Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-07
THE BOYS WANTED A SCRAP.
Inc Soldiers at Admission Have Internal
Strife That Results in Bl0odshed-Our
Boys sleep With Their Boots on
Capt. siibaugh Visits the Spot Where
the Brave Mcpherson Fell.

COMPANY 'M'' FOURTH WIsCoSsrN RpGIN rsp
| CAMP sHipP, ADMISSION ALA. Nov. 90 1898
FRIEND Observation-Disclosures day
1898, will long be remembered by ,-em-
bers OF the Fourth Wisconsin. The dav
passed off quietly enough until evening.
when the fun began. A negro and white
soldier had been in fight down town
the previous day and The negro had
come off second best The negroes re.
solved to have satisfaction for the sum.
mary punishment melted out TO their
brother the previous day. They man
aged some way to get cartridges for
their Springtields. and between fifty and
hundred stole out of camp late Thurs
day night and went down town. They
took position ia the colored ward.
known as Liberia, aud began shoot pg
promiscuously at the pale faces, who
happened to come that way The shoot
ing attracted the attention of the provost
guard down town and detail CT men
went up to quiet the disturbance. The
negros soldiers opened. fire on the guard
made up of Company @, of tie Thir
teenth Tennessee and matters we're very
interesting for a while. The guard re-
turned the fire till their ammunition
gave out and then they retreated, got
reinforcements and more ammunition,
but when they returned tho negroes
were gone. Three white soldiers were
wounded, two of them seriously, while
two negro soldiers ara dead, and others,
1t is said, are unaccounted for. Delus-
DRY tiriog was heard throughout the
city for some time end there were some
narrow escapes from stray bullets bat
no more fighting. A strong detail from
the Fourth was called out and assisted
IN rounding up the city and driving ell
soldiers to camp. It has served to
widen the breach between the cooeed
and white soldiers and it is doubtful
whether We have seen the end yet. The
negroes acted foolish and criminal in
Thursday nights performance, but in
| the ecd they will be the sufferers
Sunday night soldiers from some of the
southern regiments fred about forty
shots into the colored camp, and had
the negroes been supplied with ammu
milton, we probably would have expert
enced a repetition of Thursday nights
performance. AS it was it relieved the
monotony of one night. The old Spring
fields sounded grand in the stiffness OF
the night and soon orders came from
General Colby to send call to arms"
The men were instructed to repair to
their tents and remain under arms ready
TO fall IN at n moments notice 1t was
half hours reality chat was more
appreciated than all the make believes
of the whole summer and fall put to-
gether. About ten o'clock Gen. Colby.
accompanied by his staff appeared, aud
as they galloped into camp 10 the bright
moonlight it was beautiful scene. A
Call TO arms was sounded, and almost as
quick as | write it every company WAS
formed ready for action; aud il anyone
thinks the boysin Company NJ would'n
fight, they should have looked into their
faces at this moment. The regiment
was marched down short distance and
again marched back to their quarters
1t is very unfortunate that the
trouble occurred, but there is two sides
to the question. The negro soldiers
have caused no small amount of trouble
at some other camps in the south and
are certainly capable of doing some
very foolish things at timee, and the
southern white soldier places too low an
estimate on negroes worth to stand
much fooling from him.
The boys of Company M had all the
turkey they cou d eat, and more, Thanks
giving, and not only turkey but Gran
berry sauce, also. Our facilities for
cooking turkey are rot the bes5, so we
ordered thAm cooked at down town
restaurant The writer had the good
fortune to be- in vited to dinner in d gen
uine, oldfashioned ants. bellum mansion
in Atlanta, and was the guest of Col
Andrews and his SOD, Capt. Andrews of
the Third Tennessee. The former was
Confederate colonel and was wounded
after the surrender OF Lee. My visit
was made to Atlanta at that particular
time in order to see Otto Brown His
troupe, "The Milk White Flag Com
pany" showed there the 23d and oath.
The troupe is good one and only
makes large cities. Otto was looking
we'll and has an excellent position.
| While at Atlanta | ride out over the
ole battle ground, erd wished more than
or &c that | had son OF the sold boys"
f-om home along to point out the places
Of interest. Grant Park, two miles east
of the city, has one of the old breast
works running across it and some of the
cannons used in this battle are there.
Gen. Mcpherson was killed one and
half miles east of the park, and sue
ceeded in locating this spot after several
interesting inquiries. | first met
typical southern granger leading a
brindle COW towards town and he told
me it WAS the other side of Atlanta, but
after [ had told him about where it
was, he remembered very well, but said
it confused him when he first saw me-
and made him forget. He said he was
in the battle and / thought he was not
so different from northern man after
all. I next inquired of an old lady and
she told me it was a mile the other side
of Joe Browns store, and nearly tainted
when [ told her I didn't know where
Joe Browns store was. The Ct. A. r
} Of Ohio, have erected unique monu-
ment on the spot where General McPher-
son fell, 1t is simply large siege gun
stood on end with an iron fence around
it. 1t marks the spot where he fell from
his horse, and the pine tree that they
braced him agai ast while waiting for
the ambulance, still stands. A negro
| living near came out and pointed out
where the different armies were at that
, time and the old road that Gen. McPher-
son rode up. 1t was the most interest
ing place have seen in the south.
Oar popular WAGNER, Isaac w. Wal
lace, has been discharged on accouot of
, disability. Wallace has been a mode
| man and sold er since he came into the
service and go well thought of as a
taamster that he was selected as battalion
, and regimental teamster dnriog tue
J summer months. Private Lafayette
Sutherland was discharged on account OF
disability, and leaves for home by way
| OF Atlanta, Wednesday, Sutherland
was our first company cook, but has
been unable to do any thing but the
t lightest kind of work for the pat four
/ months Corporal Helgeson is mp and
r will soon be out Sergeant Mitchell is
still in the hospital with malaria Wm,