Says I: "I think about that."
Presently another regiment came along.
"What may that be?"
I called to the color-bearer: "Throw out your colors and let us see," and it was the 21st or 22d Wisconsin—I have forgotten which.
"Wisconsin! Northwest Territory! Wisconsin! Is it spelled with an O or a W?"
"Why, we spell it now with a W. It used to be spelled Ouis."
"The 22d! that makes 22,000 men?"
"Yes, I think there are a good many more than that. Wisconsin has sent about 30,000 men into the war."
Then again came along another regiment from Minnesota.
"Minnesota! My God! where is Minnesota?" [Laughter.] "Minnesota!"