Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-11
From the Second WIS sReg giment

Your correspondent has remained ST
lent thus long from the fact that this de-
partment failed to furnish anything wor-
thy of note. Since | last wrote YOU our
time has mainly been occupied in givin..
fancy drills and parades, for the
especial heneGt OF our new Brigadier
General Bet, within the last few days,
the white glove style has ceased. and we
now find ourselves tue peaceful occupants
of former secesh camp niae mics south
OF fredericksburg, and within four miles
of Ginnie's station, on the Fredericks-
burg i Richmond Railroad How. lonz
we viii remain here know not, bat 1t IS
presumed that our forward movem mt
will again commence by tomorrow
To rebuild the railroad bridges, de
tail Of six hundred men was mede from
this Corps, iitty-one OF which are rom
this Brigade The three bridges between
.Aequia Greek and fredericksburg were
built inside of three weeks,-the one
crossing the Rappahannock being three
hundred feet in length, and the other
two about ninety feet each in leneth-
Ine whole work is under the supervision
OF Mr. stone, L. : Bridge Builder, Phil
adelphia
An extensive foundry and machine shop
owned by a Mr. Jones, q rank secs sion
Isl, was seized and from the Bridge force
a detail of fifty men were put at work.
building cars, repairing locomotives, sc
A steam portable saw mill has been
turned out of this building within the last
week, and is now at this station a bat-
terry of cannon has been cast here, and
viii soon be ready for service a Black
smith shop is attached to 1t, where twen-
ty-two hands are employed shoe.ng army
horses. You will understand this force
employed at labor in this establishment
are all Western men-Wisconsin and IN
diana They have material plenty to
work with. aud are capable of turning
out anything man may desire-either of
wood, iron, brass or copper As a matter
OF compliment, let me tell you that MIN
eral Point IS represented IN this estab-
lishment. in the person OF NICHOLAS GEIB.
BUDLoSG is acting Commissary, and gen
eral Orderly for the Commander Of the
force lie attends 70 tie seiLin- OF 9e-
cesh lumber, whenever their representa-
lives of the DAVIS click re.use ramuaera-
eion Tor tne.r property
The rebels, when occupying Freder-
icksbure, appear to have delighted in
acting the part oc barbariaus For in
stance, the monument u Mrs. WAsHIxG-
TON, the mother OF Gen. WAsuIxGroS,
bears the marks of seventy-five bullets,
besides lis being chipped off at the four
corners. The monument is on a high
eminence, and from the mound YOU have
a fine view OF the city and Surroundings.
The citizens assert that this piece OF arch
itecture was used as q target during last
winter. I understand an effort viii be
made through the soldiers so repair 5ae
monument Hundreds would Willingly
contribute TO so humane an object.
From the monument Of Slrs. WAsuJSG-
Tox vou have full view of the two rebel
buryinE grounds In one there are three
hundred Graves, and in the other han
dred and eighty No regard appears to
have been paid to color The citizens
say that the white soldier often became
the occupant with the slave Of the same
vault These are mostly Nor5a Carolina
aud Georgia troops and nearly o'' aiei
within three months,
On Sunday the rebel magazine at FRED
ericksbure exploded. klIiinc "a private VINO
was guarding il, throwing his right leg
over thirty feet from the spot The bro
Jher Of this young soldier was an eye
witness, and but little way from him,
but strange to say. was unharmed In
the magazine there were seventy boxes Of
cartridges. ana two torpedoes, which but
few days since were taken from under
the platform at the Depot, and . aced in
themagazine for safe keeping The cause
of the explosion Is unknown A numl er
Of arrests have been made. hut whether
any Of the unruly secesh are Implicated
in the transaction, Is as yet unknown
Soon after che explosion, and while the
affair was being investigated. p secession
ist, standing by remarked TO one Of our
soldiers, that the private killed, was
served right, and had received his reward
for being among the invaders. This
man had no sooner finished his sentence
+ than he measured his length on the
mether earth He was soundly thrashed
/ IN the presence of his fellow citizens. and
+ raised on his feet. and toid to hunt his
+ hole. and not dare 70 ever again offer an
insult to the Union soldiers Ii viii teach
him. as well as hundreds Of others of
sympathizing rebels, that their liPs must
be sealed when in the presence Of the
Union bows, that eur soldiers know how
to resent an insult. notwithstanding their
feelings
This part of Virginia is thoroughly
secesh, and they have been bold In their
remarks The women IN particular have