St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-11-06
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-. lIililIllll.Iis- is!-
portu"ity 70 ..i,> >ths .Sal;e sptil not
Since writing ,he shove We bzve had our
battery in ,c.;i,n t.;ce-sbelling the ene-
mv'~ ,esr guard With succe,s-nvne Of our
men injured The wounded in the Per-
ryville 6ght are, James Hunter. Fsri-
bault, dangerously: George Tilton, An
oks }; Tennis Hanson, Winooa Daniel
Fry, Anoka.
In Haste, ALEX.
PSI learn from Rebel sources that
the celebrated Washington Battery va
cue Of the i 'ebel R.tteries that was opposed
to US, and % the Louisiana Wild Cats
i've give below some lively extracts from .
letter received by friend from Will Kinkead,
brother Of Lieut.. kiaksad, vhe also opartieipar
ted in the engagement It P.r1yvilie. Will ves
appo;-+~A q Cnrporsl in the Battery inmedi-
stely sfter his enlistment, .-a :< bravery aud
ability .r* rewarded, will quickly receive pro-
no,ion.] ...:1. ...,...a4
*1'"j* BY the way ~hat do you
think L saw? A General crurl ~ his
hand. and knees, and from position, too,
not half . exp%sed 9 that Of many Of
"ur Company The same General is ap-
'f'l.uded to the skies by the Lou sville pa
per~ for doiug vh.t he never did.
: This c'untry is very b.dly "atered.-
You will hardly believe it, but I have
seen tie sold en- dirk water from 4 pond
in enc end Of which hogs we're walloviug
water thick With mud. also saw men
pssh .si''e thick grees scum and d'ink
With avidity water that our horses would
not touch.
The country is 80 badly OF for water
th.t: oil spring and we'll water becomes
thick With mud after there are few hun
dred men 70 dip their cups into ito say
svthing II the thou-snds Of Thirsty men
and hosses The eountry where We halt
I'd svo day., and vhere the battle was
lought. is slnoat entirely destitute Of w.
te. II any hind The-e "a one spring
in Penyvilk-,he sAdie,s soon drained
that, ,oa be6se I left vater to driak had
10 he carried one and half miles.
By the vsy, our commsnder, Gen.
| Mitchell, is very poru'ar, also our Br'-
esds Commander, Col. C.rlin Gen.
Mitchell is good soldier, aud if you Wis h
10 see him. take . Rod look At Gen.
Mitchell, ofSt. Cloud, the next time you
zee him. s:.d you vill have a very strong
likeness, phys,qae and all
Ihsl occasion % 20 some days since
come distance after water. stopped At
. eool looh;-r< 7''uu,', ana found that the
-,.xer aud s.u,ily 4ad left: afraid Of the
rebels. The old negroes vas intensely
Union. Ivi>h I could give you terbatin'
=. her words, she talked necessarily for ov.
half 10 hour. ia, honey! ise Old, bu:
when heard the Uni"ns c',me, dis chiie
danced fos j'y. Dis chile didn't go te
eee he Uuions-dis chile see,l it Ill
ye..s ago, chile, dis d,rtey seed it IA sh'
cloud. Yes, yes; l .eed it all: Aud no"
! yous eome-bless do Lord" And much
aorp b the seme e6Eec. Some. of these
d.rkies are very amusing. The old 70
h4ar Esve me some new Mill .~-I
th.. she hsd kept some
11de uaicas, but the -.
took them an;""., ~,~,,o-.
ft>s4N, b,uth,t e. Geo Seesssa X2ss to ,
Lissseasntey for mssiso<ioas conduct: W
F.ove s'eng % ..pidly, and convenience
for writing are 90 bad, that it requires At
<1"st 70 write ! lettef> I am no. sitting
On he g,ound, v,iting on board. Rich
srl Bloomfield acted nobly oo the field
1 mention him particularly becanse be q
On acquaintance. t.: $50 >5r:t y e-.-,.
2' Since lssving Louisville this whole sr.
my has been moving without any baggage
wagons, o0ccrs . veil . priva.es, 3sleep"
ing on, the. ground without t.nts The
nights are becoming quite eool, and Yn'
derstaud that ~ order has been issued for
u = have our tents after this. We st
su sbund nee u eat; our rstions are more ,'al
than ses ca possibly soenaa,n'e,: ons y All Of
the st. Cloud abcys ere veil, and often
espeak Of our plea.an.. ,ssoei..tes left b.
! hind; aud Ne .rr I'll very Wiling e =.
, sata - saon ~ Uaole Ssm can ret a@opz
! xithupt. m hut 4hilee here We ahsll q.