The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-06-04
Army Correspnndenc.

We have been handed the following letter from
a member OF the 9Th ILL.,, a former resident of this
County. Although it contains little news we
think it will be- read with interest by many Of our
subscribers.
PILOT KNOB, No. May 10th 1868.
DEAR BRoTHER.-I embrace this as the first
opportunity OF fulfilling my promise to you, 1 am
once more with the old 37th and lherfure at HON a.
| found all the boys well; l fell III with the Reg
i9ent on the night of the 18th of this Month. AS
is usual with them they were in the brush. They
had just returned from a chase inter the rebel Mar
maduke. While on that scout they run across the
noble old Let Wis. Cavalry. We Bristol and Salem
boys soon found each other out, as we all belong
ed to old Regis. that have made their mark in
this war ,.our meeting on this wild scout was inter.
sting Our boys speak of The first Wis. Cavalry
as being Bully Boys, Fighting Stock &C., which
IN The soldier phrase means a good deal. | do not
know all the datoils of the fight at the Cap, but
our boys say that they had IA hard scratch; me.
the old rebel MaTmaGuke, and drove him across
he ST. francis river, near the Ark line, then
lett him after giving a few shots as Il slight warn.
ing not to come that way again or he might get
hurt, The loss OF our Regt. was one Lieut.. killed
and one Sergt, wounded. Our boys say they
killed IS men and seventy borses; they
90 not speak very highly of the Nebraska
LIST, which were in the same battle withthem; l had
thought from what l had read in the ST. Louis
papers that the 37Ih had been out done by the
noted lst Nebraska, but the facts are these, that
while we the 37th) were in the advance engaging
the enemy, the 1st Nebraska were in the rear,
f,rcinr taapa IN dro,1 thaup n,, Do.;.a-A =:
infantry (but it is often called by the cavalrr
that have marched with us) Blacks Cavalry
sfrom the fact that our Colonel Black has often
marchedus by the cavalry. l do not know why
yet it is a fact that the cavalry boys do not lik
to be in our Brigade the reason they givei is that
we run down their horses too much. l do not
wonder that the LIST Nebraska had to have wagons
to draw them on tn at race after Marmaduke: IL
was their first chase, but with US it was only wha
we had done before, as Marmaduke Price s. Co.
well know. The boys in my Company were some
what disappointed when | told them. 1 had no,
killed any Copperheads; they expressed much joy
on being told that the people at home would take
care OF home traitors. Ofcourse we ali expec,
you TO handle them without gloves on, for if you
do not we shall have to take the matter into eul
own uduu5s anu you KNOW we ndO Tatuer stay ana
finish our work here first
Now Mr.. Editor before l trespass on your coli
umns further, l will tell you where We are &c.
At present we are at Pilot Knob, which is the te'
N mus of the Iron Mountain r. R., from ST.
Louis. The town is small now, but the time musi
Don come when it will rank as a large manufsctu
ing p lace, from the fact. that there is any quantity
of the best iron ore here,eyen now most OF the iron
used ct the great iron works at Pittsburg Penn;
is shipped from here. Pilot Knob can supply the
world with the best Of iron. Judge SO from the
tact that our Regt. have not stolen it all yet; l
may misjudge, however, for come TO think of it,
our boys have no place to hide their plumber now,
having drawn the shelter tents. Perhaps you
would like TO know how these tents are made.
we'll / will tell you; take two common table cloths
fasten them together, no matter how, iasten the
corners in the ground with pegs, put a broomstick
at each end il the center IN an upright position
and you have the the shelter tent. which the boys
call dog kennels, La Halleck.
Yours Respectfully,
WARRES WILLIAMS.
..-- $780,
II Ill