Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-10-28

OF his company. Or such material should
commanding officers DO made.
On Sunday We drew our clothing, each
man being allowed / blanGel, overcoat,
! uniform coat, pair pants, pair draw
efs, 2 pair socks. lair shoes and
shlrts. As Vel We have drawn only Il part
OF our allowance.
On Monday, we commenced drilling; in
the morning company, driIl from 10 ii
/ A. III. Battalion dill. from 2 till 4, ana
dtes+ parade IL the evening III 5.45. do
/ II admire this cnGi gionrd. The loca-
ton Is Il pleasant one, bat ol tue east side
Is large slough, from which arises
heavy 10y, that must he unhealthy. and
W. We're Obliged Ia use surface water pet
y well mixed With sand for drinking, and
cooking purposes. Our living consisted
Of flesh heef. SILT polk, beans, potatoes,
| baked bread, rice, coffee and sugar
Thus We lived dtrn. onr snjourn at
camp Solomon. Al dress l,ars,i,, on the
l7th # Sept. an order was re;pl i5r tae
regiment 10 ,e up iheneAt moni0g ii :,
breakfast al 3 stnke tents IL 4. aul be
ready 70 utaich 1T SIX, for Cincinnati. AT
the appointed hour eyer, hing WAS III rea.i-
mess except striking tie ieaiS. tut the
order 10 s,Iike them or 10 march, did not
Come The men laying aronnd With Il cir
| bundles, or knaI>aclis, impatient Tor the
lnarchng orders. In Tie afternoon cauic
the orders that we We're not going u Car
cinnaii, this was quite Il blow on / he regi
mett; as e,ers on, had made up his mind
that soon he would be in the land % Dixie
SO up,a,k again. aud III tive Went. Next
day drill AS usual AT dr,sS parade, m,ot...-
er order was read To have everything in
readiness 10 sta,t for St. Paul mex. day al
| 10 o'clock, We were ready, tut ten OcIuck
did not arrive uuill 4 IN ID. afternoon,
when We lett camp Sdiomrn, marching 10
The upper iandin2 where We embarked ~.
| the Steamer Mcclellan with u barge on
each side. The boat was fiilci t,on stem
10 stern, boiler, deck, c bin, and hufricate
deck, 50 also were the btrges, each COLI
I.any having their rattons of bodied ham
and hard lires,i MOI hing ii particular
| importance TRANSFERRED during our trl. ex-
cepting. While stopping IT. or passing
downs We were greeted with :hecrS, and
The wave ring Of Eandkerc'lieis, sometime
during tie night of the 2lst we arrived at
| ST Paul. In the morning soine of a
went ashore and GOT our breakfast. After
breakfast having shipped i portion Of our
| load on the "Favorite, We Lit ST. Paul
for Fort Smelling, which we reached abb
| IL O'clock; were there received l.y par.
Of Minnesota regiment qatrteled at the
! IIon, formed companies Oh the bank ~ the
order Of our company letters, and narc!-
ed 10 the spot assigned rs our quarters.
about one fourth Of mile above Tie Fort.
Here we unpacked, pitched tents, prepared
/ and eat orr dinner, and took stroll To the
/ fort, ana other places. At this place ~
t,uri d the wife aud sou"f Geii. Lee OF
tei,el renown. Tuesday, three OF our com
palIies mlrchcd up to the Fails OF Mime.
baba. 1t commenced rail'ag whea We
were about half way I" the Fails, aiid We
were pretty we'll Wei consequently our
opinion OF the Falls cotrespoIl'icd Win oar
feelings. At hIs place The regiment Was
divided, the Gel. taking conranies u,
and f the LII. Col. Is. Z. y. Il aud Il,
and the Maj. Ccnlpanies A aud IL lie
Colonies headquarters Ia 90 at New Oi'n,
the L.. Cots AT Painessiln, aud the MAJ
ots at W;nnebago city. On "Wednesday
the oath the Col and Maj. with their com
D mics embarked on the steamers Favor
Ito ani "Aiis,n, AID it =. M stated
up e Minnesota river. Inc LII. Col. goes
tie overland route where bis command
will be sent TO different towns. Our resl-
.pent is pretty well cut UP, Being qu@riered
ut seven different places. but we are not
disposed to grumeIe. The other three
(ilant county companies are under Tue ~.
Col. At | o'clock a. IN. he 10th landed
ii the rapius, and tied up u'tll morning.
After breakfast Coz. Montgomery with
companies ID and I. uar.hed bait nlIie
up the river, past Inc rap dS, and e'iparK-
Ii on the Aloauy sinali boat; again start
ed tied up 1T potatoe fatch ~ : r'lock
II III. evening where we bad y feast OF
hoild paiat. KS, sc esteemed II iuxusl,
having had hard bread aiii meal slnee
I,a.iag I.aCrosSe. slrptl Al Night ~ifief lfca
where We had room u las oaI oaf ''ii'
leuttii. At sunrise next morning, on
poa 4 again and started for 81 pet-f, al
icloek i. 10. being about one mile rom
St. Peter BY land, We 'iissn'iasrkeji ''o'.'t
fitg from each company, and WIN martial
music wo marched 10 81. Peter. lie
Minnesota river il the most crooked river
ever saw. The boat gong i've of s'N
miles 10 gain II iniic III strait coar@e' sit3''
that night IA a iars1 wateiotsSe near ne
ia,nlh.a, teaK hreakts,t aud dni'er hefe,
atlo al ;je'cI ck'efnaencsd e'ty 'ih''eh l''f
/ A.s Uln: sfler alfcnm.. Sven Jules w
cane. To !. ,ieSe, ted Iafin is'u y, Where vs.
! o,l,rtcred for the ni-ht, some sleeping :"
| me house, Others inlng q - lgns ~ tue
arm. stable. .rluery, hen house. hog pen
i ash house and The rel IN the pot .toc i's1c'''
as for your correspon le.,t le insl 4 nlce bel
/ on !. wash bench feet - lenght by ~
/ inches il width. For brcilkf,st lextiaor''-
ins We had chickens % which We found
.uo,,,h for Ill. Star ed again AT q a. ~.
stunned 1T /, eat our ,.Isqer iron yur