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- SfcovvlttK tiic integrity of a Wj*co»**n| . Soldier* IWe find the fdllowiTig letter in the Racine Journal. It is very icteree-i ting. ( I » ■ - v - ■Camp neIr Mimphi^, *T:4nn., )1 i, 1863. £jj • 7J: 4 . /• lt;^r~ ^: As I have not much of Hittfrett to£ write tc you, I will give the lollow-l ing which I received principallytrorn a commissioned officer of the2d Wisconsin Cavalry. I will make ^ the statement, as near as I can recol-» lect it, as he told it. %Michael Coleman, a member of Co.. F., 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, and formerly a member of the Jlelle City Lillies, of the old 2d Wisconsin in-' fan try, while on duty near this city with a few of his companions, wentr out to patrol the woods aud lanes I while the others were eating dinner.He had not gone far when he saw a 1 butternut driving through the bye* paths with a good team of horses and a carriage. The commaud “halt”: was given and obeyed. Your pass, sir. JSaid he had none; that he did not wish to go to tne Provost Mar.* shal as he was not ready to take the oath. Friend, said he, (the rebel), are you not an Irishman? I am. Good'hearted fellows generally.— Won,t you have a drink? Yes, bat you must driuk first, said the guard
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Manitowoc Semi Weekly Tribune
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Jun 01, 1863
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