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Wisconsin Boys at Perry vilie.The annexed is published in the Oshkosh Courier. It is from a member of Colonel Sweets regiment. ' It » tersely written :' JjAITLtFIELD 01' Cltli’I.IX HEIGHTS, )October II. 1 j Dear Father and Mather: I ant s*fe and sound. We were engaged in ft terrible battle on the 8th of October; probably Slie greatest battle fought vet. '* * * ria.uk Brttttu ia dead ; “lie had his kw amputated and died to d:v. Tel! Dr. Sefccn*I tck that Well. Millard fell dead on the : battlefield ; he fought gallantly and died honorably fighting for his country.- lie was a noble fellow. There nro only two j in onr company tilled; ' a good many ; wounded, '1 he killed in our company nro Elijah B. Showers and Loren Dud lev,’both of Fremont; they fell on the field. '•! The bat:le was six miles long. We I gave them h-ll, Wu iost in killed and ; wounded six or seven thousand at feast.—.L went over the battle field next niomingv j 0, vvhal a sight! [ do not wish to tee the like again. Rebels and Unioa men lay side by side. It was a h*ndito-h*nd fitrht, firing at ofto. another at bayonet . reach.Our Cofenel was badly wounded ; ho was shot twice. A rent many of onr men were laken prisoners. Ted John Jordan's folks, lie is safe ; bo was not in the fight. Mel, Angel! is safe; he wa$ not in the battle.pur Generals say the battle of SLiloft was no comparison to this battle. It was one continual shower of bullets. It was face to face, man to man, steel to steel, and the victory ours. Our Major fell dead on she field- A braver man never facet) the criemi.•d
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Manitowoc Pilot
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Oct 24, 1862
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