Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-01-01
From the 10th regiment.
Camp Randall. Madison. Dec. Is.

Camp Randall, Madison, Dec. s.
FRIEND COVER IL wish to thank you,
INST of all, for your kind remembrance Of
the Hazel Green boys and me, IN the mat
ter of sending US a bundle OF welcome
Heralds. All such fayors are welcomed
BY the soldier, l assure you. Our friends
have done tolerably IN the way Of letters,
yet not sufficiently well to prevent some
grumbling and charges Of neglect.
TO our coming, arrival, &c. We left
Hazel Green on Friday, December 9Th;
lying over in Freport, arrived in Madison
Saturday evening. We came here with
Captoia Robson. intending to consoli-
date with him, he having reported 65
men; arrived here we found he had but
two, so we concluded not to consolidate
with him. H., however. consolidated
with US, viz: swore into the State service
as private in our ranks. On Tuesday
we succeeded in forming Junction with
the Darlington company, the three com
missioned officers resigning and going in
to an election anew. / will write you soon
again, when the non-commissioned officers
all are appointed, giving you the names,
dc, Of the company. At present the Of
fcers are as follows: S. III. Osborn, Cap
tain; G. III. Vail, lst Lieutenant; D. Gray
Purman, 81 Lieutenant; L. @. Johnson,
lst Sergeant. I have been well all the
time since my arrival here, till to-day [
have been quite unwell really siek-not
able for my daily routine in the old mess
room, although perform my daily duties.
Having many things from Which to Sc
leet to write my letter, and feeling in poor
condition for writing, my letter will Likely
be mixed. First, at Freeport on the way
here, the forty-one Of US were weighed, the
average weight being one hundred aud
fifty pounds, the lightest man weighing
one hundred AID thirty pounds.
Last Saturday the 18th, 18th, and 10th
regiments had grand parade through the
city. / was. near the left, and wher upon
the hill, near 4th Lake, could look down
upon all to the right The street was
filed for about a quarter Of mile, the
march being BY platoons, eight files IN
front. l gained then and there a slight
idea Of an army. | thought, if $500
men make such a show, what then Of so
many rs i hundred thousand
To-day We had, instead of Battalion
drill a Brigade drill, both forenoon and af-
ternoon, each three hours in duration
| Col. Bryant commanding as senior colonel.
Our regiment is full to one company
this will be in soon from Eau Claire
Some of the companies are not quite full,
two not more than half companies. Our
company is the finest in the regiment, ex-
cept, one from Dodge county, which we
are compelled to admit to be about our
equal The field officers. are Colop,l.
4 Allen; Lieut.. Col, FairchId; Major, Key-
noIls; AdjQtant Sabin; Surgeon, Dr..
Eastman.
In speaking Of the parade through the
city, omitted to say That we We're drawn
up in front of the Capitol House AMI adj
dressed by the Governor in an eloquent
and patriotic speech He spoke Of his IN
terest in the Observation-Disclosures against
lis being the purpose Of tbs Republican
party to make war upon slavery, but To re-
store the supremacy Of the constitution
4 and laws over all the land; bLt II, IN the
restoration Of government, slavery was in
the way, then slavery must stand aside.
The incoming Governor followed in Z
few sensible remarks.
There is one more subject Of Importance,
that is the mess-house. You should be in
1T a meal, and see twenty-five hundrei
men at table. 1t is a sight worth see;ig.
BIT | would drop this one remark with re-
gard to the boarding at tho mess-house,
viz: it is not quite equal to thgt at the
Tyler House in the Green. This have
found out by trying both.
had much more 10 write you, but
am too i'll this evening. | inl | cannot
write to all that | have promised, so let
my friends regard this as a letter to all
them, AMI let them write in reply.
Yours, ID. q. p