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the integrity of aWe find the following' letter in the ^ Racine Journal. It is very icteres-in tiug. • c ;r*| • f rJ YJ? \Camp xeAr Mbmplii^, T£nn., | 1863. fA - *S A a9 w= As I have not much of Hiterest towrite tc you, I will give the lollow-ial ing which I received prineipally_ trotn a commissioned officer of the71 2d Wisconsin Cavalrv. I will makend the statement, as near as I can rccol-— lect it, as he told it.* »Michael Coleman, a member of Co. F., 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, and lor-inerly a member of the Belle City Lillies, of the old 2d Wisconsin In-f I fantry, while on duty near this city bo with a few of his companions, wealor out to patrol the woods aud lanes ind while the others were eating dinner. He had not gone far when he saw a0 0)butternut driving through the bye^ paths with a good team of horses and a carriage. The comrnaud “halt” =: was given aud obeyed. Your pass,sir. Said he had none; that he did not wish to go to tne Provost Mais shal as he was not ready to take theoath. Friend, said he, (the rebel), are you not an Irishman? I aia nd Good-hearted fellows generally.—■ Won,t you have a drink? Yes, bat you must driuk first, said the guard (lest it might be drugged) Bo*h id. drank lightly, each feeling that he— had an important part to play. Now,. be said the guard, you can-not go, through these lines without a pass,a * nor can you take these article through he without a permit from the Board ofIt Trade.—Friend said the rebel, I did not expected to see any one here,. but since it has happeuii so, I will 1S reward vou handsomely lo uassfme
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Manitowoc Semi Weekly Tribune
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Jun 01, 1863
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