Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-01-28
Condition of the Old Wisconsin Reg
ipueuts

The Madison Correspondent of the
| Chicago Tribune corrects the prevalent
idea that the older regiments from this
| State have been nearly annihilated by
deaths from battle and disease.
People read that on certain occasion
the ID, or the 9th, or some other regi
| ment that has been in service since the
beginning of the war, mustered only 200
or 800 men They conclude that the re
naming GOO or 700 are dead This is a
mistake The number that have actually
died in battle or by disease, though large,
is comparatively small with what it is re-
ported to be. There are always quite a
number of men in hospital from sickness
or wounds, and many have been discharg-
ed from the service. The I'd regiment,
which has been in service about twenty
months, and taken an active part in half
dozen battles, including both Bull Run
fights, South Mountain and Antletam, re-
ports for November, under date of De-
cember 10Th, $50 men and officers present
for duty, only eight of whom were sick,
and 31S officers and men absent, Of whom
POI were sick and wounded, and three
absent without leave, the aggregate
strength of the regiment thus being 598,
of whom 565 are enlisted men. OF the
losses of the regiment, less than half are
deaths, the remainder being from the dis
charge ofparoled prisoners or for disabil-
tiles many ofwhich were tempoary in their
character, promotion for merit, &c. AS
Indicating the good order Of this veteran
body Of men, it is worthy to note that
but one officer and one private were re-
ported under arrest.
The 7th regiment, in the same brigade,
shows by the last report received, that
for October, % officers and 343 men were
present, % Of whom were sick, and Alb
absent, 345 of whom were sick or wound
ed, making an aggregate OF I19. Since
the date of this report, many of those
wounded in the Virginia and Maryland
battles have returned to duty.
The Sd regiment which has been in the
Shenandoah Valley or in the vicinity Of
the Potomac most of the time, and which
bore conspicuous part in the battles Of
Winchester and Cedar Mountain, besides,
skirmishing considerably elsewhere, re-
ported for November 43l officers and men
present, of whom 40 were sick, and 299
officers and men absent, of whom $50
were sick or wounded.
The 4th regiment at New Orleans,
which had trying experience at Ship
Island and took part in the battle Of Ba
ton hOugS, ItDOEttu lOE -NONeIUoI ccS
present, Of whom 165 were sick and 126
absent, making its aggregate 707.
The 10th regiment, which Went with
Gen. Mitchell TO Huntsville, Alabama,
and mas been all through Buell's Tennes-
see and Kentucky campaign, suffering Sc
verely at the battle Of PerryYille reports
an aggregate of 706 men.
Our first cavalry, which though not in
any general engagement, has done great
deal of karrassing service in scouting and
guerilla fighting, and suffered much from
bad management was supposed to be
used up, but it reports some 900 men
and about 600 present ft fer duty
Statistics from other regiments might
be given, hut the above figures Of our old
est regiments, and those who have lost
the most heavily, show that the loss of
life has not been SO great as many have
feared.