Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-07-02

kansas shore JUS opposite Yazoo Pass, a
again embarking, went into camp on the
of April, at Young's Point opposite vicksbul
wAere it was employed month in diggi
annals and like duty. 49,
i, N the I'd of May it set out with the re
ny on the grand flank movement
Of the ar. crossed the Mississippi, whippt
which Gp,xr sstern side, and establisht
the rebels on its e. 2He ON tooA pa
the seige of vicksburs works at jackson
in the assault on the rebel Hnts to ent'
and was one of the first regim, 'taolishe
the citv. its Headquarters being e. %arso
in the State House, and 1t. Col. Jeh>
appointed Provost Marshal. Moving theme
with the army, the regiment took part in the
assault on the rebel Notifications at Vicks-
burg on the ed, in subsequent expedition
up the Yazoo and fight at Mechanicsburg, and
in the operations which resulted in the sur
render OF Vicksburg. During the latter part
of July the regiment was again stationed at
Young's Point, Louisiana in an unhealthy po-
sition, and detailed as sharp shooters in front
of the enemy's guns
After the surrender and during the summer,
fall and winter the regiment was variously
employed in the vicinity of Vicksburg, and
during most of the time stationed at Black
river bridge.
After the return of Gen. Sherman from his
great raid into Mississippi, in which the 9Th
70 90 Canton thOuOh
entitled to 60 home on furlough the regiment
cheerfully obeyed the order to take part in
the Red river expedition, in Gen. A. }.
Smiths division. Its experiences in that
long and trying campaign of seventy-tive
DAYS have been too recently and fully narrat-
ed by Col. jefferson to need repetition here,
and an account of the gallant part taken by the
regiment in the subsequent battle OF Bayou
Chicot was published but few days ago.
The regiment left the State with s7S men,
1t has received 207 recruits, 81 of them prior
to last January, making 1,1s0 in all. 1t has
had about 40 killed in battle, and has lost
about 160 by death from wounds and disease.
On the lst of June it numbered 631 men, of
whom 400 were present, 3S of them sick, and
81 absent, sick. 1t brings back $40 re-en-
listed veterans. Some of those, alas, who
re-enlisted with the hope of soon greeting
their friends, have since fallen by the way,
and sacrificed their lives for their country.
The following is the present roster of the
regiment:
Colonel-JoHN w. JEFFERSON.
Lieut.. Colonel-WILLIAM B. BRIrToN.
Authenticated 7. SpRAGUE.
Quartermaster-HUGH McAULAY.
Surgeon-JosEPH Il. MURTA.
LIST Asst. Surgeon-HENRY NJ. MURDOCH.
I'd Asst. Surgeon-REUBEN WILSON.
Chaplain--JoHN HOBART.
Co. A-Capt, Josiah B. Redield, lst Lieut.. Chas
Christensen, I'd Lieut.. Jason s. Jones.
Co. B-Capt. Albert 4. Smith, LIST Lieut.. John
A. Smith, I'd Lieut. David Conger.
Co. C-Capt. Victor Wolf, list Lieut.. Thomas u.
Butler, I'd Lieut.. John Woodwork.
Co. D-Capt Benz. 5. Williams, LIST Lieut.. sam
q. Mcdowell.
vim III. Helms, I'd Lieut.. Jacob Settler.
Co. F-Capt. James II. Green, LIST Lieut. John W.
Co G-Capt. Charles P. King, LIST Lieut.. VIM. III.
Sargent, I'd Lieut.. Milton H. Doty.
Co. R-Capt. Peter B. Willoughby, LIST Lieut.. La
| Fayette Munsell.
Co. K-Capt. James o. Bartlett, 1st Lieut.. Theo-
| dore A Fellows, I'd Lieut.. Chas. Palmetier
The re-enlisted veterans of the Sth Wiscon-
sin regiment arrived ON the afternoon train
! Tuesday, and after a good dinner pre-
pared for them at MosHER's r; ilroad House,
marched up town to the Capitol Park, where
the reception took place little after six
o'clock. large concourse of citizens had
assembled to witness the spectacle. Flags
were displayed along the streets, the bells OF
the city rung, and a national salute fred.
The live Eagle, "Old Abe" and the latter
ed and riddled colors of the regiment attract
| ed all ewes. Since we first saw him at Camp
Randall in 1861, "Old Abe" has grown con-
siderably, and has acquired dignity and ease
of bearing. He sits on his perch, undisturbed
by any noise or tumult, the impersonation OF
naughty defiance. He has shared all the
long marches of this regiment, including
Sherman's great raid and the campaign VI
Red River, and passed through great mum
Der of battles, in which he has once or twice
had some of his feathers shot away, but hal
never received a scratch from rebel bullet
sufficient to draw blood. He is the pet O
the whole regiment
After the regiment had been drawn up IL
the Park, Gov LEWIS being absent, they
were addressed as follows by Adjutant Gen
GAYLORD:
Officers and Soldiers of the sM Wisconsin,
/ regret that the Governor, unaware of you
coming, is unavoidably absent, and therefore
unable to give you words of welcome on you
return to the State as the Veteran sth Wis
consin; and while rejoice that l am per
mitted to extend to you, in the name of thu
State, the hand of welcome, / also regret tina
can but so feebly portray the deep feeling
of gratitude that fill every breast as We wit
ness your return among us.
But three days since we were gathere,
here to do honor to the glorious old Second
returning to US from the Potomac, just iron
the field of strife and with the very dust o
battle upon their garments; and to-day W
welcome you from the banks of the Mississip
ii, with the CRIME of battle yet upon you
fresh from the contest with the same rebel
lious foe And thus, from the east and froI
the west, Wisconsin's patriotic sons are gath
cred to interchange congratulations, and re
eeive the poor need of praise we may bestow
And right proudly do we welcome you, IN tn
remembrance of your heroic devotion in tn
cause you have espoused.
Well may we be proud of Wisconsin's he
roes, for there is scarcely grand division {
our army, from the Atlantic to the Kansas
from the Ohio to the Gulf, where our State
not represented by some regiment of he