Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-11-12


church and nearly every public and private
house is either Permanently or for che time
being occupied by our wounded soldiers. As
we gaze upon these scenes of blood, y how
we feel the greatness of the price we are
daying for national unity How long? o
God how long,? No human eve can tell
when the end cometh of this only are we
ecertain, the right must pfeVdil---it shall and
sciH To doubt this. would be treason to hui
manity and God. ~
> The rebel prisoners taken were evidently
sthe flower of the rebel army. Many of the
prisoners taken hadsbeen in the rebel armys
as they asserted, SINCE the first battle of-Ma-
nassas, and were in she prime ofomanhood.-
Tn all respects theyyere men of average APP
Epearance, save one, their clothing; nearly al,
hcfficers and men, wore garments consisting
for the most part of rags and dirt. Some had
On u. S. uniform, and others a part. of the
ksame, which they bad stripped from the dead
Bodies of Union soldiers. One fact may show
the strait to which they are reduced: their
universal desire to~change their money Tor
|greenEacks or Federal currency. One, and
Nthisis an illustration of the feeling efsall, Of
feredsfo give SIS fora loaf of bread, and was
very glad to make the exchangell1
ThereEis buoyant feeling possessing the
army and Union citizens. and should, all con-
tinue togo well, there can besno reasonable
.doubt:but a glorious consuminatiof will be
REACHED in the not distant future. Abraham
Linc0lnis to be elected by majority on the
popular vote so sweeping as to surprise his
friends;s Gen. Grant is to take Richmond this
FALL, we believe, but if not then, during the.
4 y...kh C,.rs IIa "a 70 fol
there is no such word as fall Fighting it
out on this line," constantly supported by re-
Inducements, he must take it; it is a matter
of certainty. Then, as we believe, therewill
be general abandonment of the fortunes of
JEFF. Davis & Co. Letme say, not as a poll
tician, but as a christian man, one who be-
Elieves he has civilduties to perform, and that
these duties are of such a character as to be
embraced in his religious principles and life,
ethe candidate and platform of the northern
allies of the rebels meet with no favor here;
and the intelligent part of our army, and our
soldersgrank high as to their intelligence,
will vote almost solidly for Abraham Lincoln.
! Knowing that every citizens energies and
life belong to his country, be it ever ours to
maintain the old flag and the principles it
Asymhol;zes Il. G. HAMMOND,
' Chap. 9Th Reg't Wis Vol
From the Forty.Third Regiment. DIE
!. Guasdsag an important post Country infested
! acith- Gae7TildS-ZHe boys ready to cote as
isH as fight for Union.
HEADQUARTERS ADD REG. WIS. VoLs.,l
So Jacksonville, Tenn, Oct. IL.
MEssRs. EDITORS Having seen no cores
pondence from the 43dregiment, and knowing
many of your readers are DESTROYS of know
ing their whereabouts and conditional send
some facts which may be of interest.
After pleasant journey of eight days we
safely arrived at Johnsonville, Tenn, at'whichi
place we are now doing guard duty, forming
part of the garrison of the post Our camp
5 very pleasantly situated on an eminence,
commanding the Tennessee river and the sur
rounding country, and with some labor can
be made very effective, which is very neces-
sary, as the post is Of great Importance, be-
ng on the only route by which at present
Sherman gets hissupplies, and many thousand
dollars worth of property is now here wait
ing transportation South. Since we have
been here our picket duty has been very
heavy, as we are completely surrounded by
guerrillas, and they seem to be very DESTROYS
of testing the qualifications of Wisconsin sol
diers, which assure you thus far has taught
some of them the sad lesson never again to
infringe upon picket line trod by Wiscon-
sin boys The guerrillas have undisturbed
possession of the opposite side of the river,
and are oftensseer on the opposite bank,
which is out Of range of our Enfield pieces.
Last night, just after dark, some twenty, on
horses, made dash down the river, fred up
on our beats in lie iver. and left, none being
hurt. Our pickets are. continually annoyed
bynighs with theis firing. One of our gall
liant boys is now lying in the hospital suffer
ing from severe wound last night received
in the. leg, from the hand of guerrillas.
: During the last two nights twice we have
been insline sef battle, prepared to repulse
any attack which might be made on eur lines,
and continually resting upon our arms. Many
raids are made upon the railroad from here to
Nashville, sometimes resulting in the death of
the railroad hands, and the detention of the
cars for many hours. Some of the Add are
ually Qctdhleu W Sudru' TIE bfdlHS burOubH 10
Nashville. $3.50 ac1 s'H
Col Paine is now in command of the regi-
ment, Col. Cobb being in command of the
post, both being very popular officers, having
the full confidence Of the whole regiment.
In regard to the politics of the regiment
l have not the means of knowing the exact
number of Union votes in the regiment, but
from observation should judge that seven
eighths are in favor of re-electing Old Abe,
and by so doing, securing more complete
victory than the taking of Richmond, or any
victory yet won, since the origin of this
mighty rebellion. I Mans in our ranks have
claimed to have been reared in thes cradle of
Democracy, but since the elections of Ohio,
Indiara and Pennsylvania, they find the old
sails of Democracy Tapping in the wind, and
the old hulk grounded upon the sand bars of
treason, and about deserted by all loyal men
and surrendered into the hands of traitors,
and in order to save themselves from utter
disgrace, they are about to abandon the old
ship with its treacherous pilot, rather than
be dashed against the rocks of dissolution,
or submit to disgraceful surrender of the
first principles of American liberty. -
The following is list of casualties since
leaving the State. s.I