Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-08-05
Later from Rosecrans, Army.


FT's0ners and Oessrters from Braoo,s ARM
Correspondence of the State journal.
MURFKEEsBoRo, Tenn, Julv q 1899
MEss1ss. EDITORS This, the a.
morabe day OF the battle of Bn,i pna
magnihcently atoned for in recent vice.
hnos the I'D actively engaged in the do
ties OF Provost Guard and picketiug o.
d has the former desirable post VIII
the other companies contribute their nro.
portion OF the one thousand men VIII
continually guard the approaches to this
stronghold. The extent of picketing per.
formed may be known by the fact that
the circle OF pickets extends a circumfer.
ance OF ten miles, with cavalry videttes
beyond.
The railroad does an immense amount
of business, and troops of conyalescents
crowd tie cars southwark, reioining their
regiments, while hundreds of prisoners
are taken to the North. Recently the ID
Brigade of McCook's Division, comprising
three Illinois regiments and one Ohio.
moved back to Nashville, their place being
taken by our Brigade. Strengthened bV
the return from the "Gap" OF the SD
Indiana and the 9th Ohio Battery, when.
Joined by the 10th Michigan, we are ali
once again united. Oar officers have been
released from arrest and are attendin. 10
the daily drill and other duties, and the
troubles IN the regiment ceased, at least
for the present.
Last week detail to the number of
sixty was sent out on the Shelbyville pike
for blackberrles. The expedition pa.took
slightly OF the nature OF a picnic, though
We placed relisnce Oh our guns tor protec-
ton instead of protecting fair ladies, and
in no
instead OF the light, easy carriage. The
whole country is one immense blackberry
field, and many a dish was filed before
the drum stroke signalled for return. The
results were equally divided among the
company, so that it might be said o: both
active and lazy picker" he who gathered
little had no lack, and he who gathered
much had nothing ,over." This detail is
immensely popular, and if repeated will
he hOnored with will.
For some unexplained reason. we re-
celveI no mail for TWO weeks. and felt the
prlvatlon. 1t now arrives regularly. No
class more than soldiers can understand
the keen anxiety pending the delivery of
the mail, and the deep satisfaction attend
ing the receipt of a letter from home.
a few days since the horses, saddles.
and pack mules for mounting the 92d III.
lnt..ot our division, were sent forward and
1t Is reported that other regiments OF
the reserve corps will be equipped as soon
as possible as mounted infantry. In no
other way can the last dastardly resort of
the bushwhacking-be checked.
and the scoundrels. summarIly punish
ed. quite recently captain in the $50
Ind. was murdered by guerillas and speedy
revenge was meted Ia the death OF two of
the criminals.
Eastern Tennessee refugees continually
arrive, having lett their wheat IN the shock
and fled from the tender mercies of tie
rebels. One old man said there were but
eleven men left in the county from which
he came; the rest were conscripted. kill
ed, In the mountains or in our army. and
asked OF Us only to have guns and to keep
oil outsiders, and they would restore that
section TO loyalty, and keep it so. 1t does
seem TO Us that the tiiIe has come for Us
to occupy and deliver that oppressed coun-
try, though our generals must know the
best.
The TullahOma trains bring in hundreds
OF willing prisoners from Bsagg's democrat
zed army. They are not,all Gennesseeans,
but as one o. them said, ''They were rep
resentatives of every Confederate State"
themselves tired Of the war am and 9 6oS "a
the chance to get out of the ranks. and
not few declared their intention OF don
ming the blue and trying the other side.
The constant succession OF Union vic
tories up TO the rout of Morgan is heartily
appreciated by the soldiery, who begin to
see gllnmerings of the right kind OF peace
and some prospect of return TO civil life.
The mob apologists of New York base
ly SANDER the citizen soldiery Of the re-
public IN comparing them with the scum
always to be found in great cities. VIII
sons ZOuaves may have been of this class
but what have they done and what is their
fame and standing compared with the 40
bic example the ID Wisconsin in the Iron
Brigade have given 1t is black heart
that breathes such foul caiumny. 1t was
not the voice of ambition, the rage for
plunder nor the search for wealth that
called our hundred thousands into the
bloody arena of civil war, but a high,
pure patriotism which scorned danger
when freedoms cause implored defenders,
and enduring the terrible scenes enacted
IN the drama of war from necessity, stand
ready to hail with joy return to the en-
Payments and comforts of civil life.
The camp of the 22d Wis. is alive with
the sounds OF industry, and to a stranger
walk through 1t and the streets of Muir
freesboro would be novel and interesting.
Men are building ovens of brick, construc-
ting hunks, cleaning arms, and making
beautiful rings and bosom pins of the pearly
shells Astounding in the creeks; trip to
town would show crowds of negroes,
squads of soldiers. trains of army wagons,
and from the windows of the court house
are gazing the disconsolate imprisoned Sc
cesh.
Sunday comes and goes unmarked
There are no tolling bells and well dressed
family groups gathering to the churches,
but the hustle of the week continues on
unbroken. Tie southern court houses are
the jails for prisoners, and the churches
become the hospitals for the weary and
sick and rounded, yet the ele-
CANT white steeples which shoot above the
eafy screen which hides the church, recall
the Sabbath days passed at home.
There Is report IN circulation in camp
that two men and a woman are TO be hung
n town this afternoon for the murder of
couple of soldiers. 1t may be only a camp
story. The health, spirits and prospects
Of the regiment continue good.
w. II. M.