Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-06-29

kansas shore just opposite Yazoo Pass, and
4 again embarking, went into camp on the Isl
of April, at Y oung's Point opposite Vicksburg
where it was employed month in digging
canals and like duty.
On the Sd of May it set out with the rest
of the army on the grand flank movement by
which GRANT crossed the Mississippi, whipped
/ the rebels on its eastern side, and established
! the seige of Vicksburg. The sth took part
| in the assault on the1febel wotas at Jackson,
and was one of the first regiments to enter
the city, its headquarters being established
in the State House, and 1t Col. Jefferson
appointed Provost Marshal. Moving thence
with the army, the regiment took part in the
assault on the rebel Notifications at Yicks-
burg on the 22d, in subsequent expedition
up the Yazoo and fight at Mechanicsburg, and
III the operations which resulted in the sur
render OF Vicksburg During the latter part
of July the regiment was again stationed at
1oung's Point, Louisiana, in On 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 sth
took part, marching as far Canton, though
entitled to go home on furlough the regiment
cheerfully obeyed the order to take part in
the Red river expedition, in Gen. a. j.
Smiths division. Its experiences in that
long and trying campaign of seventy-fve
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 973 men.
1t has received 207 recruits, 81 of them prior
to last January, making l, lS0 in all. 1t has
had about 40 killed in battle, and has lost
about 100 by death from wounds and disease.
On the 1st of June it numbered 631 men, of
whom 496 were present, 38 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:
Colon el-JoHN W. JEFFERSON.
Lieut.. Colonel-WILLIAM b. BRITToN.
Adjutant-EzRA T. SPRAGUE.
Quartermaster-HUGH MoAULAY.
Surgeon-JosKPH Z. MURTA.
LIST Asst. Surgeon-HEsRY NJ MURDOCH.
I'd Asst Surgeon-REUBEN WILSON.
Chaplan-JoHN HOBART.
Co. A-Capt, Josiah B. Redhsld, LIST Lieut.. Chas.
Christensen, I'd Lieut.. Jason s. Jones
Co. B-Capt. Albert K. smith, LIST Lieut.. John
A. Smith, I'd Lieut.. David Conger.
Co. C-Capt Victor Wolf, LIST Lieut. Thomas G.
Butler, I'd Lieut.. John Woodworth O.,
Co. D-Oapt. Benz. s. Williams, LIST Lieut. sam'l
c. Mcdowell.
Co. E-Capt William C. Young, 1st Lieut.. Mar
vim II. Helms, Cd Lieut. Jacob Settler.
Co. F-Capt. James H. Green, LIST Lieut.. John W.
Greenman.
Co. G-Capt Charles P. King, lst Lieut.. VIM. H.
Sargent, I'd Lieut.. Milton III. Doty.
Co. H-Capt. Peter B. Willoughby, LIST Lieut. La
Fayette Munsell.
Co. I-Capt. Duncan A. Kennedy, lst Lieut..
Co. K-Capt James 0. Bartlett, LIST Lieut. Thee
dore A. Fellows, I'd Lieut.. Chas. Paimetier
The re-enlisted veterans of the 9Th Wiscon-
sin regiment arrived on the afternoon train
Tuesday, and after a good dinner pre-
pared for them at MosHER's Railroad House,
marched up town to the Capitol Park, where
| the reception took place a little after six
o'clock. A 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 fired.
The live Eagle, cold Abe" and the latter
ed and riddled colors of the regiment attract
ed all eyes. Since we first him at Camp
Randall in 1861, sold Abe" has grown con-
| siderabiy, 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 W
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 has
never received a scratch from a 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 AdjutGHt Gen
| GAYLORD:
| Officers and Soldiers Of tie sh Wisconsin
| I 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 9th Wis
consin and while l rejoice that | am rer
| mitted to extend to you, in the name of tn
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'
hese to do honor to the glorious old Second
returning to US from the Potomac, just from
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 Mississlp
ri, with the CRIME of battle yet upon you
fresh from the contest with the same rebe
lious foe. And thus, from the east and fror
the west, Wisconsin's patriotic sons are gath
cred to interchange congratulations, and re
ccive 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 Wlscons1n's ne
roes. for there is scarcely grand division {
| our army, from the Atlantic to the Kansa!
| from the Ohio to the Gulf, where our State