Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-04
From the Eleventh WIS. Regim MT
CAMP NEAR BATEsv:GLE, ARKANSAS.
May 10th. 1862

some Of your readers to hear something
of our. movements, and a wet day afordins
an opportunity of writing, will enieavor
to make use of it in that way.
On the 10Th of April, the Second Bri-
gade of Gen SrEELE's Division left Reave's
Station, Black River, enroute for jackson
port, Ark, k;ii owing to Il rain which set
in soon after getting under way, we
marched only five miles and CANNED
here from the sane cause, we were com
PEELED to lay fer two days, when the line
OF march was again taken up, and at noon
of the oath we reached Pitmans Ferry.
on Current River, At this place we tar
ried until the Doth, when we moved to-
ward Pocahontas, which place was reached
next day, and stayed until Nav Sd, when
knapsacks were again sluns and the march
continued. That day we again struck the
Black River, l3 miles distant at Puole's
Ferry. On the 3rd we crossed and
marched about miles On the 4th 9
on the 9th IA, which brought us to the
Black again at Birds Point, within Is
/ miles OF Jacksonport, where we went into
camp until the 10th, when we again pulle
up stakes and marched into Jacksonport
with colors flying and music playing by
noon.
Jacksonport is the County Seat of Jack
son Co nty, situated on White River, at
the point where its limpid waters are min
gled with the darker tide of the deep and
rapid running Black. 1t NAV have pos
sessed in its prosperous day 1000 or 1900
inhabitants, and has done an extensive
business for a place of its size, but at
present, like Poeahontas, it is almost en-
tlrely vacated by the citizens Two or
three stores, with parts of two year old
/ stocks, are still open and disposing of
what they have to L. : Soldiers at double
panic prices. Boots sold there al twenty
dollars pair. felt hats from four to seven
dollars apiece, and all other clothing in
proportion. Flour, if to be had at all,
twenty-five dollars barrel Coffee, none
to be had, though the last purchased there
was ut one dollar pound Sugar was
plenty at ten cents pound, and niolasses
at sixty cents per gallon. Judging from
the above prices, and reports of citizens
and deserters from their army, it i. appa-
rent that Southern Chivalry is desti-
tute of both food and clothing in con-
siderable degree
On the 10th inst. we again crossed the
Black. near Jacksonport, marching ten
miles IN westerly direction up the
White. On the 18th we came another 10
miles to this place, within miles of
Batesville Our camp is very pleasant
one, in an old cotton field through which
nice brook runs, affording plenty of
good water, and wood in abundance on
all sides
The distance from Reeves Station here.
by the way we came, is about 40 miles
The first 60 was through a mountainous,
rough country, Astounding with streams to
ford, and PERCEPTIONS hills to ascend and
descend The remainder of our route WAS
torough low, fiat wooden wilderness, in
terspersed profusely with cypress swamps,
canebrakes, sloughs and planes of loose
dry sand. Water scarce and of very in
ferior quality, at times we have been com
PEELED to use it from the sloushs for cook
ing purposes. What we have here is
good, barring" a slight faint of SULPHUR.
which is thought healthy
The march above described would not
be called hard one in the military
world, but considering that i, was per-
formed on half rations that M time. of
coarse meal and bacon, and no convevan-
ces for the sick, (for which our Regimen
tai officers and Surgeons are alone re-
spoons ble.) You can Judge whether or
not we are entitled to inv credit for en-
durance or patriotism Again. consider
that at least three iourths of the time we
marched in drenching rains, and scorch
ing sunshine, while the thermomoter stood
93o above zero.
We, g. e Company " E.'') left men
at different stations on the road. One a
young Nelshman, named THos. J DAVIS
has since died at Pittsman Ferry He
has never been well since leaving Madi-
son, or some time previous He ALWAYS
persisted IN the belief that his time on
earth was IN assured, asserting that he
would die within certain period. An
other of the three left has oyertaken us
IN perfect health The third. left 1T Pc
cahon,as, we have heard nothing from
hut no fears are entertained. as he was
not seriously i'll at the time Some two
or three others of our Company are all
ing, but none SO rs to cause any appre-
hension
Gen. SrEELE Division is now attached
To Zen Curtis column, Il large portion q
which Is in this vicinity Yesterda, n
/ report was IN camp that Curtis with a
| larEr portion of his command was cross
/ ing To the south side of White River. a,