The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-15
From Captain Dripss
OFrIcERs' HospIrAL, MEnrHrs, TENN, !
Nav 31st. 1854.

| From Captain Orlpss
OFFICERS HosPIrAL, MExrHrs, TEKx.,l
May 3lst, 1864.
DEAR TINES II am still in hospital, -
you see by thu heading Ct this. am suf.
fering now from the effects Of surgical
operation performed on my eyes, but or
the mend as fast as can expect.
You will doubtless be informed by my
friend George Wood, If not otherwise, that
the Red River Expedition is at an end.
General Banks has made another Of his
mastery retreats: the Shenandoah Val
ley affair sinks to insignificsnce when COM
pared with Red River
The portion of the l7th Corps that vas
under Gen. A. j. Smith arrived here yes.
terday, and has gone into camp; for what
length Of time I cannot say. The portion
Of the 10th Of the same command are at
Vicksburs awaiting orders. 1t is very hard
for us to conjecture at this time what dis
position will be made of these troops, and
the Memphis papers are silent as to any
movement from here. but it is reported that
Forrest is somewhere in the neighborhood
OF Holly Springs or Corinth with large
force, repairing railroad, and no doubt he
intends to try another raid into West Ten.
nessee or Kentucky. Scouts report that
the railroad from Columbus to Corinth is
repaired between Corinth and Jackson.
Tennessee.
The 9th being in the 10th Corps, are
still at Vicksburg, and up to this time
can learn but little about them more than
we knew some time ago; fsrther than that
they were engaged in the last fight Of the
expedition, viz: Shreveport near the
mouth Of the Red River. The severely
wounded passed up the river on Saturday
of last week to st. Louis, on the steamer
A. W. Thomas, and through the kindness
of the State Sanitary Agent, Mr.. Dial. I
am enabled to furnish list Of the wounded:
Henry A. Bender, Co. E, in the left hand,
severe; Charles Hoover, Jr., Co. II, groin;
V. w. Sargent, Co. F, thigh; I. G. Ad.
ans, Co. X, side; Nicholas Betsinger, Co.
B, hand, severe; Alsheus Morse, Co. F,
left lung, severe; Corporal G. NJ. Wheeler,
Co. l, wound not mentioned; Preston A.
Kline, Co. G, heart, (sick,) also went up,
and George N. Potter, of Co. G, was left
here, both having disentary.
The men who have been through the
fighting on Red River speak in the highest
terms Of Col. GILBERT, and say that he
was always in his place along the line en-.
couraging the men with the greatest cool.
ness, moving around calm and cool where
bullets flew around like swarming bcea.
The Colonel is favorite with his men.
Through the kind exertions of Lieut. Col.
Lake, who is now On duty in this city,
nearly all the men, wounded and sick OF
the 9th, have got furloughs for thirty days
and gone home, where they will undoubt.
edly improve much faster than it is possi-
ble for them to do here. They all deserve
furloughs no better men ever faeed bullets
than they. May they soon be restored 10
health and again join their comrades in tbs
field.
Since commenced writing, very large
train of wagons are driving down to tho
wharf and loading up with supplies: this
means something!
Capt. Slocum and Lieut. G. G. Williams
joined the regiment in time to participate
in some Of the last fighting, and the Capt.
was unfortunately wounded, although not
severely.
The weather is getting very warm and
dry and the dust sutfocating.
News from the Potomac and Cumber-
land arrives as good as can be reasonably
expected. THos. G. DRIps.