OSHKOSH COURIER
November 15, 1861
From our Oshkosh Boys in Richmond – From a letter written by Wm. P. Taylor, a private in Capt. Bouck’s Company, who was taken prisoner at Bull Run, we get the following intelligence concerning his own condition and that of several of his companions in captivity belonging to our own and other companies of the Second Regiment. The letter is dated "Richmond, Nov. 13, 1861," and is addressed to Postmaster
HALL, of this city.* * * "I have only received one letter from you or from any one since I was brought to Richmond, though I have written you every time an opportunity presented – four times, I think, in all. I am very sorry I cannot hear from you, or some of my friends. We of Oshkosh have been remarkably well, and since our capture have enjoyed prison life equal to the best of Yankee comrades. Some of our regiment have died of fever, and some from the effects of wounds. Among the former, Corp. Hamilton of Janesville, Charles Trowbridge of Madison (musician), Gilmore of Portage City, and E.L. Reed of the Randall Guard. Of those who died of wounds I only know Lottridge Furman of our Company. Graves, Stroud, Perry, Pitcher, Graham, Enking, and myself are in first rate health, and only long for an exchange, or release in any honorable way, that we may once more see the loved faces of our friends at home.
"Henry C. Weed was wounded in the arm on Friday evening last, but not seriously. A sentry in capping his gun accidentally discharged it; the ball came through the window, shot a man named Phillips, of the 27th New York, in the shoulder, passing through it, and entering Weed’s arm between the elbow and wrist. – Phillips has since died. The sentry is under arrest for carelessness."