Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-06-29
It's Varied & Gallant Services.
ITS RECEPTION AT MADISON.

dispatch was received here Monday
evening that the Eighth Regiment was at
Chicago, 24O strong, and would leave the next
morning for home.
The glorious services of this regiment, its
long marches and gallant fighting, on widely
scattered fields, are too well known to the
people of the State, through the letters of
correspondents, the reports of officers, the
history published by Serg't DRIGGs, and the
songs of poets, to need recounting at length
in our columns, but we will give a brief
sketch of its history.
The Eighth was organized at Camp Ran
dali on the 4th of September, 1861, under
the superintendent of Col R. C. MURPHY,
with G. w. ROBBINS as Lieut. Colonel, and J.
w. JEFFERSON as Major, and the muster into
the United States service completed on the
18th 1t left the State with 97S men, on the
9TH of October, the fine appearance of the
men, and the live eagle carried side their
praise on the route.
1t reached st. Louis on the 14th. The
next day it started south on the Iron Noun
tain railroad, and on the goth gallantly assis-
| ted in routing 1000 rebels under JEFF. Thomp-
son, at Fredericktown, losing one man. On
| the 10th of November, after a march of l5O
| miles it returned to Pilot Knob, where it re-
NAMED till the 25th, when it Joined the 18th
at Sulphur Springs, remaining there till the
! 18th of January, 1852, when it was ordered
| to Cairo, remaining there till the 4th OF
March, when it was ordered to join Gen.
PORE. 1t reached the vicinity of New Ma
drid on the 10th. Thence it was ordered to
Point Pleasant, % miles further down the
river, remaining on duty there till the 18th OF
| April, when it crossed the Mississippi with
! the remainder of Gen. PLUMMER's command
and assisted in capturing the rebel force al
Island No. 10.
| Moving up the Tennessee river, it went in
to camp four miles above Pittsburg Landing
near Hamburg. Moving thence to Farming
| ton on the 1st of May, on the 9Th it distin
guished itself in the battle of Pennington
| for its conduct in which it was highly com
| plimented by the General in command. Or
the 2Sth it took part in repelling the las
| desperate effort to raise the serge OF CorlnIh
driving the rebels from its front in wild dis
order.
After the evacuation of Corinth the Eight
took part in the pursuit of the enemy, and OF
the 2i of June encamped at Boonville, z;
miles south, where it captured quantity o
| stores and remained some days. During tht
| next three months and half it was occupied
in various guard duty and sundry expedition
against the rebels in northern Mississippi an
Alabama. On the 10th of September it tool
mart in the battle Of Iuka, suffering, however
but slightly, and on the Sd OF October wa
engaged in the severe battle of Corinth, los
ING II killed, 50 wounded and Is missing
After pursuing the retreating enemy som
40 miles, the regiment was ordered back t
Corinth and went into camp.
From the ID of November to the 18th G
| March, 1858, they were engaged IN variou
fatiguing marches and arduous labors
northern Mississippi and southern Tennessee
In the meantime Col. MURPHY was in Januar
dismissed from the service for his sure nde
of Holly Springs, thereby defeating deners
Gp.Sr's MANS for movement into the heal