Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-12-16
Letter from Ii. Col iskce Of The 10Th Wisconsin New
Army Orders Of Gen. Rosencrans.

Tie Milwaukee Sentinel publishes Gener-
al Rosenclans' orIl,r No. % commencing
Col. Carlin and Fl. Col. Mckee for their
late successful nareh among the guerllas
and capture ofretIel property. The follow
ING is the order alluded to:
HEAD QUARTERS l4rH ARMY CORPS,
Nashville. Nov I'D 1862.
SPECIAL ORDER no. p -
The Commanding General notices with
much pleasure Unsuccessful expedition sent
out by Gel w. II. CarIn commanding
3lst Brigade in tie direction Of ClarksyllIe.
Two i'll (l5th Wis. and tantry 38lh Ill.,
regiments under lit. Col. Mckee having
marched 100 miles over mrcdy roads,
through constant rains, without tents, have
returned with As prisoners, 100 small arms,
Is horses and 90 mules taken from the
sueulas who infest the country.
This b ndsorne little success whicb shows
what good infantry can do under an enter
prising leader, reflects much credit on all
who were engaged in it. By command Of
(Sgned) MAJ GEN RosENcRANs
q. GODDARD. MAJ. and A. A. x. Gen.
We have since received q private letter
from 1t. Col. Mckee, giving the partcu
lars Of the xpedtion alluded TO by Senti
mel, which we can see no harm in publish
ing:
EDGEFIELD opposite Nashville, NOV. oath 1852.
FRIEND Cover: -Snce the assignment
of Genera Rosencrans TO the command Of
this Department things wear an entirely
different aspect 10 uh,t they dill uuder the
direction Of that miserable old ml>cfaabt
who 50 long misunanged and betrayed
the interests Of tile Government of The
United States throughout this district Of
cuuntfy-No General ever gave up the
command OF troops amid such general le-
joiclng as WIS exhibited by the men under
BuelPs command And what contributed
to the general joy was the fact that We we g
to have a good, loyal, fighting General in
his stead-Snce Geaeral Rosencrans has
assumed command every thing in the way
Of military has seemed to revive and put
on new life. In the countenance OF every
soldier and officer You can see an expression
Of confidence and Representatives, that
we will not rein .ia Iulctiye. and hope tha.
this war vii soon end, an1 en ttvorauly
to our arms. 1t IS this confidence when
douby arms the soldier and prptres bin
fer great emergencies Why, it is noto-
ricus fact that men would rather die under
such commander us Rosencrans than live
under Buell.. Bueli ani Mcclellan -time
has placed them b. th whtre they Should
have been at le;ist twelve months ago.
There is now, behave, prospect OF doing
something. PrC-slayery Generalship has
PLAYED out, and all loyal men are q ID OF i.
Since the change of commanders in this
district the discipline OF the army has been
wonderfully improved. We do net have
that indscriminate laundering and robbing
of friends and foes which We were wont to
have; and at the salle time We are not re-
qured to guard the property Of rebels Wills
they indulge in all kinds Of insolence to-
wards us. The policy now seems to be TO
punish rebellion. aud in this department
no doubt it will be done.
The guerilla parties in this vicinity are
becoming tolerably well scattered lnl bro
ken -. The leaving Of q few Of these
a0i thi-Yea 9ea1 by taerop.side,
With the piacard "6t.erlia stuck on thel
backs would certainly have a very whole
some Influence. They must be taught that
there Is neither satvt9 nor honor IN any
lhns but legitimate warfare, anu II It he
comes necessary to resort to severe means
10 teach them that, then let severity he
used. About the time our army Came here
the roads were watched bythese cut-throals,
aud 4 great number Of our Stragglers were
picked, all Of them robbed, and some OF
them efeetually disposed of by them. The
country in this vicinity, being mouG/aneQs
and covered with wood and brush atfortA
tn, m excellent shelter, and 1t Is no easy
matter catching one Of these fellows where
he is perfectly falniIi8r with the country;
but we sometimes &c. hold Of them.
was sent out the other day IN command
Of the l5th Wis. Vols. 38th III. 9ol. and a
SQUAD Of Cavalry Of %. 8 36t Ill. Vol.
10 CO operate with a similar expedition un-
der Col. Carn, from Nashville on the OPP
nos;te sid. Of the rive. Woolward's and
4 portion Of Morgan's 9iuelllas We're known
to be in The vicinity Of lbe Cumberland ilyer
below Nashville, and in the direction d
glarksyiie, nine or fen hundred strong.
Nv command was ordered to proceed down
on the north side Of the river We were
out on ths expedition five days, during
which time We marched about one hundred
miles. II rained almost necessarily during
tie time and the roads. (thcy arenyt good
At best in tennessee off the regular turn
pike,) were very nudity and heavy. We
captured torty-six prisoners, number OF
horses and mules. aud three wagons. We
DESTROYED quantity Of whiskey and about
tfIty barrels Of sat, burned one dlstllery'
Two dwelling houses and the out houses
connected Herewith, which were notorious
barbors for gueriIlas -capturel about 100
small arms. We aiso destroyed a quanll-
~ of tobacco, corn &c, belonging TO guer-
iIlas, and returned without the ls'ssa man.