Company, taking our citizens, as we learn it would his family at Hingham, entirely by surprise,
they supposing him to be in the enjoyment of tolerable health.

It appears that after the march from Helena to Little Rock, Ark., Capt. Hobart was taken
sick, but subsequently recovered so as to enjoy passable health, though not entirely well. He
continued thus until about the first of November, when he was again suddenly taken quite sick.
Col. Krez immediately on learning his condition, had him taken to a private residence in the city,
and procured the best medical and other attendance that could be obtained, but he sank rapidly,
and died in four days, we believe on the 5th inst. His disease was a fever of a typhoid character,
peculiar to that country. Capt. Hobart was not of a very strong constitution, and past the
meridian of life, but his patriotism prompted him to volunteer to serve his country in the time of
her need, and he has thus offered up his life in the discharge of his duty in her service as fully as
though it had been on the field of battle.

An escort of our citizens accompanied the body from this city to Hingham this morning.’”°

ARMY CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE 27th REGIMENT.
Head Quarters 27th Regt. Wis. Vol. Inf.
Little Rock, Ark. Nov. 3d, 1863.

Editor Evergreen City Times:

Dear Sir: According to agreement while in your City, I will now devote a few leisure
moments in gathering some items for your paper.

To-day is election with us. I have just cast my vote for the regular Union State Ticket,
as nine-tenths of the Soldiers in the field will undoubtedly do for their respective States; showing
that we can defeat the rebels at the ballot box, as well as those who are in open arms against us.

Our Reg't is pleasantly located on the south bank of the Arkansas, in close proximity to
the city, in a beautiful grove of Norway pines, which afford excellent materials for building
purposes, and of which our boys have taken every advantage; and we are now, or soon will be,
in our log huts, as comfortable as any soldier could wish to be. How long we will remain here
is out of my power to say: but while we do, we are going for good quarters.

Little Rock is indeed a beautiful place, and must be, from its high elevation, quite healthy.
The soil is sandy, and the country undulating. My time has been so much occupied that I have not
had an opportunity to make many observations. Yesterday, in company with a Lieutenant of our
Regiment, I took a stroll about the city. The principal public buildings are the U. S. Arsenal,
State House, and State Prison. The Arsenal buildings occupy an inclosure of some 40 acres of
as beautiful ground as I ever saw, with a fine growth of Sycamore, Oak, Cotton Wood and
Evergreens. The buildings are now occupied by the 43d Ill. In'f. The State House is the quarters
of the 3d Minnesota Inf. The State Prison, near which we are encamped, is enclosed by a stone
wall some three feet wide by thirty high, the enclosure including some 5 acres; it is now used as a
receptacle for captured Guerillas. There are a great many handsome residences, but what adds so
much to the beauty of the town are the noble shade trees on either side of the streets. Beautiful
females may also be seen occasionally, and the flash of their bright eyes reminds us of others we

 

'° Evergreen City Times, Sheboygan, Nov. 21, 1863, p. 1/4. A clipping of this notice is
found in Stannard Family Papers, Manuscript Collection, Old Wade House State Historic Site.

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