Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-05-06

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COL BR1ANr's RECENT EXPEDITION
letter from Charlie Reynolds, of the 18th
Regiment, gives some account Of Col. Bry-
ants recent expedition to the Coldwater.
1t returned to Memphis on the Oath, after
an absence of seven days. The letter
says:
"We drove the rebels across the Gold
water, and had lively skirmish, our
forces on the north and the rebels on tho
south side of that stream. We captured
eight or ten rebel officers and 20 or 80
men also several horses and muless gx
~ssOur expedition consisted of three regi-
nents Of infantry, four or five hundred
cavalry and one battery-Ool. Bryant
commanding the whole. The expedition
was to cooperate with force that was
sent round by way Ct Holly Springs to at
tack the rebels in the rear, but tor some
reason or other no attack was made south
of the Coldwaier. Our forces arrived
at Coldwater Sunday morning, aud opened
on the rebels with battery and two reg
iments of infantry-the infantry concealed
in the woods and firing whenever oppor
tunity served. The rebels fired only four
or i've rounds of shell, bat their sharp
shooters kept popping at US all the fore
noon. There were two or three officers of
the SD Wis. killed and few more slight
ly wounded. One Major of cavalry was
MORALLY wounded One man of our reg
inert was shot through the left lung. 1t
is thought he Will recover
"After cleaning the country Of rebels we
marched towards camp, and arrived with
in ten miles OF the city, when orders were
! received to return to Coldwater and learn
what had become of the forces that were
| sent round in the resr. We were rein
forced with two more infantry regiments,
| one battery and some cavalry. Wei re-
| turned to Coldwater but could not find
any .ebels save major and few privates
| that our cavalry captured at place called
fernando. The niggers said that the
rebels retreated towards Grenada. On
our return the second time we captured
about one hundred horses, mules &C., and
about three hundred and fifty negroes of
| all sizes and shapes, besides several wagon
| loads OF commissary and medical stores.
| The weather was warm and the march
very severe on someI'
"VoTING WITH A WILL'-How SOL
DER FEELs.-We have been permitted to
make an extract from a. private letter from
soldier of Hooker's army, to gentleman
of this city, whom the writer had request
| ed to see that the returns of the vote of
| his company were correctly made out
| He says:
':We would not have one cast out on
account of any defect arising from negli-
I gence of the inspectors, for any considera-
ton. The boys voted with will and
| with determination, to do all N their
power to make those black hearted trail
tors (copperheads) bite the dust. rejoice
/ with you that they were completely whip
| ped, though | wish the home vote had
| condemned them as emphatically as the
| army vote. 1t would have beeu tar more
creditable to my State. What a glorious
! thing it would be if the people Of Wiscon-
sin and the other loyal States as mass,
had the same feeling about sustaining the
Government and crushing out this wicked
rebellion as the soldiers who have already
spent nearly two years of hardships, amid
| fighting and bloocshed. But never fear,
| the time Is fast approaching. The Gov
ernment will soon have the machinery in
running order, Old Abe GOD bless him)
| at the wheel, and L III warrant ne Will run
| those copperheads through by the hun
| dred at grist. Would to God we had
| 800 of the Northern traitors in charge OF
our regiment. Would not they get put
| through ?
"We had the Governor here one day last
week, he remaining nearly all day. He
| came rather Unexpectedly, indeed was in
| our camp before we knew anything about
! it, but the regiment WAS soon turned out,
| under arms, and the Governor reviewed
US out on our drill ground. After march
| ing in review we were formed In close
| column, when he made us brief but very
interesting little speech, promising ls (when
| the cruel war is over happy reception
among she blue lakes of Wisconsin, with
the dear ones at home. What day of
rejoicing that will be to those who live to
see it, but there is rough and rugged
road for all OF US to travel before we reach
it."
A NEW NEGRO BRIGADE.-A Negro
brigade has been formed in Gen. LoaAN's
division at Miliken's Bend. 1t consists of
the LIST Arkansas, Sth Louisiana, and 9th
Louisiana.
There was great crowd of applicants