Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-08-12
Camp near Memphis, Tenn,
july 29ch. 1868.

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DEAR NIR Having q lew leisure mo-
mcnts Will occupy them in writing 70
YOU as 1t may he OF some interest TO you
TO know the Whereabouts and dolnes OF
the celebrated drafted mllitla OF WIS
/ don know os ! should have written
70 you ut this time considering the short
ness Of zine have vet to stay in the ar
my, were 1t not that there seems to be n
great many persons here or somewhere
else that have been continually, ever since
the 3tth Reg left the state, Cabling IN
the Wisconsin papers ali sorts of false
hoods that evil minds could devise, as
they think u The dis ,rcaIt of the officers
ANA men of THE r. q, and | suppose YOU
have seen more or less OF them. and Of
course you do not know but It Is every
word the truth.
Well, now VIII tell vou what i thought
and said Of the 3fth down in Dixie y hen
Governor Solomon was down here 10 see
Us the BeE't was called ou- and formed
into hollow square and the Governor
took the centre ond delivered u Us short
but very appropriate address. Ia the
course et his remarks he told u be was
the VrOudest OF the @+rh OF any keg- that
ever eft the stare. that from the time be
-ut {. Cairo until the present he had nev-
er heard anythta- hut Go0a ol the fe-.
that the comInsH .teT at Cairo hat given
the detachment rhat i-f been there great
praise Tor strict obedience snd the faith
tui discharge ot Their duties that at Co
iumbus he had Ike report OF the Reg.
from GEN AshhoJh-
81 r.A tz- ~ r.Ff-
Brigade c7mm-ntcr- says rhat our Reg.
is the quietest and most peaceablc Re-.
he has ever seen since he mas been in the
army, and he often saws Ia ms boys -
Why don you 10 - the 3fth does can
YOU DO your duty and be peaceable as
they do And the citizens on our part Of
j the Picket line say that since we have
+ been s5audInG picket they can 90 70 bed
+ and >ieen and ieei safe, but before they
could not sleep day or night tor tear OF
beng massacret or having everything
they had. destroyed before morning
viii next notice communications rub-
il>he,l IN the SldZs JolH','t- ana copied IN
the Mineral foiHt 4FtbhHe ol july the
Sth- under date OF June 18th, from New
Madrid Missouri, over the signature OF
/ W. ID
/ Alter gong on tor quite while with q
+ lingo that amounts 10 nothing, the writer
7 changes the subject, and commences as
follows The military force at this point
. New Nairid) includes the 34th and 25th
Wis Vol : under the command respective
Of Col Mills aud Col Harding. Now the
fact i, Col Mills or Col Harding never
were in command of either one Of
those Regts, neither were either O the
Reg + ever any nearer New Madrid than
passing down the river on a boat bound
Tor Memphis ana NicksburE, and did not
land a; New Madrid merely mention
tins as an example; 10 s0"" yoo no"
mueh 3 majority oil 'h'se Scr'DrisFs, VIII !,
ting @ the NortAern papers uLueTSt,'ool ol 1 .
"ha' tbey are Writing ~gou-, anu now
near they tel 'he truth uI'nGF on I'le
same ie'teF say NsGeHds 'LV "''teF
became 3hFoiuat"Fiy Oe'icHeU ". rom ms
commahu &c. arriving at % 'ull !. ous Ny
%c' @c Aiiii'ary matters "a fo'S MAJ
.ecA are ia most S.''iS'tel4'y cohii' ii'ioh,
'9e neat" ana coih'or' =, ~ ',s ~, men oeih-
'"o'oo-"is s''''T'isA :" = 20. - NOR t1'e
pop1i@E anu el,le1el' coLii iIA.1ii"c' % Tue
oE' Ae-' Ne--Sae 'Ioi u iiS men Nt.-
many su'! ana 'u' le" e"J'f Hc. Away
Win eatd uou>eise 'au hu uu--eI
Ness more = neL ~ com 'l',.i4 u 1ue I OF,
nor mas ne heea leT many 2 daEr anu an
l.e writer say ".ont 'ie matter from oe-
S.hain- O. SHo : I0S' as true a 'Aas 'he