Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 3

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r- I'l-      ir   Kfl..^'nrKUi^in^A  III    ,•„ ,,p,„.' river, hiiving made a   march  of about  20Uowell.  and   wilh    the   tears Col ins 11. Mann, of oliirLiiia, ill., in arm;     -i     /• _ .     .1       .. »...      . . •       1     1      ,.-:,i    <<r'
' •     I     1 mile.s from one   river to   the other.     Ihiitdowi.   hi-i   eheoks. ftxux,     t.
.\iidrew   Allen, of Roseoc,   in   heel, and gyg,,;,,^ ^5,^  shelling was commcnped by are mon ii. thoie thi;t w///fi;?ht itout.even
the rebel.s, and  the next morning our hri-to the bitter end." j
H.   Kiiiiiie,   of Caledonia. Ibo moved.    The C. H.  Guivitts,   in   ankle; o««r   re.ir gua.d
morn.ng of the ZUth sawuhcrty to light it out or withfh-aw trom tue. on  tho   e-i-st   .side of tholield.''    Ge... Gibbon   tcrned to Gen. Me-
slreiiining oneral, tlnre
Moses  Odell, of Preble county, Ohio, in
neck—7, none supposed to be daiigerou.sly.
John   N. Bingham has  ahso been miss
ing si.icc Aug. 22d, supposed to havo been
^ade  was   niarehed   up   the   river two  or
CJise thcy .shouhl attumpt to cross the river Sev(?ral were killed  Iron, the brigade, and
The Uebel olHcers displayed great gal-
captured   hy the rc-bel cavalry  iu a d-xsh a low t.iki.-n prisoucrs; among the woiinil
upon our wagon train at Catletl's Station: He has a wife rcsidi.ig in Davenport, Iowa Two or three ol tho hoys arc mi.ssiiig. but wid probably come up, as ihey wore seen to fall out. Nono of our boy.s (Iron: Co. G) were injured   in   the fight of  da)
before yesterday,
L. B. RAYMOND.
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from the Slxttx Ke..;iuteiit.
(Coirospondi-ncc or tho Jnuriiul & Courl.r.)
Ai.Ki.wDKiA, Va., Sept. 5, 1«G1.    whiih tho 2d lost two or thr.'e iniMi. Instead of dating this loiter, as  we hai     On the 27th it was discovered that .Tack- hoped, from the Reb.-l Capital, it is dateJ^"" **'''' '* '"'¦^'*-' '¦''''•^'  *"'*^'0 '••"J ^"¦'"^- '»
fr.,m ......... ,^„» ,.—«   «.,!   -    .      I    «• u -    I by way of rho.-on;:hrare Gap and   burned
Irom ne.'\r our own, a.id   inste»« of bf-i.ui /    «,. .  '^  ,. ', ...
^up .Manassas Jiinelion, and coniinitied wnlten after a vietory, jt 13 written afler J other deiiredations, und Si^el'.s corps ..nd Hcrit's of reror.-.c.«. Yon m...st be awar« Kh.g's division were sent through U'ar- jthat onr Wisconsin Brigade has taken « r«nton to cut him off./Our brigade, un¬ hand in the important event.s of the hi.stVC'" "-he commaud of Tlrig. Gen. Gibbon, i ten day?, and a.s the readers of your paperf*^'""'' suddenly upon a division of Kwell's > have many f.iond.s   i.. tho 2.1, Uth and 7tM'""'">'' "'"*"' ''"'^' P'^^^ ''""'"   '"   ^'"^ »
thrive u.ile.s lo hold the rebels in check  in lanlry a..d  bravery.    A  portion   of   iliis'
force engaged was thc famous " Slonewall •• Brigade,''''\vhich  boasts that it  never lias ¦been   hetttcn.    'I'hree rebel   regiments ofj thi.i brig.ide  wero  in   succession  hrou;;lit ..n ag.-iiiist one regiment of our brig.ide to overpower ihein an.l drive then. Ii-om the field ; hill il was  impossible.    'Jheirolli.,! eers would ride out in front  of their re;,'i-| ments  aud   tell ihem to   eome on.    'f ho | order  was heard to   ho g.Ven   by one of their Generals, *' Bring  "p   the   l.")lh Ala¬ bama,"  wl.ich   is the   er;iek  rcgi.netit   of .Ja; ksoii's   army, and   af>erward.<, " Bring I.p the lOlh Ge().-gia ;"   hut onr boys held the ground, and when thcy did march ofl*, it was in good ordor, and   with ehoe.-s for ill.; slurs a'l.d slripo.s.     Tl.o hriu'udo niarili- ed to .Manassas .I..nclion, hid   until  uriiil about noon   the ncNt <lav  (thc   2;»tli), nnd were!   thou brought hadk on to ihc field, and siipporte.l  .i battery until   about 7 n. .u. the nexl day Ithe ;{Oth), when the sec¬ ond  buttle of Bull Hun wa.<. begun hy our division attacking the e.i'iuy.    TI.ey were n.wl,.r C^r» «ll dav.    The loss of thc <ith ill thijrd.iy's fight was about 70 ; ot the other- thr. o regi.I.e..t.s, about thc saino. Noneof,
eti was Lt. Oakiey, o.. thc morning of tho 2.{d. He had hi.s arm .shattered by a shell, and has .since had it amputnt-'d. Ou this day the order was given to hill baek farther, und thc bridge at Uappiihannoek Station wa.s blow., up and o..r brigade inarehod to Warrentown, where thev laid until Mo.iday i.ior.ii.ig, the 2.jih, when ihci divi.siiin was ordered to S..l()her Sprii.g.s, 6 n.iieo west of Warrentown, on the Bap- pahat.noek Kiver, to guard again.st any allcini.l ol the rebel.s lo cro.s.iat that poi.it. Hero   also  was   another artillery duel, i-u
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reg...ie..t.s, zimenVs,'' perhaTis " a'7h<.7t'aec.M.'nV o7 ooc.^^ immedh-ltely attacked thenff.—^'om pany (i   were killftd  or   iro»nd«d in
lat they have  ptvssed  through, will nott '.'^^^ hereabout s..v u.iles norlhwest from ! «hi9 daj s hght ;~-t!i*7 auff^red  the «08t
.Maiiissa.s, and not from tho Warrentown 1 »«J»e'*'7 "»ia« "«"*"  Aufuat imh ofwiy a..d Ce.itervile j.ike. The 2d and 7th, and ¦ company in the regiwenV and on »hii» day the IDtli I.idia.ia, engaged the eneniy fir.st, j'*'»«'he onl/ company ^^ ¦* e»ei»pMl. At aud thc Uth afterwards came to their Slip-1 nightfall the retreat of trw* army across port. Tho N. Y. Herald says that it was ^^"'1 Ku.i commf.need. To Gibhon's bri- 0..0 ofthe most brilliant fights ofthe war, IT^de was tvwignVd the d.ify of covering and that thc loss in onr brigade exceeded *''« retreat, t.tn. King and G*.n. Gibbon that in any other action in the campaign, -^'dd that they had done enough without being ovcr forty per. ce.tt of tho number doi..g it, hut it wa9 insisted i:pon by thc aet.ially engaged.    The 2d lost 2 IS killed,    Genei-alin-Chiftf, and .scarcely wa.s the last
reg wh he iiiiintere.sliii
The retreat of I'opivs nrmy from th( Ilaj.idan commenced tho l8th of A.igust We were encamped at the ha.se of Ccdai Mountain, on the"ground where the san guinary buttle of August !)th tO(jk place and hard by the field where fell the gal¬ lant Cka.vk and many of the bravo boya of the .'id Wi.scoi.si... Eveiything, a.s far as wc could .see, betokened a speedy ad
as wc couiii .see, oetoKoneu a specuy au- ~ ^..j .-..f,-.,.,^^,   ^ ..v. .... ,.,..„ l.,.. n.,,i,.K,,,. , ,,      ,   .     , ,^     i> n i>
vance beyond the Rapidan, and when thei'y"""^''-'''   ai.d  mi.ssmg, the 7th   18(i, and ,'"«» of thc   brigade over, w|,en Bnll P-m|
order came to he i.. riladii.ess to march, it "'« «t' ]^,-    Col. O'Connor whs   mort.illy j l>ridge    wa.s    cut   nway./ 1 he   appear-
was supposed that it was to be against the:,«'«"n'J«<^ .l''^'^ '!'   l^e hght while g.»llantly I «"^^ «' TY?"^ ?     I'l   ? """•"";- ^^'l*-'"
enemy,"and the first we saw that iiidieated cad.ng his regiment, and died about throe a retreat, was Sigd'.s corp.s marching past J'""''-'! 'I'terward. He passed away q.iiet- U3 to the rear. Brig. Gen. Schurz r.^de [y< williout a struggle or a groan. x\fnjor at thc head of one of thc divisions, look- *W o' V'« ^'-^^^ Indiana, a gallant and ing thinner aud moro care-worn than when ^'•*;« „?'"'^o'"' ^,'»'' a'-so killed. All tho we u.sed to sec him in Wiseonsin, but evi-.''eld ofiiccr.s of the <th. Major Allen ofthe dently thc same man yet. Sigel i.s the 2d, a»d Ool. Cutler of the Gth, were wound- most u'lprctcnding Maior General in np-ed. ihc action Iast..d but an hour and pearance 1 ever saw." He is generally t«" """"'•'«» ""^ wa.s terribly severed Not dres.sed iu a snuff colored sack coat, with- »,"'»" swerved or faltered, but as the Her- out shoulder-straps, or even bi-ass buttons, '^''' says, ll.ght nohly did the Wisconsin and a brown felt  slouch  hat, without au Brigade .sustain their reputation."
they reached Centreville, beggars descrip- Itioii. 'J'hey had been nearly a week with , but little sleep, no blanket.s, no tents, no j rations hut hard cracker.s, and had been , marehin;:^ iu the dust or mud h.ill of the jtinie, a.Ill ...ider fire the other half, and 'although they wore begrimmed with dirt ' and .smoke, yet in every man's eo.inte- i nance there eould be seen that which 'seemed to indicate that each one had done jhis duty.    They encamped ahout a mile
eastof Centerville until Monday afternoon,
-.   «  . .1-      •   1-    .     4. Tlip list of ki! ed  ntul  woimilnil in n..r ' wbcn    tlicy    ii.archcd    to   I'airfa.v   Court
ornament upon it. But one thing ind.cates » iiiei.sioi   hii.eu  ano  wouuiieu in our    , /       .1111 ..,.„
,. ^ p 1     .u     u u   oomna.iv has a readv   boen (nrwin-flnrl f^ 1  Hou-ic, where they lay back ns a reserve
him   as  a  man of   mark—the   horse  he^""'Pai'}   "as aircauy   oetn lorwaiucu to,  .    .,^'p,.    ,. ,-   .„..„.„ „,.^ 1? ..,.,„ ,i:..,-
ridcs    which   is   P  .splendid   animal.     I JO"-    Sergeant Hyatt  was   probably the «'? t*'*',^3'''"* J^«'\"'«r« ""'* ^^•-'''" ^*''*.'- u    ii-!i    J       a .sp.cnu.u   "''''""'•'/;, f   ,,    ^,f        •/      r,, '   ,r^ lesions, but were  not called   upon, and the
should indeed cvcept his man ,er, as thore '"^si man in tne otn regiment to mil.    tie 1 ' .      „ _ , ,^ rt.^.^..;. u-ii ...!.«..»
• I . 1     . I-~ tt"\<i silwit   tlirniifrh .!•« forolioart hv a rv.i.o   ; uoxt moriiing Came to Unions Hill, whero
IS a quick, nervous earneslnes.s about him '^^as snot   inrougn li.e loreneau oy a mus- •   , » 1    .' •  u, /o    .   uu \
that mark; him as a.uau of great euergv. ket   hall, and stood  almost shoiilder   toh'^7JTJ/'>:rZlTot^^^^^^^^^ But I must not dirrcss too  far from the shoulder with Lie.itenant Carpenter when        <->^   m. -brcadtn escapes our boy.s have ^ui X ...I..TI. i.u     ,if^^K.-,o   w JAoiytonnnt   r,\.,t^A    l.iu  .'"any to  toll.    .Many of thciii havc bullet
Wuseonsin Brigade  to Gou. Sigel s corps he    fJh ^     1 ho    L.e.itetiant   rauscd    hisLij^^jJ    ^^^^^^^^   ^,J^   clothing, oilcloths,
spl Schenek
ig unio troop and    .Mil.-oy,   and   tho   balance gone
Kvery man  of our company that 5'.""'^'*.'^'''/''°™-^^P"""**.*"'^.'"*•'«"''''"'¦. Western Virginia riMjIment.s. ralher below was wounded came to the officers and ask- ? '-'^
the  average as regard.?  appearance,  buted permission to go lo the rear before they .-.   ,       ,   .       ^,,_„,   „,,   f,,r]„,urh prohablv above it in a fight. left—those of them who were able  to go \ *'?,'. "^'."^ *ri   " ,       ,- .      *¦ V
•^ „',-.,       ,.1     ,/../.   A . „. ..11 ;  w.lhstanding    the   humiliation of
Ihc  night of thc 19th of A..gust.sawatall.^^       ^  _        i|compelled to lie in camp ngain, iu sight
the fearful week they have passed 'through. Lieut. Ueader was not in the '¦-  ¦    ^-   ¦        ¦ -   •      •       Not-
being
tho mcst of tho army acros.s the Kappa-    VVhile ouP hoys were yet jn the hottest'j*^°'"P''*
haunock, having left ahout 100 woundodoftho fight, Gen. McDowell rode np and at Culpepper Court House, that from Ihefaid to Gen. Gibbon, " General, you went serious nature of their wounds eould not>n ihcrc of your own  accord, you arq at
of the old capital, the hoys are generally in good spirits, and ready to takc the field again when the services are needed. Co. G   is .sadly reduced.    Discharges, deaths
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