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COK ii ESI*ON DEy VIS.but they ;d bulky tIsland Xc. 13, Ten:-.., 1 May 29:b, 1332. -j Ens. Sextixel : 'Leaving Cairo on tbe 20ib inst., at dusk we descend si tbc Father of W at-in,the steamer De Soto, now attach; ed to the Mississippi .naval service. _ Sue is i,iir.e boat,'elegantly finished,'aud w.l, be •emetr.bered by your readers as the onr occupied by tbe rebel leaders at the fcora-cacry, and too here to be curious. . Some few i I have collected) which I shall be jtliid to set home, tc satisfy the curiosity ur triends tbjre. •r'bikt waiting for a steamer for home, ( we employed tbe torenoon in a rambleOn tl followirHr a!.bardment.of tbe. enemy’sSo. 10., at the time of..their.anrrendes • IWelpassed Columbus apd'Hiektnacould obtain but a.partial-.view.-'oF- these places, A grim, massive., structure, was lying iu the water at .'.Columbus,' whichj upon our near approach, appeared to be one of the famous gun boats. • Landing at the camp of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment,, at midnight, we were., welcomed to tbe. quarters of the commissary officer. Morn-i thetent and magnificent.scale of the' works, plans, and fortifications of .the. rebels at the Island and upon'tbe main shore, as well as the vast amount of ammunition, storesj equipments, wagon3 c. Although now ^ni^. j some seven weeks has passed since the dfet 1 surrender, yet with all the industry of the 1 ;it j men at this place, but a small.part of the ilon.i property taken has been collected or fey? sported. At tbe upp°r battery, at tbs Fort, and at tbe landing.or. the Tennessee shore; some two miles apart, are large quantities, of all kinds, cannon balls, shells, and other heavy missels in huge heaps, left by theafter mulberries and dewbeiries, of which there arc a great plenty here; at ibis time. Peaches and apples are about half grown, and are going to be,plenty. .This post is commanded by .Col.„Heg, .of, the loth Wisconsin. Chpt, Griffith of tbe 7th Wisconsin battery and command, and a. com paay o f the. 2d.: .111 in ois - cavalry,.,, are: aiso here. . Lieut.' Col.- • D.“ McKee ' is - -in rad during- Col. Eeg’s ''temporary ahse 11 ce,—having goae to Wiscon si n.He is energetic and popular' w.i tir o filee nr. and men, and is one of those fighting'for principle and is, consequently, bound to succeed. Grant County bus turned : out '■ a splendid set of men'and officers, wherever I have found them, and she will occupy a proud position in the history ofitbis war.—r; Politicians-who are at homey coolly--calculating the success.of their party afterthe war is over, had better! stand from.unde! for old prejudices tire fast being, laid asidi and men are.learning by actual ob-iervi tlOn the real state of.things,'and of .the it stUuti'ons of the country-.; ■I must hasted to a close, as they ■.say the boat is in sight of the-landing,, bound, forCorrCoff their:.f of thes the'pr packirI will-trouble v, 'if - possible,1a.kenfleeing chi vsThe different breast works'aiid elevation 3 for cannon, on the the Island, are. to-day. precisely the same as when left by the enemy. The pieces are in the same place and will probably remain yet for. some time. Some of these, cannon were mnde by tbe rebel work's at Memphis, and some at other points in tbe South. But by far the greater portion . were stolen by . the chivalrous Floyd:and bis eo-wekers. Tbe , Island was occupied by a farmer, who. now i lives two miles east of here. He sold it to tbe Con fed rate Government-,, for thousand- dollars, in Con federate It was a magnificent farm 'having a large orchard of peach and' apple trees team boat channel 011 each side,, close.to its banks. It is liigb grciund, and 1 oil, well supplied with timber. All along tbe Northern'shore it3 coast is lined with batteries, and many of the grim black-monster3 intended for our destruction, are looking to the north. An extensive' battery, reaching across tbs western, or lower, end of the Island, has been built by our forces since our occupation, of tbe pi ace wh ic b com m a 11 ds ■ t h e ap p roac h 01 any hostile fleet from below. The surface of t'uo Island is very roucli ruffled by .the effect of our halls and shells,—now and then an immense hole and heap' of dirtstopping place. .War Itemsfought•'• theThe battle wh: banks of the Chick ah oniony; on ; Saturday and Sunday, tbe 31st of Nay and. 1st,, of June, was much. more.severe and destru. live than at first reported.- ;The- plan, - ws ■ well laid by the rebels.to; surprise : us . di ring a dreadful thunder storai.: .--And .di ring tbe first day of the-battle.-it succede wel I. They-appear-to have had every!b iii their own wav. driving:, bur troops..'bbfoirild-nfiisicapfulsecond)shows wheiball;es of shell lie scattered all over upper part of the Island, near the forti s, and on the east bank of the Island ground is perforated with holes, and is, in which the rebels would seek safety from the fire of our guns; enough ■ of these holes were constructed to-acoommo-5. the whole of the rebel forces upon the Island and shield them from destruction.some of our batteries. - D clay the tide'of battle was; turned in ' our’ ivor. We.succeeded in gaining the lost round ; driVihg the .enemy, fro.m the / field' ,-ith great slaugbter. ' T.h e: battic ;.'appe; 1 rs. 0 have' been an almost- exact counter part f the bat tie . of Shi loh.' - General 'JO;Johuithe groin by, a Mini in killed, woundedlt;1 ii! 8,000. Rebel !o: Regiment of-Wisco Washington on tbeie rifle ball. .Our .lossj 10,600A—The l'9tti' sin Volunteers left for 2d inst.—r-rThe inarch:of Fremont with bis corps,- wbenVcaUed up:ixtraThends Of tbesrl’ectly lim, foril offi-ffective 3 King f .bet terd King.disputa-propertyalmost undisturbed since they. left, tents of several regiments are still standi: Wednesday, upon receiving an invitut from the captain of the steamer Cham pi we visited New Madrid, which is two miles below tbe. Island. In going do the river wo passed by tbe ruins of f sunken rebel steamers the first is Grampus, which was their most famous, if not most formidable gun-boat. Itwa: boat; which so often approached- w sight of our forces at Cairo and . Point. We explored her ruins, as mu possible for us, considering the mud water, for some trophies, hut - were, -u: to procure anything valuable,—she hi capsized, and spilled her contents, together with her cannon, into tbe river. The other boats are, the Simons, Yazco, Prince and Mohawk.pretty much destroyed.meet after the famous sue mile below. The )mended by Lieutenant IE 34th Indiana rcgi-Michigjin batteryry. Without baggage or. pro vision trains, li e m a r eh e d b is men : 0ver .. one ■ ■ bund'red miles, and coming, upon Jackson’s -rear drove hisflying' columns' before .him, I at tacking them whenever and op port 11 ni.ty offered, until a sudden rise in: the Shenandoah made i: impossible for him to continue the pursuit. Aftg£tbe evacuation ofG.;rinlh. Price and Van Dorn marched :b e ir c om in and s . to -.1 h e west wa rd. ■ . Th ey-were pursued by Gen. Pope wbo: overhauled them ana captured 10,000 prisoners fifteen thousand stand of. arms.:— English officer, who deserted, • says that high Confederate officers told biro that when they left Corinth. - they had 120.G00 men, but when they arrived at Boonville, 50,000 bad deserted, mostly from. Alabama Louisiana, end Mississippi.Gen. Curtis is engaged in.bunting and dispersing guerilla parties in - Arkansas.— On the 6th inst., Forts. Wright and Randolph were evacuated and our guns passed on down the river, towards Memphis'.-—— One of tbe Tennessee' regiments. in ’the. Confederate army, whose-Li me had: expired, refused to bs forced to remain iu the service any Iongerthey wrote on their banners “Home or Hell.” They are now . ontbeirNew Madrid v by fire, by tbe en Fort-Thompson. Jeff Thompson, forces here are c Col. Cameron, o1wo otherope/*1np-a company of the 2d Illinois and companies of Cavalry, constant in and about New Madrid.Fort Thompson is a' well work, similar to those about Washington. Two long rows of the rebel barracks have caved off into tbe Mississippi River, and have gone down South, being the only part of their improvements here which they • saved. Some, of the buildings of the Fort Thompson are'riddled with our can.The battle which recently took plai tear Richmond is calied tbe battle of Sev-111 Pines. Onr gun boats haveiron cried lo within'four miles of Charies-xm by way .of Stone Inlet. Gen. Stev-jnj- with a force of 860 men routed' IjOOO. ; rebels and took possession of the :raili that connects Charleston and Sayan:——It is reported that Gov, : Stanly Gen. Hur.ter are:to be removed.e folio.Ax’s Headquarters,’! .t-—-o 63.];addretbeWbiie there v uade by our foidisturb-13 allow-volcano,destined than any ce.. God,aingsa histDolb which ill at theiff it will theland,irkln;is .surely' rs of-thisthe paste heard of.a fine -capture ues at Chalk Bluffs,; Ai-ig of a steamer'with Colonel, Lieut. Colonel, Adjutant, Major aud several company ofiicera and about one hundred prisoners. I have forgotten tbe names or tbe .captured party. This is news to us in advance'of the mail..In ret mini n'g, we b ad in. corn p ah j- ■ two men just from Memphis.—one of them was formerly of St. Louis, and was taken pris-; ouer with Jackson’s f.rmy,'mnder; --Frost, last fall, and was afterward exchanged and taken south j he was at Pea Ridge and has been ia the Southern army ever since.'He - has managed; however, to slip-tbrough their bands, and has by different ore texts arrived at New Madrid on bis way home. He says ihey are pretty, much dis-. couraged in the . South. ; He says, also, that Memphis is nearly deserted, p.i d that, they have all their sugar on the bank; in readiness to be rolled Into, tbe:river at the approach of the Federal fleet.- Our fleet on this side appears to be at a stand still, at For: Wright. Transport}’.-tion steamers are constantly running past hero, going up and down the river to the flu:ilia. There will be interesting news from tlia:-quarter before long, I think.—. Everything here aud a: New Madrid indicates ihr.t the rebels left ir. a hurry aud unexpectedly. Their tents und camp equipage cere loft as they flood, and iranvof itrrr. were much tom and cilapi-r.rmy I his even mg at' dross parade, was received with an outburst ofvocife: cheering from every regiments “Soldiers of the Army of tbe Potomi I have fulfilled’ at.least a: part of. prumise to you-. You are. now ffice to. with tbe rebels, who are .held at .bay front of the capital. The' final and .decisive battle-is at hand.. .Unless vnur past..!istory, .the , result ..cannot,...be . doubtful. . ,. ...If the. troops who -labored 'so-faithfully -niid fii'ugbt so gallantly at. York town who so bravely won the. hard, fights ,at- -Williamsburg, West Point, .Hanover Ccm House, and Fair Oaks, now prove worth of their antecedents, the victory is .snrel •s.. The. events of-every day prove, yoi leridrity. Wherever you have met th I my, you have beaten hi'm.. Whereyt you have used the bayonet he has give way in wild, panic find'.disorder..I ask of you, now, one lust, crowning, e fort, ..The enemy .h iis staked his all- on -.tl. issue of-, tha coming .battle. 1.Let .us: me. him and crush him here:in the very center, of the rebellion, .q .Soldiers!. I will'be with you battle, and share its dangers . ..with -yon:— Our confidence in.each-.other, is founded, upon the past. Let us strike-.the blow that is to restore peace: and u traded, land. ;.....Upon yonr valor, discipline and mutual. -confidence the result'depends,..George B. McClellan,:Maj. Gen. Como:■ Something-New in'Telegraphing-.—A ; new. feat' in telegraphing 'is to- be attempted, with the army before -Richmi»rid:' -Ttys' taking a telegraph instrument up in-Lowe’s balloon, aad by means of a ■ fine ;wire :at-' iached to: the -wire below, telegraph -froni the air to hem! quarters, to VV ashing ton; Philadelphia, New Ynrjr. St.. ^ouis and any in termed law point. Seated in the car, at Vi elevation of thousands of feel, und looking dewn upoa the rood foe, their movements cun‘bn reported momentarily I Washington. c., as readily-as tooilier pniut.Democratic Goveuxors.—One ago, there were sixteen Democratic Governors in the- United States. EIevlt;
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Monroe Sentinel
Monroe, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jun 11, 1862
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