Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-09-03
Wisconsin Regiments in the Battles


Wisconsin Regiments IN tie Battles
Several Wisconsin Regiments were In
the late Battles at ana about Mana ssas.
The ID, 81, 9Th and I'll were all there
and have suffered severely. The only
names re have yet seen Of sufferers from
this place are Maj T. $. Allen, Lieut.,
Allenzo Bell, james Pfedeaux, and VIM
AieEser, al wounded. We presume how
ever there are others killed and wounded
whose names are net yet reported The
q Regiments said TO have lost in killed,
wounded and missing, 243, and Company
can hardly have been so fortunate as to
have escaped with so {eY casualties as
those mentioned.
We make the following extracts from
letters published in the Madison Jomn-
al
- only write 10 let YOU know shat am
Ti2ht ana very well, after being under fire
FIR n great portion Of three days can
not tell you anything of what will take
place here, but something's up soon
Major Allen has come back, and VIII
not leave Us, he SAYS. lie came back on
hearing that q li.a.t was on hand. lie is
bully
Our hdiutant, c. K Dean, is missing
since last Thursday the 2lst inst. We
are very sure he was taken prisoner, as
he was sent with an order to the front,
where q body OF rebel cavalry was after
wards known to have been at the very
point he started to go.
The following letter from a friend Of
It Col !faivchiid of the 2d regiment, we
copy entire:
Washington, Aug. Both, 1852
LIT. Col. CAssIUs i'AIRcHILDs-
Dear Sci have just returned from
the battle field Your brother Lacius has
escaped unhurt Col o Connor was killed
Mai Allen is wounded in tie neck and
and arm. The regiment is all cut to pieces.
The whole brigade is badly cut up. The
following are the names Of some of the
officers Of the u killed and wounded;
Capt Randolph, dead
- Smith, wounded
LieEt- Baidaiu, ounGed.
Lieut.. Kelly, ouuded.
Lieut.. Ben, wounded.
Lieut.. Iallnser, wn....lded
se'sea.-+ -Ai-sr Winning, wounded, bad.
md Il few others sligltl
Nearly all Of the cyrpordls and ser
geants are killed and wounded Privates
and officers killed, or wounded, or missing
number in all over 200 lou may not
hear from your brother IN a number of
days, as they are not allowed to send any
mail for the present
From friend OF your brother, G.
Prom private letter TO n W Dean,
Esq, from a gentleman Of this city, now
in Washington, dated in that city Sept lst,
we copy the following paragraph:
THE star Of the great Mcclellan: seems
10 be waning fast. Ii is said st the hotels
and upon the street, with how much truth
| cannot say, that he has dsoheved the
peTemptory orders OF the War Depart
mcut to move forward his division to the
support Of Pope, IN consequence Of which
the greater portion of his command has
been taken lrom hin, and sent forward in
divisions, and placed under the command
Of Pope
'kumor has it that little Mae IS to be
placed in COMMAND of the new levies. It
having been satisfactorily ascertained
that his forte IS paradin@ and drilling in
stead OF fiLhting l on know that hereto
fore have pinned ms faith to MEG and
had kept op my confidence IN aim long
after many Of his most enthusiastic admi-
rers had lost theirs. ! take it all back
now, and coaceae that he is q humbug-
70 an alarming extent, as Artrmus Ward
would say
sept Since writing the foregoing
| have visited one Of the hospitals and
seen two of the % Wisconsin, woun led
in the recent battles. One of them told
me that he had seen Col . Conner dead;
and tla5 the regiment was badly cut up
as early as Thursday. At that time !.
could muster only $50 men and was drawn
off from the field, not having been engaged
since. 1T. Col Fairehild had passed
through the wi ole fight without a scratch
up to that time. Major Allen was struck
twice with balls, causing simply flesh
wounds not at all serious