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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
Letter from second Regiment
ARLINGTON HEIGHTs,
July II, 1861.

AlSBlNGION 4
July II, 1861.
FRIEND Cover :-Thecoast is now clear;
alls well, and must write you. We are
all in good spirits to-day, as we have had
refreshing shower. It has been very
warm for or 4 days; in fact, too warm
to drill. The prospect to forward march,
within a day or two, enlivens I'll. We
have orders from headquarters to be ready
to sling our accoutrenents at moments
warning; thus you will hear soon that
rebels nest is broken up at Fairfax. It
may be well for me to remark that we
have been strutting about for a day or
two with our summer uniform; it is light
and durable and is an addition to our com
fort one hundred per cent. 1t appears
chat Uncle Sam has taken some notice Of
Us, as he has placed General Mcdowell
over our Brigade, and is making ready to
pay us up i'm gold, (not deprecated bills
worth so or GO cents on the dollar,) and
too viii soon give us the II. S. uniform.
The uniform first received FROM Wisconsin
is Of no use TO Us nov or will not be at
the words ''forward marcL," for it is pro-
nounced by Gen. Scott himself as fac
simile uniform Of the Confederate States
Army.
We are within IL miles of Fairfax,
where it is reported 1000 rebels are forti-
! fed; yet some Of our scouts aresomewhat
disbelieying. We are between Prot.
Loves Balloons, which is a grand sight,
and which we think represents the Amer
lean Eagle % perfection, while he has a
birds eye view of the enemy.
The inyalids Of the Regiment were ex-
amined yesterday with a view to send
home such as were not constitutionally
able to stand the trip. Four IF our COM
pany We're examined and pronounced
sound. We want no exaggerations, such
as we have received from home about us.
Since We started no one has been killed,
no one MORALLY wounded, ard not single
fight, no not even 4 fist fight; we are
peaeeable here. Doubtless when we move
we will be one Regiment among TO as an
advance guard, and should we meet d force
Of 10000 remember our backing. Our
good Captain understands his place as well
q we could wish, aud thus our company
moves off with even tenor With any Of
rest. Col. Peek is spoken Of ~ the
whole Regiment with praise; indeed we
are All proud that We can have So gallant
man for our leader. Hoping that all my
friends will consider themselves indebted
to ne in Grant. wishing all to write, adj
dress, Company G, Second Regiment Wis
consin Volunteers, Washington, D. G.,
care Of j. ID. Ruggles, Quarter Master.
Yours truly, II. X. MoCoRD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
Letter from a Member OF Grant
County Greys.


We are permitted 70 publish the follow
iny letter from w. =. Reed, of Capt.
McKee's Company;
CAMP PECK, NEAR ARLINGTON HEIcHTs,
Fairfax County, Va, July II, 1861.
DEAR FRIENDS :-This is Sunday eve
ming and / have just returned from dress
parade. taken off my accoutrements and
coat and placed my gun in the corner Of
the tent, with my belt and cartridge box
hung over the muzzle, right where | can
lay my hands upon them at any hour OF
the night Our parade always comes off
every evening in the week, and since we
have been here we have had our regular
battalion and other drills upon the Sab
bath about the same as other days. Last
evening orders were published at parade
/ which indicate that We are to march to-
ward Manassas in day or two at the
farthest The orders were relative to our
baggage and rations; we are to carry with
US our blankets, which are rolled into long
close rolls and slung over our shoulders.
Our knapsacks, which must not weigh
more than ten lbs, are to be either sent to
/ Alexandria or left here with our tents with
guard Of one hundred men. The cooks
must be ready to cook three days rations
whenever the order is given. In fact, this
whole army is like train Of cars with the
passengers I'll seated, with full steam upin
/ Che engine, the machinery oiled and the
whole ready to thunder forward at slight
movement by the engineer. Our engineer
4 is Gen. Winfield Scott; he has been laying
his plans for months and now it is evident
that he is abont to strike the blow, and the
rebels must either fight with certain defeat
staring them in the i;lce or ANONYMOUSLY
run If they make determined stand At
Manassas, where it is said that they have
extensive Qualifications and force Of about
eighty thousand men, the battle will nee
essarily be bloody one. The result Of
this battle can hardly be questioned, as we
have a much superior force, and it will
probably be approached from three sides
at once with three large armies. =
| A few days ago we saw balloon over
one of the regiments which is three or four
| mics IN advance OF us and apparently at
the height Of about two hundred feet; it
remained but short time, when it again
descended to the earth.
Our regiment is unusually healthy now ;
when we first came here the men were a
good deal troubled with dysentery, but
lnow we have become more used to the
climate aud yater and but few are COM
planning. think it is very remarkable
that our regiment has not lost man either
by disease or in any other manner since |
enlisted; / don't know that any had died
before. The young man who was so Sc
verely injured near Harrisburg has since
recovered and few days ago rejoined the
regiment. My health is excellent; in fact
never felt better in my life. The other
Lancaster boys are well believe
| must hurry to finish this as soon as
possible for the roll has already been called
and | am expecting every moment to hear
the drum tap for lights ont. Our mail
carrier starts for Washington about o'clock
in the morning. Yours,
w. B. REED.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
The Three Months Troops.

The term Of enlistment Of the three
months volunteers is now expiring. Be-
tween the 18th and 3Oth Of July the time
IF $4,000 men will be out, and most of
them home or on their way.
There viii be a grert activity at all the
recruiting stations % ill up the vacancies
created. All the regiments previously
raised for three years, will be hurried for
ward to supply the places Of those with
drawn. A few moIthsat most will restore
the divisions III Virginia to their former
strength The cs'npaign nay Be checked,
from this cause, for I time, but the DELAY
can only be temporary.
A considerable number Of the three
months men are re-enlisting for the war be-
fore leaving their camps. They get a fU.-
lough after being sworn in for three years,
and come home to visit their friends and
settleup their personal affairs, which were
left IN a loose condition when they obcyed
the first call for volunteers with such extra
ordinary aiacrity and rushed to the rescue
Of their country's flag = Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
THE VERY LATEST.
DISASTROUS DEFEAT
OF the Grand Army
ENTIRE FORCE ROUrED!l
WAsHlNGToN. july q.

/ w ASHlNOION, vui) 80
News has arrived here, via Philadelphia
that our troops after taking three batteries
and making a great victory were event
ually repuIsed and commenced retreatol
Washington.
The retreat was in good order and our
rear was covered by a good column. Vur
loss $500 to 5000. The forifcations
around Washington are strongly reinforced
by fresh troops.
The carnage was tremendously heavy %
both sides, and on our side it is represented
as frightful. We were advancing aad taxi
ing their masked batteries gradually but
surely, by driving the enemy towards Man
assas, when the enemy seemed to have been
reinforced by Gen. johnson, who, it = un'
derstood, took command, and Immediately
commenced driving us back, when PAM.
among our troops suddenly occurred, ana
a regular stampede took place.
Many confused statements are preValens
but enough is known to warrant the sta'0
ment that we have suffered in deg,,@
which has cast a gloom over the remainder
ofthe army, and excited the deepest mean
choly through Washington.
It is thought that Gen. McDowel under
took to make a stand at ornear CenterVllg,,
but the panic was SO fearful that the wnol'
army became deinoralized, and i was il ~
possible to check them either at CenteTViAo
or Fairfax Court House. +,
Gen. Mcdowell intended to make ano'n,
CT stand at Fairfax Court House, but Out
forces being in full retreat, he could mol "''
complish lie Object
Beyond Fairfax Court House The retfea'
was kept until the men reached Their regu-
lar eneanpments, party Of whom return y,
ed to them, but a still Larger force Is collnuS
inside the encampments. !, :.
"A large number Of the troops IN lnel'
retreat fell Oh the way from exhaustion
and are scattered along the route from : ar
fax Court House.
The road from Bulls Run was stre"e'
with knapsacks and arms, our troops az
Iiberatey throwing away their guns anu y.
TO better facilitate tn0"
tra.el. -.
According to the statement oftw q lno
Fire ZoGaves, they have only about lgo
hundred men left from the slaughter, wh DO
the Goth and other Regiments frightiully
suffered ID killed and wounded. The mum
Der cannot no bo known.
Sherman, Carlisle aud the West POM
batteries were taken by the enemy; ais0'
the light seige 32-pound riled cann9n' !.
The city, this morning, is in the mos no.
intense excitement Wagons are Constant
y arriving, bringing dead and wounded,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

WAsHBURg.-We are indebted to Hon.
G. G: WAsRDURN for fall sets Of bound
volumes of the Cong. Globe and Appen-
dix for the years Of his service in Congress.
We fully concur in the following compli-
ment, which we copy from the Madison
Argus g. Democrat:
.eNot by way Of making returns, but as
2 matter Of faet we may say that Mr..
WAsHBURN is one of the soundest states
men we have among us. He does not
make as much noise as some men, but we
would as soon trust him on any question
Of State or National politics as any man
we know OF
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
a gain Acquitted.

Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCraney, who, it
will be remembered, was tried some months
ago on charge Of numbering her step
daughter by poison, and acquitted then
shortly afterwards arrested and held for
trial on charge Of numbering by poison
many years age, her brother-in-la,g Allen
Baker, was tried the first week in July il
Otsego County, n. r., and again acqtut-
ted. Baker died il 1850; lis remains
yers examined IS a chemist at the time Of
the second arrest Of Mrs. Baker and found
to contain more than sufficient quantity
of arsenic to cause death, but the testimony
was not sufficient to satisfy the jury that
she administered the poison, beyond all
possible doubis-she having the benefits
of reasonable doubts. The Judge ia his
charge 10 the Jury, speaking of the death
of Baker, said, 'there is not much conflict
in the evidence touching this question, and
il you shall give full credence to the opin-
ions of DIR. Lathrop and Prof Porter,
think you will have very little difficulty in
coming to the conclusion that Bakers death
was caused BY poison" The Jury, after
being out over 48 hours returned verdict
Of not guilty. The testimony, charge d
Court, &c, occupy Is columns Of the On
sonta Herald Of Otsego County, the case
being one of intense interest Of course.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
LATEST NEWS
Great Battle in Virginia
BULLS RUN BATTERY TAKpr,
Washington. Univ

Al official despatch says We bayo !, H.
three batteries il tho form of & c,a s'esa
numbering 10 guns. ''''n'
1t is known that Manassas Jnnof.
supplied with water by canal from r'' P,lr,
Run. This will now be cut off l.a D,a,a
the rebels without water for Their cs r,"s
That most brilliant victory bs 5o:n
achieved by our gallant troops there / sI M
doubt. ~
Fighting commenced at 8 o'coek AZ.
morning, and continued most dss0e,a,elv
until after this P. NJ.
The rebels were driven back, inch br
inch, leaving their dead on the field. Ts
loss Of lie on both sides was frigbt6I
Our troops behaved most gallantIT, and
the guns We're very ehectua
The whole force on 10th sides is said "a
have been engaged, General Johnston bav.
ing joined the rebels, as previously stated
making Gen. Beuregard's force about 10.
600. =
Gen. Mcdowell telegraphs that the enc,
my is completed routed from Bulls Run,
and were retreating towards Manassas,
leaving their batteries in possession Of tho
Union forces.
JEFF. Davis is understood tQba al Mana.
as junction.
WASHINGTON, July 2l,
Times Correspondence. - The battle
has been one Of the seyerest ever foughtoa
this continent. Up to 2 O'Clock ow troops
had driven the enemy distance oinemg
two miles.
Gov. Sprague had horse shot under
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

STATES REPRESENTED IN CoSeREss.-
Twenty -tive OF the thifty-four States Of
the Union are represented in the present
Congress, making twelve moro than the
Union started with. The nine nnrepre-
scented States possess six and quarter
millions population, just one fifth 81 that
of the whole Uniou--and included III the
Southern fifth is their troublesome and in
surrectionary negro population.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

They have al gone 10 Marog..
IN the grand battle with the Federal Al a asst
The following proclama,;o'n' uly 10.
TO the people Of the North Of Mis n rcope;
BY virtue ola proper autbor;, S'o9n;
assumed command in North Ms have
appear amosg you with force asoun |
maintain the authority Of the Go enough 70
and too strong to be resisted bv ~, ,D,aaent
IN your possession, usual in wares, nleals
Upon your own assurances :
would respect'the laws Of the Inn, .9a You
and to preserve peace, no troons S.' statesS
erto been sent into your section q Lave ~ nth,
try. The occurrences Of the Iast .ue eouO,
however, have plainly exhibited ~, ~ days
lack either the power or inclination !, You
your pledges; and Government ~. = aluhll
fore found it necessary to occnnv ' M 'lere
Missouri with force powerful g o+ Aol'aeN
compel obediance to the laws. = 70
as it is made manifest that Won MI; NJ soon
the authority, and put down unla~ W ly'PSc
binations against it, you will h =, ~ eor,
Of the presence Of the forces p.i i,'S,ei
command, but not until then. sur my
therefore warn all persons taxa,
arms against the federal AUTHORITY ''' ~l 70
tempt to commit depredations ,,3 y, "uo ,
property, or who modest uno6and puOlc
peaceful citizens, that they will b d aaa
with in tho most summary manno. i -. aeat
awaiting civil process. [signed, '''l'u
p.;,. a. = 6 JSo. PopR
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
So TERnoR.-At Men,,his- 49,

Still a TgRnoR.-At Memphis, Tenn,
there is a statue of Gen. Jackson over which
are inscribed the immortal words Of the
old hero-"TEe Union, it must end shall
be preserved" This, Of course, is rather
distasteiuI to the traitors there, ana party
Of secessIonsts recently resolved to tear
down the obnoxious inscription, bit when
it came to the sticking point no one dared
to strike the. blow. ANDREW Jackson,
though dead, is still a terrier to the trai-
tors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Loss BY Observation-Disclosures New
XIX, land SPECTATOR Of Philadelphia, fail
ed lately for large amount, and jqdg-
nents liens are already recorded in ives
tern counties wherever he owns lands.
Persons who have neglected to have their
deeds recorded must lose their lands. We
are reminded of this by the fact that last
week one Miller residing in Fennimore
brought his deed, for quarter Section,
dated in 80, to Lancaster for record-just
about a month too late. We learn that
t4his small matter Of neglect viii be the pc
cuniary ruin Of Miller. Several times we
have called attention to this matter Of neg
Letting to have deeds recorded to prevent
accidents, frauds, &c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Dg-The following are the Regiments
composing the third brigade of the first
division Of the army under Brigadier- Gen
eral Mcdowell:
Sixty-ninth Regiment New York Militia
Seyenty-ninth N. York Militia Thirteenth
Regiment New York Volunteers; Second
Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers; Company
=, Third Artillery, eight battery.)
The brigade is commanded by Col
Sherman, and is accompanied by sher-
mans Battery, the finest in the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Ey-The bloekading tleet il much larger
than most persons suppose, ana would
Certainly seem large enough for the pur-
pose. 1t consists Of tbirty-seven vessels.
with capacity Of 59.229 tons, carrying
40 guns, and manned by lo,llo persons.
The transport fleet consists Of sixty-five
vessels, OF all capacities, and a large nun
Der Of them will probably soon be engaged
IN the blookading service.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

GEg. FREMoEr's ooLuMN.- The New
York Tribune says, 1.-THE most active exer-
lions are being used in New York by the
ChieE of the Ordnance Bureau for the
equipment Of Gen. Fremonts column. An
agent IS purchasing various arms and other
material Of war. Forward to Memphis
and Nashville is the slogan Of the Path
finder"
Gen. Fremont was to have been in S..
Louis, Saturday, morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

EE-Ihe expulsion Of Clark, Of Mis-
sour, from the House Of Representatives,
will be heartily commended by the country.
No man who has taken up arms against
the Government should be permitted to
remain on the roll single day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Ey- The Louisville sJogsnaJ states that
tifty-one prizes in ail have been taken By
southern privateefs, whose aggregate value
Is computed TO amount to 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Mons asNIag. ANTs.--Nearly hundred
Norwegians arrived iii this CITY bv the
Steamship Detroit. They vert out on
the La Crosse Road, to find new homes III
Wisconsin, K,llrankae Ssnf1ReI. d.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

THE SECOND REGIMENT FLAG.-The
beautiful FLAG which the ladies' Of Madison
have obtained for the Second Wisconsin
Eeainient. was sept by express last week
70 Washington. It Is designed to have ii
presented 10 the Regiment by Gov. Ran
dall.-4 MADISON Jospnal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

LEATkER There is great demand at
the South for leather. We should thftsk
some OF the soldiers who were earliest II
the field from the Gulf States, must lie
prstty well tanned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24
aaT The Philadelphia city Councils ar

RgTbe Philadelphia city Councils are
deyisiag meas for providing the working
nlea Of that city with employment. II i
suggested that an ordinance be adopted
faaking an appropriation Of between $780,
poo and SS00.oO for the purpose, to be
aiken from a loan 10 be hafeaitef authorized.
This amount i to be variously expended III
tie different departments Of the city, and
the workmen will be employed in laying
pipes and mains, repairing highways, lay
Ing ont public sq'iases and parks, and ex-
tending the wharves and landings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

NorE.-The Editor las been absent
during the greater part Of the past week
on trip to Madison and Milwaukee,
which viii accom-. for the absence Of the
usual quantity Of origind matter this
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

.Sg~" The Mother Of States is having
an unexpected visit from some of her chill
dren.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

A very sharp engagement was fought
yesterday afternoon by a brigade under
Col. Richardson, Of Michigan, composed
Of the Second and Third Michigan, First
Massachusetts, and Twentieth New York
regiments.
The action occurred at Blackburn Ford.
three miles from Manassas. with a heavy
force Of rebels, entrenohed in the woods,
behird three masked batteries.
Our troops first opened fire from two
r;ded cannon, and sent out three hundred
skirmishers to mark out the enemy. I'M
mediately tremendous cross firing Of the
batteries was opened, accompanied by
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

Cen. Patterson is to be superseded b.
Banks. under orders from head quarters.
Gen. Banks is transferred from the War
Department Of Annapolis TO that Ut north
western Virginia, and is to be succeeded
i. the command at Baltimore BY Gen.
John A. Dix.
A steamer has arrived from Fort Mon
roe, bringing Intelligence that there are no
rebels at Acquia Greek or Matthias Point.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-24

The Kanawha correspondent Of tie Ga
gette, under date Of noon Of the 18Th, says
that on the morning Of tho 18Th, Gen.
Cox ordered the 18th Ohio, companies
Of the 2lst Ohio, two guns OF the CleYe
land ARTILLERY aud the ironton Cavalry, 20
teconnoiter for supposed masked battery
near the mouth Of Pope Greek.
On reaching the creek, four miles from
Gen. Cox's headquarters, they discovered
the enemy, 1900 strong, strongly intrench-
ed on Scarey Hill with a masked battery
Of two guns. On reaching the creek our
men were fired upon from the masked bat
terry and from alog house. Our men, after
firing 40 rounds, crossed the creek and s.
fenced the masked battery, but their am
munition giving out they were com elled
TO retire. One gun of the masked battery
was afterwards remouuted and opened fire
on cur men.
Capt. Allen. Of Company d., Twenty
first Ohio, and Lieut. Pomeroy and two
Others, were killed. seventeen wounded and
two missing. Col. Norton, Of the twenty
fret Ohio, was badly wounded and taken
prisoner.
|. 4 :. I. Il
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-03-21

~ About 10 o'clock yesterday, COBB
WEBB came into the sanctum to look over the
papers. .CoBBwEBB," said We, "what've
| you got to do today" Nothing particu-
Iar,u said he, /. wbyY We just wanted 10
know If yos couldn't stay here for few
hours, and supply the boys with copy if they
get out before We come back-here are plen-
ty of exchange papers that you can clip
FROM" Certainly" said CoBBwEBB, "rve
got nothing to do"
We handed CoBBwEBB our scissors, and
went up to Masonic Temple to see the distin-
guished young colored Georgian play two
pieces on the piano at once and carry on an
interesting and highly instructive conversa-
ton at the same time. Finding that there
was no call for copy at the end of half an
hour, CoBBwEBB found the editorial business
dryer than the sort he had been used to, and
went out to get drink. When a man of
CoBBWEBB's temperament and natural ten
dency 10 thirst deliberately goes out to get
a drink, he seldom thinks it worth his while
to return to the post of duty until be has
taken several. Consequently when COBB
WEBB got back to the Office he wore a veil of
invisible gauze over his eyes. his legs were as
timber as log-chain, and, to tell the truth,
he couldn't tell an inkstand from soup
kettle, nor a pair of scissors from a saw.
horse. In the midst of this state of things.
there was a demand for copy. CoBBwEBB
aroused himself 10 meet the demand. The
printer PLACED the scissors and copy of
Cincinnati paper in his hand. "Here,' said
COBBwi BIB, s. hic-here's some poetry when
you (hic) get that set up; come (hic) back
and get some fhic) some more" CoBBHEBB's
poetry was as follows:
DFSCRTPTTON oF T,POpFpTI