The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-28
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Correspondence of the Kenosha Telegraph.
CAMP ON THE CuATTAuOOCUEL

Correspondence of the Kenosha Telegraph.
CAMP ON THE CHATTAHooCHEL
July Is, 1864.
Mr. EDITOR 1t is long time since
wrote line to newspaper, the hindrances
to writing, in the army, have been duadru-
pied Oh this Campaign. To-day, there is no
fighting, while all our sick and wounded
have been sent to the rear; would there
fore beg leave to send you paragraph or
two
During this campaign the First regt. has
had tgeJue killed and MORALLY wounded;
these include Lieut.. McVean, Hugh Green
wood and Lyman LOOMS of Co. E. There
have been about forty.fUe others wounded.
say about, for some three or four were
wounded SO slightly that they did not leave
the ranks. Of the wounded who went to
hospital are A. G. Keyes, Pat. Harling, B.
f. Dedeemer and Jas. Carey, all of Co. e.
McVean was the only officer killed Or wound
ed in the regt Taking the losses Of the
regt by companies, Co. E., as usual lost its
full share.
During the campaign our Division the
first of the 14th corps, has lost i'll killed and
wounded a few over 1000 men. This
know for have to report the record myself
at the Division Field Hospital The losses
in our Army must reach in killed & wound
ed, ta0eaty Thousand 1t has been an inces-
SAINT pounding with artillery and skirmish
ing with small arms, for the space of two
months, aud this must be understood as in
GLIDING the nights also. The enemy ac-
knowledge that they have lost as heavily
as ourselves in killed and wounded. We
have taken many more prisoners than they
together with cannon, small arms, stores
and about one fourth of the State of Geor-
gia including two of its most important
towns, Rome and Marietta.
The enemy declares that Atlanta cannot
be taken, but that they said of Buzzard
Roost, Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, and especially
Kenesaw Mountain, Therefore having driv-
ell the enemy from these, and other places,
during the campaign,we have strong hopes
that Atlanta will be ours by the first Of Au-
gust.
must tell you good thing Of a Keno
sha boy belonging to the 18th Regulars.
Last winter 1 observed a boy getting his
vetercn money from a Paymaster. asked
this boy where he had enlisted, as his face
seemed familiar to me. He told me that he
had enlisted in Chicago. questioned him
! further and discovered that he used to be
a Sunday School scholar of mine III Kenosha.
His name is John Cook-his father was alb
sent some years in Australia. John had
first enlisted as a Drum Boy-When he Get
eraniged as the term is in the army he be-
came private in the ranks. Well he was
placed at his post on the skirmish line few
days ago. His position was behind a tree.
His captain asked John to leave his post and
give it to him this the bold and good SOL
der refused to do; the Captain attempted
to force the boy from the post that he had
been placed to guard and defend. John
struck him over the head with his rnusket.
The next day the Captain ordered that John
might be-Sb0t ?-no he ordered that John
should be made Corporal. The Age OF
magnanimity has not gone.
We begin to count the days that inter-
vene before we go home after having served
our three years. The remnant Of this regi-
ment will not be ashamed to go home even
though the rebellion should not be crushed.
The old regiment is pretty well crushed We
shall lave about one hundYed and fifty Off
GERS ard men to go home should we suffer
no further casualties. Eleven of the old
commissioned officers remain including the
Surgeon and Chaplain. These officers have
mostly been promoted once or twice. We
keep our entire Staff of officers pretty full,
however, by promotions from the ranks.
Wis. Regis and batteries are as thick as
blackb,rries in this army. It seemed very
much Ike home, as day by de.y we met old
friends Most of the boys from Kenosha in
different Regiments and Batteries have call
ed to see me; and you may rely on it was
| glad to see them.
| remain respectfully yours,
j. Nc n.