The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-11-13
DEAR UNCLE AND AUNT :

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First must inform you of my health and
how am getting along with my wounds. As
: to my health ,it never was betser.snd my wound
is doing very wen. 1t is healed new 80 that it
! is about the size of quarter dollar piece. 1t
was at first as large silver dollar, 1t takes
y long time for gun shot wounds to heal. The
. wound is about three inches above the ankle,
and between the tendon and bone in my right
leg. 1t was quite a severe Hesh wound, and
will spoil me for soldier / think. The ten
don was injured, but not severed. l have not
suffered any from it, in comparison to some of
the poor fellows here. Where was il wrote
YOU last Al Upton Hill l think, and will
. try to give you an account of our doings since
that time: .-..-
We marched through rs beautiful a country
as ever saw, between Washington and Fred
erick. at which place, or rather the Monocacy
three miles east of Frederick, we arrived On the
evening of the 18Th ut. We took up our line
:. of march at 6 A. NJ. in the morning as beau
tiful sabbath morning as you ever beheid, bus
: i, was day never TO be forgotten by Gibbon +
B igade. As we were marching through tn.
street of Frederick Little Johnny" (Gen.
! Gibbon) halted US, and said that he had seen
Gen Mcclellan tbs night BEFORE and he (Mc
said if we would do ttoO days Of the best march
ing zee kne,o hoao to do, he would have the reb-
els in trap from which there was no escape
but they did escape, and by whose treachery
was it9 Do you lay the blame on Mcclellan
shoulders? Is he to blame if Government pla.
= ces traitors in command to cooperate with him!
But am DEPRESSING. We gave three cheers
in which we were joined by the citizens. fol
Mcclellan, and three more for our little John,
e. NY and on we trudged with heats light anG
b. free, little dreaming that before we slept We
would stand before our foes in deadly conflict
(. When we arrived at the Catoctin our brigade
Nv was detached from the division, to carry tht
center through the gap where the turnpike
crosses South Mountain We moved directly
forward on the road until we came to an emf
=. Burnside opened the attack on the left at abou
3P. M, while Hooker was getting into posi-
h. ton on the right and he soon set the ball t.
rolling, while We laid on the ground out O
harms way, thinking We would not have t.
- take part in the conflict. But We were doom
III ordered forward Two companies from GU
or Regt. were thrown forward as skirmshers, the
n. we knew that work was at hand. We crosse
,si to the right of the pike and advanced sIow
IL tGo oil h th .
ut front, we were next while the I'd Wis and I9t
nr Indiana advanced up the road. Soon the ski
se mishers ferretted out the enemy's skirmi sher;
= and at it they went. Our men driving them slow
ly up the mountain, they being supported by
section of artillery. We drove their skirmisl
back to their line which was behind a stone wa
. and in ravine, when they opened their fire o
gin the 9TH, which came near breaking their lin,
An But the cheers of the "old 9th" encourage
80 them, when they set to work with will. W
m deployed to their right and opened fire, and tn
;-o action became general along the whole line
NJ. Darkness having covered the scene, the fas
of their guns was our mark, and well the boy
u, drew their aim, was proven The next NOR
ing by the number of dead where their lir
+ rested. On the right and left rose the Chez
- of onr brave boys as they drove the enem
8, from their cover and proclaimed to US that "
were victors As yet no cheers arose from Ii
) center, and all eyes were anxiously turned O
the Wisconsin Brigade, because if 1t gave va
the battle was lost; but with a yell of de6an,
the BLACK hated brigade poured in theirdea,
ly fire until 10 P. NJ. when there wes o l,1
. the enemy's fire, and soon it entirely ceased an
laf' us in possession of the field, pass nos,,,ei
rn. and all. Then rose deafening cheer after che
is which was answered from our right and let's.
&c. - TUG : '"'e' OUT reg mel
lad down in their tracks and slept on TIE
arms ill morning. The remainder of the bri