The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-30
1- KENOsHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY OCTOBER 80 1862.

| Go with me to Madison prison. Colont
| Gedaes saws we Jared worse than any other
| say there is no difference among them. Laugh
| teri At Madison hundred and fifteen Of u
we're placed in one room. Fortunately for u
that man, Captain Gregg, who sits by me her
| aud whom respect and love, had been sent G.
Washington He drew for us two months pa
| sending a portion to our families and portion
| TO US We received the money gladly. H'
would not take his parol, but returned to captiVi
| tyto suffer with us. Goddess Captain Gregg
| Applause, and cries of Lets see him-let u
see him. [Captain Gregg being led forward
~ Gen. Prentiss, was received with a storm o
cheers That man kept US from starving w
were not permitted TO have anything but TN
ratiens that were issued TO the common sol
dieFs, and but half rations at that. The TIM
| lad allotted to speak to you Is nearly explr
ed Tories of Ego on, go On, and applause
II Isshou Id talk to you until tomorrow night
could not tell YOU the half of the long story o
that imprisonment. At Madison prison, VT
we're placed under the charge Of one W. IL
Calhoun, the most contemplate wretch tina
uow sets foot upon southern soil Que OF ms
purposes in coming home was to talk o
Cs'houn and his sympathizers here When
wanted provisions, wheE4 my fellow officers
were suffering, many of them being sick and II
want of medicine, when our money all gone
and Capt. Gregg had not yet returned had .
watch, "a present, which offered TO seltl No,eli,
saysCalhouu you can't do H. Iisaij, permit one
f your bankers to c, Inc down here, and let me
negotiate loan You can't do that. Ther
| said, will you permit one of your otflcers tt
borrow some money that / may relieve these
menY Can't do tits contrary to our rules
got lieutenant to take that watch and chain
Q.lS o,,A oolI fnrr q hs
aimed forit the pitful sum of 1920, in confed
reate scrip, and with that We purchased provis-
IONS AS soon, however, as it was found we hao
a little money, provisions went upa hundred
per cent Laughter. Calhoun would not per-
init any one to sell to US except his commssary,
with whom he was in partnership.
We soon received Lews that we were TO be
exchanged The cartel haze been signed, and
then we became happy. Atho' our fare was
hard, we every day, for two or three months, 10
leave Tor home We finally received intormar
ton that we were to go, but many sad disap-
pointments did we have to undergo. Every
day, for week after week we were disappoint>
ed News would come that some of the guard
had said that the PRISONERS were to go home IN
a few days. For over month we were to leave
for home in few days. At last the order came.
We were placed III box cars-caitie cars that is
-coIonels, corporals, brigsdier generals aud
captains, altogether In those cattle cars we
were compelled to travel 700 miles by rail, with
out seats, except for about so miles. We we're
huddled together, no rations we're furnished we
could eat only what we could buy. We finally
reached Richmond aud were placed in the Lib
by prison From there We were sent TO Aiken :
Landing, and when at last We came in sight of
a United States steamer, and beheld the old
stars and stripes waving, our hearts leaped for
Joy at this first sight of the land of liberty =
Tremendous ayplause.) We marched on board
that steamer, aud Tor first time in six and half
months we had private soldiers to present arms
to us. l really felt as if were seventeen feet
high OF my own accord | cried for Joy.
could not help it, felt so good. 5"
We came to Fortress Monroe, and there
was told by Gen DIX that had been exchanged
for over SIX months, and Gen Crtteudon also
but my fellow officers were not exchanged l
found that gen. Pittigrew, for whom had been
xchsnged, had been slightly wounded, and
had gone home, and the managers of the South
ern Con!ederacy were determined TO keep me
out of service until Pittigrew get welt The
ruth is, that the story which was in the North
about the way in which was captured had
never gone south, They gave noe credit down
there for being a gallant officer. which my
friends al home did NOT do for month or two
q
these people. Some Of You talk about ending
this war without severe fighting. You are
mistaken You must fight, and fight hard =
We have not a man toimaDy now in the field =
We have not enough, strange as 1t may appear
to you, for they have too many friends up here
T Immense applause. and cries, that's true
/ will prove to you by the REGARD to plight
These people have Kissed into my ear, time
AID AGAIN, I'VE wish ths to be war of cxter-
n,ination. They nave policy in thai. What
il Is, | do not know unless il is, they thiEk by
making it war Of determination some foreign
power may ingerfere,in their behalf Further
more, they told ms, Sir we have more friend>
in Illinois than you have in the South They
publish that to their people. Lest L may be
misunderstood, let me tell You Il pub icaus |
am NJ Repub ican. Democrats, an no Dem
ocrat | am a soldier of my country. Pro
didgeous cheering | hold IL my baud Al
Augusta paper one Of some forty ), he, | have
in nv possession with articles Sniff thi-
one. TCIies OF Read it, al IT. This is
j he Augusta Daily COnstituttOnal}st Published
in Augusta, Ga. II Is the oldest pape in the
Southern s ates he ne winch la, he greatest
circulation and Is looked upuunex to the Rchs
mond Enquircr as the organ of the first Con
federacy Ii IS a studied effort OF these people
10 divide. here in the North to have the East
separate from the West. They continually
talk about this. They say, we like you wes-
aern men for you fight better than them Gus
sed Yankees We know we cant whip you,
but we can whip the Yankees two to one =
Iris article is headed The great West And
it it hurts any of you, don't blame me, for you
voted that / should read it, .. l. e...
There is however, evidently in the West
and particularly in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
ornnSittnp TIT Trpsertf unOD he
South The tone of the press il those States
the pubic meetings, and the Democratic Con-
oenti0ns all prove This conc!usiveiy This frei'
ing does not display itself as boldly opposed
to the war per &c, ou assumes the form OF OPP
Dos ition to atoliti0uism, coercion and subJuga
ton ILaughte' and applause 1t wonid no
be safe to exhibit il Other wi e, Tor in that even
shs individual giving explosion :" II wouit
soon find hemsetves incarceraed WITHIN tn'
walls of some Yankee Baslie, aud their oppo
sition thus speedily and etfectualiy crushed ant
But by prOfessmy devotlon to the Union 'h'
constitution andlthe Administrator Of Abraham
Lincoln, they can organize thoroughly Tor woFt
and thus secure way to triumph I'D 'he up
proacbipg fall elections" CRenewed laughte
and cheers,
That article proceeds to the length of col
umn in the same strain aluding-fo viii
mention the names--t0 Carlisle of Pennsylva-
MIA, Voorhees, Of Indiana, Richardson ut lin
ois' and yallandgham Of Ohio (SensatIon
Their papers are full of it. They look npor
YOU tender footed souls as traitors to your cour
! try. Do YOU you want to help these men nur
| der YOUR brothers and break up this Govern
1 mentY If So, in the name OF Heaven, let u
! know it, and the Shiloh pris 'ners viii send yo
down south where you belong We came \ IN
fully determined to take al me- 6y me nan
who ,hink and feel as We d., chat this rebellion
/ should be crushed We came home sworn en-
enlies to every man who symp"thizes with reh
els. or advocates compromise with the coun
ty's enemies. [Great applausel ION ihat 20
could be sent there te see the spirit Oh thos
men. and hear them talk as they feel
Ladies, let me say to you, have been puo
lished in all tn Southei States rs vagabon
who insulted the responsibility Of that conntr!
In ali the conversations thai have had WI
HE. / nave been very careful i'll my converse
ton with them. Ladies, by hundreds, haV