Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 5

              prayprs shall follow  Lim   wherever he mayi iheir loss.
go. We would also tender our heartfelt ihaiik.s 13 private Benj. Francidco, who ac- coiii[-!\nit;d the body home, and to the mem. bers of I'lipt. Blake's company, and also of ihe band, oue and all, for their libtraliiy in tssistiog to defray the c.xpenaca ; but chief- y for the sympathy aud kindly feeling which
their homos i.H the prayr of their friend, JACOB WtST. Kvanflville. Wia-^Atii».-l'i—J"'¦'
Bro. Pi-iudie resided in tho lown of J..e Hoy, Boone county, Illinois, ul thc lime he enlLsted, and leaves to mourn his untimely death a large circle of relatives and friends. Possessed of an amiable disposition, an ac¬ tive, refined and intelligeiiC miud, he gave early promi.?e  of great  usefulpecs  in the
vassiog the subject of a disoharge for one of my men, that there are not now over £ve hundred m;2n in the 13th who are any way fit to do military duty; yet certificates nf dinahilitv made bv onr flurtFnnnn. iinnf>ov. «id by thn rrloiirl and biif .ido surgeon, uro
scarcely noticed at lieadqu^rterri, and requi¬ sitions for supplies of roedicine<«, etc.. which, according to Surgeon Evans, should have been filled and forwarded two months R?o, are not heard trom yet. This is a specimen of the invariable treatment of - the medical department of thr' refjiment. )j The new.i of the tler.t,h of Oov.   Harvey
reached un at Topeka, on the march.    It,. ^  ,     ,     ,       .t m     i •      r i->.i j -. ¦        i ••
, I      W;   . ,,       t of thanks from thc Lhaplain of our •l.>tb. i years ago; and it is perhaps to this agency
cast a gloom over the (fh(,;o ciinp.    Gov. •       ,, ,   .     .u i»   ^r .u-. i -     - -      -        -  i     .   ¦ ,
„ ,    , .,..,„,     re;:imcnt  is  addressed  lo  the   people  ot , that bis conversion is mainly  to be traced,
llarvev had manv warm Ineiii! in the 13th.   ,° ,, ,,„     r •    a     . x.        -^ im , l- , ,    , ,.
_     . ¦. .     -, ,  , . . ,   Lawrence, Kansas. J be  friends at home I hose ol his comrades  who knew him pre-
But It is getting late, and the  writing aod
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prompted that generosity.    May God blesal Saviour's cause.    Always uprijjht and inor- ihem and preserve them to return  ugain to   ul, he reverenced tho  truths  of the Bible,
which parental piety had inculcalf d, and especially was he inlcresled in the Sabbath school connected with the Methodist church,
,^xnn OK Thanks.—Thc following cardjn of which he became a member about three
Chaplain of our  LUb.
td lo  the   people  of
The  friends at home"
, , , '"r'r r"j unite with tbc Chaplain in expressing their vious lo his ciilistiuff,  cheerfully testify to
copyinff long columns of namea  (Uniieil . , ,      r r t \-   a .-    i       »        i.      • • .
,. , .1, gratitude   to the  people of Lawrence, for hi.s deep, practical,  yot unobtrusive  piety,
which your bumble "....''
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Stales  creditors  ove
aervant  souiclimes  mviugs the implement
of justice,) has of livle Bouiewbat encroach-' **'®'^                      ,                     ^  , „                   i i    ,i    .       . .•         /•             .-,   t.
1..^^. .1    u          e      i                               apeak iu  tbo highest terras of the cflbrts o moved by Ihe temptations of  camp  life he
ed upou tbo hours ot rest. f^ f  .   ..       ..,. , .„..:...„: i » .„„..,if_ i. i„ ___•.
their kindness lo our  disease stricken sol- We have seen several letters which
and since his connection with us his life has partaken of the .samo c.xalted spirit.    ITn- *«
I close by subscribing my.elf, for sake of' «f ^''" '*^'f^°'^!^*^^_'*(^''!'.?..^*.l^""^.^.'¦ ' variety, and oftt of respect for the dozen or more government inulft stables in plain view from our camp, ond by some unaccountable
maintained a sloudfast  walk and conversa;:.*
sd so  much service to tlic  Wisconsin sick, j_ lion,    Tlic pains of hia brief illness ho honi
Lawuexck, May 7lh, l.«<62. with patient resignation  and   pa.ssed away
r-> (Ac tHtxiens nf Lawrence, ''^ from US with the calm blissful hope of a bcl-
.      . ,   ,    ^ A soldier's life at bijat is  subject to pri-tl ler and oUrnal life.    Those who were priv
stretch of imagiuatiou ^Jyled - ^ort ,,tions and  hardshi,J„, but when  diseascj^-,,       , ,, ,,., j^j,, ,ij, ^,,„^^ „, ^^^t it w««|
BILL\, ftlui.t "SCOir. urostrate.s him and bo is left by his com- ,    . .        , ,    , .
Krom «tte TW»te«ttM» Beglm.ntv;    ' rtJdes   to  the   uncertainty of the  military )r.'^-''^"""^ ^"""H'-'over the last enemy.     •
  hospilul;  .when   the   grim   messenger  of        Of Bro. .McDonald we arc unable to gath-
We have news directly from the I Sth j^^th is btisy in his daily visitations, and er ns nuuh of his history previous to hi.s regiment, by Mr. Stewart of Monroe, who • homes and friends are far away, tho kind enlisiinieul as of Bro. Prindle Wc only tell Ihem at Fort Riley, where they ^^'^:^%:^^SZ:^^l iKt '<'-v that be was a member of thc Congre.- mam some iiine to ht out for the New M .x-^ ^^ bestowed upon our sick and dying sol- galional church in K',slik<.ii.M,.,., Wi-sconsitfi >can campaign. Upwards of a hundred of ^^¦^^^^ i^,, ¦^^^ the hospi||al in this oily, Thc "X brotbor who knew him often alludes tp; ihe regimeui were left al Lawrance in the ladies,, especially, have been true to their..s \^\^ meekiioss and simplicity of faith, ancT : nn.niiMl      Wm l».iirn frow Ol her sourccs that'«c.x in thcir unselfisb dcvotion to the wauts,   ., j   •      u- i        i ^i r i>
no^pital.    ^«'«*";'^o«';'''Y«°";^^«;''"^^^ brave  men.    Though   entire atran-^J^^''^ ^<>'-<^«'"''^'^••'*«'"^^'^ «1^«^«<^" «' ^'^'
-Ahe large number of 6ick in the 1.3th is  in ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^j{^^^^ tcndernes8/e:'''-"'*lt« »<<? j^^tly applicable to him,  sfcfl- UcouiieoueiK-t; oi thS expofcure during tbeir .^j. g^^. ^q^Jj^.^^^ ^^i^p^ ^,j(i   sifters.    Many^^ that iu tbe hour of  death   his   mind   ^vaw hard marches to hr.4:from Fort Scott,  to-   jjrivate families have taken thc sick to their^   .Jarkcned by reason of disea.se. so  that  &e ;(elh»;i-   willi   il »   > ffeots  of an C imping gioui.ii ut Lawrence.    They  aie n.w eiicaniped on an elevated position near ^i,{ref|„g floldier.s, we  thank you, friends
Fort Kiley, where, wo hope, they will recov   \n   behalf  of our bereaved   aud anxious er from the effet-ta of the rough u/iaf^e to households, we thank you.    Those of us
which  they   have   been   anbjecUd.     The ^•'>V«'^^''V^\^'^?y °'^*^"*'',:'"'". ^^^^^ ^^^ wuitu  *utjf   u« c     .TV J over in our hearts for your attentions in our
"boys" may real assured thftt their .nen*?-^ j.-,^g   ^f   ^^^^     «'^'^e  friends at home,"
anderstand their .oituation, and are not Hk*^ ly to neglect tbeiu because of thei^distant from home.—Dai/ji, May 6.
jott,  to-   j)rivrtte families have taken thc sick to their     ijarkcned by roa
unhealthy'own   liouios, nursing  thorn   »•}'  nik'ht  andie ^             ,^,   ^^ ^j^^^. , ,,^^,^^  ^,,^j   ^^^j,^     j
Th«v  ftiti day With great care, and that, too, without                  ,      .          , ,           ,          ,
iuey  Bi«  bopogof fee or teward.    In the name of our"''""'t« ^"c river, the triumphant tokens gf
his victory through our glorious i.drd.
Of Ihem may we say, that their lives were " hid wilh Christ in God," aud that now " having passed within the veil,' pe rejoice to believe that their ransomed spjW its, made "white in Ihc blood of tbe Lamb," and standing before the " throne,' ari^ ' tilled wilh joy unutterable and fuUof glorjt and that tho crowns thoy arc permitted to wear are " incorruptible, undefiled aud tbat I'aile not away." To Iho.ic Htrickeii house¬ holds that have become suddenly daikened, by this severe dispensation, we rejoice to be ublo to offer something more than thu cold regard of strangers—thut we may ten¬ der to them the rich consolations of that gospel which they exemplified iu their lives and iu tl'.e power of which they have ob¬ tained "an inheritance amongst the saints ill light."
Let us remember that it w.is their highest joy   while  thcy  tabernacled   herj  ou  tbe
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Mbhsrh. Euitokb >-~l wish to express thror.p-i vlie coi,i:ori» of yonr paper the ob- ^.^^ j,,„ „^,i,j. ^,„^,.,„
ligatif.ti.a of wy*eir and family to the mem- ^'^mv Church, isth Rki't Wi . Vol., .May 7, i8o-».lli
whoso husband.s, pons, aud brothers have lalloii ill your midst, will gratefully remem¬ ber you in their daily prayers to our coin- inoii Father.
Ill behalf of all concerned.
H. C. TILTON, Chaplain Llth lleg't Wis. Vol,
bers of tho loth r.^itaeut, for their kindness      It having pleased our  kind and mercifi
in sending home the bod;-  of my son, Ste- Father in His wise   Providence to  receiv
phcn  West,   who  died in   the  hospital   at "uto his l•e.¦^t Bro. Franklin Prindle, of Ci
Lawr ::,(;8, Ki'.:i.^a!?, on tho Sl.^t day of April, C, who depaiteJ this life ut the general hot
I86;i. of typhoid fever.    Kspocially  do we pi'i*l i'» Leavenworlh, Kansas, 27th of Feb,,
feel 'rateful to the surgeon of the regiment, rut^ry, 18'.;2 ; also at ihe same place, Mim-l^^
Ur. J. .M. Kvans, 'lor hisjinremitting aiteu- 2'1. Bro. Adam McDonald, of Co. IL    Th(
lion to him during hia  sicknes, for the fre- member.s of the Army Church of the LUh*^*
quency of his  letters   informing  us of hi.s Wisconsin  regiment, desire, through their^l
condition, and for tho active part he took ia committee, to bear testimony lo their con
pr»'nariug«'»d furwardiug hi.s remains.    Wej s'stei't Christian worth and piety in a brief   earth to ascribe their triumph unto  '* Him
feel that we can uevor repay his noble gen^ ^^^^^^^ of their live-;,   and  to  express   the    who bought them v.lth   bis  owu  precious
erosity, but he  m»y -be assured that ourj d^^P s^"^e of grief they have  sustained in | blood,"  and who  now  balh   made  them