Weekly Gazette
Elgin, Illinois
April 23, 1862

Col. E. S. Joslyn

Col. Joslyn arrived home last week on a furlough of twenty days. He is much reduced in flesh, and appears pretty well used up. At the close of the battle at Pea Ridge, as the enemy were flying, he mounted a horse which a rebel officer had left, as his own had been under saddle for three days. this horse fell with him and rolled onto his chest injuring him severely. This aggravated his dyspeptic difficulty, which has troubled him for years, and ridered it necessary to lie by by awhile to recruit.

The Col. insists upon returning at the end of twenty days, but it will be weeks before he is able to enter the service again. He left the reg't at Forsyth, some forty miles from Springfield. They have probably removed east before this time, and may now be about south of Rolla, preparing to make a descent upon Little Rock, the Capital of Arkansas, with a view to establish a provisional government, after the example of Tennessee.- The Reg't was in excellent health and spirits, and ready for any service.

Major Barry, who was sick after the battle, has become strong, is putting on flesh, and promises to stand camp life admirably.

Capt. M. L. Joslyn, who is just recovering from an attack of the mountain fever, accompanied the Col. as far as Chicago, and went on to Woodstock.