The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-08-14
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From the 11,h wisconsin Infantry.

ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From the 17Gh Wisconsin Infantry.
We have been handed the following letter from
a member of Co. B, 18th Regiment. The writer
talks plain, and tells the same story that we have
So frequently heard of late, in reference to the
of property ofrebels;
CoRINTH, Miss. Aug. lst, 1862.
FATHER DEMIxa believe me | was happy
to have line from you. 1t is cheering to to
hear words of freedom, words of joy, and words
of encouragement, that Grants order No. , will
soon be overruled in higher quarters.
mo negro shall be admitted inside our lines,
and those already in must be put OUT.
Such is the mandate of our military heroes
whom Illinois and her press puff almost to deatl
Do YOU imagine that we trembe in our boots lest
we should be court martialled for disobedience
Not a bit of it, sir We in our iumost souls abhp
the order, and the man that would inform on tie
other for breach of said rule, would not live 50
long as l would shut my eye. The rankest den-
ocrats are the most inveterate aboitionl-ts, since
they have seen the unclean thing, in its workings
In every planters house that have yet seen
there are what are termed "house servants" tina
keptfor the masters use, and to wait on the mis-
tress Some of your Kenosha secesh sympathizer
may call this falsehood, scandal, &c. Well, Il
the proof. Two miles Southwest of Corinth live
Mr.. Whitfield. He has a beautiful residence, the
present quarters of Gen. Grant. Whitfield grows
cotton and raises negroes. He owns one OF those
beautiful yellow girls-not a kink in her hair In
the yard are TO be seen, playing, pretty, chubby
little fellows, with aekite curly hair Some of the
full bloods told me they belonged to "Young
Massa - who is an officer in jeff army. Others
said no; they belonged to Old Massa, because OLD
missus gone dead this great while.
In another house close to the former, there is q
,rhHe slave. Her father was Irish, her mother a
Cherokee She broaght when young, into
the planters family. She is as fair as any girl
know in Kenosha. She is farm slave, married
to darkey was on picket two weeks ago; in
compliance with order No 3, our soldiers ESCORT
ed three negro women and twelve children, ac
companied b.. an overseer, who does the dirty
work. After sending him two miles to have his
pass countersigned, was compelled to pass the
whole lot. 1t would melt the heart TO see them
trembling with fear, and crying, "Massa will
paddle us to death"
Yesterday there was negro hunt opposite our
quarters; six dogs and four horsemen. One of our
men arrested them and brought them before the
Provost Marshal. The day before arrested tn rec
men who were hunting their negroes in our camp
was Justify cheered by the whole regiment l
also took their pistols from them, and went to the
Provost Marshal, and reported myself l arrest
ed them as spies but they had passes to sell veg
etables. and to pass in and out of our lines, had
hard wcrl1 to restrain the boys, as they would
hung them up to dry were to encourage them.
l have good opportunity to see these things,
being off duty, and on detached service.
Sometimes you can six or eight negroes
around my tent. | am their mentor. 1t seems
strange to see officers coming to me and asking
me to get them servant. l could raise regi-
ment of them in one week if they could be profta-
bly, employed.
The secesh she males are poor specimens; they
look the very incarnation of demons. Poor, shriv
elled, dried up creatures they look as if they
were born for malicious purposes The poor reb-
els call us Yankees That is their term of great
est reproach. A secesh preacher, few miles
from here had guards on his slater patch' beau
titu house IL e could not bear TO let the Yankees
have water from the WELL so he took in the buck
ct, and sold us buttermilk at 25 cents pint. re-
leved the guard, called in the sentinel and left his
later patch 10 the tender mercies of my pets. Be
lieve me, put the fear of God in his heart, and
let him know that Yankees never peddle butter
milk, aid that he should leave the "old oaken
bucket to hang in the well" or there would be
one preacher less in seceshdom He made bitter
complaints to the Col. i he Col. however, is a
man after my own heart. He would know noth-
ing about such things.
l have had considerable sickness, bnt never
was one hour absent from duty. L trust Goodwill,
spare me to see the end of this war, and that be-
fore close my eyes forever, may behold our
glorious Union preserved, and that Internal
cursed-of God institution, slavery wiped out for
ever. Yours, respectfully,
FAIR PLAY.