The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-04-24
hattie of PikssDaPg.

The following interesting letter has been
sent US for publication The writer belongs to
| an III. Regiment, but is from Kenosha county,
where he has many friends and relatives II
was written to his brother A. NJ Carpenter, a
member of Co. A. 1st Wis Cavalry also from
! this county.
PITTsRuRG LANDING, Tenn,
April llth, 1862.
| Dear Brother:
| / read your kind letter yesterday and viii
answer it Immediately. AID. have been thro
another hard battle, and have NOT received &
scratch many of my brave comrads fell by my
side and around me. and many a"Butteinut''
sent to his long home
The fight commenced early on Sunday morn
ing and a steady firing ofcannon and musketry
was kept up until dark. Our Regt. had several
rounds; all day they drove our sroops foot by
foot, and at dark we had made our last stand to
die or be prisoners. We succeeded in driving
them back, and soon all was still, except an
occasional shot from our cannon, and the groans
of the wounded and dying. 1t was horrid
thou ght to think of. We lay close by the enc
my all night, with our guns in our hands, and
it rained hard all the latter part Of the night.
We had no blankets or overcoats, and all we
cared for was TO keep our guns dry. Ad, hope
| never shall see another rs hard battle. The
firing commenced again in good earnest on
Monday morning.. Gen. Buell. had arrived with
large force, land we gradually drove them back,
and at night had them in regular stampede.
We soon returned to our old camp-but to find
everything taken and destroyed by the enemy,
and our tents occupied with wounded and our
streets filled with dead.
The last time fought was over our old camp
ground the ground is stained in many places
with brave mems blood. We we're in the ad-
vance on the right in the morning, and started
them back, and then our forces kept coming up,
and we didn't let them stop again over the
ground. Our Regt. have had to bury the dead.
They have found ne-half more secesh than I'm
ion soldiers The enemy took 5000 or 1000 OF
our men prisoners-some out of our Regt. but
they.didn't get this chap. Our Co came out of
the last fight on Monday morning with five
men the rest had got lost, killed and wounded;
other Co.'S were about the same, Our Regt.
will not now number over 250--and hardly that.
There were % killed, 116 wounded and great
many missing. Old Beauregsrd was here him
self and assureyou he's tough cuss to handle
This is their last hope and our Generals are
now hourly expecting him to renew the attack,
but think We are strong enough now to meet
him. some expected to see your Regt. down
this way, but you say you are going off on the
plains. / wish could be with you; you will
have some gay times off there l think this
war is about wound up Island No. 10 is ours,
and if we can clean this gang out we will be
all hunk
We cleaned them out, and can do it more
times. Everything had in my knapsack is
gone Mary AIMS and Ems picture with the
rest, &c Now AID you must take good care OF
yourself and never back down if you get into a
fight. Send my regards to Sam AID all inquir-
ing friends, and hoping the time is not far dis
tant when we shall again meet at home, will
bid you good bye.
As ever, your affectionate brother,
ALBERT II. CARPENTER.