  upon   thcm.t^i^;^ battio I had wounded: Then commenced thc shower of bullets-?    ^ < Sehloscr, badly;    William  VIrgcn,
A-oUcy upon volley was poureil in by tlic contending parties. It seemed as if it wero a perfect rain of hail In all battles J havo not seen tho liko. 1 thought thc battle of tho 28th bad  enough,   but this
badly; X. Gcib, slight; IL Coatcs, slight; Samuel Whitehead, slight; Joromo F. Johnson, slight
Duviugtho balance oflho day wo lay in tho open hold and at night again uudcr- ¦
rally enough want to hear Bomothing from mc. Ilerctoforo 1 have had no chance to write you, for the groat I'opo had depri¬ ved us of that privilege' and uow tbo gal¬ lant Mac says write. Strange to- say, I have pa.ssod through all those battles Avith. out getting a scratch. • My Licutonantts are both gone. I nm'comparatircly alone Avllh twelve or fourteen men, and I assiy-c you 1 loel lonesome—and at times, moan, pino fbr old Wisconsin. /1 have cccn bo much, passed thi-oug!i such terrible fiejils of fdrifo, that my heart is Bick.uicd against Avar, 1 Avould gladly grusp the old ''iUdtiils." and pick the types "as v)f yoi-c". But'-I camo hero to perform a part, and thatT«t Avhatcvcr it may be, I shall chcerfully|ifcr- foriu to tV.o end. Onr Ivcgimcnt itftft*i-c- cciving some oi' its absent d«0 JA'f'^i is uOav lib strong—it Is all a\o 6i\n liui'stcr. Cyl. Fairchild has  gonp to Wa.shington, sjick-
Capt Stevens of Cq. A,, is incouiumndYl shall enclose a list pf oaoiialiticsj of^y Company, and of absentees, ^ct which you Avill please furnish th.) Mineral Point pa: