Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-02-26
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From the Eleventh Regiment

spare time than because ] have anything
If Importance to communicate address
Won again consequently. if herein you
find little news. blame not your humble
scribe. but rather the monotonouS life we
are compelled to lead There Is no change
in the programme since last writing. Time
hangs heavily on our hands Every third
day we do guard duty. The remaining
two-thir,ls OF our time is spent in Sandry
WAYS. such rs reading the news, which we
receive daily in the II. Louis papers
l0unging round camp, and securing the
country in search of items Of interest y
This last mentioned amusement is by far
the most interesting. and is certainly the
best patronized of any | can safely ven
ture to warrant that there are not six of
our rei1hbors, within as many miles of
our camp, with whom at least that num-
Der of our BOYS are not acquainted. sun
dry sociablc country dances have been
gotten up for our especial benefit by the
Union loving ladies Of this vicinity, to
which the Badger boys did ample justice,
in 4 manner calculated To reflect credit on
our much loved State Though some of
the Missouri ladies are good, kind and
loval they fail to equal-in our opinion
the fair daughters OF the free North We
likely look through preiudiced eyes and
do Southern ladies injustice i if SO, we
beg pardon.
Some eight days since news was re-
ccived in camp that a man who had for
mcrlv been soldier in JEFF Thomson ;
army. and who had once been taken pris-
oner and sent to Cairo, but had escaped.
was at his home. some eleven miles from
here, when Lieut. POWELL, with eight
men, Immediately started out for the pur
pose of re-taking the gentleman. which
was accomplished after search of two
DAYS The prisoner was sent to head
quarters for safe keeping Yesterday
morning word came to us that he had
again made his escape Lieut. p took
two men and once more went IN search Of
him, but returned this evening without
having seen or heard Of the renegade =
This Is unfortunate, as the man is des-
pcrate character, and has been engaged
in bridec-burning and other yillainous
trauea ction-. for which he should be Sc
vercly punished.
Tomorrow we commence working to
build block houses at each Of the rail
road bridges in which cannon will he
placed, and it IS said when this is accom-
pliShcd we shall be relieved from our
present duty by the Missouri state Mill
tia. With this inducement to URGE them
on our boys viii 20 to work in earnest.
for there is not a man in the company but
what IS anxious to be Oft from here and to
he placed where we can hope for fight
before the rebellion is crushed About a
month"; it is thought, viii do the work.
when you may expect to hear of the lth
striking tents for ! more exciting position
in the grand army.
Last night there fell about three inches
OF snow, and today Is one OF the coolest
we have experienced this winter The
health Of the company Is still good The
measlc patients have All got bravcIy over
it. and are again doing duty. The
GARDINER Family is promoted to Eighth
Corporal and consequently feels like a
gay gazelle Of the desert, but wishes
all his friends t. understand that he
keeps the same company he always did 2
~ Ne pride about me, gentlemen. any more
than 4 common man
y day or two since my attention was
called to another letter in the IateIIi1ca-
ccr. from Right Bower. containing little
else hut personalities on the Tribuae. my
self Company f.. ami the Eleventh Rcgi-
mcnt generally | fear the author had
either not entirely recovered from that
old drunk, or was ~marting under the
punishment inflicted i'm consequence. and
his rage bcin. too @rc.t for conccaimcnt
must have vent through some channel
Circumstances considered. we shouldn't
judge him too hnrShly. for it must Ger
t'iniy he Notifying in the extreme for the
bravo soldier To have the brilliant pros
roet Of ninety days furIou4h to 60 to
. the bosom Of his friends, suddenly
transformed into three months condne-
mont within the lines Of camp We sym
Pathize deeply with our Bower in his
disappointment Our advice to him Is to
bear 1t with manly fortituIe and resicna-
nation, as becomes a good soldier. remem-
boring ut all times that Man proposes.
but God diSposcs
Cordially. Yours. .ScoreH
DEATH OF Gov. PrxNINGrav The
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