The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-10-29
rf'spo dsnce of the Ken0Sha Telegraph.
- Once More TO Dixie.
SOLDIERS HOME, VICKSBUkG,
nct 18th 1879 {

SOLDIERS HOME, VIcKsBURG,1
Oct. 18th. 1863. (
Once moro left my cottage home to wander
| u""h 10 Dixie, an found a great lush of bows
o""n Anuth 10 JOIN their regiments, after brief
Niah / Their home and friends As far az Mem
pms an "snt merry as Il marriage bel but here
ths ruieS 81 "arrequlred pass 10 be- procured
| 50 GO further south. Arriving at the Pruyvst
! office found that vas half an hour ton .nnn
Al the lrans portatioh office | waa told thpt the
| Weslm0 ireland was to sail that night but on the
levce found that the Live Oak was TO sail at two
p. M. Time being precious | went on board and
| found her loaded to the guards, but The Captain
aud owner was man that never secs dime pass
lila band without tear IN his eye because it did
not reach his pocket. so he rang and Whistled as
long AS box or barrel could be brought. AT
length We started, but she proved a dead Oak
The river was low and she ran on to every sand
| bar she came to. We had plenty OF time TO disc
cuss the questions of the day. Brough in Ohio
and Iutle in Iowa, served to while away the
| weary hours. then there the curses loud if
moi deep, of some drovers who had hogs on board
| bound for New Orleans aud it was funny to see
that, although they talk ed in French thew cursed
| III Engllsh perhaps English oaths are more em-
pnatlc' On tuesday evening, TO vary the scene,
the guerrllas gave us salute Crack, crack
crack, run jump and tumble [ think / never
saw such scramble. One man picked up a chair
anu held 1t before his face others rushed into
any opening they could find. The following is
list OF the casualties; The pilot house had one
square OF glass broke, q splinter of which struck
man on the wrist and nearly drew blood /; one
Ga rel OF apples shot neBf the bulge two kettle
mas "!lShtly wounded IN the pantry, and feather
pillow SHOT clean through. II was astonishing to
SEE what al immense number of narrow escapes
There had BEEN there were prob0 bly, twenty shots
fired, and about forty persons barely escaped be-
| ii'S sh>i In three days we managed to reach
Helena, and, having come to the conclusion that
! the pilot had bet that he could run them 90 hard
| oa sand bank that the male couldn't spar US
OF, SO lott the Ltpe OAK and took passage on the
I S0uh HeStern aud reached this place on Sun.
! day, at three p III. After obtaining my pass from
j the Provost 6 clerk son of Judge Noggle land
very gentlemanly) called at the Soldiers Home
| and found our old friend n1rs. PIummer and a
host of other ladies' busy, ever attending to the
comfort of the soldier boys, and trying to make
them forget, for day that they were cut off from
the comforts OF home. Nearly three hundred
had taken dinner there and still they came On
our way down we landed at White River and
wandered to the grave yard where l saw carved
on rough board, the name OF u Wisconsin SOL
dier, aas how many spots down south are halllow,
ed by these sacrifices ON our oUuntrys altar In
walking abou! the boat was struck with the con.
slant recur ence of the word mother among the
boys. group of three had just opened a DO
aud lii answer to "a remark from one OF them the
owner sad, y, mother did not ask me what shs
sh 'uld put up, Tor mother always knows what We
wan. This drew out an emphatic "Fhats so >
from tue lockers oq, 'Dear mother! how that
name cheers their hearts amid the privaiions and
horrors at var, Tne everlasting nigger, too, was
EheEy and heard r mark from ora that ought
t. nave ade some white Soldiers know blush.
did not hear what called forth thus remark, but
The hlsger SAID, II was there three eeks and
could not put on cleau shirt, but some dirty telS
low would sing Out See that damned nIgger put
t'hg Oh airs, hasn't nlgger as much right to put
on Clean SHIRT as white man = and the Niger
eurned away from the silenced group Well VIZ
as gaining experience, but at & fearful price.
ES SENEX.