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MEMORABILIA 
 
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 Marches and Battles 
 
 IN WHICH THE 
 
 One Hundredth Regiment 
 
 OF 
 
 Indiana Infantry Volunteers 
 
 TOOK AN ACTIVE PART. 
 
 WAR OF THE REBELLION, 
 1861-?. 
 
 ...BY... 
 
 CAPTAIN E. J. SHERLOCK. 
 
TO THE READER. 
 
 I have in my possession at this date four books which I car 
 ried during the entire term of my service in the War of 1861-5. 
 
 In these books I made daily, in my own handwriting, in 
 chronological order, memorabilia of such occurrences as came under 
 my personal observation, and such as came to my knowledge from 
 diiect and authentic sources 
 
 The facts so recorded by me constitute the basis of this book. 
 In many respects I have embellished my own account of particular 
 events with extracts from the Records of the Union and Confederate 
 armies, published by the Government, and have cited the volume and 
 page in support of the truthfulness thereof. The book has been 
 prepared in great haste and many difficulties had to be over 
 come. There may be some errors in it, but none are admitted unless 
 shown to be such, by the Government records. No claim whatever 
 is made for literary excellence. Doubtless the memory of many 
 members of the Command will not coincide with some of the facts 
 herein stated. If such should be the case, I only ask the reader to 
 reserve his decision until he has examined the official records. 
 
 I have endeavored herein not to exalt one man above an 
 other, but to write the truth concerning each man s military record, 
 as far as he has put me in possession of the facts relating thereto, 
 and as far as I could learn the same from the Regimental Records. I 
 feel grateful to my Comrades for the many expressions of kindness 
 which I have received from them. 
 
 E. J. SHERLOCK. 
 Kansas City, Missouri, September, 1896. 
 
 M18832S 
 
PRESS OF 
 
 GERARD -WOODY PRINTING Co , 
 KANSAS CITY Mo. 
 
Outbreak of the Rebellion. 
 
 For many years prior to the outbreak of the 
 Rebellion the people of the North and South had 
 been divided upon the question of human slav 
 ery. The latter favored its continuance in the 
 slave states and its extension to the territories. 
 To this the sentiment of the people of the North 
 was not only opposed, but was in favor of the 
 abolition of slavery within the slave states. Some 
 of the leaders of the South for years had con 
 templated the withdrawal or secession of the 
 slave states from the Union and the establish 
 ment of a separate government, whose corner 
 stone was to be human slavery. 
 
 The agitation of these questions produced a 
 state of sectional feeling and animosity between 
 the people of the North and South, which event 
 ually culminated in secession and the Civil War 
 of 1861-5. 
 
 Including December 3, 1859, more than a 
 year before hostilities actually began, there had 
 been transferred, by order of President Buchanan s 
 Secretary of War, one hundred and twenty-rive 
 thousand stand of arms from the armories and 
 arsenals in the North to those of the South. The 
 object was to disarm the former and arm the 
 latter. This was so quietly done that but few 
 persons knew of it at the time. The secretary 
 had also sold about fifty thousand stand of arms 
 to the Southern States and sundry individuals in 
 the South, at $2. 50 each, without" the consent of 
 the Congress. 
 
Governor Gist of South Carolina, on Octo 
 ber 5, 1860, addressed a confidential letter to the 
 governors of the Southern States, in which he re 
 quested them severally to communicate to him 
 their opinions in regard to the secession of their re 
 spective states from the Union, in case Abraham 
 Lincoln was elected to the Presidency. In this 
 letter, speaking for South Carolina, he said: 
 
 tk lf a single state secedes, South Carolina 
 will follow. 1 North Carolina answered, that the 
 people of that state did not consider the election 
 of Mr. Lincoln a sufficient justification for seces 
 sion. Alabama answered, that it would not go 
 out of the Union alone, but would, with two or 
 more other states. Mississippi answered, that if any 
 state moved for secession, it would follow her. 
 The Governor of Louisiana answered, that he 
 would not advise the secession of his state. The 
 Governor of Georgia said, that the people of that 
 state would await some overt act of the Lincoln 
 government. The Governor of Florida answered, 
 that his state was "ready to wheel into line, with 
 the gallant Palmetto State, or any other cotton 
 state or states. 11 
 
 On the 5th of November, 1860, the Governor 
 of South Carolina sent a message to the Legisla 
 ture of that State (then in session) recommending 
 the purchase of arms and war material and the 
 calling of a State convention; which, being 
 called, convened at Columbia, December 17, 
 1860, from whence it adjourned to Charleston, 
 and on the 2oth of December, 1860, it passed an 
 ordinance of secession in the following words: 
 
 "We, the people of the State of South 
 Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and 
 ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, 
 
that the ordinance adopted by us in convention, 
 on the 2^d day of May, in the year of our Lord, 
 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United 
 States of America was ratified, and also all acts 
 and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this 
 State, ratifying amendments of the said constitu 
 tion, are hereby repealed, and that the Union 
 now subsisting between South Carolina and the 
 other States under the name of the United States 
 of America is hereby dissolved. 71 (Ser. i, p 110.) 
 
 On the same clav the Secretary of War or 
 dered one hundred and ten (110) Columbiads 
 and eleven (n) thirty-two pounders to be 
 shipped from the arsenal at Pittsburg to different 
 points in the South, but this shipment was pre 
 vented by citizens of Pennsylvania. There were 
 many forts and navy yards along the South 
 Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on the rivers, and 
 large arsenals were located in many of the cities 
 of the South, which were all supplied with arms 
 and munitions of war, by stripping those of the 
 North, and the militia in the Southern States 
 were organized into regiments and battalions, 
 drilled, armed and equipped and were ready for 
 the field in 1860, before any State had seceded. 
 
 On December 22d, the South Carolina con 
 vention made an order: ; That three commis 
 sioners, to be elected by a ballot of the convention, 
 be directed to proceed forthwith to Washington, 
 authorized and empowered to treat with the gov 
 ernment of the United States for the delivery of 
 the forts, magazines, light houses and other real 
 estate, with their appurtenances, within the lim 
 its of South Carolina, and also for an apportion 
 ment of the public debt, and for a division of all 
 other property held by the government of the 
 
United States, as agent of the Confederate 
 States, of which South Carolina was recently a 
 member, and generally to negotiate as to all 
 other measures and arrangements proper to be 
 made and adopted in the existing relations of the 
 parties, and for the continuance of peace and am 
 ity between this commonwealth and the govern 
 ment at Washington. 11 These Commissioners 
 were elected and received their authority under 
 the seal of the State of South Carolina and pro 
 ceeded to Washington. (Ser. i, p. in.) 
 
 On the 26th of December, 1860, the girri- 
 son of Fort Moultrie, under command of Major 
 Robert Anderson, moved into Fort Sumter, in 
 Charleston Harbor. This did not please the 
 Governor of South Carolina, and on the 2/th he 
 "courteously, but peremptorily, 11 demanded that 
 Major Anderson should transfer the garrison 
 from Fort Sumter back to Fort Moultrie. This 
 was refused. The Governor replied, that there 
 was an understanding with President Buchanan 
 that "no reinforcements were to be sent to any 
 of these forts, and particularly to this one, 11 and 
 that Major Anderson had violated this agreement 
 by moving to Fort Sumter. The Governor was 
 reminded by Major Anderson that he had moved 
 his command from one fort to another in the 
 same harbor, which he had a lawful right to 
 do. 
 
 During the afternoon of the 27th two steam 
 ers "took possession by escalade of Castle Pinek- 
 ney 11 and of Fort Moultrie at night, both by 
 South Carolina State troops. This was tlu tiist 
 sei/ure of government property by the Confed 
 erates. (Se. i, Vol., I. p. 3.) 
 
 On the 28th, after the seizure of these two 
 
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forts, the three Commissioners presented an ad 
 dress to President James Buchanan, declaring 
 their readiness to "negotiate, 71 "with the earnest 
 desire to avoid all unnecessary and hostile col 
 lision. 11 But which they then declared to be im 
 possible, in the light of the events of the last 
 twenty-four hours, because they said to the Pres 
 ident: 
 
 That "since our arrival, an officer of the 
 United States * * * not only without, but 
 against your orders, has dismantled one fort and 
 occupied another 11 (referring to AnclersorTs evac 
 uation of Fort Moultrie and occupation of Fort 
 Sumter ). The Commissioners urged the Presi 
 dent to immediately withdraw the United States 
 forces from Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor, 
 because, they said, "Under present circumstan 
 ces, they are a standing menace to South Caro 
 lina, which renders negotiations impossible and 
 * * * threatens speedily to bring to a bloody 
 issue questions which ought to be settled with 
 temperance and judgment. 1 
 
 After three days President Buchanan an 
 swered the Commissioners, stating among other 
 things, that his "position 11 as President of the 
 United States "was clearly defined in his mes 
 sage to the congress on the 3d instant, 1 a portion 
 of which was: 
 
 That "apart from the execution of the laws, 
 so far as this may be practical, the executive has 
 no authority to decide what shall be the relations 
 between the Federal Government and South Car 
 olina, 11 and that it was his duty to submit the 
 whole controversy to congress in all its bearings, 
 and that if any attempt was made to expel the 
 United States authorities from the properties 
 
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which belong to the United States in Charleston 
 Harbor, the officer in charge has orders to act on 
 the defensive, and the President informed the 
 Commissioners that he had information dated the 
 28th, that "the Palmetto flag floated out to the 
 breeze at Castle Pinckney, and that a large mili 
 tary force went over last night ( the 27th) to Fort 
 Moultrie 1 and that the South Carolinians have cov 
 ered the Federal forts with their own flag, instead 
 of that of the United States, and that he cannot 
 conceive how a reinforcement of Sumter can be a 
 menace to Charleston. (Ser. i, p. 115.) 
 
 December 31, General Scott ordered the 
 sloop of war Brooklyn, lying at Fort Monroe, to 
 reinforce Fort Sumter with men, arms and am 
 munition, "as secretly and confidentially as pos 
 sible/ 1 and on the same day Major Anderson re 
 ported great activity among the South Carolini 
 ans in Charleston harbor, and on the 28th a body 
 surrounded the United States arsenal. On the 
 29th sentinels were placed around it, and on the 
 3oth, before the President had made his answer 
 to the Commissioners, the arsenal in Charleston, 
 and all it contained was seized by the 171!! Regi 
 ment Infantry S. C. M. "in the name of the 
 State of South Carolina and by order of Governor 
 Pickens, 11 at 10:30 A. M. This was the second 
 seizure of Government property. On the ist 
 day of January, 1861, the Commissioners replied 
 at great length to the President s answer. The 
 burden of their reply was to charge the President 
 with acting in bad faith with South Carolina, and 
 that his answer not only left them without any 
 hope for the withdrawal of the troops from Fort 
 Sumter, but that the garrison would be rein 
 forced, and they endeavored to torture the ac- 
 
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tion of Major Anderson, in removing the garri 
 son from Moultrie to Sumter, into an act of 
 war against the people of South Carolina. 
 (Serial i, part i, page 124.) 
 
 On the second, Fort Johnson, in Charleston 
 Harbor, was seized by South Carolina State 
 troops. This was the third seizure of Govern 
 ment property. General Scott ordered the A. 
 A. G. to reinforce Sumter with 200 men and 
 three months subsistence, and directed that if 
 any vessel carrying the same should be fired 
 upon in Charleston Harbor, that the vessel should 
 use her guns to silence such rire. On the 4th 
 the "Star of the West 1 was engaged to carry 
 the reinforcements to Fort Sumter, and on the 
 5th, two hundred men were ordered from Fort 
 Columbus, under command of Lieutenant Charles 
 R. Woods, to be shipped on board the "Star of 
 the West 1 to reinforce Sumter. 
 
 On the 5th of January, 1861, a remarkable 
 Council of Southern Senators was secretly con 
 vened at Washington, which at once assumed 
 "the powers of a revolutionary Junta. 11 It met 
 in one of the rooms of the Capitol, on the night 
 of the above date. It was composed of the 
 senators from seven Southern States: Florida, 
 Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar 
 kansas and Texas. Fourteen senators were 
 present. It was decided at that meeting to re 
 commend the secession of their respective States, 
 and the holding of a convention at Montgomery, 
 Alabama, February 15, 1861. The proceedings 
 were secret. Complete orders and instructions 
 were promulgated as to the manner in which all 
 the forts and arsenals in the South were to be 
 seized. 
 
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There is no doubt but that at this remarkable 
 Council of Southern Senators it was determined 
 that R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, was to be 
 President of the new Confederacy and Jefferson 
 Davis Secretary of War. The latter, by train 
 ing and education, was supposed to be well fitted 
 for that position. (Secret I list. Confederacy, by 
 Pollard, pages 61-2.) 
 
 The "Star of the West 71 reached Charleston 
 Harbor on the morning of the 9th of January, 
 1861. She was tired upon when she attempted 
 to enter the harbor, by the batteries on Morris 
 Island. Major Anderson sent an inquiry to the 
 Governor of South Carolina, asking if the vessel 
 had been tired upon by his orders, and stating 
 that if it be not disclaimed, the act would be re 
 garded as an act of war. This was the first 
 shot fired in the Rebellion. 
 
 Governor Pickens promptly answered at 
 great length, reciting the new relations which he 
 insisted South Carolina then sustained to the 
 Federal Government from a Confederate stand 
 point, insisting that the attempt to reinforce Fort 
 Sumter was an Act of War against South Caro 
 lina. The vessel on account of being fired upon 
 did not reach Fort Sumter, and the fort was 
 not reinforced or furnished with subsistence. 
 
 On the nth a commission from Governor 
 Pickens demanded the surrender of Ft. Sumter, 
 which being refused, was modified, so as to have 
 it understood that they desired to send a joint 
 commission to Washington, which was also re 
 fused. The United States Government notified 
 Major Anderson that the act of firing upon the 
 "Star of the West 17 was an act of war, and that 
 his forbearance to return the tire was approved 
 
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Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 From an old war times photograph.) 
 
by the President and the Secretary of War. This 
 was the first demand for the surrender of Fort 
 Sumter. So the first seizures of forts and other 
 Government property, and the first shots were 
 fired and the war was actually begun before Mr. 
 Lincoln was inaugurated, and all through the 
 month of January the South Carolinians were 
 fortifyng the harbor at Charleston, 
 
 The Confederate Convention assembled at 
 Montgomery, Alabama, on the i5th. Mr. 
 Hunter was indiscreet enough to broach the sub 
 ject that there might yet be a peaceable and 
 amicable settlement of the differences between 
 the North and the South. This act on his part 
 lost him the respect of the convention, and he 
 was at once dropped as the prospective President 
 of the new Confederacy and Jefferson Davis was 
 elevated at once to the position of its champion. 
 (Pollard s Secret History of the Confederacy, 
 page 65. ) 
 
 On the i yth of February the Confederate 
 Congress assumed control of all questions relat 
 ing to forts and arsenals. Major Anderson, in 
 Fort Sumter, in obedience to orders, acted 
 strictly on the defensive. All through the month 
 of February work had been carried on night and 
 day fortifying Charleston Harbor by the Con 
 federates, and a constant watch was kept on Fort 
 Sumter to prevent reinforcements being landed 
 by small boats in the night time. Every act of 
 the Government at Washington was observed by 
 spies and quickly made known to the Southern 
 leaders. All through the month of March the 
 Confederate War Department was extraordinarily 
 active. General Beauregard was in command at 
 Charleston. 
 
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On the 4th of March, 1861, Abraham Lin 
 coln was inaugurated President of the United 
 States, and at once proceeded to discharge the 
 duties of that great office under the most trying 
 circumstances. 
 
 On the 8th of April, 1861, President Lincoln 
 determined that Fort Sumter should be reinforced, 
 and so notified Governor Pickcns by messenger. 
 The Confederate Secretary of War dispatched to 
 Beauregard from Montgomery, that "Under no 
 circumstances are you to allow provisions to be 
 sent to Fort Sumter. 17 "Diplomacy has failed, 
 the sword must now preserve our independence. 1 
 
 A demand for the evacuation of Fort Sum 
 ter was made at 2 p. M. on the i ith, and the com 
 mandant was allowed until 6 p. M. to answer. 
 Major Anderson refused to surrender the fort. 
 At 4 p. M. on the i ith, the Confederate batteries 
 were reported readv to fire on Sumter. At 3:20 
 A. M. on the i 2th, Major Anderson was notified 
 that the bombardment of Fort Sumter would be 
 gin in one hour. Accordingly the bombardment 
 began at 4:30 A. M. on April i2th, 1861. The 
 first shot was fired from the mortar battery on 
 James Island, after which the fire soon became 
 general from all the batteries. The total num 
 ber of guns trained on Sumter was 30 and 1 7 
 mortars. The total available guns in Fort Sum 
 ter was 48. The fort was set on fire by the red 
 hot shot and the quarters burned. The garrison 
 surrendered on the i^th. One man was killed 
 and four wounded. The surrender took place at 
 1:15 p. M. (Ser. i, page 15, Ft. Seq.) 
 
 Two days after the surrender of Sumter, 
 President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 
 75,000 volunteers for three months. Under this 
 
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call the States furnished 91,816 men, or an excess 
 of nearly 17,000 men. In the meantime the Con 
 federates were putting forth all their energy to 
 supply men and means to carry on the war. On 
 the 3d day of May the President called for an ad 
 ditional levy of 500,000. Under this call 700,000 
 men were furnished. 
 
 During the period from July 2ist to Decem 
 ber 2oth, 1 86 1, b:>th parties put forth every ef 
 fort in preparing for war. On the 2ist of July 
 the battle of Bull Run was fought. In that en 
 gagement the Union loss was 474 killed and 
 1,071 wounded. Total killed and wounded on 
 the Union side, i,S45- The Confederates lost 
 387 killed and 1,582 wounded. Total, 1,969. 
 The Confederate loss in killed and wounded ex 
 ceeded that of the Union Army by 424. The 
 Union Army had 87 more killed, but the Con 
 federates had 511 more wounded. Although the 
 Confederates suffered the greater loss in killed 
 and wounded, yet the battle was a great disaster 
 to the North. No military advantages resulted 
 to either party, so far as position or territory was 
 concerned, but the Union troops fell into disor 
 der and retreated. The effect of the battle upon 
 the Union Army and the Union cause was very 
 depressing, and a corresponding feeling of buoy 
 ancy pervaded the Confederates. 
 
 Beginning with the bombardment of Fort 
 Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April i2th and 
 1 3th by the Confederate batteries on that side, 
 and the United States forces under Major An 
 derson on the other, and ending with the encoun 
 ter on December 28, 1861, at Mount Zion, Mis 
 souri, there were fought during that year (156) 
 one hundred and lifty-six engagements, the more 
 
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important of which, together with the losses on 
 each side respectively, were as follows: 
 
 FED. CON. 
 
 LOSS. LOSS. 
 
 July 21, ist Bull Run, Va., K. & W.. 1,545 
 
 Aug. 10, Wilson s Creek, Mo i, 2 35 T 95 
 
 Oct. 3, Green Briar, W. Va 43 52 
 
 Oct. 21, Ball s Bluff, Va 921 155 
 
 Nov 7, Belmont, Mo 501 641 
 
 Dec. 13, Camp Allegheny, W. Va. 137 144 
 
 Dec. 20, Dranesville, Va 68 194 
 
 Total killed and wounded 4,45o 4,250 
 
 In the Bull Run disaster the Confederates 
 took 1,789 prisoners. 
 
 The comparative net results of the fighting 
 done during the year 1861 cannot be accurately 
 estimated. In some quarters unimportant mili 
 tary advantages were gained by the Confederates, 
 while in others the Federals had succeeded in 
 about a corresponding degree. TheConfederates 
 lost more men in killed and wounded than the 
 Federals, but the latter suffered the greater loss 
 by capture; but both sides were assiduously em 
 ployed in fortifying strategic points and in in 
 creasing and disciplining their respective armies, 
 so that at the end of the year 1861, the available 
 forces of the contending parties were very nearly 
 equal on the score of numbers, but the Confed 
 erates were the better armed and equipped. 
 
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THE BATTLES OF 1862. 
 
 The Union Army in the Mississippi Valley 
 did not go into winter quarters nor did it cease 
 active offensive operations during the winter of 
 1 861-2. 
 
 On the 2d day of July, 1862, President 
 Lincoln issued a proclamation, calling upon the 
 Governors of the several States for 300,000 men 
 to serve three years or during the war. The 
 number to be furnished by each state was based 
 upon its military population. 421,465 men re 
 sponded to this call. Indiana s quota was 
 21,250, but the State responded with an enlist 
 ment of 30,359. 
 
 The looth Regiment enlisted under this 
 call of July 2, 1862. Company "A," Captain 
 Marquis L. Rhodes, from DeKalb County; Co. 
 U B," Captain Gillespie, from Stuben County; 
 Co. U C," Captain H.Crocker, LaGrange County; 
 Co. "D," Captain R. M. Johnson, Elkhart 
 County; Co. "E," Captain William Barney, 
 Noble County; Co. "F," Captain Abram W. 
 Myers, Whitley County; Co. "G," Captain 
 G. O. Behm, Tippecanoe County; Co. "H, n 
 Captain John W. Headington, Jay County; Co. 
 I, 11 Captain John N.Sims, Clinton County, and 
 Co. U K," Captain Charles W. Brouse, Marion 
 
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and Allen Counties; and there were men in the 
 Regiment from other counties than those men 
 tioned. The companies from the northeastern 
 counties went into camp on the left bank of the 
 St. Mary s River, on ground which is now em 
 braced within the city of Fort Wayne. 
 
 After a short stay in camp at that place 
 those companies were moved to Camp Morton 
 at Indianapolis and thence to Madison, on the 
 Ohio River, and for some time guarded the 
 fords on that river to prevent the crossing of a 
 body of Confederate cavalry, which rendezvoused 
 in the vicinity of Carrollton, Kentucky. The 
 2nd Indiana Cavalry, Col. Isaac Gray, assisted 
 the looth Indiana in the performance of this ser 
 vice, which ended on the loth of November, 
 1862. 
 
 At that elate those Companies, "A, 11 "B, 11 
 "C, 11 "D" and "E" returned to Indianapolis, 
 and having joined the other companies of the 
 Regiment, on the day following (the nth) left 
 Camp Morton for Memphis, Tennessee, by way 
 of Cairo, Illinois, and the Mississippi River. On 
 the 1 6th the command disembarked from the 
 transports and was stationed in Fort Pickering, 
 on the east bank of the Mississippi River, on the 
 precipitous bluffs, at the then southern limits of 
 the city, and was assigned to "The Second 
 Brigade District of Memphis," commanded by 
 Brig. Genl.John W. Denver, the "District of 
 Memphis 11 being commanded by Genl. W. T. 
 Sherman (S-iy-pt. 2-340). 
 
 vSoon thereafter, Col. J. A. McDowell was 
 assigned to the command of our brigade and 
 Genl. Denver was assigned to command the 
 division (S-i7~pt. 2-344). r ^ ne brigade at that 
 
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time was composed of the looth Indiana, 4oth 
 Illinois, 46th Ohio, 6th Iowa and the I3th 
 United States Infantry, ist Batallion (Ser/iy, p 
 340). 
 
 A Confederate Army under Genl. Sterling 
 Price was then located in the Northwestern po 
 tion of Mississippi, against which Genl. Grant 
 proposed to move. The plan of the campaign 
 embraced the defeat of this army and the ulti 
 mate investment of Vicksburg, at that time re 
 garded as the Gibraltar of the South by the Con 
 federate Government. 
 
 The weather was extremely unfavorable for 
 military operations; snow had fallen thus early, 
 and the cold rains had made the roads in many 
 places almost impassable, the exposure and 
 change of climate, water and mode of living, 
 caused very much sickness among the men and 
 a great many died during the late fall and early 
 winter months. 
 
 Preparations for the campaign against Price s 
 army to be made in winter s rain and mud were 
 quickly completed, so that seven days after we 
 entered Fort Pickering (the 23d) we received 
 marching orders. 
 
 Our baggage was reduced under orders to 
 what was then supposed to be the lowest point 
 attainable, but we learned better before the war 
 ended. All the troops at Memphis by this order 
 were directed to prepare for active field serviee. 
 
 The Yocna March. 
 
 On the 26th of November the army moved 
 out of the city of Memphis, following Vance 
 street. Our Division, the First, took the Pigeon 
 Roost Road, the looth Indiana leading the 2cl 
 
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Brigade. We marched very hard until the 
 column had crossed Nonconnah Creek, where we 
 went into camp, having made our first day s real 
 march of about fifteen miles. The men of the 
 looth stood the fatigue of the march fully as 
 well as the other troops, many of whom had been 
 in the service a year or more. The men of that 
 regiment were men of brain and brawn, being of 
 that class who had not inconsiderately rushed 
 into the army under the influence of excitement 
 or sudden impulse, nor to that class w r ho had re 
 mained at home until a large bounty was offered, 
 or until their names were drawn from the wheel 
 of chance in the draft; they belonged to that in 
 telligent, sober minded, brave, strong and in 
 trepid class w r ho left substantial interests, home, 
 kindred and friends, because upon mature de 
 liberation they had determined that their services 
 were demanded of them by their countiy and 
 thev had yielded to that demand through patri 
 otism alone. As the mere pittance paid to the 
 common soldiers of the Union army, many of 
 whom were well-to-do, was no inducement to 
 them to expose themselves to the dangers of 
 death by disease or in battle. 
 
 On the 27th we moved early, on the same 
 road to Byhalia, Mississippi, fourteen miles, and 
 encamped in line of battle. Our division formed 
 the center, Smith s the left and Lauman s the 
 right. That was our first night in line of battle. 
 A confederate force of 30,000 was in our front, 
 but it retired 1 during the night to a new "po 
 sition. 1 Our forces numbered about 35,000. 
 
 On the third day we took a road leading 
 from Byhalia to Chulahoma, inarched twelve 
 miles, crossed Pigeon Roost Creek and biv* 
 
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ouacked in line of battle with Lauman s Division 
 on our riff ht and Smith s in the rear. On the 
 
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 29th we marched into the town of Chulahoma, 
 formed in line, with a division on each flank. 
 During the ^oth and the ist of December we re 
 mained in camp. 
 
 On the zd the rain, w T hich had fallen inces 
 santly for two days, continued. The roads had 
 become almost impassable; the men were liter 
 ally drenched; the weather was chilly; the ground 
 covered with water; and many of the men had 
 slept none for three nights. We moved from 
 Chulahoma to a point near Wyatt, Mississippi, 
 about twenty miles from Holly Springs, where 
 we remained, on account of the condition of the 
 roads, until the 5th, when we moved forward 
 and to the left on the College Hill road. On the 
 9th, Major General James B. McPherson was as 
 signed to the command of our "First Division 1 
 by General Grant, by special field order No. 18 
 (Serial 17, p. 396), and General Sherman took 
 leave of the Army and assumed command of a 
 force which was to operate in conjunction with 
 us against Vicksburg, by going down the Mis 
 sissippi River. Prior to this date Holly Springs, 
 Oxford and Abbeville had fallen into our hands, 
 as the Confederates "retired" when we ad 
 vanced. As we approached the Tallahatchie 
 River, the Confederates made some resistance 
 with artillery and infantry. This was our first 
 experience of that kind, though we were not ac 
 tually engaged. By the iSth we had advanced 
 to and were in position on the high ground on the 
 Yocna Patufna Creek, or, as the soldiers called 
 it, the "Yocna,, 1 by which this march and cam 
 paign was afterward known. We had about 800 
 
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rebel prisoners, taken in several minor engage 
 ments at or near Coffeeville, Mississippi. These 
 were the first we had seen. 
 
 McPherson s troops were all in position 
 about Otuckalofa and Water Valley. On the 
 1 8th, President Lincoln divided the forces in this 
 department into four Army Corps, the I3th Gen 
 eral McClernand, the i5th General Sherman, the 
 i6th General Ilurlbut, and the lyth General Mc- 
 Pherson, so that Abraham Lincoln was the 
 author of the famous i^th Army Corps, and De 
 cember 18,1862, was its birthday and Mississippi 
 its birthplace and General Sherman its first com 
 mander. (Serial 17, page 433.) 
 
 General Grant had made Holly Springs a 
 supply depot, and all of the Commissary and 
 Quartermaster s stores for the army, which had 
 advanced beyond, were stored at that place. On 
 the 2oth the Confederate Generals, Van Dorn and 
 Jackson, w r ith about 6,000 cavalry, dashed in and 
 destroyed all the supplies. We fell back to the 
 Tallahatchie, and on the 23d encamped on the 
 hills on the north side of that river. 
 
 We had little to eat except black beans, 
 which were foraged from the plantations near 
 by, and which were called by the soldiers "Nig 
 ger Beans." Very many of the men were sick 
 at the time with rheumatism and other maladies, 
 brought on by the use of bad water and constant 
 exposure, and several died On the 26th the 
 men present for duty were put on half rations of 
 such supplies as we had. We remained in camp 
 several days. 
 
 On the 4th of January, 1863, we marched 
 to within a few miles of I loll v Springs, and on 
 the 5th A r e reached that place and encamped on 
 
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the north side of the town, on a hill sloping to 
 the south. During the few days that we re 
 mained there several of our men died, after a few 
 hours illness, of what the physicians called spot 
 ted fever. All who were attacked died. On 
 the 8th we marched to the town of Salem, Mis- 
 sissipi, and encamped, the looth Indiana occupy 
 ing the town, which was entirely deserted by the 
 inhabitants. On the cjth, after a hard march 
 along detestable roads, we reached Grand Junc 
 tion, Tennessee, and went into camp half a^ mile 
 northwest of that place. 
 
 The army had made a march of about one 
 hundred and sixty miles, from Memphis to Water 
 Valley and return to Grand Junction, covering a 
 period of forty-five days, having accomplished 
 but little and lost much in stores and supplies. 
 The original plan of the campaign was to force 
 the Rebel Army under General Price as far south 
 as Vicksburg, and then, in conjunction with a 
 force to be sent down the river, to invest the 
 place. But the destruction of our supplies at 
 Holly Springs forced us to make a retrograde 
 movement to a line of communication in our 
 rear. 
 
 By special field orders No. 18, the looth 
 and 1 2th Indiana, 6th Iowa, 4 oth Illinois and 
 46th Ohio composed the 2nd brigade, first divis 
 ion 1 3th Army Corps, Major General J. B. Me- 
 D herson commanding right wing (Serial 17, p. 
 
 On our arrival at Grand junction we went 
 into camp for the winter. During the time 
 we remained at that place our duties were to 
 picket the post and to perform the usual and ordi 
 nary post duties. Active operations for the year 
 
 27 
 
1862 closed with our arrival at that place. 
 There was much fighting done during the 
 year 1862. Beginning with the action at Port 
 Royal, Coosa River, South Carolina, on the ist 
 of January, 1862, and ending with the battle of 
 Stone River, January 2, 1863. There were fought 
 during that year five hundred and sixty-four 
 (564) engagements. Some of the more import 
 ant of which, with the losses sustained therein by 
 the Federal and Confederate armies, respectively, 
 were as follows, as nearly as will ever be known: 
 
 DATE, FED. CON. 
 
 1862. ENGAGEMENT. LOSS. LOSS. 
 
 Jan. 19 Mill Springs, Ky 246 5 J9 
 
 Feb. 8 Roanoke Island, N. C 264 2,608 
 
 Feb. 14-16 Fort Donelson. Tenn 2,832 15,829 
 
 March 6-8 Pea Ridge, Ark 1,382 5,200 
 
 March 23 Kernstown, Va , 590 718 
 
 March 14 Newberne, N.C 471 578 
 
 April 6-7 Shiloh, Tenn 13,047 10,694 
 
 May5 Williamsburg, Va 2,239 1,560 
 
 May 23-25 Front Royal and Winchester 2,019 214 
 
 May31 Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) 5.03L 6,134 
 
 JuneS Cross Keys, Va 684 495 
 
 June 9 Port Republic 1,018 615 
 
 June 16 Secessionville, S. C. ... 683 2<>4 
 
 June 25-July L.Seven Days Battle 15,849 20,614 
 
 August 9 Cedar Mountain, Va 2,381 1,314 
 
 August 30 Richmond, Ky 5,353 451 
 
 Sept 11-20. . .Harper s Ferry 12,737 12,601 
 
 Sept. 16 Mumfordville, Ky 4,148 714 
 
 Sept. 17 Antietam, Md 12,410 25,899 
 
 Sept. 19 luka, Mississippi 790 t>93 
 
 Oct. 3-5 Corinth, Mississippi 2,520 4,838 
 
 Oct; 8 Chaplin Hills, Ky 4,211 3,396 
 
 Dec. 7 Hartsville, Tenn 2,096 139 
 
 Dec. 7 Prairie Grove, Ark 1,251 981 
 
 Dec. 13 Fredricksburg, Va 12,653 5,315 
 
 Dec, 26-28 Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi 1,776 187 
 
 Dec. 31 Stone River, killed and wounded. 8,778 9,000 
 
 Dec, 31 Guerrilla Campaign in Missouri. . 580 2,866 
 
 Total Losses 118,041 132,486 
 
 The foregoing figures are compiled from 
 various sources, but principally from the archives 
 of the Union and Confederate armies published 
 
 28 
 
by the Government. The casualties in the en 
 gagements mentioned show a total on both sides 
 of over a quarter of a million, and that the Con 
 federate loss was nearly fourteen thousand more 
 than the Union. 
 
 The net results of the fighting done during 
 the year 1862 were very much in favor of the 
 Unionists. In addition to a greater loss in killed, 
 wounded and missing, the Confederates lost a 
 vast amount of territory as well as several forts 
 and arsenals. 
 
The 100th Indiana. 
 Operations as Guards and Scouts During 1863. 
 
 In January, 1863, by order of General 
 Grant, General McPherson stationed six regi 
 ments between Grand Junction and Memphis, 
 Tennessee, to act as scouts and to guard the line 
 of the Memphis and Charleston railroad between 
 those places, one of which was the icoth Indiana, 
 then lying at Grand Junction. Nearly all other 
 troops were sent down to Vicksburg to operate 
 against that place. 
 
 We were encamped on low, wet ground at 
 Grand junction. The winter was severe on the 
 men; we had some snow, but much more rain. 
 Very many of the men fell sick and died of dis 
 ease. On" the 7th of March we received orders 
 to move on the 9th, which we did, arriving on 
 the ioth at Collierville, twenty-four miles east of 
 Memphis, and encamped in the town. 
 
 We soon made an attractive parade ground 
 and a clean and very pretty camping ground. 
 There we did duty as guards, and soon had 
 erected a fort and lines of entrenchments. Some 
 of our companies occupied stockades on the rail 
 road to the east of Collierville. If space would 
 permit, enough ludicrous and amusing incidents 
 
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of our camp life at these places could be related 
 to fill a volume. 
 
 We foraged pretty liberally lt on the 
 country"" at times while performing this service, 
 captured a good many Rebels and Guerrillas, and 
 a great many line mules and horses, which were 
 turned over to the quartermaster. These were 
 verv valuable to the government as train mules. 
 Although the health of the men was much better 
 at Collierville than at Grand Junction, yet a good 
 man\" died of disease there also. 
 
 On the 9th of May, in obedience to orders, 
 we started on a scout at sundown, marched 
 northwardly all night, crossed Wolf River 
 at 2 A. M. on fallea trees. Lieut. Boyd, Co. 
 "C," fell into the river but was rescued. We 
 rested until three hours after day light, then 
 moved against a body of Rebels, in our front. 
 They tied on our approach, leaving their camp 
 fires burning, and some arms. We captured 
 some prisoners, and breaking up into squads, we 
 captured and brought in about seventy horses. 
 The writer made an important capture of a 
 Rebel officer and a fine horse, in the presence of 
 Capt. (now Colonel) Johnson, and under his 
 direction . 
 
 Major Parrott and his detail and Charlie 
 Pearce and others of Company lt E," as well as 
 quite a number of squads from other companies, 
 which I cannot now name, all made captures and 
 brought everything safely into camp, having 
 made a march of sixty miles without sleep. 
 
 On the 2oth of May the looth Indiana 
 started at 2 A. M. on a scout southward, across 
 Coldwater River into Mississippi. We drove 
 the Confederates away from Quinn s Mills and 
 
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secured a great many good horses and mules for 
 the trains. We returned to our camp through 
 Nonconnah, Mississippi, and while mounting 
 guard that evening were attacked by the Rebels. 
 We repulsed the enemy, who had followed us 
 from the Coldwater River close in our rear. We 
 lay in line all night. Our casualties were two 
 killed and ten missing: Capt. O. J. Fast was 
 wounded. 
 
 The following is an extract from the official 
 report of Col. Loomis: 
 
 "Collierville, May 21, 1863. 
 
 "The attack of yesterday evening was made 
 * * directly in our front in three columns, by 
 different roads and of larger force than I sup 
 posed last night. * * My loss was one killed 
 and nine missing. * * The pickets fought 
 well and held their posts until they were sur 
 rounded and unable to retire. Citizens 
 who saw the tight * * speak in praise of the 
 conduct of the men." 
 
 The following is the Rebel official report of 
 this affair: 
 
 "Senatobia, Miss., May 21, 1863. 
 
 "General Chalmers: The enemy advanced 
 yesterday from Collierville, 1,000 strong, to 
 Coldwater, returned in the evening, followed by 
 Captains White and Cousins and Lieut. Jennings, 
 who killed two and captured ten Federal prison 
 ers. 7 (S. 34, p. 425.) 
 
 On the 3ist of January, 1863, the army was 
 reorganized and after that date our Brigade em 
 braced the 4oth Illinois, i2th and looth Indiana, 
 6th Iowa, 1 5th Michigan and 46th Ohio, ist 
 Brigade, ist Division, i6th Army Corps, Genl. 
 
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General Grant. 
 
 (Prom a war times photograph.) 
 
Denver, commanded the Division and Col, Wai- 
 cutt, the Brigade (Ser. 28, p. 24). 
 
 On the 30th of April the Brigade was com 
 posed of the 26th and 9oth Illinois, i2th and 
 looth Indiana. Col. Loomis commanded the 
 Brigade and W. S. Smith the Division. (Serial 
 28, p. 253.) 
 
 From the 9th of January until the yth of 
 June, 1863, the looth Indiana did active service 
 every day. There was much to do to guard our 
 line of communication and to hold off and drive 
 out the many detachments of Rebel cavalry, as 
 well as large bodies of Confederates who sought 
 to sever our lines of communication and to recover 
 the country. 
 
 On the 3oth of May the troops stationed be 
 tween Memphis and Corinth, which numbered 
 about fifteen thousand, began to move to Mem 
 phis, having been ordered to reenforce Grant 1 s 
 army at Vicksburg. 
 
 The Siege of Vicksburg. 
 
 On the evening of the 30! of June, 1863, the 
 looth Indiana received orders to be read}- to 
 march at any moment. We at once began to 
 make ready. During the night of the 4th a se 
 vere storm of wind and rain came up and we 
 were literally soaked with torrents of rain and 
 almost blown away. 
 
 On the yth we left our old camp at break of 
 day. The weather was intensely hot. We 
 marched twenty -two miles and went into camp 
 about two miles east of Memphis. During the 
 
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night the rain fell again in torrents. On the 8th 
 we marched to the steamboat landing and went 
 on hoard the steamer "Adams." It rained very 
 hard all night. 
 
 On the morning of the 9th we left for Vicks- 
 burg. On the night of the loth we lay up at 
 Lake Providence, Louisiana. In the middle of 
 the night a hurricane came up, which crushed 
 nearly all the glass in the windows and doors of 
 our boat and almost capsized us; a season of 
 storms seemed to have overtaken us. On the 
 iith we came in sight of Vicksburg. We ran 
 down to and beyond ;t Young s Point, 1 where 
 upon the Rebel batteries in Vicksburg began to 
 throw shells at us. We at once steamed up the 
 Yazoo River to Ilaine s Bluff, where we disem 
 barked about twelve miles above Vicksburg. 
 
 The Yazoo River w r as blockaded at this 
 point with timbers, torpedoes and other obstruc 
 tions. Nearly all the reinforcements for the 
 Vicksburg army were landed at this point, as 
 well as arms and army stores. 
 
 For several days after our arrival we, to 
 gether with a very large force, were engaged in 
 strengthening the fortifications at this point. 
 The weather was extremely hot and almost every 
 night we had a terrific rain. The water was very 
 bad and a great many men suffered with camp 
 diarrhoea and other complaints. On the icjth we 
 were employed, in common with many other reg 
 iments, in making roads leading to the rear of 
 Vicksburg, 
 
 On the 2ist we were engaged in mounting 
 cannons of large caliber on the heights, where 
 we had made additional works. On this day, 
 the 9th Army Corps, consisting of about 8,000 
 
 3G 
 
men, landed at Ilaines 1 Bluff and moved out 
 about twelve miles towards Pearl River and the 
 rear of Vicksburg, General Parke commanding. 
 We marched from midnight on the 22d until 
 morning-, got breakfast after sunrise, and then, 
 with three days 1 rations, marched to Oak Ridge, 
 on the east of Vicksburg, having passed the 
 9th Armv Corps during the day and night. We 
 occupied here a position directly between Vicks 
 burg and a Confederate army of 40,000 infantry 
 and 4,000 cavalry under General Joseph E. John 
 ston, who were on Black River endeavoring to 
 aid the garrison of Vicksburg, if an opportunity 
 offered. The object in placing us in this position 
 was to prevent Johnston^ army from in any man 
 ner aiding PembertoiVs, which was shut up in 
 Vicksburg, and to prevent the latter from escap 
 ing from the besieged city. The Rebels were, 
 at this date, reported to be tearing down houses 
 and building boats in Vicksburg to escape by the 
 Mississippi River. We were liable also to be at 
 tacked at any moment by General Johnston. 
 Generals Dennis, Ilerron, Logan, McPherson and 
 Admiral Porter were so notified in orders by 
 General Grant, and the entire command was 
 ready to do battle at a moment s notice. ( No. 
 
 & P- 4270 
 
 All the roads between Black River and 
 
 Vicksburg were blocked. Deserters from the 
 latter place reported that the Rebels were eating 
 mule meat and parched corn, and that at Port 
 Hudson the principal ration was parched corn. 
 We, the looth, captured some Rebel officers on 
 this date, and killed some beeves which were so 
 poor we could hardly skin them. (No. 38, 
 
 P- 435-) 
 
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On the 24th there was heavy firing at Vieks 
 burg all day- We received orders to march at 
 4. A. M. on the 2^th. At that hour the rooth 
 was ordered to perform the special service of 
 feeling to the east for Johnston s line of battle. We 
 passed our outer picket line, destroyed the bridge 
 over Black Creek, moved nearly to Black River, 
 ascertained definitely that Johnston s army was 
 not \vest of the Big Black, then returned to camp 
 at ii P. M., with nothing to eat. The men were 
 tired and mad. We all went to sleep very 
 hungry and very tired. We took some Rebel 
 deserters who said that they had no bread in 
 Vicksburg except what was made of rice and flour 
 mixed, and that corn was worth forty dollars a 
 bushel, Confederate money ( Serial 38, p. 439). 
 
 On the 26th we got some rations. On the 
 27th we all slept under arms. 
 
 The 29th of June was intensely hot. There 
 was but little firing on the lines. On the 3oth 
 we were paid and a large amount of money was 
 expressed home by the men, as money was of little 
 use in the intrenchments. On the 3d we learned 
 early that negotiations were pending for the sur 
 render of Vicksburg, and we were all happy. 
 On the 4th the news came along the lines early 
 that the garrison of Vicksburg would march out 
 
 c"> t"> 
 
 and stack arms and then march back again as 
 prisoners of war. 
 
 All the Generals, great and small, were ex 
 changing congratulations and letters, and new 
 orders were being issued. The whole army en 
 joyed that 4th of July, and even General Sher 
 man was delighted at the shouts of his old com 
 mand and said he would punish no soldier for get 
 ting "uncohappy 11 on that da) (Serial 38, p. 
 
 38 
 
47 2 )- I\ v tms surrender we took 31,000 prison 
 ers and a vast amount of arms and military stores. 
 We had now cut the Confederacy in twain, sep 
 arated Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas from the 
 states east of the Mississippi and had secured the 
 navigation of that stream and many of its tribu 
 taries. The blow to the Confederacy was irre 
 parable. Rations were issued to the Confederate 
 prisoners by order of General Grant, which was 
 a great treat to them, indeed. The military ad 
 vantages gained by the surrender of Vicksburg 
 were very great, and each officer and soldier of 
 the looth Indiana is entitled to take to himself 
 a full share of the honor which attached to that 
 achievement. 
 
 Siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and Return to Camp 
 Sherman. 
 
 A few hours after the surrender of Vicks 
 burg we received orders to march, which we did 
 at 5 P. M., toward Black River and Johnston s 
 army. Our course took us over high hills and 
 through the woods and cane brakes^ The ni^ht 
 was very dark . We crossed Black Creek (or 
 Bear Creek) and went into camp on a high hill 
 at sunrise, having marched all night and made 
 about ten miles. We remained here all day and 
 until 8 P. M. of the ^th, when we again marched, 
 in Egyptian darkness, all night and only made 
 about ten miles, to a point near Bifdsono- s 
 Ferry on the Big Black River. 
 
 We crossed that stream on the 6th in the 
 evening on a small boat. The weather was 
 
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very hot and the roads dusty. We could trace 
 the route of the retreating Rebel cavalry by the 
 columns of dust seen at a distance across the 
 valley. We went into camp on the east bank of 
 the river. On the yth we marched about eight 
 miles in the night time, during which a terrific 
 rain and wind storm came upon us. The mud 
 was deep, the men wet and teams mired down in 
 the sand. 
 
 On the 8th we marched about ten miles, 
 passed the farm of Joseph Davis, a brother of 
 Jefferson Davis. We were unable to obtain any 
 water to use, except such as we took from the 
 ponds and wagon ruts along the road. There 
 were no wells or cisterns and no springs. The 
 Confederate army retreated in our front toward 
 Jackson and we went into camp in line of battle. 
 On the 9th we marched about eight miles, all 
 the way in the woods; the weather was very 
 hot. We lay on our guns all night, and on the 
 loth we moved to the left of our line and to the 
 north side of Jackson, and encamped in line of 
 battle, on the plantation of the Rebel General, R. 
 Griffith. The 9oth Illinois had a brisk skirmish 
 with the enemy, for which it received a compli 
 ment by the Brigade Commander. (Serial 37, p. 
 629.) 
 
 On the nth we moved by the left flank as 
 far as the railroad running north. About TO 
 o clock we moved to the insane asylum north of 
 the city and from there, in line of battle, directly 
 toward the Rebel batteries in our front. }. P. 
 Farden of Company "G 11 was wounded. There 
 was sharp tiring all day around Jackson. On 
 the 1 2th we remained under our batteries, the 
 looth directly in front of a 12 -gun Confederate 
 
 40 
 
battery. Our skirmishers tired continually into 
 the embrasures of the Confederate works and 
 thus prevented the gunners from using their 
 guns. 
 
 During the night of the nth the looth In 
 diana planted a sunk battery within short range 
 of the Confederate tort in our front, and at about 
 7 A. M. on the i2th four batteries of the First 
 Division opened tire on the enemy with twenty- 
 four guns. The iooth Indiana lay in line directly 
 in front of these batteries, and every shot, in 
 cluding such replies as the enemy were able to 
 make, passed only a few feet directly over their 
 heads. 
 
 The screech of those elongated shot and 
 shell in such close proximity to our heads was 
 simply indescribable. Fragments of shot and 
 shell fell all around us. Charles Munroe, Com 
 pany "E," and John P. Armstrong, of Company 
 "K, ?? were wounded. On the 1 2th and i3th 
 heavy details were made to fortify, and on those 
 two days our batteries threw three thousand 
 rounds into the city, mostly from ten and twenty 
 plunder Parrotts and twelve pound Napoleons. 
 The Rebels were seen to fly in all directions to 
 escape the shot and shell from our batteries. 
 (Serial 37, p. 629.) The enemy replied sharply 
 and shelled us all day. 
 
 On the evening of the i4th the looth In- 
 diana went on the skirmish line and advanced the 
 right 150 yards, so close that we could hear the 
 Rebels talking. From this position we tired 
 upon the Rebel cannons continually and kept them 
 silenced, while our own batteries were being 
 planted. 
 
 William A very, of Company "D," was killed. 
 
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We were relieved on the morning- of the i6th by 
 the 97th Indiana Regiment which took the same 
 position we occupied and suffered a loss of live 
 killed and twenty-eight wounded, by an attempt 
 to advance the line. (See serial 38, p. 641.) 
 Corporal O. S. Davis, of Company "A," was 
 wounded. During the time we were in this 
 critical and dangerous position every officer and 
 man of the rooth displayed coolness and courage, 
 and cheerfully bore the hardships of the severe 
 test of heat and Rebel shot and shell. "It is suf 
 ficient praise to the officers and men of my com 
 mand to sav, that when pelted with shot, shell, 
 canister and bullets, I have never seen either 
 officer or man falter or quail. 11 (Official report 
 Genl. W. S. Smith, commanding ist Division 
 1 6th A. C., Serial 37, p. 630.) 
 
 During all the night of the :6th we could 
 hear the rumbling of wagons and other ominous 
 sounds, which indicated that the Rebels were 
 evacuating, and at daylight on the morning of 
 the 1 7th we entered the capital city of Mississippi. 
 
 At this time we w r ere in the First Brigade, 
 First Division, Sixteenth Corps, composed of 
 the 1 2th and Tooth Indiana, and the 26th and 
 9Oth Illinois. (Serial 37, p. S44-) The following 
 is an extract from the official report of Lieut. 
 Col. Albert Heath: "The looth Regiment was 
 equidistant from our o\vn and the Rebel batter 
 ies. 11 "Pieces of lead from our own rifle shells 
 and solid shot from the enemy fell continually 
 around us. * """ During the three days we 
 lay in line not less than fifty shells exploded 
 around my men. * * The solid shot would 
 strike the ground and ricochet over the men, 
 covering them with earth. * * I know of no 
 
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instance where either officer or man failed to 
 stand by his gun day and night. Joseph Farden, 
 Charles Munroe, John P. Armstrong and Oliver 
 S. Davis were w r ounded, and William A very, of 
 Company 1 D," was killed. The officers and 
 men of the looth displayed courage and cool 
 ness. 1 (Serial 37, p. 634.) 
 
 The Division had two officers and thirty-two 
 men killed, fourteen officers and two hundred 
 and fifteen men wounded, and three officers and 
 twenty-five men missing; total casualties at Jack 
 son, 291. (Serial 37, p. 5440 
 
 Loring s Rebel Division was on the Con 
 federate right and in our front, Walker s and 
 French s in their center and Breckenrid^e on 
 their left; about 32,000 in all. We took more 
 t Kan 1,200 prisoners. The total Federal loss- 
 killed, wounded and missing was 1,122. The 
 Confederate was twice that number. (Serial 37, 
 
 P- 55-) 
 
 A great nianv buildings were on fire when 
 
 o o 
 
 \ve entered and the citizens had nearly all left the 
 city, which was occupied by the i^th Army 
 Corps and other troops. A great many prison 
 ers were taken, of whom 1,150 w r ere paroled 
 that afternoon. Many dwellings contained fine 
 furniture, libraries and the clothing of the occu 
 pants who had fled. There was evidence on 
 every hand of the terrible effect of our artillery 
 on the buildings in the city. 
 
 The fruits of the victory were the expulsion of 
 Johnston s army from the Mississippi River Val 
 ley, the entire destruction of about one hundred 
 miles of railroad and two hundred railroad cars, 
 four thousand bales of cotton, several pieces of 
 artillery and an immense quantity of shot, shell 
 
 43 
 
and other munitions of war, besides about 1,200 
 prisoners . 
 
 General Sherman turned over to a committee 
 of citizens two hundred barrels of flour and one 
 hundred barrels of mess pork, as they were en 
 tirely destitute of provisions. The condition of 
 the country from Vicksburg to Jackson, Missis 
 sippi, was "one of utter ruin and destruction (Se 
 rial 37, p. 539). The railroad bridge over Pearl 
 River was knocked down by tiring 388 solid shot 
 against the piers (Ib. p. 542). 
 
 On the 22d we again received orders to 
 march, and at 3 o clock A. M. we moved toward 
 Vicksburg on the same road we came. We 
 passed to the right of the town of Clinton, which 
 was burning at the time, and encamped. 
 
 On the 23d we marched at 3 A. M., very 
 hard. Weather very hot; roads very dusty; 
 water very scarce. The men and animals suf 
 fered intensely. We went into camp on the 
 Champion Hill battle field. 
 
 On the 25th we marched at 3 A. M., crossed 
 the Big Black River, marched about a mile and 
 a half and went into camp on the ground, which 
 was then named Camp Sherman, eighteen miles 
 east of Vicksburg, where we remained until Sep 
 tember 28, 1863. 
 
 On the 27th we received our knapsacks and 
 tents form Ilaine s Bluff, where we had left them 
 in June. We had several heavy rain falls while 
 in this camp. 
 
 The campaign to Jackson and return was 
 made in twenty days; the distance marched, a 
 little over one hundred miles. We frequently had 
 religious services in Camp Sherman. There was 
 considerable sickness among the men and several 
 
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 44 
 
of the looth died. We drilled but little, but 
 were reviewed several times. It was said that 
 the looth lost fewer men by death, in this camp, 
 than any other Regiment. Our men were all well 
 supplied. We got the newspapers daily. Dur 
 ing the month of August the mercury frequently 
 registered 113 cleg. Fahrenheit in the shade. 
 
 In September we were transferred from the 
 1 6th Corps to the i5th, then commanded by 
 General F. P. Blair, becoming the 4th Division 
 of the 1 5th Corps, Brigadier General Hugh E vy 
 ing commanding the Division. (Cox, p." 95.) 
 
 On the 4th of July, 31,270 Rebels had sur 
 rendered to us, or were killed or wounded here. 
 On the same day was fought the battle of Get 
 tysburg, in which the Confederates lost 2o,44cS 
 men, or 31,620 according to another authority, 
 and were decidedly defeated. On the same day 
 at Helena, Arkansas, the Confederate army un 
 der Price and Holmes was defeated by Prentiss, 
 with a loss of 2,000 killed, wounded and prison 
 ers. Thus the Confederates lost essentially in a 
 day 65,000 men, besides the seceded states were 
 severed; valuable territory was lost; railroad 
 and river communications wrenched from them, 
 and a vast amount of stores and munitions of war 
 fell into the hands of the Unionists. 
 
 The whole North was convulsed with rejoic 
 ing, while a corresponding depression was felt all 
 over the South. In the midst of this period of 
 rejoicing, General Rosecrans attempted to de 
 molish Bragg 1 s army at Chicamauga, which had 
 been reinforced with Long-street s Corps from 
 Virginia without Rosecrans 1 knowledge. One 
 of the fiercest battles of the war was fought on 
 the field of Chicamauga, both sides displayed the 
 
most surprising valor and many deeds of bravery 
 and daring were done. Rosecrans was outnum 
 bered and possibly outgeneraled, but he had an 
 army of brave and heroic men, who, under the 
 General who never lost a battle, George II. 
 Thomas, saved the army. The brittle was stub 
 born, the Federals lost heavily and retired to 
 Chattanooga. The Confederates pursued the 
 Union Army to the valley of the Tennessee at 
 Chattanooga; and occupied Lookout Mountain 
 and the heights of Missionary Ridge. They 
 were so badly punished that they could do 
 no more than this. No particular military 
 advantages were gained or lost by either side 
 as a result of that battle beyond the losses sus 
 tained. It is true that Bragg 1 s army occupied 
 the heights around Chattanooga, but when he 
 massed his army in front of Sherman at Mission 
 Ridge, on the 25th of November, the same army 
 that fought him at Chicamauga broke through 
 his weakened center and routed his forces. The 
 news of the battle of Chicamauga came to us at 
 Vicksburg on the 23d of September. Two days 
 after that we had marching orders. 
 
 The March From Vicksburg to Chattanooga. 
 
 On the 2 yth the looth Indiana left Camp 
 Sherman and marched to Vicksburg, where many 
 river crafts were lying, to be used in transport 
 ing us back to Memphis, which place we had 
 left but little more than three months before, but 
 these had been eventful months to the men of the 
 looth, who boarded a transport on the 28th and 
 
 40 
 
started to Memphis, 425 miles distant, at low 
 water. 
 
 The passage was slow and tedious. We ran 
 aground every day. No incident worthy of note 
 occured to break the monotony of the tiresome 
 journey. On the 9th of October the icoth ar 
 rived again at Memphis. A good many of our 
 men fell sick during the trip and were left in 
 hospitals at that place. 
 
 On the nth General Sherman and staff and 
 some other officers were going east in a special 
 train, on the M. & C. R. R. They ran into 
 Collierville just as General Chalmers, with a 
 Confederate cavalry force of 3,000 men and eight 
 pieces of artillery were making an assault on the 
 pla.ce, which was garrisoned by the 66th Indiana, 
 Col. Anthony. That Regiment occupied the 
 same works which the looth Indiana had built 
 about three months prior. 
 
 Demand was made by Chalmers for the 
 surrender of the post; this was refused and the 
 attack began. At this time we were about four 
 teen miles away, at Germantown, only eight or 
 ten miles east of Memphis. General Sherman 
 got a message to us at Germantown, before the 
 wires were cut by the Rebels at Collierville, and 
 we double quicked nearly all the way from the 
 former place to Collierville. As we approached 
 the place the Confederates retreated to the south. 
 They had cut the wires and torn up the railroad 
 both east and west of the town. A detachment 
 of the 1 3th regulars and the officers and men on 
 the train all joined in the defense, and the old 
 works built by the looth probably on that day 
 prevented the capture of General Sherman and 
 his staff. 
 
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On the next clay the damage to the railroad 
 was repaired and we moved on. Our Division 
 was the only one of the i5th Corps that marehed 
 through from Memphis to the Tennessee River. 
 Osterhau s and Morgan L. Smith s Divisions 
 went by rail and on their way to Stevenson fol 
 lowed the line of the M. & C. railroad south of 
 the Tennessee River. We crossed that stream at 
 East Port about the zyth and marched thence to 
 Florence. Our 4th Division bore to the northeast 
 and struck the Nashville and Chattanooga rail 
 road a.t Decherd, and then crossed the mountains 
 by way of Cowan to Stevenson, Alabama, where 
 we arrived on the I4th of November. 
 
 On the 1 5th we marched to within one mile 
 of Bridgeport and encamped. On the next day 
 we drew some clothing and three days 1 rations 
 and on the morning of the i/th we left our tents 
 and all our baggage, crossed the Tennessee 
 River on pontoons, just below the railroad 
 bridge, at Bridgeport, Alabama, and marched 
 beyond Nicka Jack cave, turned to the right and 
 encamped on the side of Sand Mountain in the 
 timber. The mountain road was very rocky and 
 very steep. On the i8th we marched only eight 
 miles. We drew the artillery up some steep 
 places on the mountain side by hand. On the 
 1 9th we marched to Wincher s Gap, in the Sand 
 Mountains, about fifteen miles southwest of Chat 
 tanooga. The looth Indiana went forward to 
 picket the Gap. We were relieved at noon the 
 next day and moved down the mountain at six feet 
 apart, with colors riving, which of course could 
 be seen by the Confederates from the top of 
 Lookout, the object being to deceive them as to 
 our real strength. We went into camp three 
 
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Col. John Mason Loomis. 
 
 Co,,, m!md i, lglst Brigade. ,,, Division, , 5lh A Corps , ,, M 
 Assault on Missionary Ridge. 
 
miles south of Trenton, Walker County, Georgia. 
 On the 2oth we marched in a southwesterly 
 direction three and one-half miles and went into 
 camp. Rain fell most of the day. We captured 
 twenty-five bogheads of wheat at this place and 
 a mill near by was running in which we ground 
 it. We knew nothing of the whereabouts of our 
 train. 
 
 We marched at 6:30 A. M. on the 2ist in a 
 heavy rain and very deep mud in the direction of 
 Chattanooga. We halted at Trenton, during 
 which time the court house was burned. We 
 marched very late, the night was very dark and 
 the rain fell in torrents. We could see the tires 
 of the Confederate army above us on our right, 
 all ajong Lookout Mountain, as we traversed the 
 valley below. On the 22cl\ve moved early, down 
 Trenton valley, to the junction of the Trenton 
 and M. & C. railroad. We halted under the 
 Rebel guns on Lookout, in plain sight of the 
 Rebel army. The roads were almost impassable. 
 Here we drew a few rations and 100 rounds of 
 ammunition to each man, then we marched again 
 late and hard, in the dark, \vading in the mud, 
 crossed the Tennessee River below Point Look 
 out on a pontoon bridge, which parted just as 
 the rear of the looth had cleared the river and 
 left our train and part of our Division on the other 
 side and we had nothing to eat. We were wet, 
 muddy, tired, sleepy and hungry but every man 
 was full of grit and energy, and few, if any, com 
 plaints were heard. When w r e were within a 
 mile or two of Chattanooga on the north side of 
 the Tennessee River we all lay down on the cold, 
 muddy ground, hungry and without a ration, and 
 without shelter of any kind. And this ended the 
 
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tedious march from Vicksburgto Chat 
 tanooga, more than 700 miles by the route our 
 Division followed. 
 
 The Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863. 
 
 On the 24th of November we were aroused 
 at 2 o clock A. M. At that hour the lootli In 
 diana drew a few rations, and four hours later 
 the entire command moved eastwardly over the 
 hills, on the north side of the Tennessee River, to 
 a point at its north bank, opposite the mouth of 
 South Chicamagua River, where we crossed the 
 Tennessee on the steamboat tc Dunbar." 
 
 Giles A. and John E. Smith s divisions of 
 our i ^th Corps had crossed over in advance of 
 us and captured the entire line of Rebel pickets, 
 seventy-three in number, without firing a gun, 
 and had erected earthworks some distance out 
 from the south bank of the Tennessee River. 
 
 Shortly after noon our fourth division, com 
 manded by General Hugh Ewing, having crossed 
 the river, formed in line of battle. The Second 
 Division, General Giles A. Smith, formed the left 
 of our line, General John E. Smith s 3d Division 
 the center, and the 4th, General Hugh Ewing, the 
 right. General Osterhau s First Division having 
 been sent to the assistance of Hooker in taking 
 Lookout Mountain. We moved forward in 
 echelon over low swampy ground until w r e 
 reached the western base of the hills forming the 
 north base of Missionary Ridge, a distance of 
 about a mile and half from the south bank of the 
 
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Tennessee river, or, perhaps, more properly, the 
 southeastern bank. 
 
 The western side of the tirst hill of Mission 
 Ridge, in our front, was stony and steep near its 
 summit, but we ascended with such rapidity that 
 at about 4 P. M., and before the Confederates 
 were aware of it, we occupied the summit of the 
 first hill and were fortifyng. The xooth Indiana 
 ascended and occupied the summit of the second 
 hill north and northwest of the railroad tunnel. 
 
 The Confederates had a battery on the first 
 hill, to the north of the tunnel. Thus the Tooth 
 was the extreme right of that part of Sherman s 
 army, which occupied the summit of Missionary 
 Ridge, and was the first regimental organization 
 that reached the summit of the ridge, and was 
 nearer the Rebel line on the 24th than any other 
 command. 
 
 We hastily constructed some trenches on the 
 very summit of the hill spoken of, and although 
 there was more stone than earth on the top of the 
 hill, yet we threw up some works, by hard work, 
 sufficiently high to protect a battery, and then 
 drew our cannons up the hill by hand and placed 
 them in the works we had built. There was 
 some skirmishing during the time. The night, 
 though cool, was nevertheless a very beautiful 
 one. About 1 1 P. M. an eclipse of the moon oc 
 curred, which some of the men, who were still 
 erecting works, said was an ill omen, but it was 
 not, for just at that hour \ve learned that the 
 Rebels had been driven from Lookout Mountain. 
 The morning of the 25th of November was frosty 
 on the hills and smoky and foggy in the valley be 
 low us. We moved from the top of the hill, which 
 we occupied, next to Bragg 1 s right battery, early 
 
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in the morning, to the level plain below, and 
 formed in line of battle, our left, the 9oth Illinois, 
 facing toward the railroad tunnel and the western 
 slopes of Mission Ridge. This was about 8:30 
 or 9 A. M. It was still foggy on the low land, 
 where we were formed, but it was clear and the 
 sun shone brightly on the top of Missionary Ridge 
 so that the Confederates could not look down 
 into the fog and see us, but we could look up 
 through it and see one long column of Rebels 
 after another moving from the Confederate cen 
 ter to their right and being massed directly in 
 our front, as if it required the whole Rebel army 
 to prevent the four Regiments of our brigade from 
 scaling the heights in front. We looked up 
 through the fog and saw the thousands of bright 
 gun barrels of the Rebel soldiers flashing in the 
 sunshine as they moved in column after column 
 from their center to their right. The polished 
 brass cannons were seen by us glistening in the 
 sunshine as they moved along the top of the ridge 
 and also took position in our front, and so long 
 did this continue that it seemed as if their entire 
 force was being placed in position on the top and 
 sides of the ridge in our front. About 9 or 9:30 
 A. M. we sent forward across the level ground to 
 the west of the tunnel, a strong skirmish line. 
 The Confederates being above us were com 
 pelled to fire downward upon us at an angle of 20 
 to 40 degrees, and we fired upward at them at 
 the same angle. 
 
 From the place where Loomis 1 Brigade 
 formed in line of battle that morning to the rail 
 road track leading along the base of the hill to 
 the tunnel is about one-third of a mile, almost 
 perfectly level, with nothing whatever to protect 
 
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our line from the plunging shot and shell of the 
 Confederates, delivered at short range by several 
 batteries and lines of infantry. As we moved in 
 line of battle across the level land we lost a great 
 many men in killed and wounded from the tire 
 of the Confederates, who literally swarmed on 
 summit and slopes of the hills. 
 
 The 9oth Illinois, Colonel O Meara, the 
 Irish Legion, was on the left, nearest to the tun 
 nel, then the looth Indiana the left center, the 
 1 2th Indiana, and the 26th Illinois on the right 
 of the Brigade. During the battle, which raged 
 nearly all day, the 9oth Illinois lost 1 1 7 men and 
 the 1 2th Indiana 62, the 26th Illinois lost 95 and 
 the looth Indiana 137. 
 
 Only three Regiments in the entire Federal 
 army lost as many men as the looth on that day. 
 Those were the 97th Ohio 149, the 4oth Indiana 
 158 and the i5th Indiana 199, all three of which 
 were in Sheridan^ Division of the 4th Army 
 Corps. These figures show, that as far as hard 
 righting and heavy losses are concerned, the In 
 diana soldiers stand at the head of the Roll of 
 Honor, the looth Regiment occupying the pin 
 nacle of fame in that behalf, having lost a larger 
 proportion of the number engaged than any of 
 the others. It took into action 320 men, an aver 
 age of 32 men to each company. The killed and 
 wounded numbered i^^I only two w r ere missing, 
 
 \.J *J J O 
 
 This shows a loss of 43 per cent, which is 7 per 
 cent more than the loss sustained by the cele 
 brated Six Hundred in the charge made by it at 
 Balaklava. 
 
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The Advance of the Fifteenth A. C. 
 
 On the 24th the Second Division crossed the 
 Tennessee River first and moved forward, follow 
 ing the main line of the Chicamagua River east- 
 wardly and was the column of direction. The 
 Third Division, General John E. Smith, formed 
 the center, and the Fourth Division, General 
 Hugh Ewing, the right, in which was the Tooth. 
 A heavy line of skirmishers were thrown forward, 
 and the three Divisions, which were formed in 
 echelon, moved forward in that manner, almost 
 directly east, toward the group of hills which 
 form the north end of Missionary Ridge, which 
 we occupied as stated. On the 25th while we 
 were moving forward across the level ground in 
 our front, and when we had reached a point 
 within short range of the Confederate masses on 
 the slopes above us, we were exposed to a heavy 
 cross-tire of infantry and artillery, the enemy be 
 ing on our left and front. About 10:30 A. M., 
 General Corse commanding the 2cl Brigade of 
 the 4th Division, charged the Rebel batteries and 
 line of battle occupying the fort and entrench 
 ments on the summit of the first hill west of the 
 railroad tunnel, advancing right up to the Rebel 
 works. Being unable to take the works, the 
 Brigade took a position on the hill side and 
 held it firmly until nightfall, having driven the 
 enemy from his outer works and taken posses 
 sion. (Serial 55, p. 631.) 
 
 As to what the looth did during the battle, 
 General Ewing says, in his official report, that 
 "Loomis moved his Brigade in line of battle 
 across the open fields under a trying artillery and 
 infantry fire, drove the enemy up the tunnel road 
 and hill south and took and maintained the po- 
 
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sition assigned him, threatening and opening the 
 way to the tunnel from the flank and rear. The 
 steadiness with which this movement was made, 
 and the tenacity with which the postion was held, 
 is deserving o f high commendation, the at 
 tempts of the enemy to dislodge us being sig 
 nally repulsed. 11 (Serial ^5, p. 632.) 
 
 The First Brigade, the looth and the i2th 
 Indiana and the 26th and 9oth Illinois were rein 
 forced by Bushbeck s Brigade of the nth Army 
 Corps. This Brigade did good fighting; its com 
 mander, Col. Taft, was killed. Later on the 
 Brigades of Loomis and Bushbeck were rein 
 forced by the Brigades of Matthies and Raum 
 from John E. Smith 1 s Division. The Rebels re 
 treated during the night and at daybreak on the 
 26th the 1 5th Army Corps pursued them to 
 wards Graysville. (No. 55, p. 632.) 
 
 The losses in the First Brigade, as reported 
 by the regimental commanders, were as follows: 
 The 26th Illinois had 10 men killed, 6 officers 
 and 76 men wounded and one missing; total 93. 
 The 90th Illinois had one officer and 9 men 
 killed, and 6 officers and 88 men wounded, 
 and 13 missing; total 117. The i2th Indiana 
 one officer and 9 men killed, and 7 officers and 
 43 men wounded and 2 missing; total 62. The 
 looth Indi9na had one officer and 19 men killed, 
 and 8 officers and 107 men wounded and 2 miss 
 ing; total 137. The above figures are from the 
 report of Col. Loomis, as to the 26th, 9oth and 
 1 2th, but none are counted in the estimates above 
 given except such as were disabled; those Regi 
 ments all had more casualties than as above 
 given. The report as to the looth is correct, 
 but does not embrace such wounds as were 
 
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slight and caused the soldiers no inconvenience. 
 Total loss in the Brigade, 409. The loss in the 
 looth, as given by General Ewing, is manifestly 
 wrong, as the killed and wounded have been 
 counted name by name by the author and found 
 to be 137, excluding those who were only very 
 slightly wounded. General Ewing 1 s report was 
 made the second day after the battle, before the 
 extent of our losses were known. Some of those 
 reported missing, in all the Regiments, are now 
 known to have been killed. 
 
 We remained on the field until about 4:30 
 i. M. when we were withdrawn by Col. Loomis, 
 by order of General Ewing, having been engaged 
 in battle about eight hours. 
 
 "During the night large parties were kept on 
 the field to bring off the dead and wounded; all 
 of the latter were removed before morning. " 
 Col. Loomis, after giving the movements of the 
 Brigade in detail, closes his report by saying: 
 
 "I have the honor to mention for gallant 
 conduct a few of the many who deserve it: Capt. 
 Joseph W. Gillespie, Co. <B, and Capt. Charles 
 W. Brouse, Co. K, looth Indiana Infantry 
 * * on the line of battle the gallantry of the 
 officers was beyond praise. I particularly desire 
 to mention my regimental commanders, for spir 
 ited and splendid performance of duty. * * 
 Also Lieut. Henry G. Collis, looth Indiana, 
 A. A. A. G. on my staff. * * Every color bearer 
 in my Brigade was shot down and four-sevenths 
 of the entire color guard; but men were thick to 
 raise up and bear to the front the flags of their 
 Regiments. For my gallant dead and wounded 
 I have no language to do them justice." (Serial 
 
 55. P- 6 35) 
 
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The looth Indiana in the Battle. Names of the Killed 
 and Mortally Wounded. 
 
 Inasmuch as I have contradicted the official 
 reports as to the number killed and mortally 
 wounded, I will state their names: 
 
 Company "A 11 had sixteen men wounded 
 during the engagement, but not a man was 
 killed, although on that day it was the right 
 color company in the line and had one-half of the 
 number it took into the battle wounded. That 
 none were killed is simply inexplicable. 
 
 Company "B n suffered severely in wounded 
 but like Company "A," providentially none 
 were killed, though a large proportion were 
 severely wounded. 
 
 Company lt C ? -Edward Whitney killed. 
 Company U D" Oaks, Rapp and Leedy 
 killed or mortally wounded. 
 
 Company "E 1 Wm. Calkins, George 
 I lines and Lucius II. Knapp killed or mortally 
 wounded. 
 
 Company U F" -William F. Kearnes, 
 Boyer, Pitman and James Samuels killed or 
 mortally wounded. 
 
 Company "G" -George Doty, Abram 
 Hight, William D. Little and Nathan Snyder 
 killed or mortally wounded. 
 
 Company "H" John Finding and James 
 Walker killed or mortally wounded. 
 
 Company U F Captain James Harland 
 killed. 
 
 Company "K 11 -John Nerhood, David 
 Tucker and Columbus Duke killed or mortally 
 wounded. 
 
 (Official report Major R. M. Johnson, Com 
 manding Regiment.) 
 
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Col. Heath was wounded severely early in 
 the engagement and Major Johnson took com- 
 mand of the Regiment and achieved an enviable 
 reputation for himself by his bravery and efficient 
 conduct in the face of the enemy. The conduct 
 of the brave officers and men of the iooth In 
 diana and its brave commander in taking and 
 holding their position in the face of the enemy s 
 batteries and lines of battle was observed and 
 highly commended by many officers of high 
 rank, who saw the resistless impetuosity with 
 which the Regiment rushed upon the Rebel lines 
 and drove them up the hills, over and to the right of 
 the tunnel, while the main portion of Bragg s 
 army was massed in their front and batteries sup 
 ported by long columns of infantry fired on the 
 men from the sides and tops of the hills above 
 them. Their conduct under a murderous and 
 plunging tire from the enemy above their heads 
 was an example of courage unsurpassed and pro 
 bably unequalled by the conduct of any troops 
 during the Civil War or those of any other time. 
 The Regiment established a reputation on that 
 day which commanded the respect and admira 
 tion of the whole army, and of which every man 
 who belonged to it ought to be proud. 
 
 On the 26th WQ pursued the retreating 
 Rebel army toward Graysville. The roads 
 were strewn with broken wagons, caisons, dead 
 horses and mules, guns and accoutrements, knap 
 sacks, cast off clothing, pots, skillets, ovens, 
 camp kettles, piles of corn and corn meal and 
 many other things, all indicating that their re 
 treat must have been one of indescribable confu 
 sion. 
 
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Bragg s Official Report. 
 
 For the purpose of showing- the Confederate 
 side of this battle, the following is extracted from 
 General Bragg s report to the Rebel Secretary 
 of War: "On Tuesday, the 24th, they threw a 
 heavy force over the river at the mouth of Chica- 
 mauga. I visited our right and made disposi 
 tions to meet the new r development in that direc 
 tion. I returned to the left and found heavy 
 cannonading going on on the slope of Lookout 
 Mountain. A heavy force soon advanced. 
 WalthalTs Brigade made a desperate resistance 
 but was forced to yield. 
 
 "On the 25th I visited the extreme right, 
 commanded by General Ilardee. A heavy force 
 in hne of battle confronted our left and center. 
 * * The enemy formed their lines with great 
 deliberation, just out of range of our guns and in 
 plain view. Though we were outnumbered, 
 such was the strength of our position that no 
 doubt was entertained of our ability to hold it. 11 
 (Serial 55, p. 665.) 
 
 "Several attempts on our extreme right had 
 been handsomely repulsed. About 3. 30 the 
 Federals in front of our left and center advanced 
 in their lines. Our batteries opened upon them. 
 In a short time the roar of musketry became 
 very heavy and it soon became apparent that 
 they were repulsed. While riding along the 
 crest, congratulating the troups, intelligence 
 reached me that our line was broken on the right 
 and that the enemy had crowned the ridge. As 
 sistance was dispatched. General Bates found 
 the disaster so great that his small force could 
 not repair it. About this time the extreme left 
 gave way and my position was almost sur- 
 
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rounded. Cheatham formed and checked the 
 
 enemy. 11 (Serial 55, p. 665). 
 
 All to the left was entirely routed and in 
 rapid flight, nearly all the artillery having 
 been shamefully abandoned by its infantry sup 
 port. * * A panie, such as I never before 
 witnessed, seemed to have seized upon officers 
 and men, and each seemed to be struggling for 
 his personal safety, regardless of his duty or his 
 character. * * In this distressing and alarm 
 ing state of affairs, orders were sent to Ilardee 
 and Breckinridge to retire upon the depot at 
 Chicamauga, * * which they did in good or 
 der, * * the routed left made its way back 
 in great disorder. 11 (Serial 55, p. 665.) 
 
 "No satisfactory excuse can possibly be 
 given for the shameful conduct of our troops. * * 
 The position was one which ought to have been 
 held by a line of skirmishers against any assault 
 ing column. 11 (Offiicial Report Braxton Bragg, 
 Serial ^5, p. 666). 
 
 The abuse of the Confederate soldiers by 
 General Bragg, contained in the above extracts 
 from his official report, was probably made to 
 draw the attention of his government away from 
 the fatal mistakes he had made in sending his 
 cavalry away, detaching Longstreet s Corps of 
 23,000 men, and in massing his whole army in 
 front of the 4th Division of the i ^th Army Corps, 
 thus weakening his centre so that it was no match 
 
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 for the veterans of the 4th and I4th Army Corps, 
 who broke through the lines at that point and 
 routed his army. 
 
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The March From Chattanooga to Knoxville. 
 
 On the 29th of November, 1863, we received 
 orders to march to Knoxville, Tennessee, distant 
 about 125 miles, to relieve the army commanded 
 by General Burnside, it having been officially re 
 ported that Longstreet s Corps of the Confeder 
 ate army had laid siege to that place on its re 
 turn from the field of Chicamauga to Virginia, 
 and that the garrison was in a starving condition 
 and could hold out but a few days longer. 
 
 Accordingly, on the morning of the 29th, 
 two Divisions of the I5th Army Corps, under 
 General Blair, marched from our camp, near 
 Graysville, Georgia, by way of JulieiVs Gap and 
 Oltewa to Cleveland, Tennessee, a distance of 
 thirty miles. The 4th Army Corps, under Gen- 
 Howard, and General Davis 1 Division of the i4th 
 Army Corps made substantially the same march, 
 and we all encamped at Cleveland that night, 
 which was cold and frosty. We halted where 
 rails were plenty, and suffered but little from the 
 cold. 
 
 On the next day we destroyed railroad ties 
 and iron until n A. M., at which time we marched 
 toward Knoxville until we had crossed the Hia- 
 wassee River and encamped near Charleston, Ten 
 nessee, on the East Tennessee and Virginia rail 
 road. 
 
 On the ist of December we marched from 
 Charleston to Athens, Tennessee, about sixteen 
 miles; the whole army moved early on the 2cl. 
 The looth Indiana passed the entire army and 
 took a position in advance, marched all day and 
 until midnight, when we made some coffee and 
 rested until break of day, when we again took 
 
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the advance as far as the Holston River at Morgan - 
 town. There was some cannonading at Lowdon 
 that day, some miles below. The Rebels had 
 burned the ferry at Morgantown, the current was 
 swift, the water from two to rive or six feet deep 
 and perhaps ^oo feet wide. We tore down some 
 houses in the town, and a large force began to 
 build a bridge across the river. 
 
 The men worked all night, and at 2 p. M., 
 on the 4th, the looth Indiana had crossed over on 
 the bridge and bivouacked on the high hill above 
 the village. Batteries, teams and troops were 
 passing over the bridge nearly all night. By 
 morning the i ^th Corps was over, and on the c;th 
 we marched early, the looth Indiana in advance. 
 We marched at a lively pace. Never saw a 
 Rebel during the day, although we passed their 
 burning camp fires. 
 
 The first halt worthy of note was at Mary- 
 ville, Blunt county, 17 miles from Morgantown 
 and 13 miles from Knoxville. Here we learned 
 that Longstreet had suffered a disastrous defeat 
 and had raised the siege and fled toward East 
 Tennessee and Virginia, from whence he came. 
 
 No account of the siege of Knoxville can be 
 given here for lack of space, except an extract 
 from the official report of General Burnside, de 
 scribing the assault on Fort Sanders. 
 
 The besieged army numbered about 12,000, 
 the besiegers about 23,000. On the 24th of No 
 vember, 1863, Longstreet crossed his forces to the 
 south side of the Holston River. On the 28th 
 he was active on both sides of that stream. At 
 10 A. M. he drove in the Union pickets and es- 
 lished his line within eighty yards of Fort San 
 ders . 
 
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"On the 29th, at about 6:30 A. M., the 
 enemy opened a furious lire on the fort. Our 
 batteries remained silent and the men quietly 
 awaited the attack. * * In twenty minutes 
 the cannonading eeased and a fire of musketry 
 was opened by the enemy. * * A heavy 
 column charged on the bastions at a run. Great 
 numbers of them fell in passing over the entangle 
 ments. * * In two or three minutes they 
 had reached the ditch and attempted to seale the 
 parapet. Our guns opened on the men in the 
 ditch with tripple rounds of canister, and our in 
 fantry shot or knocked back all those whose 
 heads appeared above the parapet. * * The 
 first column w r as reinforced by a second, which 
 pushed up to the fort as desperately as the first, 
 but were driven back with great slaughter; most 
 of those who reached the ditch were killed or 
 mortally wounded. * * The ground between 
 the fort and the crest was strewed with the 
 dead and the wounded, who were crying for help. 
 After the repulse was fully established, I ten 
 dered to the enemy a flag of truce for the pur 
 pose of burying the dead and caring for the 
 wounded. His loss was certainly a thousand. 
 Ours but thirteen." A. E. Burnside. (Serial 
 54, p. 277.) 
 
 The flarch From Knoxville, to Alabama via 
 Chattanooga. 
 
 At this date the looth Indiana and many 
 other Regiments in the i5th Army Corps had 
 drawn little or no rations since the 23d of No- 
 
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vember. Oa the jth we received orders to march, 
 which we did early, making twelve miles by 
 noon, on the same road back to Morgantown, at 
 which time we halted for dinner, and ate up all 
 the provisions we had; every haversack was 
 empty. 
 
 After this rest we sent out some foraging 
 parties and marched on to Morgantown, live 
 miles and bivouacked for the night on the north 
 side of the Holston. The foragers brought in 
 some chickens, some beans and meal. On the 
 8th we crossed the river on our bridge, as the 
 soldiers called it. We then bore to the left to 
 ward the Chiliko and strawberry plains. The 
 men of the looth said they owned some farms 
 over in that country which they had not seen for 
 a long time and w^ere going over there to collect 
 the rent of some Johnnies they had rented to. It 
 rained very hard during that day, but the men 
 secured some flour and other provisions, so that 
 each company had something to eat. On the 
 9th we moved slowly, encamped four miles north 
 of Madisonville, Tennessee. Our foragers went 
 east toward the Smoky Mountains, which were 
 in plain view, and secured flour and corn meal 
 and some fine pigs, and then we did have a feast. 
 Although we did not have enough to satisfy the 
 men, yet any quantity under the circumstances 
 would have been a feast. On the loth we came 
 to a farm which had apparently escaped the rav 
 ages of the Confederate cavalry. We drove 
 away all the sheep and cattle the Rebel (he was 
 a Reb.) had, and Col. Johnson detailed Company 
 "A" to drive the stock. Before leaving the 
 place the men of that Company loaded them 
 selves with chickens and turkeys, The other 
 
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Regiments in the Brigade got no forage and an 
 order was made that our forage should be divided 
 with them, under the supervision of the provost 
 marshall, who ordered Company "A n to turn 
 in their load of poultry. About a mile from 
 camp we halted and every soldier of Company 
 44 A" picked all the feathers off and cleaned his 
 poultry, rolled it up in his poncho, slung this 
 over his shoulder and marched in. On our ar 
 rival at camp no poultry was visible and that 
 Company and not the provost marshall ate those 
 chickens and turkeys that night and the next day. 
 We marched sixteen miles that day and went into 
 camp at Athens, Tennessee. On the nth we 
 remained in camp. We looked the country over 
 for forage but it was barren of everything, and 
 we were again short of rations. During the day 
 Sergeant James L. Drake, of Company U E, " 
 died. On the izth the men were all hungry. 
 We remained in camp. The cold rain poured 
 down incessantly. We tore down some houses 
 and made long sheds to keep the rain off. 
 
 We obtained some wheat bran at a mill and 
 this was divided up among some of the com 
 panies a tin cup full to each man. We boiled 
 this in tin cans and ate it. On the i^th we still 
 remained in camp. The foragers brought in some 
 flour and pork. The cold rain fell all day. On 
 the morning of the i4th, at 8 A. M., we marched 
 to Charleston, Tennessee, on the Iliawassee 
 River. The foragers got some corn meal 
 which helped us greatly. On the i5th we 
 marched one mile west of Cleveland and went 
 into camp. It rained hard all day; the men were 
 all cold, wet and hungry. On the i6th we 
 marched through Oltewa and went into camp, 
 
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Most of the men were in the rain all night. On 
 the i yth we marched in the deep mud down to 
 the bridge near the mouth of Chicamauga Creek. 
 Several trains of army wagons were waiting to 
 eross. A great many teams were mired down. 
 We moved over and encamped near the place 
 where we formed in line to make the assault on 
 Missionary Ridge, across the open plains, on the 
 25th of November. Along the line occupied by 
 the looth Indiana, near the railroad track, be 
 tween the old water tanks and the 9oth Illinois 
 on our left, there were spots of coagulated blood 
 all along in the short grass on the ground, mak 
 ing the line very plainly visible all along. Shells 
 and shot were lying over the ground, and many 
 holes were in the surface, where the plunging 
 shells of the Confederates had entered the ground 
 and exploded, leaving great holes. Besides 
 there were many other evidences of the 
 dreadful struggle which took place on that bloody 
 field. On that evening we drew half rations- for 
 three days; the first regular issue of rations we 
 had had for twenty-three days. On the i8th, at 9 
 A. M., we marched through Chattanooga, passed 
 under Point Lookout, followed the line of the M. 
 & C. railroad to Whiteside tunnel and encamped 
 there. That evening Christian Cramer, of Com 
 pany "A" by permission dropped out of the 
 ranks and was never afterwards heard of. On 
 the 1 9th we marched to Bridgeport, Alabama, 
 and drew some clothing, which the men needed 
 very badly. We also received our mail, the 
 first for more than a month, drew our pay, and 
 on the 24th we marched to Stevenson and on the 
 26th to Scottsboro, Alabama, and went into 
 camp. 
 
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 Vi^ > 
 
The 26th Illinois and the rooth Indiana were 
 on the left, and the 9oth Illinois and i2th Indiana 
 on the right. One week later the looth moved 
 to Bellefont Station, Alabama. This elosed a 
 march of more than 350 miles since the battle of 
 Missionary Ridge, on half rations or less all the 
 time, in cold or rainy weather, in a country 
 stripped of all kinds of products, and upon roads 
 which with any other army or any other com 
 mander would have been deemed impossible. 
 
 By an order of the General commanding, the 
 looth Indiana was directed to place "Knoxville 11 
 on its Mag, because the regiment marched to the 
 relief of the besieged garrison. 
 
 Recapitulation, 1863. 
 
 Beginning with the engagement on January 
 ist, at Galveston, Texas, and ending with 
 the four engagements of Greenville, North Caro 
 lina, St. Augustine, Fla., Waldron, Arkansas, 
 and Matagorda Bay, Texas, on December 30, 
 1863. There were fought during that year six 
 hundred and twenty -seven (627) battles and 
 skirmishes, the more important of which, to 
 gether with the losses on each side are as 
 follows: 
 
 LOSS LOSS 
 
 NAMES OF BATTLES. FED. CON. 
 
 Stone River, Dec. 31, 62, to Jan. 2d 13,249 10,270 
 
 Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863 1,060 5,500 
 
 Port Gibson, Miss., May 1, 1863 875 1,650 
 
 Chancellorsville, May 1st to 4th, K. cS; W 11,368 12,764 
 
 Champion Hill, Miss., May Id, 1863 2,441 4,3$0 
 
 Yicksburg, Miss,, May 18th to July 4th 4,536 31,227 
 
 Port Hudson. Miss., May 27th to July 10th 3,000 7,208 
 
 Gettysburg, Pa., July 1st to 3d 23,186 31,621 
 
 Chicamauga, Ga., Sept. 19th to 20th 15,851 17,804 
 
 Mission Ridge and Lookout Mt., Nov. 23-25 5,382 8,684 
 
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The following Regiments of the i^th Army 
 Corps sustained the greatest loss in the Battle of 
 Missionary Ridge. The First Brigade, Col. 
 John Mason Loomis, of the 26th Illinois, eom- 
 mandin, as follows: 
 
 KLI). 
 
 i ooth Indiana ........ 20 
 
 c)oth Illinois .......... 10 
 
 26th Illinois .......... 10 
 
 1 2th Indiana ......... 10 
 
 15 
 94 
 
 82 
 50 
 
 TOTL. 
 
 137 
 
 117 
 
 9^ 
 
 62 
 
 Totals .......... 50 341 1 8 409 
 
 Seeond Brigade, 4th Division, i c;th A. C., Gen 
 eral Corse. 
 
 KLI). 
 
 Illinois .......... 15 
 
 4oth Illinois .......... 7 
 
 46th Ohio ............ 4 
 
 6th Iowa ............ 8 
 
 75 
 43 
 35 
 
 57 
 
 210 
 
 .MISS 
 
 o 
 i 
 i 
 o 
 
 40 
 
 Totals ......... 34 210 2 246 
 
 The greatest battles of the year 1863 were: 
 Stone River, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Port 
 Hudson, Gettysburg, Chieamauga and Mission 
 ary Ridge. In these seven engagements the 
 Confederates lost a total ot 119,578 men. The 
 losses sustained in the same engagements by the 
 Federal army were 78,572, a difference of 41,006 
 in favor of the latter. The Confederates lost at 
 Arkansas Post, 5,500; the Federal loss in that 
 engagement was 1,060. This single item equals 
 the number of Federal prisoners captured at 
 Chancellorsville. Many other sanguinary con 
 flicts took plaee between the contending armies, 
 in which militar advantaes were lost and won. 
 
In many of these the Confederates were the vic 
 tors, but upon the whole they lost severely in 
 strength and position. As to the latter, when 
 thev were driven from one fortress they could 
 easily retreat to another, but when they lost in 
 strength, the loss was irreparable, for nearly all 
 the men of the South, who were liable to military 
 duty, were in their armies already. A vast 
 amount of territory was wrenched from the Con 
 federates during the year 1863, but the loss of 
 territory was not so serious to them as the loss 
 of men. There was little or no hope for the Con 
 federate cause after Vicksburg and Gettysburg. 
 The result of the latter was the forerunner of ul 
 timate defeat. 
 
Winter Quarters, 1863=4, at Bellefonte, Alabama. 
 
 During the time we were in camp at Belle 
 fonte, Alabama, perhaps no Regiment in the 
 United States service led a more strictly military 
 life. The duties we had to perform were to pa 
 trol the M. & C. R. R. half way to Scottsboro 
 and Stevenson respectively, and to keep a gen 
 eral lookout for predator) bodies of the enemy. 
 
 We had large, beautiful parade grounds, 
 kept perfectly clean and covered with tine cedar 
 trees, in regular rows; had good water, plenty to 
 eat, mails and newspapers regularly; quarters 
 artistically arranged and kept scrupulously clean. 
 Revielle at 5:1^ A - M " which in the winter time 
 was long before daylight. At this hour every 
 company came to the color line on the double 
 quick and in the darkness. The Regiment was 
 then put through battalion drill for one hour by 
 Col. R. M. Johnson, who was a consumate drill 
 master. 
 
 The Regiment became so proficient that it 
 could perform every field evolution in the tactics 
 in the dark better than any Regiment in the 
 United States service and was probably second 
 to none, in a daylight drill. These evolutions 
 were performed on the double quick, in answer 
 to the commands of Col. Johnson, given from 
 
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Maj. Gen l W. T. Sherman. 
 
 a war times photograph.) 
 
any part of the field, whether the Regiment was 
 in sight or not. 
 
 It must be admitted that such a camp life 
 was rather heroic and exacting upon the men, 
 yet it was eminently proper; the exercise kept 
 the men in health we had no sick. It greatly 
 increased the efficiency of the Regiment and was 
 for the good of the service. 
 
 Nothing creates a disposition in a soldier 
 not to move any quicker than idleness and inac 
 tion. The efficiency of all the Federal armies 
 were greatly increased during the winter and the 
 Confederates put forth the utmost exertions to 
 to increase their armies in number and discipline, 
 for the struggle which was sure to come during 
 the summer of 1864. 
 
 Strength and Position of the Federal Army, May i, 1864. 
 
 As the great struggle for supremacy was to 
 take place during the summer of 1864, the reader 
 ought to possess some information relating to the 
 location and position of the two armies and their 
 respective strength to enable him to form correct 
 conclusions as to the military results, of the bat 
 tles fought during that year, to understand the 
 strategy pursued beyond, or the tactics within 
 the reach of each others guns by the command 
 ers respectively, and to judge of the merits of 
 any officer or the troops under his command; 
 and of the advantages which the lield gave to the 
 one and the difficulties to be overcome by the 
 other, it is deemed proper for this purpose to in 
 sert in this place an extract from the official re- 
 
 77 
 
port of General Sherman wherein these matters 
 are fully set forth (Serial 72, p. 63), also an ex 
 tract from the official report of General Joseph 
 E. Johnston, C. S. A., for the same purpose 
 (Serial 74, p. 615), the former being as follows: 
 
 "During the month of April I received from 
 Lieutenant-General Grant a map, with a letter 
 of instructions. Subsequently I received from 
 him notice that he would move from his camp 
 about Culpepper, Virginia, on the 5th of May, 
 and he wanted me to do the same from Chatta 
 nooga. My troops were still dispersed and the 
 cavalry, so necessary to our success, was yet 
 collecting horses at Nicholas ville, Kentucky, and 
 Columbia, Tennessee. 
 
 "On the 27th of April I put all the troops 
 in motion towards Chattanooga, and on the next 
 day went there in person. My aim and purpose 
 was to make the army of the Cumberland 50,000 
 men, that of the Tennessee 35,000, and that of 
 the Ohio 15,000. These figures were approxi 
 mated but never reached, and the Army of the 
 Tennessee failed to receive certain Divisions that 
 were still kept on the Mississippi River, resulting 
 from the unfavorable issue of the Red River ex 
 pedition. But on the ist of May the effective 
 strength of the several armies for offensive pur 
 poses was about as follows: 
 
 "Army of the Cumberland Major-General 
 Thomas, commanding. Infantry, 54,568; ar 
 tillery, 2,377; rivalry, 3? S 2 ^- Total, 60,773; 
 guns, 130. 
 
 "Army of the Tennessee Major- General 
 McPherson, commanding. Infantry, 22,437; ar 
 tillery, 1,404; cavalry, 624. Total, 24,465; 
 guns, 96, 
 
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"Army of the Ohio Major- General Scho- 
 fielcl, commanding. Infantry, 11,183; artillery, 
 679; cavalry, 1,697. Total, 13,359; g uns > 2 ^- 
 
 "Grand aggregate Troops, 98,797; guns 
 254. About these figures have been maintained 
 during the campaign, the number of men joining 
 from furlough and hospitals about compensating 
 for the loss in battle and from sickness. 
 
 "These armies were grouped on the morn 
 ing of May 6, 1864, as follows: That of the 
 Cumberland at and near Ringgold; that of the 
 Tennessee at Gordon s Mills on the Chicamauga, 
 and that of the Ohio near Red Clay, on the 
 Georgia line, north of Dalton. The enemy lay 
 near and in Dalton, superior to me in cavalry, 
 and with three corps of infantry and artillery, 
 viz: Hardee s, Hood s and Folk s and the whole 
 commanded by General Joe Johnson of the Con- 
 ferate army. I estimated the cavalry under 
 Wheeler at about 10,000 and the infantry and 
 artillery about 50,000 men. To strike Dalton 
 in front was impracticable, as it was covered by 
 an inaccessible ridge, known as the Rocky Face, 
 through which was a pass between Tunnel Hill 
 and Dalton, known as the Buzzard Roost, 
 through which lay the railroad and wagon road. 
 It was narrow, well obstructed by abatis and 
 flooded by water, caused by dams across Mill 
 Creek. Batteries also commanded it in its whole 
 length, from the spurs on either side, and more 
 especially from the ridge at the farther side, like 
 a traverse directly across its debouche. It was, 
 therefore, necessary to turn it. On its north front 
 the enemy had a strong line of works behind 
 Mill Creek, so that my attention was at once di 
 rected to the south. In that direction I found 
 
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Snake Creek Gap affording me a good practica 
 ble way to reach Resaca, a point on the enemy 11 s 
 railroad line of communication, eighteen miles 
 below Dalton. Accordingly I ordered General 
 McPherson to move rapidly from his position at 
 Gordon s Mills, via Ship s Gap, Villanow and 
 Snake Creek Gap, directly on Resaca, or the 
 railroad at any point below Dalton, and to make 
 a bold attack. After breaking the railroad well, 
 he was ordered to fall back to a strong defensive 
 position near Snake Creek, and stand ready to 
 fall on the enemy s flank when he retreated, as I 
 judged he would. During the movement Gen 
 eral Thomas was to make a strong feint of attack 
 in front, while General Schotield pressed down 
 from the north." (General Sherman s Report; 
 Serial 72, p. 63.) 
 
 Strength and Position of the Confederate Army, Hay 
 
 i, 1864. 
 
 On December 18, 1863, less than one month 
 after the defeat of the Confederate army by us 
 at Mission Ridge, General Bragg left it and Gen 
 eral Joseph E. Johnson took command, and the 
 following is an extract from his official report, 
 from that time until we moved against him about 
 May ist to yth, 1864, showing the position and 
 strength of the Rebel army made to General S. 
 Cooper, Richmond, Va., the Confederate Secre 
 tary of War, as follows: 
 
 "I have the honor to make the following re 
 port of the operations of the Army of the Ten 
 nessee while it was under my command. Want 
 
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of the reports of the Lieutenant- Generals, for 
 which 1 have waited until now, prevents me from 
 being circumstantial. In obedience to the orders 
 of the President, received by telegraph at Clin 
 ton, Mississippi, December 18, 1863, I assumed 
 command of the Army of the Tennessee at Dai- 
 ton on the 2 7 th of that month. Letters from 
 the President and Secretary of War, dated, re 
 spectively, December 23d and 2oth, impressed 
 upon me the importance of soon commencing ac 
 tive operations against the enemy. The relative 
 forces, including the moral effect of the affair at 
 Missionary Ridge, condition of the artillery 
 horses and most of those of the cavalry, and want 
 of field transportation, made it impracticable to 
 effect the wishes of the Executive. 
 
 "On December ^ist, the effective total of 
 the infantry and artillery of the army, including 
 two Brigades belonging to the Department of the 
 Mississippi, was 36,826. The effective total of 
 the cavalry, including Rodney s command at 
 Tuscumbia, was 5,613. The Federal force in 
 our front, inclusive of cavalry and the Ninth 
 and Twenty-third Corps at Knoxville, was esti 
 mated at cSo,oco. The winter was mainly em 
 ployed jn improving the discipline and equipment 
 of the army and bringing back absentees to the 
 ranks. At the end of April more than 5,000 had 
 rejoined their Regiments. 
 
 "On the ist of May I reported the enemy 
 about to advance. On the 2d Brigadier-General 
 Mercer s command arrived about 1,400 effect 
 ive infantry. On the 4th I expressed myself sat 
 isfied that the enemy was about to attack with 
 his united forces, and again urged that a part of 
 Lieutenant- General Polk s troops should be put 
 
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at my disposal. I was informed by General 
 Bragg that orders to that effect were given. 
 Major-General Martin, whose Division of cavalry 
 coming from East Tennessee, had been halted on 
 the Etowah to recruit its horses, was ordered 
 with it to observe the Oostenaula from Resaca 
 to Rome. Brigadier-General Kelley was ordered 
 with his command from the neighborhood of Re 
 saca to report to Major- General Wheeler. The 
 effective artillery and infantry of the Army of 
 Tennessee, after the arrival of Mercer s Brigade, 
 amounted to 40,900; the effective cavalry to 
 about 4,600. Major- General Sherman s army 
 was composed of that of the Missionary Ridge, 
 then 80,000, increased by several thousand re 
 cruits; ^,000 men under Ilovey; the Twenty - 
 third Corps (Schorield s) from Knoxville, and 
 two Divisions of the Sixteenth from North Ala 
 bama. Major- General Wheeler estimated the 
 cavalry of that army at 15,000. 
 
 "On the 5th of May this army was in line 
 between Ringgolcl and Tunnel I Till, and after 
 skirmishing on that and the following day, on 
 7th pressed back our advance troops to Mill 
 Creek Gap. On the same day Brigadier- General 
 Cantey reached Resaca with his Brigade and 
 was halted there." (Official report of General 
 Joseph E. Johnston, Serial 74, page 615.) 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Atlanta Campaign, 1864 
 120 Days Constant Fighting. 
 
 On the morning of May ist the looth In 
 diana left its beautiful camp at Bellefonte and on 
 
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the 2(] joined the 26th and yoth Illinois and the 
 i 2th Indiana, composing the First Brigade, Col. 
 Rcub Williams, 4th Division, General Harrow, 
 1 5th Army Corps, General John A. Logan, des 
 tined for the front. The looth had at that time 
 450 men. The Brigade marched through Ste 
 venson, Alabama, on the 2d and encamped at 
 noon on Crow Creek. At this point Col. John 
 Mason Loomis, who had commanded us for 
 about a year and a half, and who had been with 
 us so long under such trying conditions, that we 
 had all learned to love him, took a final leave of 
 us and Col. Reuben Williams took command of 
 the Brigade. On the 3d we had reveille at 3 
 A. M., marched at 4, crossed the Tennessee 
 River and encamped. On the 4th we marched 
 at 7 A. M. to Whiteside, over a rough, mountain 
 ous road and encamped at 2 p. M. On the 5th 
 our Brigade brought up the rear. We marched 
 on the railroad under Point Lookout, then we 
 bore to the right, passing between Mission Ridge 
 and Lookout Mountain and encamped near Ross- 
 ville, Georgia. Here we sent our tents and 
 baggage to the rear. On the 6th we marched 
 over roads, which were fairly good from Ross- 
 ville, directly to Crawfish Springs. On the /th 
 the looth Indiana took the advance. We crossed 
 the South Chicamauga at Glass Mill, at 10 
 o clock, and at 11:30 A. M. we went into camp, 
 and the 2cl Division and other troops passed to 
 the front, where an engagement was then going 
 on. 
 
 On the 8th the xooth remained in camp un 
 til noon, to allow the trains to pass. We then 
 covered the rear, crossed Taylor s Ridge at 6 
 o^lock that evening and encamped in Chestnut 
 
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Valley. During the day the 4th Corps engaged 
 the Rebels under Reynolds and Granberry, on 
 the heights of Bu/zard Roost and Rocky Face 
 Ridge and a portion of the i5th Corps drove the 
 Rebel cavalry out of Snake Creek Gap. (Serial 
 7 2 > P-^3.) 
 
 The battle of Dalton was fought on the 
 9th. On that day we made no move, but 
 the 23d Corps drove the Confederates nearly 
 to Dalton and the 4th and i4th Corps pressed 
 them very hard on Rocky Face Ridge. The 
 whole country is very rough and the Confederates 
 were occupying the passes, gaps and fastnesses, 
 some of which were so strongly fortified as to be 
 almost impregnable. 
 
 On the loth the looth Indiana marched to 
 Sugar Valley and on the next day took a posi 
 tion assigned us, on the front and fortified all 
 night and until daylight on the i2th, when we 
 found that we were in front of the enemy s line 
 of heavy works, in Snake Creek Gap, to the 
 northwest of Resaca. 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Battle of Resaca- 
 
 On information that the Rebels were evacu 
 ating their front several miles to the north and 
 massing in our front, at 5 A. M. on the I3th, we 
 moved against him to a cross-road in his front 
 
 O 
 
 and near Resaca. The 2cl Brigade was placed 
 on the advanced line and our Brigade on a line 
 in its support; but the looth Indiana was quickly 
 ordered to take a position in line of battle with 
 the first Division. Some firing was then going 
 
 84 
 
on in our front. The movement was performed 
 by the looth with alacrity. Company lt B," 
 about tifty men, were then sent forward as a 
 strong skirmish line, under Captain Fast, and 
 joined in with the Brigade skirmish line, under 
 Major Johnson of the looth Indiana, who had 
 command of the entire Brigade skirmish line at 
 that time. (74, p. 278.) 
 
 Behind this line of skirmishers the move 
 ment ordered was successfully made. About 
 noon an order came to move forward in line of 
 battle. This was done in a perfect manner, 
 through a wooded thicket, to an open field di 
 rectly in front of the first line of Confederate 
 works. The looth, in common with the general 
 line of battle, formed in the edge of the wood, 
 at the edge of the field, right at the crest of the 
 hill. The skirmish line under Major Johnson, in 
 the mean time, kept driving the enemy s line of 
 skirmishers before them. 
 
 During all this time the enemy kept up a 
 furious canonade with both shot and shell, not 
 only on General Osterhaus 1 line, but the entire 
 length of the icoth Regiment. But notwith 
 standing that, our line of skirmishers continued to 
 advance and finally drove the Rebels from their 
 outer line of works without the line of battle pro 
 per becoming engaged. Seeing this, the Brig 
 ade commander ordered the line of skirmishers 
 of the looth, which was Company U B," to be 
 reinforced. Companies U C" and U D" deployed 
 and the three Companies advanced, and the 
 Regiment followed, in line of Battle, across the 
 open field, drove the Rebels from the wood cov 
 ered hill, on the right of the works we had just 
 taken, and took a position some distance to the 
 
 85 
 
left and facing the enemy s works, which w^as 
 quickly accomplished and was held until about 6 
 p. M., when the looth was relieved and ordered 
 to face back, having successfully performed every 
 duty required of it throughout the day and under 
 a severe artillery tire. The officers and soldiers 
 bore themselves bravely during the time. We 
 went into camp, in the field we drove the enemy 
 from, and at 7 A. M. on the i4th we moved to 
 the right to support the 2d Division, if need be, 
 where w r e remained in line during the night of 
 the 1 4th and i5th. The Rebels had about 
 70,000 men engaged in this battle. The 4th, 
 r4th and 2oth Corps, and the i v Sth, i6th and 
 23d Corps were all more or less engaged, and 
 there was some severe fighting. The Confed 
 erates retreated during the night of the I5th 
 across the Oostenaula River. 
 
 Captain Fast was the first one who entered 
 the enemy s works. All of the officers of the 
 Regiment conducted themselves gallantly and dis 
 charged their whole duty. The following is a 
 list of "casualties" in the regiment before Re- 
 saca, Ga. : 
 
 MAY 13, 1864. 
 
 Hammond Frees, , "A," wounded in thigh; severe. 
 
 John I). Yanlear, , "A," wounded in arm; slight. 
 
 Benjamin F. Bolinger, , <- A," wounded in leg; slight. 
 
 Henry M. Scott, Corporal, "B," wounded in arm; severe. 
 George French, Private, "B," wounded in leg; severe. 
 William Davis, Private, "B," wounded in hand; slight. 
 Isaac Myers, Private, "D," wounded in arm; severe. 
 Samuel Gerrard, Private, "G," wounded in hand; slight. 
 Con. Bowen, Corporal, "G," wounded hip; slight. 
 James Hillis, Private, "I," wounded in back; slight. 
 John Murphy, Private "I," wounded in hip; slight. 
 Noah T. Catterlin, 1st Lt.. "I," wounded in breast; slight. 
 David N. Pugh, Private, "K," wounded in shoulder; slight. 
 Zachariah Pollard, Corporal, "K," wounded in wrist; slight. 
 
 On the morning of the i6th we moved with 
 
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the army in pursuit. During this engagement, 
 the looth had 14 men and one officer wounded. 
 In this engagement the Confederates lost 3,000 
 men. The fighting in front of the 4th Corps 
 was very determined. Our loss was 2,600. 
 The Confederates fought mainly from behind 
 breastworks. The looth Indiana marched in 
 pursuit at 1 1 A. M., and went into camp at 8 P. 
 M., on Oostenaula Creek. The strength of the 
 Confederate Army at the battle of Resaca, was 
 as follows: 
 
 Confederate Army, as at Dalton 52,990 
 
 Additions to Hardee s and Hood s Corps.. 5,000 
 Arrival of Mercer s Brigade, May 2d. . . . 2,800 
 Arrival of Loring s Division, May i2th. . 5,145 
 Arrival of Canter s Division, May 8th.. 5,300 
 
 Total 71,235 
 
 We had now driven the Rebels out of the 
 gaps and passes and from the hills and mountain 
 tops, which they had been fortifying for half a 
 year and which they deemed impregnable. 
 
 On the 1 7th the looth guarded the wagon 
 train, and went into camp at midnight, having 
 marched twelve miles. 
 
 On the i8th it joined the Brigade early in 
 the morning, marched fourteen miles and en 
 camped on the Burnley plantation at 7 P. M. 
 The men were all very tired; sun very hot. 
 
 On the I9th we marched with the column 
 nine miles and encamped at Kingston, where we 
 remained in camp, on the 2oth, 2ist and 22d, 
 during which time the 2oth A. C. engaged the 
 Confederates at Cassville, Georgia, and on that 
 day they retreated across the Etowah River, 
 
On the 230! we broke camp early and 
 marched in the direction of Dallas, about twenty 
 miles. The weather was very hot, but the men 
 were healthy. On the 24th we continued in the 
 same direction about eight miles and encamped 
 in the mountains. 
 
 On the 25th the Brigade acted as train 
 guards. We marched all night, over very bad 
 roads and went into camp on Pumpkinvine Creek 
 at 3 A. M., having marched only ten miles. 
 
 On the 26th the looth guarded the train 
 during the day and marched all night; only made 
 rive miles. We halted within one mile of Dallas, 
 Georgia, where we arrived at 4 A. M. on the 
 2 yth, and at 7 A. M. we were ordered to take a 
 position on the advance line of battle, directly in 
 front of the enemy. We moved out promptly 
 for that purpose and took the position assigned 
 us. We were placed on the right of, and refused 
 to a horizontal line, with the 6th Iowa and Com- 
 panies U A," "I" and 11 F" were deployed as 
 skirmishers in front of the Regiment 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Battle of Dallas, Georgia. 
 
 At noon there were indications of an assault 
 on our line by the enemy. The Regiment was 
 without any works, for which reason the skir 
 mish line was reinforced by Companies "B ? and 
 U C." At one o clock the Confederates sent for 
 ward and attacked us with a heavy skirmish 
 line. This was repulsed by the above named 
 companies on the skirmish line, during which we 
 had seven men and one officer wounded. 
 
After this assault the Regiment fortified it 
 self strongly, and on the 2 8th the skirmish line 
 was made still stronger. About half past 3 P.M. 
 the enemy raised a yell on his front and charged 
 our line of skirmishers with a heavy line of bat 
 tle, and steadily pressed them baek until they had 
 reached our main line, which they then attacked 
 with great spirit and charged upon us with deaf 
 ening yells. The men of the looth fought gal 
 lantly in this action and repulsed the Rebels with 
 great loss. Being protected by works, w r e only 
 lost three killed and fourteen wounded. The 
 Confederates carried away most of their dead 
 and a great many of their severely wounded, 
 but we hastily buried a large number in our 
 front. 
 
 The attack lasted half an hour. This is 
 what we usually call the Battle of Dallas. The 
 Confederates met with a bloody repulse in the 
 engagement. The brunt of this battle was borne 
 by the looth Indiana, as it occupied the only 
 ground over which a charge could be made by 
 the enemy. 
 
 On the 29th of May there were some indi 
 cations that the enemy were about to evacuate 
 the works in our front. To settle this question 
 in the minds of the officers, the looth Indiana was 
 directed by the General to advance its line far 
 enough to ascertain whether the enemy remained 
 in his fortifications in force or not. This we did, 
 the enemy showing a strong line in his works. 
 We received the praise of the General, but lost 
 three men in the attempt, and on the 3oth we 
 repeated the experiment and lost two more men . 
 On the 3 1st we remained in camp. 
 
 On June ist, at 4 A. M., the looth aban- 
 
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doned its line and moved about seven miles to the 
 left, to a point near New Hope Church, entered 
 the front line and relieved a Regiment of the 2oth 
 Corps. We lost two men in doing this. The bullets 
 flew thick and fast over this ground. From May 
 25th to June 4th, there was severe and constant 
 fighting at New Hope Church, burned Hickory 
 and on Pumpkin Vine Creek by the 4th, the i4th 
 and 2oth Corps and by the 23d, i5th and 1 7th Corps, 
 some of which was very sanguinary. On the 2d 
 we were in reserve. On the 3d we were ordered 
 to advance on the main line sixty yards. This 
 movement was neatly and successfully performed 
 with the loss of one man, and resulted in forcing 
 the Rebel army to evacuate all of the Altoona 
 pass, without fighting them at that place. 
 
 On the 4th we remained in camp, in the 
 works, and as the Rebel army was very strongly 
 fortified at New Hope Church too strongly for 
 us to assault we just marched away and left 
 them in their works, and moved around to their 
 right, and during the night the Confederates, 
 being forced to do so, abandoned their position 
 and retreated further south. At midnight on the 
 5th the army moved rapidly to the left again and 
 rested until daylight on the 6th, when we again 
 moved six miles and went into camp near Ac- 
 worth, Georgia, where we remained during the 
 yth, 8th and 9th of June. Altoona Pass was, on 
 the 6th, adopted as a base of supplies. 
 
 On the loth of June we marched six miles 
 to Big Shanty, a station on the railroad north 
 west of Kenesaw. The looth took a position 
 fronting Kenesaw and fortified during the entire 
 night. On the morning of the nth our lines 
 were close up to the enemy, and during the i2th, 
 
 GO 
 
and 1 4th we remained quiet, except con 
 tinual skirmishing. A severe engagement was 
 fought at Pine Mountain during the day. There 
 was sharp canonading in front of General How 
 ard and Hooker s line, and a canon shot from 
 Captain Simonson s Indiana Battery killed Lieu- 
 tenant-General Polk of the Confederate army, 
 then standing in an exposed place on Pine Moun 
 tain. Johnson, Ilardee and Polk were standing 
 together at the time. Loring succeeded to the 
 command of Polkas Corps. Our Signal Corps 
 had the key to the Rebel signals and it was 
 known at once in our army that General Polk 
 was killed. 
 
 During the night the Rebel army retreated 
 from the mountain tops again to the southward, 
 and on the morning of the 1 5th of June Pine 
 Mountain was found abandoned by the enemy, 
 and at n A. M. the looth Indiana moved rapidly 
 to the left and supported the 2cl Brigade in an 
 encounter with the rear of the fleeing Rebel 
 army. We attacked them savagely and killed, 
 wounded and captured a great many of them. 
 General Logan says that on the i^th he moved 
 General Harrow s command to the extreme left. 
 Walcott, Williams and Oliver s Brigades charged 
 gallantly against the enemy, killing and wound 
 ing many and capturing 350 prisoners, twenty- 
 two of whom were commissioned officers. Our 
 loss was forty-five killed and wounded. (Logan s 
 Official Report.) 
 
 Early on the i6th the i/j-th and 23d Corps 
 advanced and fought the Confederate army, 
 which was again strongly entrenched along the 
 rugged hills, between Kenesaw and Lost Moun 
 tain. At the same time we advanced and gained 
 
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some good positions. The 2oth Corps had a 
 bloody engagement at Golgotha, and a portion 
 of the 1 6th Corps defeated a Rebel force at Rome 
 Cross Roads. 
 
 June ijth, 1864. 
 
 On the 1 7th, the enemy abandoned Lost 
 Mountain and the long line of admirable breast 
 works connecting it with Kenesaw. We con 
 tinued to press at all points, skirmishing in 
 dense forests of timber and across deep ravines, 
 until we found him again, strongly posted and 
 intrenched, with Kenesaw as his salient, his right 
 wing thrown back, so as to cover Marietta, and 
 his left behind Noyes Creek, covering his rail 
 road back to the Chattahoochee. This enabled 
 him to contract his lines and strengthen them ac 
 cordingly. From Kenesaw he could look down 
 on our camps and observe every movement and 
 his batteries thundered away, but did us but 
 little harm, on account of their extreme height, 
 the shot and shell passing harmlessly over our 
 heads, as we lay up close against his mountain 
 town. During our operations about Kenesaw, 
 the weather was villainously bad, the rain fell 
 almost continually for three weeks, rendering our 
 narrow wooded roads mere mud gullies, so that 
 a general movement was impossible, but our men 
 daily worked closer and closer to our entrenched 
 foe and kept up an incessant picket tiring, galling 
 to him. Every opportunity was taken to ad 
 vance our general lines closer and closer to the 
 enemy, General McPherson watching the enemy 
 
 02 
 
on Kenesaw and working his left forward, Gen 
 eral Thomas swinging as it were on a grand left 
 wheel, his left on Kenesaw, connecting with Gen 
 eral McPherson and General Schorield all the 
 while, working to the south and east along the 
 Sandtown road." (Sherman s Report). 
 
 On the 1 9th, the Rebel Army abandoned 
 their very strong line of works and took up a new r 
 line, about two miles to the rear. The right of 
 Hood s Corps was on the Marietta and Canton 
 road, Loring s Corps \vas on Kenesaw Mountain 
 and Hardee s Corps on Lost Mountain, with its 
 left across the Marietta and Lost Mountain road. 
 We closed up on their lines rapidly and intrenched 
 at the base of the mountain and kept up an inces 
 sant skirmish fire, by which a great many of the 
 enemy were killed and wounded, \vhile at Pine 
 Knob the contest w r as a veritable battle. 
 
 On the 2oth the enemy were sorely pressed 
 by the constant firing of our men and at Powder 
 Springs, by the 2oth Corps and the Cavalry. 
 From the 2oth till the 25th we continued to push 
 forward our skirmishers up the side of the moun 
 tain, driving those of the enemy before us who 
 occupied rifle pits on the slope. On the 24th we 
 attempted to gain the summit by a double line of 
 skirmishers, but the enemy was found in very 
 strong works and the effort failed. 
 
 On the 22d Hood s Corps attacked the lines 
 of Generals Hooker and Schofield at a place now 
 kno\vn as Kolb s House, but was repulsed with 
 dreadful slaughter, leaving a vast number of dead 
 and wounded on the field. 
 
 On the 24th General Sherman made an or 
 der to assault the enemy on Kenesaw Mountain. 
 
 On the 25th the looth Indiana moved two 
 
 93 
 
miles to the right, with the Brigade, and re 
 lieved a Division of the i-jth Corps on the line of 
 battle, and on the 26th the other two Divisions of 
 the 1 5th (our Corps) moved over and took posi 
 tion with us. They began the movement at 8 
 p. M., and though it was only three miles, it was 
 not eompleted until daylight on the 27th. This 
 plaeed us all in line directly under the enemy s 
 Lruns on Little Kenesaw. 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Assault on Kenesaw, 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 The best account of this assault is given in 
 the official report of General Logan, found on 
 page 99, serial 74, a part of which is in the words 
 following: 
 
 "In pursuance of special field orders No. 51, 
 * * I organized the Division of Brigadier- 
 General M" L. Smith, consisting of Brigadier- 
 General Lightbun-Ts and Brigadier-General Giles 
 A. Smith s Brigades and Col. C. C. Walcott s 
 Brigade of the 4th Division, General Harrow, 
 commanding, into an assaulting column, under 
 command of General M. L. Smith, with orders 
 to be ready at 8 o clock precisely on the morn 
 ing of the 27th, to assault the enemy s works on 
 the south and west slope of Little Kenesaw 
 Mountain. The column for assault being formed, 
 I directed it at 8 o clock precisely to move for 
 ward. Immediately after uncovering themselves 
 they became engaged. The advance was con 
 tinued in two lines steadily, in the face of a de 
 structive fire from three batteries of about twelve 
 
pieces, throwing shot and shell, and from a mus 
 ketry tire, from the sharp-shooters of the enemy, 
 situated below the first line of the enemy s rifle 
 pits, and also from the rifle pits. After a most 
 stubborn and destructive resistance, my attacking 
 column succeeded in taking and holding two 
 lines of the enemy s rifle pits, and advanced to 
 ward the succeeding works of the enemy, situ 
 ated just below the crest of the mountain. It 
 soon became evident that the (Rebel) works 
 could not be taken * * on account of a steep 
 declivity, from twenty to twenty-five feet in 
 height, of perpendicular rocks. After 
 
 vainly attempting to take the works, * I 
 
 ordered them to retire to the last line of works 
 captured, * * and these were held and forti 
 fied. * * Seven commanding officers of Regi 
 ments were killed or disabled. Our loss was 80 
 killed, 506 wounded, 17 missing; aggregate, 603. 
 We took 83 prisoners. 1 
 
 This assault was a great disaster to the Fed 
 eral army, about 2,500 men were uselessly sac 
 rificed. The enemy lost, about 800. Our men 
 pressed the enemy closely around Kenesaw 
 during the 28th, 29th and 3oth of June. Gen 
 eral Sherman determined to dislodge the enemy 
 from Kenesaw, by other means than by direct 
 assault; accordingly on the ist of July, he or 
 dered General McPherson to move the i5th 
 Army Corps to the right and on the 2nd the 
 movement was begun, in the night time, the 
 looth Indiana having the advance. We 
 marched all night, over rocks and through thick- 
 
 o o 
 
 ets, that seemed impregnable, under the guid 
 ance of a staff oflicer, all the time in sight of the 
 Rebel lights on the top and sides of Kenesaw. 
 
 95 
 
We were followed by the whole of the I5th 
 and 1 7th Corps, the Confederates were greatly 
 surprised by this move and retreated hastily, 
 from the highest mountain top in Georgia and the 
 strongest military position in the South, halting 
 at Smyrna Church about five miles southwest of 
 Marrieta, where they were found strongly posted 
 behind very formidable works. If this move 
 ment by the right flank had been made instead 
 of the fatal mistake of assaulting the Mountain 
 on the 27th a loss of 2,500 good soldiers would 
 have been saved to us. 
 
 We followed the Rebel army on the 3rd and 
 encamped near Marrieta. 
 
 On the 4th we made a forced march of 12 
 miles further to the right, on the 5th at n A. M. 
 we overtook and engaged the enemy near the 
 Chattahoochee River about 8 miles north of At 
 lanta. We had orders to press the enemy in our 
 entire front, w r hile the 14 Army Corps had orders 
 to move to the right and cross the river at Sand- 
 town west of Atlanta. 
 
 During the day the Union Army was en 
 gaged with the enemy at Nickajack Creek, 
 Smyrna Camp ground and at Vinings, in all of 
 w r hich the Confederates were routed. On the 
 6th there was severe skirmishing along the Chat 
 tahoochee and on the yth the i4th Corps crossed 
 at Sandtown and captured a gun and some 
 Rebels and took a strong position on the east side 
 of the River. On the same day Garrard s Cav 
 alry destroyed the factories at Rosswell, which 
 had been making clothing for the Rebel Army. 
 The man who pretended to be the owner of the 
 factor) , run up a French flag and asked protec 
 tion as a Frenchman, but he had been making 
 
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lots of cloth for the Rebels and down came his 
 Mag and his factory. During the night of the 
 yth one-half of the looth skirmished with the en 
 emy, and the other half fortified all night and 
 occupied the works as rapidly as they were 
 built. During the 8th and 9th, the ford at Ross- 
 welTs was secured by the Cavalry and Power s 
 Ferry two miles below Rosswell, was taken; so 
 we had by the 9th secured three good fords on the 
 Chattahoochee and the enemy had again retreat 
 ed, this time across the Chattahoochee and the 
 Union Army, was in possession of all the strong 
 holds between Chattanooga and the Chattahoo 
 chee and was within eight miles of Atlanta and 
 three Corps, were about all across the river. 
 
 On the loth the looth Indiana was tempo 
 rarily relieved from active duty on the front, in 
 which it had been engaged for about ninety days 
 without intermission, having done more than 
 its share of the hard righting; it was ordered to 
 report at Marietta, Georgia, where we arrived 
 on the nth and went into camp on the ground 
 where is located the national cemetery, 
 at that place, on the eastern edge of the 
 town. 
 
 The Confederate Army on the nth occupied 
 the high ground on the south of Peach Tree 
 Creek and along the southeast bank of the Chat 
 tahoochee, below the mouth of the former. 
 
 On the 1 3th the Brigade marched through 
 Marietta. On the i4th it crossed over the Chat 
 tahoochee River and took a position about a mile 
 out from the river and fortified, where it remained 
 until the morning of the lyth, when it moved to 
 the left, in the direction of Decatur, engaged the 
 enemy formed in line of battle and fortified. 
 
 99 
 
We first encountered Johnston s Army at or near 
 Ringgold about the 5th of May, and for seventy- 
 three days we had engaged it constantly had 
 driven it out of the mountain gaps and passes 
 where it had fortified itself. We had driven it 
 from the hill sides, the mountain tops and gorges 
 for a distance of a hundred miles, always attack 
 ing it in front or flank, and only the impregnable 
 character of its strongholds and the very excel 
 lent generalship of General Johnston prevented 
 us from killing and capturing his whole army. 
 These results so displeased Jefferson Davis that 
 on the 1 7th day of July he sent a telegram as fol 
 lows to General Johnston: 
 
 "Richmond, July 17, 1864. 
 "General J. E. Johnston: * * * I am di 
 rected by the Secretary of War to inform you 
 that as you have failed to arrest the advance of 
 the enemy to the vicinity of Atlanta, far in the 
 interior of Georgia, and express no confidence 
 that you can defeat or repel him, you are hereby 
 relieved from the command of the Army, * 
 which you will immediately turn over to General 
 Hood. "S. Cooper, A. and I. General." 
 
 General Johnston received this dispatch on 
 the night of the i7th. The Confederate War 
 Department telegraphed General Hood as fol 
 lows: 
 
 "You are charged with a great trust * * * 
 be wary, but no less bold. * * * God be 
 with you. 7 
 
 General Johnston delivered a short, but very 
 complimentary farewell address to his soldiers. 
 General Hood expressed an opinion to Jefferson 
 Davis that it was unwise to change commanders 
 
 100 
 
at that time. On the iSth he telegraphed Jeffer 
 son Davis that he had assumed command of the 
 Army (Serial 76, pages 885 et seg). 
 
 On the same clay at 10 A. M., one of our spies 
 who had just come out of Atlanta informed Gen 
 eral Sherman that General J. B. Hood had suc 
 ceeded General Johnston, and General Sherman 
 said that Hood was brave and rash and that the 
 change in commanders meant a right. (Sher 
 man s Memoirs, 2, p. 72.) 
 
 On the 1 8th Major R. M. Johnson was de 
 tailed on General Harrow s staff and left the 
 Regiment for the front. On the same day the 
 ist Brigade, to which the looth belonged, moved 
 to within one mile of Decatur, to the east of At 
 lanta and went into position and fortified. On 
 the i 9 th the Brigade moved again, passed 
 through Decatur, on the road towards Atlanta 
 About 2 o clock the ist Brigade, Col. Reub 
 Williams, commanding, moved to the support of 
 Morgan L. Smith s Division and was placed on 
 his left. During this time the enemy shelled our 
 line unmercifully. In the evening the other two 
 Brigades came up and went into position on the 
 left, when the whole Division moved forward and 
 took position in front of the enemy and at once 
 fortified. 
 
 On the 2oth the Army of the Cumberland 
 was assaulted by the Confederate army under the 
 new commander, J. B. Hood, and a bloody bat 
 tle was fought. The enemy made the attack 
 just before 4 p. M. He was driven back into his 
 entrenchments, leaving 500 dead and 1,000 
 wounded lying on the field. General Sherman 
 estimates the entire loss of the enemy at 5,000. 
 L he Union loss was 1,500 all told. The heaviest 
 
 101 
 
loss was sustained by the 2Oth Corps. The en 
 gagement is known as the Battle of Peach Tree 
 Creek. (From Sherman s official report.) 
 
 The 2ist was spent in caring for the dead 
 and wounded on both sides, and the Union army 
 felt the enemy s lines, which he occupied in force, 
 at an average of about four miles out of Atlanta. 
 
 Battle of Atlanta. 
 
 On the morning of the 22d it was found that 
 the enemy had abandoned their line of works in 
 our front and the ist Brigade was ordered to ad 
 vance and take a position in the line of works 
 abandoned by the enemy. 
 
 At 7 A. M. this was done and the works 
 were reversed so as to front toward the enemy. 
 At noon very heavy firing began in front of the 
 1 7th Corps on our left, which soon became gen 
 eral and by night fall the Battle of Atlanta had 
 been fought and won by the Union army. 
 
 This was General Hood s second attack 
 within three days, and is usually denominated 
 Hood s first sortie. The i5th Army Corps bore 
 the brunt of the battle. The fighting in front of 
 Harrow s Division was very severe. The brave 
 and intrepid Major Johnson, of the looth Indiana, 
 had charge of the Division skirmish line, and was 
 surrounded and taken prisoner while bravely do 
 ing his duty in the thickest of the battle. Major 
 Johnson is favorably mentioned for gallantry in 
 the official reports of Generals Harrow, Williams 
 and Col. Heath. lie was taken prisoner very 
 near the spot where General McPherson was 
 killed and under very similar circumstances. 
 
 102 
 
In this battle General McPherson, com 
 manding the Arm} of the Tennessee, was killed, 
 to whose memory the highest tributes have been 
 paid. General Logan at once assumed com 
 mand. In his official report, speaking of this 
 battle, he says: 
 
 "The fighting along the entire line of the 
 Corps (i5th) was of the most desperate charac 
 ter, often being hand to hand. The troops could 
 not have acted more gallantly or behaved better. 
 The losses were on that day 118 killed, 414 
 wounded, 535 missing; aggregate, 1,067. Th e 
 Corps captured 481 prisoners and buried over 
 400 dead Confederates in front of their line. n 
 
 Of the entire Confederate loss in this en 
 gagement, 3, 240 were killed; 2,200 dead were 
 actually counted. 800 dead bodies were deliv 
 ered under a flag of truce, so that their entire 
 loss was not less than 10,000. General Hood 
 makes no mention in his official report of what 
 his losses were, and blames General Hardee for 
 the failure of the attack. The Union loss was 
 3,722 killed, wounded and missing. (See official 
 report General Sherman; also Hood s official 
 report, Serial 74, p. 631.) 
 
 On the 26th we placed some batteries in po 
 sition and began to shell the enemy pretty lively. 
 This was kept up all day and at midnight, the 
 Army of the Tennessee left its works on the De- 
 catur road and moved silently, behind the other 
 Corps of the Army, to Proctor s Creek, the i6th 
 Corps formed on the right of the Army, the 
 1 7th next and the i5th on the extreme right. 
 The line of the latter Corps, facing almost east 
 and being west and southwest of Atlanta. 
 
 On the night of the 27th, the First Brigade 
 103 
 
Was halted in the rear of the i6th Corps, whieh 
 was then the left of the Army of the Tennessee, 
 where it remained in line of battle throughout 
 the night. 
 
 Battle of Ezra Church. 
 
 On the 28th at daylight, the First Brigade 
 moved to the right about a mile and a half when 
 it was halted and formed in line of battle, to sup 
 port the Third Brigade, Col. Oliver command- 
 ing. This was quickly done, and the whole Di 
 vision then moved forward, through a dense 
 wood and halted at the edge of the timber, with 
 several open rields in our front. 
 
 The First Brigade was then placed on the 
 right of the Third and the whole line moved to 
 the edge of the rields, at the crest of the hill in 
 front. This was done under a severe tire of ar 
 tillery from the enemy s batteries posted at the 
 further side of the open rields before us. Col. 
 Williams ordered the line to fortify at once. 
 "Scarcely had these orders been given and the 
 men had time to throw up a slight protection, be 
 fore the enemy were reported advancing in force 7 
 across the fields in our front. "And very soon 
 our skirmishers were driven in, closely followed 
 by the enemy s main line, they were soon repulsed 
 and driven back, but only to come again, with 
 more determination and increased numbers 11 
 (Col. Reub. Williams Off. Report). The en 
 emy made one assault after another and for six 
 hours, an incessant roar of musketry was kept 
 up and every assault or attempt to drive our 
 
 104 
 
men from their position was fruitless. During 
 the battle the 9oth Illinois was taken from its 
 position, to support the Third Brigade which 
 was hard pushed by the enemy at one time. 
 Col. Gilmore of the Twenty-sixth says lt his line 
 was assaulted four times," the fourth assault be 
 ing the most desperate of the day. The enemy 
 were within ten steps of his lines. One hundred 
 and twenty-nine dead Rebels, were buried in 
 front of the Twenty-sixth Illinois, which had 
 forty men killed and wounded. 
 
 This engagement took place about two and 
 a half miles west of Atlanta, and is called by us 
 the Battle of Ezra Church. The light was es 
 sentially a 1 5th Army Corps battle, although 
 Generals Blair and Dodge rendered valuable as 
 sistance at an opportune time, as the i5th Army 
 Corps was lighting two Corps of the Rebel army. 
 General Logan says, in his official report, that 
 the enemy moved forward in good order, intend 
 ing to break our lines. During the first hour s 
 righting, which was terrific, the enemy lost ten 
 men to our one, but they reformed again and 
 made a most desperate assault. Four assaults 
 were made. The battle lasted from 1 1 130 until 
 dark. The Rebels had one battery, we had 
 none. The Union loss was 50 killed, 439 
 wounded and 73 missing; total loss, 562. Har 
 row s Division captured 5 battle flags, 2,000 
 muskets and 179 prisoners. 600 dead Rebels 
 were buried in front of the i5th Corps the 
 next da} 7 . The weather was so hot and the 
 ground so hard that the interment of the bodies 
 was very superficial and many hands and feet 
 were left exposed. 
 
 General Logan also says in his official re- 
 
 105 
 
port, that the enemy ^s loss could not have been 
 less than 6,000 or 7,000. The assault was made 
 by Lee s and Ilardee s entire Corps. This bat 
 tle is denominated Hood s second sortie. His 
 official report of this battle consists of twelve 
 lines, and says nothing about his losses. (Serial 
 74-631-2.) * 
 
 Notes of the Battle. 
 
 The enemy formed on the Lickskillet Road; 
 that is, Johnson s, Sharp s, Brantley s and Mani- 
 gault s Brigades of Hindman s old Division, and 
 assaulted the i5th Army Corps at Ezra Church. 
 These four Brigades lost 807 men. Manigault 
 w^as in reserve. The Confederates fought with 
 great desperation. They seemed determined to 
 drive us off the field, but not an inch was yielded. 
 
 They did not know that we were there in 
 force until they were almost upon our works. 
 When the i5th Corps turned loose on them 
 Manigault s Brigade stampeded, but it recovered 
 and fought bravely through the battle. 
 
 Toulman s Confederate Brigade took 1,143 
 men into the action; 269 were lost. The 25th 
 Alabama took in 173 men; loss 125. Manigault s 
 Brigade, although in reserve part of the time, 
 lost 170 men. The 44th Mississippi u had half 
 their number shot down." The 24th and 29th 
 Mississippi, consolidated, lost 180 out of 430. 
 (Serial 74, official reports.) 
 
 General Harrow says, in his official report, 
 that u lf the soldiers of the i5th Corps had no 
 other claim to consideration than their efforts on 
 
 106 
 
that day (July 28th) it would be enough to en 
 title them to the lasting gratitude of their 
 country. 1 (No. 74, p. 278.) 
 
 From the 29th of July to August 4th the 
 Union lines were strengthened and in many places 
 advanced. On the latter date Major Brown and 
 sixty soldiers of the 7oth Ohio fell in taking an 
 advanced position from the enemy. On this 
 date the looth Indiana and 26th Illinois were 
 transferred from the ist to the 2d Brigade and 
 the entire 3d added to the first. This gave us 
 only two Brigades in Harrow s Division instead 
 of three. 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Siege of Atlanta. 
 
 By this battle, the investment of Atlanta 
 was begun; from the 2nd to the 5th, the Union 
 line was steadily extended to the right. On the 
 5th General Schofield lost about 400 men, in an 
 effort to break the enemy s lines, on Utoy Creek. 
 
 On the 6th, General Hascall flanked the en 
 emy out of the position, from which General 
 Schorield had failed to dislodge him. At this time 
 the enemy s lines \vere about fifteen miles long, 
 reaching from Decatur around Atlanta and near 
 ly to East Point and ours was still longer. 
 The enemy had, before crossing the Chattahoochee 
 a total of 86,475 men as follows, at Resaca he 
 had 71,235. Then on May i/th he got Jack 
 son s Cavalry 4,477 at Adairville. French s 
 Division of 4,413 joined on the i8th at Cassville. 
 May 24th the First Alabama (Canty), 650. On 
 the same date Quarles Brigade of 2,400 at New 
 
 107 
 
Hope Church, and the Georgia State Militia 
 under General G. W. Smith at Kenesaw on June 
 2oth, 3,300 total 86,475. This force, less the 
 losses from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta, was the 
 number Hood had in his army during the siege 
 of Atlanta. 
 
 On the roth four rifled cannon were put in 
 position and put to work day and night causing 
 frequent tires in the City of Atlanta. 
 
 On the 1 3th the looth Indiana marched 
 from Marietta, Georgia to Vinings Station, near 
 the Chattahoochee River and on the i4th took a 
 position, right on the Lickskillet Road, where 
 the bullets were flying briskly from the Rebel 
 lines around Atlanta. 
 
 On the field where we were encamped and 
 along the Lickskillet Road, more than 500 bodies 
 of dead Confederates were buried, as we were 
 right in the middle of the field of July the 28th. 
 The ground was very hard, and the bodies were 
 buried in such haste, that it was poorly and very 
 superficially done. One grave on this field con 
 tained 116 and another near by 125 bodies, be 
 sides there were a large number of other graves, 
 containing a great many bodies each. A detail 
 of the looth reinterred all these bodies and cov 
 ered them deeper. 
 
 Our supplies ran short at this time and five 
 days rations were ordered for seven days. Sev 
 eral soldiers were killed on the line daily in our 
 front. 
 
 On the 1 8th, at 10 P. M., there was a picket 
 fight all along the lines, each shot, at the flash of 
 the guns on the opposite line. Capt. Percy, chief 
 engineer on General Harrow s staff, was killed, 
 Taylor of Co. "B" wounded. On the iQth the 
 
 108 
 
i ooth went into the skirmish pits and again fired 
 all night. Had a tremendous rain storm during 
 the night. On the 2oth we were relieved by the 
 lo^d Illinois. Company "G, " while in the skir 
 mish pits, had James II. Nelson killed and John 
 C. Clark, Company U B" was shot through the 
 head. 
 
 The i ooth went into the skirmish pits again 
 on the 23d, and on the 24th we pressed the Con 
 federate line hard all day. The artillery aided 
 us by firing into the enemy s pits. On the 25th 
 we sent all of our baggage to the rear, and were 
 very lightly equipped and prepared for rapid 
 work. David Soule of Company U B" was 
 killed. We received orders to move at a mo 
 ment s notice. The 4th Corps moved from the 
 extreme left to the extreme right. The 2oth 
 Corps went back to the Chattahoochee River. 
 
 The Siege of Atlanta Raised. 
 
 On Friday, the 26th, all surplus wagons and 
 incumbrances of every kind, and all sick soldiers 
 were ordered back to the Chattahoochee bridge, 
 to our intrenched position. The zooth Indiana 
 moved into the works and remained all clay. At 
 night the whole army moved -3way arid^left that- 
 Regiment in line in front of the whole Rebel 
 .Army. We were about^six feet apart in the 
 works, and kept up an incessant firing;to mislead 
 the enemy until 10 o clock P. M., when we moved 
 out of our works*ahd away from Atlanta. We- 
 were the last Regiment on that part : of the line 
 to leave our works. We marched till 3 A. M. 
 
 109 
 
The Confederates threw shot after us for at least 
 three miles, killing one man. The night was ex 
 tremely dark and the road was rough and in the 
 woods. 
 
 We first moved westwardly, toward Sand- 
 town, then by a circuit, we bore to the south, 
 and erossed Camp Creek. On the 27th we 
 marched from early morning until 2 p. M. through 
 the woods when we halted and fortified. This 
 move brought us elose to Fairburn, southwest of 
 Atlanta. 
 
 On the 2 8th, w r e bore to the southeast seven 
 miles and camped on the West Point Railroad. 
 On the 29th we were roused up at 2 A. M. to 
 tear up railroad track, at a point only seven 
 teen miles southwest of Atlanta. Some dead 
 Rebels were lying in the road at a bridge, show 
 ing that other troops had passed before we did. 
 
 On the 3oth, we moved forward at 8 A. M., 
 marched till evening, erossed Flint River; the 
 looth was out as Hankers all day. We halted 
 about a half a mile west of Jonesboro and formed 
 in line of battle, about half way from Flint River 
 to Jonesboro, with an open field directly in front 
 of the looth. The Regiment just covered the 
 field. At 9 p. M. we fell in and fortified all 
 night, skirmishing all night in our front. The 
 trains were run by the enemy all night, bringing 
 troops from Atlanta to Jonesboro, and massing 
 them in our front. 
 
 Condensed Rebel Despatches. 
 
 The Rebels did not know what had become 
 of us after we left our works at Atlanta. Major 
 
 no 
 
General Stevenson dispatched to General Hood 
 at daybreak, that he occupied our picket line 
 General French dispatched General Sanders, ask 
 ing him if he had any information as to where we 
 were. General Stewart dispatched General 
 lM-ench at 10 A. M. not to leave his trenches until 
 it was known where we were. General Hood 
 ordered the respective commanders to push their 
 scouts carefully forward and at 10 A. M. he or 
 dered General Walthall to hold his command 
 under arms ready to move at a moments notice. 
 At 1.45 A. M. the same order was given to Gen 
 eral Maney; and to Generals Smith and Fenm- 
 son at 8:15 A. M. At 9 A. M. he ordered Gen 
 eral Jackson to "ascertain what is goino- on " 
 (Serial 76, p. 991). 
 
 On the 2 7 th Hood telegraphed Jefferson 
 Davis that we had no forces within four miles of 
 Atlanta. At daybreak Generals Lee and Stew 
 art reported to Hood that we were gone, but 
 Hardee said we were still in his front! (Serial 
 76, pp. 994-995.) 
 
 On the 28th, at noon, Hood ordered General 
 Armstrong to keep his forces well in hand, so 
 that when he found us he could fall on us with 
 effect. (Serial 76, p. 997.) 
 
 On the 2 9 th, at 2 p. M., he ordered General 
 Hardee "to ascertain the position of the enemv." 
 (76-499.) 
 
 On the 3 oth, at 12:40 P. M ., he dispatched 
 iiarclee, that no troops need be sent to Tonesboro 
 but at 6 p. M. he ordered Hardee to keep us off 
 the railroad at Jonesboro if possible. At 5:45 
 P. M. Lee s command was ordered under arms 
 :1 at 6:35 P. M. Iiardee was ordered to Jones- 
 ill 
 
boro, and at 8:45 p. M. the same orders were 
 sent to General Lee. (No. 76, p. 1003.) 
 
 On the 3Oth, at 5:15 p. M., General Lewis 
 was ordered by General flood to prevent us from 
 crossing the Flint River. lie also gave General 
 Armstrong the same order. The truth was our 
 movements had completely mystified the Con 
 federate generals. Having found out on the 3oth 
 where we were, General Hood, on the 3ist, at 
 3 A. M., ordered Ilardee s and Lee s Corps to be 
 in position and that they " J\hist attack and drive 
 the enemy across the river 1 1 (meaning the Flint, 
 which was only a half a mile in our rear.) Ten 
 minutes later he dispatched Ilardee that he 
 "Must not fail to attack the enemy so soon as he 
 could get his troops up, 1 and said, "I trust that 
 God will give us victory." At 3:20 A. M. he 
 dispatched Ilardee, that he must say to his offi 
 cers and men that the necessity is imperative; 
 that the enemy must be driven into and across 
 the river, and at 10 o clock he again dispatched 
 Ilardee, that he "desired the men to go at the 
 enemy with the bayonet fixed, determined to 
 drive everything they may come against. (76, p. 
 1006-7.) 
 
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The looth Indiana in the Battle of Jonesborough. 
 
 In obedience to the foregoing dispatches 
 from General Flood, the Confederates undertook 
 to drive us into Flint River, without flattering 
 results. We were all in line at day break, in 
 good works. The enemy was in plain sight in 
 our front, where they had planted a battery dur 
 ing the night. Skirmishing went on briskly all 
 day. About 2 130 P- M. the enemy shelled our 
 line severely. Shortly afterward they charged 
 upon us across the open field in our front, with 
 great impetuousity. We repulsed them with 
 severe loss. They reformed and moved to our 
 left, then attacked us again in front and were 
 again repulsed. The looth captured Col. Bass, 
 the major and a lieutenant of the 2cl Rebel Ken 
 tucky, and 1 6 privates. The Colonel s arm was 
 shot off . Sergt. M. L. Conkey and Lewis Kieth, 
 of Company 4t B" and Sergeant Batts of Com 
 pany 4 K" were killed. J. Prosser and J. 
 Critchet, of Company "A," wounded. William 
 Sharp, of Company U C, n and John Hettinger, of 
 Company "F, n orderlies on General Harrow s 
 staff, were both killed. General Harrow speaks 
 very highly of them, in his official report of this 
 battle. 
 
 The enemy were very neatly repulsed in 
 
 115 
 
front of I larrow s Division. They fought bravely 
 and faced our line in the open field with great de 
 termination. Their batteries threw both shell 
 and canister into our line. 
 
 As the looth covered the only open ground 
 on the battlefield, that Regiment bore the brunt 
 of the battle, and fought from behind good works 
 and sustained a very small loss. Hazen s Divis 
 ion was on the left, Harrow s on the right and 
 General Osterhaus in reserve. General Logan 
 says: "The most terrible and destructive tire 1 
 ever witnessed was directed at the enemy and in 
 less than an hour he was compelled to retire dis 
 comfited and in confusion."" (His Official Re 
 port. ) 
 
 The most determined part of the assault 
 was maintained by General Hazen. * * It 
 raged fiercely in front of Harrow and Oster 
 haus, the enemy approaching their line, at 
 the average distance of 40 to 100 paces. 
 * * In front of the Second Division, (I la/ 
 en s) 1 86 bodies of the enemy were buried, 
 99 prisoners captured, not including 79 
 wounded, also two stand of colors taken. The 
 enemy s wounded General Hazen estimated at 
 1,000, afterward found to be greater. General 
 Harrow buried 12 of the enemy s dead and took 
 56 prisoners, not including 60 wounded; the Con 
 federate dead were removed by them. General 
 Osterhaus estimates the enemy s loss in his front 
 at 500. He discovered 131 graves in a secluded 
 part of the field. 
 
 General Logan says that in front of the i5th 
 Corps there were found 500 killed, left on the 
 field, and ^,000 wounded and 241 prisoners. 
 The 1 5th Corps had only 154 killed, wounded 
 
 116 
 
and missing. In front of General Corse s Divis 
 ion of the i yth Corps, the enemy lost 500 killed, 
 wounded and missing, while that Corps suffered 
 the insignificant loss of 18 killed and wounded 
 Col. Bryant, of General Blair s Corps, estimates 
 the enemy s loss in his front at 262 killed, 
 wounded and missing. The great difference in 
 the number killed on each side respectively shows 
 the folly of assaulting a well armed and well in 
 trenched line of old soldiers by even greatly sup 
 erior numbers. 
 
 The Army of the Ohio and Cumberland en 
 gaged the enemy in a severe and bloody battle, 
 in which the Confederates were defeated with 
 great loss. On the night of the 3 ist, fifty men 
 ot the looth, under command of the writer 
 erected a fort in the rear of the right of that 
 Regiment. On the ist, skirmishing was kept 
 up. One man of Company E" was killed, and 
 Sergeant Isaac Hockman and one man of Com 
 pany 1 <G" wounded. There was heavy firino-on 
 the left all night. 
 
 At about 2 o clock A. M. the sounds of heavy 
 explosions were heard, in the direction of At 
 lanta, about twenty miles to the north. At 4 
 AM there was another series of explosions, 
 which it was then thought might be a night at 
 tack on the 2oth Corps, but were in fact "caused 
 by the blowing up of the enemy s magazines 
 when they retreated from Atlanta. 
 
 The jooth Indiana in the Battle of Lovejoy. 
 
 On the 2d, at daylight our skirmishers ad 
 vanced to Jonesboro and found that the enemy 
 
 117 
 
had retreated toward Lovejoy. By order of 
 General Walcutt, eight companies of the looth 
 took the advance of the i5th Army Corps and 
 moved south toward Lovejoy. About half a 
 mile south of Jonesboro they struck the enemy s 
 cavalry. The looth Indiana deployed on the 
 right and the 6th Iowa on the left of the road to 
 Lovejoy. 
 
 "Then commenced a brisk, running light 
 for the next four miles, the looth Indiana driving 
 the enemy so fast that he did not have time to 
 take advantage of the rail works previously con 
 structed." The enemy then formed a long line 
 of infantry in the front and opened on the looth 
 with artillery to prevent the capture of a wagon 
 train in plain sight. These two Regiments were 
 so exhausted that, by order of General Walcutt, 
 they were relieved by the 46th Ohio and 1030! 
 Illinois. These at once charged the Rebel lines 
 with great impetuosity, causing them to burn 
 some of their wagons and retreat rapidly toward 
 Lovejoy. 
 
 "September 2cl the Brigade, especially the 
 looth Indiana, the 1030! Illinois and the 46th 
 Ohio and the 6th Iowa in advance, in pursuit of 
 Ilardee, did splendidly, captured forty prisoners 
 and punishing the enemy severely in killed and 
 wounded." (Official Report General Walcutt, 
 Sec. 74, p. 322.) 
 
 Lieutenant J. H. Moore, Co. "A," was 
 mortally wounded by a shell. We took a com 
 manding position close up to the Rebel main line. 
 We heard here for the first, of the fall of At 
 lanta. 
 
 We strenghtened our works and kept tiring 
 on the enemy. On the 4th, Anthony Olinger, of 
 
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Company "A, was mortally wounded by a shot 
 in the head. Sergeant Drake, Company "E," 
 was also severely wounded. The bullets flew in 
 close proximity to our heads all the time we 
 were at that place. 
 
 On the 5th we got up at i A. M. and 
 marched back to Jonesboro and encamped on the 
 spot, where we fought on the 3ist. We arrived 
 there in the mud at i o clock A. M., having 
 marched only six miles and a half in 24 hours 
 and went into camp tired, wet and hungry. 
 
 On the 6th we took a stroll over the battle 
 field of the 31 st of August at Jonesboro. One 
 house in the town contained 250 Confederate 
 wounded. The effects of our shot, shell andminnie 
 balls were to be seen everywhere. On the 8th 
 we reached East Point, and went into camp, 
 where we remained, drawing some supplies and 
 going through the routine of camp life for two or 
 three weeks. 
 
 In Camp at East Point. 
 
 On the same day we arrived from Love- 
 joy and went into camp at East Point, General 
 Hood sent in a flag of truce to General Sherman s 
 headquarters, to arrange for an exchange of pris 
 oners, to which the latter acceded, with a specific 
 understanding that Major R. M. Johnson of the 
 looth Indiana was to be brought from Charles 
 ton, South Carolina, where he was confined in a 
 position which was exposed to the fire of our own 
 batteries. 
 
 On the ipth, Col. Heath left for the North 
 119 
 
and the command of the Regiment devolved upon 
 Captain Heading-ton, of Company "II," who 
 performed that duty with credit to himself and to 
 the entire satisfaction of the officers and soldiers 
 of the Regiment. 
 
 September 2ist our scouts reported great 
 activity in Hood s army. On the zzd the truce 
 for the exchange of prisoners expired and the de 
 tails from the looth to attend the exchange re 
 turned to camp. 
 
 September 24th scouts reported that Jeffer 
 son Davis was at Macon, Georgia, on his way to 
 pay a visit to Hood s Army. 
 
 September 25th Jefferson Davis, accom 
 panied by two of his aides-de-camp, arrived at 
 General Hood s headquarters about 3 p. M. lie 
 made a speech to Hardee s soldiers, in which he 
 detailed the plans of General Hood. Our scouts 
 were present and heard the speech. They then 
 stole through the Rebel lines and on the morning 
 of the 26th were at General Sherman s head 
 quarters and gave him the details of the speech. 
 Davis was enthusiastically received by the Con 
 federate soldiers. At 8 P. M. on the 26th, he 
 made a short speech. He told the Kentucky and 
 Tennessee troops in Hood s Army that they were 
 going to march around Sherman s Army, and 
 that they would soon be at their old homes in 
 Tennessee and Kentucky. 
 
 September 27th, at 6 P. M., Davis and his 
 attendants left Hood s camp for Montgomery, 
 Alabama. On the 29th, Hood moved his head 
 quarters from Palmetto to Fray s Church, and 
 his Army crossed the Chattahoochee, moving to 
 the northwest. (Vol. 77, page 803.) 
 
 On the 29th, Major R. M. Johnson, having 
 
Major R. M. Johnson, 
 
 After his exchange as a prisoner. 
 (From an old war times picture,) 
 
been exchanged by request of General Sherman, 
 returned to the Regiment and assumed com 
 mand, he having been under tire at Charleston, 
 South Carolina, with other Union officers, who 
 were placed in a certain position in that city, 
 which was made known to the Union forces, so 
 as to prevent them from throwing shot or shell 
 into that part of the city. The Major related 
 some terrible experiences which he had had 
 while he was a prisoner in the hands of the 
 enemy. His return was the occasion of a demon 
 stration by the officers and men of the command, 
 for we all liked Major Johnson. Under Confed 
 erate prison life and rations, his flesh had rapidly 
 disappeared. He looked as if he had suffered 
 greatly while in Rebel prisons, but reduced as he 
 was "in flesh, he was as haughty, brave and proud 
 in spirit as before his capture. 
 
 Retrospective View of the 120 Days Fighting. 
 
 Let us now review the ground we have 
 passed over so hastily, for the purpose of obtain 
 ing a more comprehensive notion of the vastness 
 of the work we had performed from the 5th of 
 May until the 5th of September, 1864. At the 
 latter date w r e had driven the Rebel Army out of 
 its innumerable fortifications in Northern Geor 
 gia, and more than a hundred miles over and 
 across a mountainous and hilly country, through 
 gorges, gaps and passes in the mountains, deemed 
 by the enemy to be impassable for any army, 
 and over and across several large rivers and 
 into the fastnesses beyond, assaulting their 
 
many almost impregnable positions at every op 
 portunity. We had just taken Atlanta and had 
 pressed the retreating army forty miles beyond 
 that plaee. 
 
 Several sanguinary battles had been fought, 
 in nearly all of which we were victorious, al 
 though our enemy occupied his earthworks in 
 chosen strongholds. Prior to and at Resaca he 
 fought us from the mountain tops; such as Rocky 
 Face, Buzzard Roost, Tunnel Ilill and Taylor s 
 Ridge, and from such fortified places as Ships, 
 Dug and Snake Gaps and other fastnesses. Yet 
 his losses were as great as ours. At Resaca his 
 losses were 2,800 and ours 2,600. On the 2oth 
 of July, at Peach Tree Creek, our loss w r as 1,710 
 killed, wounded and missing, while that of the 
 enemy was 4,796. On the 22d of July General 
 Hood, who had succeeded General Johnston, on 
 the 1 7th made a sortie upon the Union army of 
 the Tennessee, in which the total Union loss was 
 
 3.641, of which i,ooowere prisoners, making the 
 total killed and wounded 2,641. The total loss 
 of the enemy was 8,499, f which 3,220 were 
 killed on the field. On the 28th of July General 
 Hood made another sortie on the Army of the 
 Tennessee at Ezra church, on the Union right, in 
 which the total Union loss was 50 killed, 439 
 wounded and 73 missing, total 562; while the 
 enemy s loss was U 6,ooo or 7,000" (Logan s 
 Official Report, Serial 74, p. 105); or as taken 
 from the enemy s own reports, their loss was 
 
 4.642. Thus in the three engagements of July 
 2Oth, 22d and 28th the total Union loss was 
 5,913, while the total loss of the enemy in the 
 same engagements was 19,295, a difference of 
 13,382, or more than three to one in favor of the 
 
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Union soldiers, where the battles were fought, 
 mainly without works, or very temporary works, 
 as was the ease with those three battles around 
 Atlanta. In nearly all the others the enemy oc 
 cupied the mountains, hills and gaps. The loss 
 of the enemy cannot be known accurately, as in 
 many cases official reports of their casualties 
 were designedly never made. The following 
 estimates are from the most reliable sources ob 
 tainable. From May 5th to May pth the enemy 
 lost 600 men, from May 9th to May i6th we 
 have no complete official report but he lost at 
 and about Resaca 2,800 killed, wounded and 
 missing. At and about Dallas, Georgia, he 
 lost 3,000 killed, wounded and missing, from 
 May 25th to June 4th. From June 9th to June 
 30th, about Kenesaw, Pine Mountain, Pine Knob, 
 Golgotha, McAfee s Cross Roads, Lattimore s 
 Mills, Gulp s House, Powder Springs, and the en 
 gagements at and about Kenesaw, 4,600 killed, 
 wounded and missing, and from July 6th to July 
 loth he lost 600 at Vinings and the Chattahoo- 
 chee River, and atjonesboro he lost 2,000 killed, 
 wounded and missing. These losses make a to 
 tal of 30,937. But these do not include many 
 small engagements, nor do they include the 
 enemy s loss from the 2cSth of July to the 26th of 
 August, Curing the siege of Atlanta, which if es 
 timated inside of all reason was at least ^,000. 
 During the month which the siege lasted the 
 artillery and musketry tiring was incessant, mak 
 ing the total loss within all reason 40,000, from 
 Dalton to Lovejoy. During this time our cav 
 alry had several engagements, where the losses 
 were heavy. These estimates are from Sher 
 man s and Logan s official reports and "Johns- 
 
 125 
 
ton s Narrative" and Hood s "Advance and 
 Retreat." This loss of 40,000 deducted from 
 the 86,000 which the Confederates had at Kene- 
 saw, less their losses, would leave Hood about 
 4^,000 after the evacuation of Atlanta, which is 
 just about what he actually had. The losses in 
 the Rebel army for August and to September 5th 
 were 7,443 killed, wounded and missing. The 
 Union loss during the same time was 5,139, and 
 the total Union loss from Dalton to Lovejoy was 
 27,245 killed and wounded and 4,442 missing, 
 total 31,687, being a difference of 8,313 in favor 
 of the Union army. The Rebels took 4,442 
 prisoners, while the Union army took 12,983. 
 Their names, rank and Regiments are on the 
 official rolls (Sherman Memoirs, p. 132), so that 
 the army under Sherman, during the 120 days 
 lighting had destroyed several arsenals and de 
 pots, had taken one-half of the state of Georgia, 
 100 miles of the enemy s country, had consumed 
 all that could be found in that territory, and had 
 destroyed one-half of the whole Rebel army in its 
 front, and was yet strong, defiant and eager for 
 a battle. Courageous, well disciplined, proud of 
 its achievements, flushed with victory and com 
 manded by generals who, like the men in the 
 ranks, were patriots and acted together harmo 
 niously and for the good of their country; so that 
 upon the whole the net results of the summer s 
 fighting was greatly in favor of the Union army 
 from every point of view. 
 
 126 
 
The looth Indiana in the Pursuit of Hood s Army 
 
 1864. 
 
 As soon as the Union Arm} had withdrawn 
 from Lovejoy to the vicinity of Atlanta, General 
 Hood began to recruit and increase his arm) 7 
 from every available source. His encampment 
 was at and about Lovejoy, Newman and Pal 
 metto, only a few miles southwest of ours. He 
 began to move his forces to his left gradually be 
 fore Jefferson Davis visited his camp. After 
 that event, however, increased activity was no 
 ticeable in his camp, and he moved to the west 
 of Atlanta, so that by the ist of October his 
 army had all crossed the Chattahoochee River, 
 about twenty miles southwest of that place, and 
 his headquarters were at Dark Corners, about 
 ten miles northwest of East Point. He had evi 
 dently begun the march around our left and to 
 the north, as detailed by Jefferson Davis. There 
 was no other proper course open to General Sher 
 man than to follow him. We had spies in his 
 camp every day, and our General knew every 
 movement that he made. The 4th, i4th, i5th, 
 1 7th, 2oth and 23d Corps of the Union Army lay 
 quietly in camp. Girard s cavalry was at Deca- 
 tur, six miles east of Atlanta, and Kilpatrick s 
 near Sandtown, eight miles west. October 2d 
 the 4th Corps was ordered to prepare to march. 
 The Rebel Army was at Powder Springs. Oc 
 tober 3d, the i yth Corps was ordered to march 
 to Smyrna Church on the 4th, and the 4th Corps 
 was ordered to be in line at that place on that 
 date. Stewart s Rebel Corps arrived at Big 
 Shanty, and tore up and destroyed several miles 
 of railroad, working all night for that purpose, 
 
 127 
 
(See also Serial 39 p. 783.) On the 4th the 
 Corps received marching orders, and on the 
 morning of the 5th broke camp early and marched 
 northward from East Point. We left Atlanta to 
 our right crossed the Chattahoochee at Vinings, 
 then marched in deep mud until 10 P. M. , and 
 went into line live miles southwest of Marietta. 
 We made twenty-five miles. 
 
 While Stewart s Corps was yet at Big 
 Shanty destroying the railroad, an order from 
 General Hood was received by him, directing 
 that French s Division of his Corps should 
 "Move up the railroad and rill up the deep cut at 
 Allatoona with brush, rails, dirt, etc." In obe 
 dience to this order, French moved his Division 
 from Big Shanty at 3:30 P. M., and arrived at 
 Acworth, six miles distant, before sunset, having 
 with him Major Myrith and twelve (12) pieces of 
 artillery. There he was detained until 1 1 P. M. 
 waiting for rations. As soon as these were 
 drawn, the march was resumed. Citizens re 
 ported to French that there were about three and 
 one-half Regiments in the garrison and about 100 
 men at the bridge. French arrived before Alla 
 toona at 3:30 A. M. on the 5th. (Serial 77, page 
 14.) 
 
 The Battle of Allatoona. 
 
 Allatoona is about 18 miles northwest of 
 Kenesaw and about 8 miles south of the Etowah 
 river, and is the place where the railroad passes 
 through the Allatoona range of hills. The rail 
 road cut is nearly 100 feet deep, and on each side 
 of this cut the Union Army had erected a re 
 doubt, This is the cut which General French 
 
 128 
 
was ordered, by General Hood, to rill up with 
 brush, dirt and rails. The plaee was garrisoned 
 by 890 men. General Corse, in obedience to the 
 orders of General Sherman, arrived at Allatoona 
 at i A. M. on the morning of the 5th, with a total 
 of 1,054 re-enforcements, making with the garri 
 son, 1,944 mcn - Soon after the re-enforcements 
 were unloaded, the enemy tired on our pieket 
 line (3 A. M). The i8th Wisconsin was sent out 
 to re-enforce the pieket line, and just before break 
 of day the enemy were pressing so hard on the 
 pickets that a battalion of the " 7th Illinois was 
 sent out as an additional support. 
 
 As soon as it was light enough to see, Gen 
 eral Corse withdrew the men from the outer lines 
 to the inner line of works on the summit of the 
 hills -on either side of the cut. At 6 A. M. the 
 cannonading and musketry was brisk. At 8 A. 
 M. a flag of truce came in, on the Cartersville 
 road, bearing a summons from General French to 
 surrender in these words: 
 
 "Commanding Officer U. S. Forces, 
 
 "Allatoona. 
 
 "Sir: I have placed the forces under my 
 command in such a position that you are sur 
 rounded, and to avoid a needless effusion of 
 blood, I call on you to surrender your forces at 
 once and unconditionally. Five minutes will be 
 allowed you to decide. Should you accede to 
 this, you will be treated in the most honorable 
 manner as prisoners of war. I have the honor 
 to be, 
 
 "Very respectfully yours, 
 
 "S. G. French. 
 
 Major General Commanding C. S. Forces. 7 
 129 
 
To this demand for a surrender, General 
 Corse answered as follows: 
 
 "Major General S. G. French, 
 
 "C. S. Army, etc. 
 
 "Your communication demanding surrender 
 of my command I acknowledge receipt of, and 
 would respectfully reply, that we are prepared 
 for the needless effusion of blood 1 whenever it is 
 agreeable to you. 
 
 "I am very respectfully 
 
 "Your Obedient Servant, 
 
 "Jno. M. Corse, 
 "Brigadier General Commanding U. S. Forces. 1 
 
 The men in the fort were notified by Gen 
 eral Corse to prepare for a hard fight. In a very 
 short time Young s Brigade of 900 Texans made 
 a furious assault on the 39th Iowa and yth Illi 
 nois. They moved along with great rapidity 
 until they struck Rowitt s Brigade, and while 
 the fighting was going on at that point, Sear s 
 Rebel Brigade came in line of battle from the 
 north and sw r ept the Union line back until the 
 39th Iowa was flanked, but this also brought the 
 enemy s flank within range of Tourtelotte s line, 
 from which they suffered severely. The two 
 Brigades of the enemy rallied and the fighting 
 became sanguinary, and had it not been for the 
 desperate resistance of the 39th Iowa, the battle 
 might have been lost. The enemy recoiled, and 
 what was left of the 7th and 93d Illinois and the 
 39th Iowa, fell back into the fort. These three 
 Regiment s had fought Young s and a portion of 
 Sears and Cockrell s Brigades for two hours and 
 a half. Col. Redfield of the 39th Iowa was 
 
 130 
 
killed shot four times. The I2th Wisconsin 
 battery did heroic work. The enemy kept 
 closing in on the fort. General Corse was 
 wounded at i P. M. At 2 p. M. the enemy 
 massed behind a hill 150 yards northwest of the 
 fort, but they were unable to do so successfully 
 under the withering tire of the Union lines. 
 Charge after charge was made by the Confeder 
 ates, and the battle raged incessantly until about 
 4 P. M., when the enemy withdrew, leaving his 
 dead and wounded on the rielcl. Our loss during 
 
 o 
 
 this engagement was as follows: 
 
 EXG. KLD. WD. MSG. TOT 
 
 yth 111., 9 Co s 267 35 67 39 141 
 
 1 2th Ills. Detached 155 9 49 . . 58 
 
 ^oth Ills., 8 Co s 267 15 63 . . 78 
 
 57 th Ills. Co s "A" "B" 61 4 i 13 
 
 93rd Ills. Infantry 290 21 52 10 83 
 
 39th Iowa, 8 Co s 280 40 52 78 170 
 
 4th Minnesota, 450 n 33 . . 44 
 
 1 8th Wisconsin 150 2 12 84 98 
 
 1 2th Wisconsin Bat 24 5 16 . . 21 
 
 Totals T 944 J 4 2 3S 2 2I2 76 
 
 Of the 706 casualties, 212 were missing; 
 those were mainly on picket and were taken 
 prisoners at the Block House. This fixes our 
 loss in killed and wounded at 494. (Official re 
 port General Corse, Serial 77, p. 766.) 
 
 The Confederate loss at Allatoona, will 
 never be truly known, as their official reports are 
 so notoriously unreliable that no credence can be 
 given to them. In this instance, 231 Rebel dead 
 were buried on the Held at the time. We took 
 411 prison ::*:";, three colors and 800 stand of arms. 
 
 131 
 
Brigadier- General Young, who was captured, 
 said that their loss was 2,000. The assaulting 
 forces consisted of the 4th, 35th, 36th, 39th, 
 46th and 7th Regiments of Mississippi (Sear s), 
 the ist, 4th, 2d, 6th, 3rd, c;th Missouri In 
 fantry, and the ist and 2d Missouri Cavalry; the 
 320!, loth, 1 4th and 9th Texas Regiments, and 
 the 29th and 39th North Carolina, and 12 pieces 
 of artillery, under Major Myrick. That is, 18 
 Regiments of Infantry, 2 of Cavalry and 12 
 cannon. During the week following the battle, 
 the garrison found nearly a hundred dead bodies, 
 in addition to those buried by General Corse. 
 Those were men who had gone away from the 
 line after being fatally wounded, and died. (Ser 
 ial 77, page 718, et seq.) 
 
 For the purpose of creating an Iron Brigade, 
 to be used for assaulting and routing the enemy, 
 and driving him from selected positions quickly, 
 General Sherman caused the looth Indiana, 97th 
 Indiana, 6th Iowa, 46th Ohio, 26th, 4oth and 
 iO3d Illinois, to be armed in part with Spencer 
 repeating rifles. (See Sherman s Memoirs 2, p. 
 
 i8 7 .) 
 
 The looth Indiana camped in a field adjacent 
 to the Allatoona battle ground. Some bodies 
 were found in the brush by our men, which had 
 not been found by the burying squad. The men 
 of the looth slept two hours, had reveille at 4 A. 
 M., crossed the Etowah river and went into camp 
 at 5 P. M. four miles south of Kingston. The 
 men w r ere very tired, having marched 16 miles. 
 Total from East Point, 69 miles. 
 
 On the loth the looth Indiana marched 15 
 miles, to within four miles of Rome, a total of 84 
 miles, and bivouacked for the night. 
 
 132 
 
On the nth the Regiment reported early to 
 department headquarters, and in obedienee to 
 orders, we were sent on a scouting expedition, 
 directly towards the advance of the Confederate 
 Army, to the north and west, our route was 
 diagonally across the country. We marched 12 
 miles to Floyd, and halted at dark, prepared our 
 meal without tire, then marched rapidly through 
 a mountainous or hilly country 10 miles to get 
 2 miles, which, on account of the miserable 
 roads we traveled, took nearly all night, making 
 25 miles, or a total of 109 miles. At daylight 
 we lay down in a field to rest. We slept one 
 hour, at a point 25 miles from Resaca. We 
 then started on good roads and went into camp 
 at Calhoun at sundown. We were all very tired, 
 having marched 50 miles, with but one hour s 
 sleep, and a total of 129 miles. The first place 
 Hood s Army struck north of Allatoona was 
 Resaca. The i/th Iowa, Colonel Clark R. 
 Wever, garrisoned the place. General Hood 
 disposed his Army in front of Resaca, intending, 
 perhaps, to assault the place. He demanded the 
 surrender of the post upon such terms as have 
 never been considered in line with civilized war 
 fare, in these words: 
 
 "Headquarters Army of the Tennessee. 
 "In the field, October 12, 1864. 
 
 "To the officer commanding United States forces, 
 
 "Resaca, Georgia. 
 
 "Sir: I demand the immediate and uncon 
 ditional surrender of the post and garrison under 
 your command, and should this be acceded to, 
 all white officers and soldiers will be paroled in a 
 
 133 
 
few days. If the place is carried by assault, no 
 prisoners will be taken. 
 
 kk j. B. Hood, General. 11 
 
 At the time this unprecedented demand was 
 made, Col. Clark R. Wever was in command of 
 the garrison. His answer to the demand was as 
 follows : 
 
 -Headquarters, 2cl Brigade, 3d Division, 
 
 41 1 5th Army Corps, Resaea, Georgia, 
 
 "October 12, 1864. 
 "To General]. B. Hood: 
 
 "Your communication of this day just re 
 ceived. In reply I have to state that I am some 
 what surprised at the concluding paragraph, to 
 the effect, that if the place is carried by assault, 
 no prisoners will be taken. In my opinion I can 
 hold this post. If you want it. come and take 
 
 "I am, General, very respectfully, your most 
 obedient servant, 
 
 "Clark R. Wever, ConVdg Officer. 11 
 
 This stern refusal to surrender probably Jed 
 General Hood to believe that if he assaulted Col. 
 Wever s forces he would meet with a repetition 
 of French s experience at Allatoona, and he 
 withdrew his forces and moved on to Snake Gap. 
 We hadreveile at 3 A.M., reached Resaea at 8:30 
 A. M., halted a short time for rations, then moved 
 rapidly toward Snake Gap, where tiring could be 
 plainly heard. We entered the Gap at 5 P. M. 
 The Confederates retreated from Resaea through 
 this gap and they felled a great many trees across 
 the narrow gulch to impede our pursuit. We 
 passed over the field before the dead had been 
 
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collected for burial. On the i6th we had rev 
 eille 4:30, marched at 7. We passed through 
 Villainow twelve hours behind the Rebel Army; 
 we crossed Taylor 1 s Ridge through Ship s (jap. 
 The Rebels had an intrenched line of battle on 
 the crest of the pass to resist our approach. Our 
 Brigade had the advance. We formed in two 
 lines and assaulted the enemy in position; the 
 rooth Indiana was in the second line. The 29th 
 Missouri engaged the enemy in front; our Bri 
 gade passed to their right and the 26th Iowa was 
 moved around their left, and when the attack 
 was made most of the Rebel force fell into our 
 hands, including two whole companies of the 24th 
 South Carolina Infantry (Serial 77, p. 742). 
 Quite a number were killed and wounded. The 
 prisoners had parched corn in their haversacks. 
 We encamped shortly after passing through Ship s 
 Gap, and the army passed to the front and en 
 camped on the western slopes of Taylor s Ridge 
 The long lines of camp fires made a beauti 
 ful scene at night. On the morning of the iyth 
 our skirmishers could be seen for miles gradually 
 driving the Confederates before them. We 
 moved down the mountain slope at 10:30 A. M. 
 and marched to Lafayette about rive miles dis 
 tant and went into camp. On the i8th we 
 marched at 8 A. M. from Lafayette almost di 
 rectly south, crossed the Chatooga River at Is 
 land Town and went into camp three miles north 
 of Summerville. The Chatooga valley was very 
 rich and we supplied ourselves well with forage. 
 We had now marched 179 miles since we left East 
 Point. On the i9th we marched rapidly in pur 
 suit of the enemy to a point near the Alabama 
 state line, nine miles southwest of Summerville, 
 
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Georgia, and went into camp at 7 p. M. Robert 
 M. Steele, of Captain Dalbey s Company "I," 
 died there. Forage was plenty, tine water and 
 a good country. The Confederate army re 
 treated rapidly before us in the direction of Gads- 
 den, Etowah county, Alabama. 
 
 The roads during this day s march (zoth) 
 were extremely hilly and mountainous. We 
 pursued the enemy sixteen miles in zig-zag direc 
 tions. We crossed a very rough mountain after 
 dark and went into camp near Gaylesville, Alaba 
 ma. The Rebel army was forty- eight hours 
 ahead of us. They kept to the south of the 
 mountains and went into camp at the town of 
 Gadsden, Alabama. Our cavalry picked up a 
 great many stragglers from their arm) . We had 
 now marched 204 miles. 
 
 On the 2ist we passed through Gaylesville 
 and went into camp on Little River, Alabama, 
 near its junction with the Chatooga. We 
 marched nine miles. On the 220! and 2^d we re 
 mained in camp at Little River. Our cavalry 
 came in from the front and reported the enemy 
 in force under General Wheeler in an intrenched 
 position at Blount s place, near King s Hill. 
 General Howard ordered the strength of the 
 Rebel position to be tested and our Division 
 (Wood s) and HazeiVs and Batteries "B," First 
 Michigan and First Iowa were directed to per 
 form this service. 
 
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The looth Indiana Pursues Hood s Army to 
 Gadsden, Alabama. 
 
 At 2 i>. M. on the 24th we marched west- 
 warclly nine miles and went into camp at sun 
 down near Leesburg, and on the 2c;th we 
 had reveille at 3:30 and marched at 5 A. M. We 
 soon struck the enemy s cavalry pickets and 
 skirmishing began. They fell back to their main 
 line at Blount s place, where the cavalry had 
 reported the Rebels in force. Our skirmish 
 line drove the enemy away while our lines of 
 battle were being formed. General Osterhaus 
 having ascertained from citizens that there was a 
 force of 2,000 Rebels at Turkey town valley, on 
 the Gadsden road, about live miles further on, we 
 moved against them, and when our forces had 
 got almost through the valley, the Rebels opened 
 on them with artillery. Wood s Division formed 
 in line on the left and two Brigades of IlazerTs 
 Division on the right. The Rebels were on high 
 ground in our front, with about 2,000 men and 
 two pieces of artillery. They were intrenched 
 so as to sweep the whole valley. We engaged 
 their attention in front with our skirmisher s and 
 battery "B," ist Michigan, so closely that they 
 never observed Hazen s two Brigades, which, as 
 well as Jones 1 Cavalry Regiment, were ordered 
 forward. The latter delivered his volleys right 
 into the Rebel ranks, which threw them into the 
 wildest confusion and they tied precipitately. 
 Cornelius Coleman, of Company 4 D," was the 
 only man of the looth wounded/ This was the 
 parting salute to Hood s Army, the looth being 
 the last to deliver the parting blow. General 
 Sherman had determined to march to the sea and 
 
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to let Hood go to Tennessee. At this moment 
 an order was received from General Howard not 
 to pursue the fleeing Rebels, so we marched back 
 four miles and went into camp, and on the 26th 
 we marched at 7 A. M. and reached our camp on 
 Little River at 2:45 i. M., having marched ex 
 actly 48 miles in ^ hours. This engagement 
 took place nine miles northeast of Gadsden, Ala 
 bama. 
 
 The moth Indiana Faced Toward the Sea. 
 
 We remained in camp on the 27th and 28th. 
 On the 29th we had reveille at 3:30 A. M., 
 and marched to Cedar Bluffs, on the road lead 
 ing back to Rome, Georgia, we crossed the 
 Coosa on the 17 A. C. Pontoons; marched 11 
 miles, total 261 miles, and encamped in a miser 
 able place on the south side of the river. This 
 was the first day s march back toward Atlanta 
 and the sea. 
 
 On the 3oth we went into camp at 2:30, 
 within four miles of Cave Springs, southwest of 
 Rome, Georgia. The Rebel guerrillas fired on 
 some of our men. On the 3ist we only marched 
 four miles to Cave Springs and went into camp. 
 On the ist of November we marched nine miles 
 to Cedartown, almost directly south of Rome 
 about twenty miles. The guerrillas slipped up 
 and fired on some of our men during the day. 
 
 On the ist of November we marched all day 
 in the rain. On the 2d we marched at daybreak 
 12 miles and encamped in the pine woods on the 
 Yellow Stone road; total, 302 miles. On the 3rd 
 
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we marched 15 miles in the mud and rain and en 
 camped on the Burnt Hickory road, in the woods. 
 On the 4th we took the Powder Springs road and 
 marched 15 miles, mainly in the direction of 
 Yinings, or Smyrna. We moved out early on 
 the 5th to the southeast, struck our old works at 
 Smyrna at dark, and encamped five miles south 
 west of Marietta, Georgia. Marched 15 miles; 
 total, 347 miles. Here we halted to prepare 
 ourselves for continuing our march toward the 
 sea. 
 
 On the 6th we made estimates for clothing 
 and shoes, both of which the men needed very 
 badly. On the 9th we were paid. On the i2th we 
 destroyed railroad iron and ties burned the ties 
 and bent and twisted the rails after being heated in 
 the-middle by the burning ties. On the 1 3th we 
 drew clothing and then marched through the city 
 of Atlanta and encamped at Whitehall, near our 
 old works during the siege marched 15 miles; 
 total since we left East Point, in pursuit of Hood, 
 362 miles, a considerable part of which was in 
 zigzag directions, on account of the roads, being 
 very crooked or occupied by other columns. 
 
 The looth Indiana on the March to the Sea. 
 
 MEMORABILIA BY E. J. SHERLOCK. 
 
 The march through Georgia to the sea was 
 tirst thought of by General Sherman. Prior to 
 the fall of Atlanta such a campaign was unheard 
 of. But Sherman had such a movement in con 
 templation and was maturing his plans for its ex 
 ecution prior to Jefferson Davis 1 visit to Hood s 
 
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army on the 251)1 of September, for on the 2oth, 
 before we started to follow Hood, he wrote Gen. 
 Grant that "If you will rix a day I will be in 
 Savannah. 1 \vill insure our possession of Ma- 
 con and a point on the river below Augusta. The 
 possession of the Savannah River is more than 
 fatal to the possibility of Southern independence. 
 They may stand the fall of Richmond, but not all 
 of Georgia." 
 
 Numerous dispatches which passed between 
 Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, 
 contained in Serial No. 79, all go to show that 
 the most that the authorities did at Washington 
 was to acquiesce in Sherman s plans to march to 
 the sea. 
 
 On the 1 3th Grant wrote the Secretary of 
 War that he believed that Sherman s proposition 
 to march through Georgia was the best that could 
 be adopted, and that "such an army as Sherman 
 had, with such a commander, would be hard to 
 corner or capture, 11 and at 11 o clock that day, 
 General Grant made an order for the same sup 
 plies for us which we received at Savannah after 
 the fall of Fort McAllister, and at 8:30 P. M., on 
 the 1 3th of October, 1864, E. M. Stanton wired 
 General Sherman that his plans had been ap 
 proved and that supplies would be sent down to 
 Hilton Head and would be sent to him on trans 
 ports (Serial 79, pp. 239-240). 
 
 Sherman notified Grant on the 7th that the 
 movement to the sea would begin on the loth or 
 the day after, to which Grant answered on the 
 same day, "Great good attend you." (Serial 
 79, p. 679.) 
 
 On the 7th the engineer s department was 
 ordered to "take special charge of the destruc- 
 
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tion of Atlanta; of all depots, car houses, shops, 
 factories, foundries, being careful to knock down 
 all furnace chimneys and break down the arches. 1 
 (Serial 79, p. 680.) 
 
 At that date the i5th Army Corps was bi 
 vouacked at Camp Smyrna. The men were 
 being 1 paid, clothed and equipped. On the 9th 
 special field orders No. 120 were issued from 
 Kingston by General Sherman for the govern 
 ment of the army during the contemplated move 
 ment through Georgia. A brief synopsis of 
 which was: 
 
 First: That the right wing, the i5th and 
 1 7th Corps, was to be commanded by General 
 Howard and the left wing, the i4th and 2oth by 
 General Slocum. 
 
 Second: The order of march was provided 
 for the cavalry under Kilpatrick was to receive 
 special orders from General Sherman. 
 
 Third: Provided for the movement and the 
 kind and number of trains. 
 
 Fourth: Provided that the "Army will 
 forage liberally on the country, etc., etc." The 
 manner in which it must be done, and that no 
 soldier should enter a private dwelling. 
 
 Fifth: Provided for the destruction of such 
 property, as was regarded contraband of war, by 
 orders of army commanders only. 
 
 Sixth: Provided for the confiscation of 
 horses, mules, and such other property, as might 
 be needed by the infantry and cavalry, distin 
 guishing between the rich and the poor, in the 
 seizure thereof. 
 
 Seventh: Provided for taking such negroes, 
 as would be serviceable in the army, as team 
 sters or pioneers. 
 
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Eighth: Related to the organization of a 
 good pioneer corps for each Army Corps. (Se 
 rial 79, pp. 713-14-) 
 
 On the loth General Corse was ordered to 
 destroy, during the night, "All public property 
 not needed by his command, in Rome, Georgia, 
 such as foundries, bridges, mills, workshops, 
 warehouses, etc. The i4th Corps was ordered 
 to destroy the railroad from the Etowah to Big- 
 Shanty. The i =;th and i7th from Kenesaw to 
 Chattahoochee, and the 2oth Corps from that 
 river into and including the city of Atlanta. 11 
 (No. 79, pp. 627 and 729.) 
 
 The destruction of Atlanta began on the 
 morning of the nth of November, 1864. Gen 
 eral Sherman left Kingston for the front on the 
 morning of the 1 2th. By evening of the latter 
 date the I4th, i5th, lyth and 2oth Army Corps 
 were all concentrated at Atlanta, with the cav 
 alry on the front and right of the i5th Corps, the 
 latter being commanded by General P. J. Oster- 
 haus, the lyth by General Frank P. Blair. 
 
 The 1 5th Corps was composed of four Di 
 visions: the ist, General C. R. Woods; 2nd, 
 General W. B. I la/en; 3rd; General John E. 
 Smith; 4th, General John M. Corse. 
 
 The T7th had three Divisions: the ist, Gen 
 eral Joseph A. Mower; the 2nd, General M. D. 
 Leggett, and the 3rd, General Giles A. Smith. 
 
 The 1 4th Army Corps had three Divisions: 
 the ist, General W. P. Carlin; the 2nd, General 
 James D. Morgan, and the 3rd, General Absa 
 lom Baird. 
 
 The 2oth Corps had three Divisions: the 
 ist, General Nathaniel J. Jackson; the 2nd, 
 Ge:vjrp.l John W. Geary, and the 3rd, General 
 
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William T. Ward; making thirteen Divisions in 
 all. 
 
 The Cavalry Division was commanded by 
 Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick. One Bri 
 gade was commanded by Col. Eli II. Murray 
 and the other by Col. Smith D. Adkins. 
 
 November i4th our forces consisted of 
 ^5,329 infantry, S? oo \3 cavalry, and 1,812 artil 
 lery; total, 62,204, as gd fighting men as the 
 world ever produced. Skilled in the art of war, 
 inured to hardship, well disciplined, of excellent 
 morals, and as brave and fearless as lions in their 
 native jungle. The picture of health, flushed 
 with victory after victory, on many bloody and 
 well- won fields; they fairly bounded, as they 
 marched out into the enemy s country, with all 
 the confidence and self-reliance, which an army 
 can feel, which is deeply conscious of its own 
 invincibility and superior prowess. 
 
 Such was the character of the army which, 
 on Tuesday morning, November 15, 1864, 
 marched out of Atlanta, feeling that it was un 
 conquerable before any army w r hich could be 
 brought to oppose it. On the latter date we had 
 reveille at 3 A. M., and the i5th and lyth Corps 
 and the cavalry moved out. We left East Point 
 to our left, passed Rough and Ready Station; 
 the 9yth Indiana in advance, drove the Rebel 
 Cavalry from our front after a lively skirmish. 
 We went into camp at 2 P. M., having marched 
 8 miles southeast of Jonesboro and 36 miles from 
 Camp Smyrna, which was 14 miles north of At 
 lanta. We found some Rebel pickets at Rough 
 and Ready, who lied percipitately on the ap 
 proach of our advance. A force of Rebels made 
 zor.iJ show o" rjjistnirjc r.t |:);rosboro, but it wa:s 
 
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quickly driven away; but at Stockbridge, near 
 our camp, the Rebel General Lewis with about 
 1,000 men and a section of artillery, made some 
 resistance, but was soon routed by the 29th Mis 
 souri, which was our advance. There was sonic 
 cannonading in the evening; the day closed with 
 the four skirmishes of East Point, Rough and 
 Ready, Jonesboro and Stock bridge. (9281) 
 
 Stockbridge Village, November 16, 1864; 
 marched at 9 A. M. We were in the rear, hav 
 ing had the advance yesterday. Forage was 
 plenty and water good; passed through McDon- 
 ough and live miles to the south; marched 14 
 miles; total 50 miles. The cavalry found a force 
 of Wheeler 1 s army in the old Rebel works at 
 Lovejoy. They showed tight; Col. Murray 
 charged their line, captured two three inch rifled 
 cannon and killed and wounded a large -number. 
 Wheeler, after the engagement, made a stand at 
 Bear Creek, but was again charged by the loth 
 Ohio, when his lines broke and his forces fled to 
 Griffin, 14 miles distant, with a loss of killed, 
 w r ounded and prisoners of 500. 100,000 rounds 
 of ammunition, three caisons, four boxes of flxed 
 ammunition and 175 stand of small arms were 
 destroyed. The advance of the i5th Corps met 
 a Rebel force at Cotton River Bridge, which 
 was quickly dispersed, and the day closed with 
 the action at Lovejoy and the two skirmishes of 
 Bear Creek and Cotton River Bridge (92-362). 
 
 On the 1 7th we started from camp, five 
 miles south of McDonough, at i . 30 P. M. One 
 mile below Locust Grove, the 3d and 4th Divis 
 ions of the 1 5th Corps took the (left) Jackson 
 road. We camped at 10:30 P. M. on the main 
 Macon road, between Griffin and Jackson, having 
 
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marched 15 miles; total, 65 miles. Lewis Rebel 
 Brigade was reported at the bridge on the Tow- 
 aligo River. The 5th Kentucky, Col. Baldwin, 
 charged their position and found only a weak line, 
 which was quickly routed, the main body having 
 retreated, and the day closed with the skirmish 
 at Towaligo Creek (92-1). 
 
 On the 1 8th the looth Indiana took the ad 
 vance, directly east to Indian Springs, a summer 
 resort, and encamped ; got plenty of Rebel news 
 papers, printed on all kinds of paper; marched 
 five miles; total, 70 miles. 
 
 The Confederate officials promulgated some 
 highly inflammatory addresses to the people of 
 Georgia, exhorting them to rise up in their 
 might and crush out the invaders. But the Union 
 Army moved along from day to day, the same 
 as if they had never been delivered. The fol 
 lowing are specimen appeals by those who kept 
 out of danger: 
 
 "Richmond, Va., Nov. 18, 1864. 
 "To the people of Georgia: 
 
 "You have now the best opportunity ever yet 
 presented to destroy the enemy. Put everything 
 at the disposal of our Generals, remove all pro 
 visions from the path of the invader and put all 
 obstructions in his path. Every citizen with his 
 gun and every negro with his spade and axe can 
 do the work of a soldier. You can destroy the 
 enemy by retarding his march. Georgians, be 
 firm! Act promptly and fear not. 
 
 B. II. Hill, Senator." 
 "I most cordially approve the above. 
 
 "James A. Seddon, 
 "Secretary of War." 
 
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And the following is another address of about 
 the same tenor: 
 
 "Corinth, Nov. 18, 1864. 
 
 "To the People of Georgia: 
 
 "Arise for the defense of your native soil! 
 Rally round your patriotic Governor arjcl gallant 
 soldiers! Obstruct and destroy all roads in Sher 
 man s front, flank and rear, and his army will 
 soon starve in your midst! Be confident and res 
 olute! Trust in an overruling Providence and 
 success will crown your efforts! I hasten to join 
 you in defense of your home and friends. 
 
 "G. T. Beauregard." (92-867) 
 
 These appeals did not cause the Georgians 
 to arise, nor did General Beauregard ever join 
 them where there was any danger. lie sent the 
 following advice, however, to General Wheeler; 
 
 "Major General Wheeler: 
 
 "Employ your cavalry to best advan 
 tage, retarding advance of Sherman s Arm) and 
 destroying supplies in his front. 
 
 "G. T. Beauregard. 71 (92-867) 
 
 Gen. Wheeler obeyed the order far enough 
 
 J i" 1 
 
 to get in our front, but he was not able to re 
 tard our advance. Gen. Lee dispatched Jeffer 
 son Davis as follows: 
 
 "Petersburg, Nov. 19, 1864. 
 "His Excellency Jefferson Davis, 
 
 "Richmond, Va. 
 
 "All roads, bridges, provisions, etc., within 
 Sherman s reach should be destroyed. The pop 
 ulation must turn out. * * * Savannah will 
 probably be Sherman s object. Troops that can 
 
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be spared from Charleston, Savannah, etc. , should 
 take the tic Id under Ilardee. 
 
 -R. E. Lee. 1 (92-869) 
 
 And some Rebel Congressmen at Richmond 
 contributed their advice to the people of Georgia, 
 as follows: 
 
 4 Richmond, November 19, 1864. 
 "To the People of Georgia: 
 
 "We have had a special conference wit n 
 President Davis and the Secretary of War. Let 
 every man fly to arms! Remove your negroes? 
 cattle, horses, and provisions from Sherman s 
 army and burn what you cannot carry. Burn 
 all bridges and block up the roads in his route, 
 assail the invader, in front, flank and rear, by 
 night and by day; let him have no rest. 
 
 "Julian Ilartridge and 
 
 Six other members of Congress ." (92-869). 
 
 Jefferson Davis also told the people of Geor 
 gia how to defeat and destroy us in the following 
 dispatch: 
 
 "Richmond, Va., November 22, 1864. 
 "Col. William Browne, Aid de Camp, 
 Augusta Yards: Convey to all Generals my 
 instructions, that every effort will be made by 
 destroying bridges, felling trees, planting sub- 
 terra shells and otherwise to obstruct the advance 
 of the enemy. All supplies * * will be 
 
 destroyed * * * to impede the march of 
 Sherman s army and prevent it from foraging 
 on the country. 
 
 -Jefferson Davis." (92-880) 
 
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So it appears by the record, that Jefferson 
 Davis, Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and the 
 members of the Confederate Congress all advised 
 the South to destroy all that was in Sherman s 
 front. In some instances the citizens of Georgia 
 were ably assisted in carrying out some portions 
 of these orders by the soldiers of the Union army; 
 and the following dispatch shows that Davis was 
 in favor of rilling the roadways with bombs to 
 retard our advance. 
 
 "Richmond, Nov. 18, 1864. 
 "General II. Cobb, Macon, Ga. : 
 
 "Get out every man. * * " x " Employ 
 negroes in obstructing roads by every practicable 
 means. Col. Rains, at Augusta, can furnish 
 you with shells prepared to explode by pressure, 
 and these will be effective to check an advance. 
 "Jeff Davis- 71 ( 9 2-Davis-86s.) 
 
 On the 1 9th we marched at 7 A. M. Com 
 pany "A," rooth Indiana, was advance guards 
 of the Division. Moved 7 miles to Planter s 
 Factory on the Ocmulgee River, said to be 
 owned by White & Scott of Macon, had dinner 
 of biscuit, butter and burnt wheat coffee. Com 
 pany "A" guarded the factory, crossed on the 
 pontoons, marched in mud and rain, over a 
 rough country, in a zigzag course until 2 A. M. 
 Roads were simply impassable for anything but 
 Yankees. Marched 14 miles; total 84 (92-1). 
 
 The rear of the i5th Corps did not get 
 across the Ocmulgee until the 2oth. We marched 
 at 5 A. M., again in the advance. We sent out 
 large forage parties, got plenty of corn meal, 
 meat and flour. The 1 7th Corps took the Milledge- 
 ville road at Ilillsboro. We marched all night, 
 
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halted on the field where Stoneman was defeated, 
 marched 17 miles; total 101 miles. The First 
 Brigade of Ilazen s Division, i5th Army Corps, 
 routed the Rebel cavalry at Clinton, a town 
 which lay in our line of march. Kilpatrick met 
 the enemy s cavalry under Wheeler four miles 
 out of Macon; he drove them across Walnut 
 Creek and charged into their works at Macon, 
 but could not hold them. A train of cars were 
 burned and a mile of track torn up near Gris- 
 wolclville, and the day closed with these four 
 skirmishes with Wheeler s cavalry (92-363). 
 
 Thirteen cars, loaded with car w r heels, were 
 burned at Griswolclville on the 2ist by the 9th 
 Michigan, as w r ell as the soap and candle factory 
 and an arsenal engaged in manufacturing pistols 
 and sabres for the Confederate Army, embracing 
 in all 44 houses. There was considerable skir 
 mishing done at that place during the time, in 
 which the Rebels were \vorsted and driven back 
 toward Macon (92-363). 
 
 We marched eight miles in the rain, en 
 camped about twelve miles northeast of Macon. 
 We had some skirmishing with Rebel cavalry in 
 the evening, near Griswoldville, before we went 
 into camp. (My Memo.) 
 
 The following property was destroyed at 
 Griswoldville on the 2ist: Four miles of rail 
 road track, one water tank, thirteen railroad cars, 
 three sets engine drivers, twelve car wheels, 
 twenty tons of wrought iron, one pistol factory, 
 one soap factory, one candle factory, one foundry 
 in the employ of the Rebel Government, 400 
 boxes of soap, twelve wagons, one wagon load of 
 tools and one blacking factory; also the railroad 
 station house (92-368). 
 
 149 
 
The cavalry engaged the enemy near Ma- 
 con during the day. The 9th Pennsylvania cav 
 alry covered the rear to Gordon, where another 
 encounter took place, in both of which the Reb 
 els were routed. The day s operations closed 
 with four skirmishes (92-1 and 363). (92-369). 
 
 The moth Indiana in the Battle of Griswoldville. 
 
 On the 22d the weather was cool. Wal- 
 cutt s Brigade covered the rear. We fell inline, 
 marched half a mile in the rear of the train, then 
 halted. We could see the 9th Pennsylvania 
 righting the Rebels off to our right. Quite a 
 number on each side were killed and wounded. 
 Our Brigade was ordered forward. 
 
 O 
 
 The 97th Indiana deployed as skirmishers 
 and drove the Rebel cavalry from the rield. Gen. 
 Woods, commanding the Division, was ordered 
 to make a demonstration toward Griswoldville, 
 and he selected Walcutt s Brigade for that pur 
 pose; which was composed of the following Reg 
 iments: The 4oth Illinois, Lt. Col. Hall, 206 
 enlisted men; 46th Ohio, Col. Alexander, 218 
 enlisted men; io t 3d Illinois, Major Willison, 219 
 enlisted men; the 6th Iowa, Major W. H. Clune, 
 177 enlisted men; 97th Indiana; Col. Catterson, 
 366 enlisted men, and the looth Indiana, Col. R. 
 M. Johnson commanding, 327 enlisted men, and 
 one section of Battery U B," ist Michigan, Capt. 
 Arndt. Total present for duty; 1,513 men. 
 (No. 92, p. 97.) 
 
 Our skirmish line drove the enemy to a point 
 west of and beyond Griswoldville, when by direc 
 tion of Gen. Osterhaus, the Brigade was drawn 
 back to a position on some high ground on the 
 Duncan farm, near the edge of the woods, with 
 
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Brevet flajor General Charles C. Walcutt. 
 
 ^Captain 4 6th Ohio, April i8th. 1861, Major June, 1861, and assigned to staff 
 of Genl C. \\ . Hill, Major 46th Ohio, October ist, 1861: Lieut. Colonel, January 
 3oth, 1862, Colonel 4 6th O. V. I., October i6th, 1862; Brigadier General of Volun 
 teers July 3oth. 1864: Brevet Major General of Volanteers March nth, 1865, for 
 special gallantry at the battle of Griswoldville, Georgia, November 22nd, 1864 
 when he was severely wounded, 
 
a large expanse of open ground in front, the 
 flanks being refused so as to cause each to rest 
 very nearly on Sand Creek, a swampy, miry 
 stream, which lay in our rear, from wing to 
 wing. Some temporary works were thrown up 
 by the Regiments in the field, of rails, logs and 
 dirt. This being done the soldiers proceeded to 
 get their dinner. (92-105) 
 
 Now, it so happened that the Rebel Army, 
 consisting of seven Brigades and Capt. Ander 
 son s Battery, in all about 6,600 men, exclusive 
 of Wheeler s cavalry, had been ordered to march 
 from Macon to Augusta, as the Confederate Gen 
 erals believed that we were movng on that place. 
 The ist Brigade of the Georgia troops moved in 
 advance of the other Brigades along the railroad 
 and- missed our column. When the other six 
 Brigades came along by Griswoldville, they en 
 countered our pickets, and seeing Walcutt s 
 Brigade from the road they were marching on 
 toward Augusta, their Commander, Brigadier 
 General P. J. Phillips, supposing that we were a 
 small force, determined to assault us. He disposed 
 his forces as follows: Two Brigades, the Athens 
 and Augusta, formed his right, a Brigade of the 
 State Line was placed on the left of the Athens 
 and Augusta Brigades, and on the left of this 
 line was formed McCoy s Brigade, the left of the 
 latter Brigade Cresting near and south of the 
 railroad," and General ^Anderson s Brigade was 
 formed all on the north side of the railroad, "his 
 left resting parallel with the railroad," and Col. 
 Mann s second Brigade was formed in line of 
 battle in the rear of the State Line and McCoy s 
 Brigade, in a secure place to act as reserves, 
 and Anderson s Battery was put in position on 
 
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the highest ground on the north side of the rail 
 road. ( Jones 1 Siege of Savannah, page 29. ) 
 (Rebel Dispatches, 92-877.) 
 
 In this position an advance was ordered by 
 the Confederate General. There were two Bri 
 gades of Wheeler s Cavalry in reserve. 
 
 We were eating dinner at the time. We 
 saw the long lines of battle advancing upon us, 
 whereupon every man of the Regiment prepared 
 himself for battle, and every officer and man did 
 his duty nobly. 
 
 The following is the official report of the 
 battle by Col. R. M. Johnson of the looth In 
 diana : 
 
 4 Having arrived at the point designated upon 
 Duncan s farm, we formed line of battle, covering 
 the Macon road, with our flanks resting in the 
 timber, while in front and center was the open 
 field; the Regiments composing the command 
 were assigned positions on the line as follows: 
 On the right of the road were placed the 6th 
 Iowa Infantry, io3d Illinois Infantry, and 97th 
 Indiana Infantry. On the left of the road were 
 posted the 4oth Illinois Infantry, looth Regiment 
 Indiana Volunteer Infantry and 46th Ohio In 
 fantry, while in the center of the road, the sec 
 tion of Artillery, which had accompanied the 
 Brigade, took up a position. In less than one 
 hour after getting into position as above stated, 
 our skirmishers became engaged with the ad 
 vance of the enemy, who was moving upon us, 
 and it soon became apparent that a heavy battle 
 must ensue, as it was evident the enemy intended 
 to endeavor to drive us from our position, and 
 with that view had formed in heavy force upon 
 our front, and opened upon our barricades with 
 
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four pieces of artillery. Brigadier General 
 Charles C. Waleutt, Commanding 2nd Brigade 
 First Division i5th Army Corps, perceiving this, 
 ordered me to take the three right Companies of 
 my Regiment and support the section of the ist 
 Michigan Battery, occupying the center of the 
 line, which order I immediately obeyed. I had 
 no sooner done this, than from the manuevering 
 of the enemy, it became apparent that he would 
 endeavor to turn our extreme right flank, and to 
 checkmate him there, General Waleutt ordered 
 me to withdraw three more Companies of my 
 Regiment from the left flank and putting them 
 in position on the extreme right flank, take 
 charge of that end of the line, and at all hazards 
 to hold the enemy at bay at that point. I ac 
 cordingly moved Company "A," U B" and t4 C n 
 of my Regiment to the extreme right of the 
 Brigade line, and placing Company "A 17 and 
 tk C v on the line deployed Company "B 1? as 
 skirmishers to extend the line to the right, in 
 structing the men to shelter themselves behind 
 trees, and to hold their positions at all hazards. 
 Companies "I," tc K" and IT 1 having been 
 placed in the center of the Brigade line and the 46th 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having by order of Gen 
 eral Waleutt, previously moved to the right, I 
 had only Companies ct D," "E, 11 ct F" and "G" 
 of my Regiment with which to hold what had 
 been the line occupied by the icoth Regiment 
 Indiana Volunteer Infantry and the 46th Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry. These Companies I de 
 ployed along the works so as to cover the two 
 Regimental fronts. The three Companies in the 
 center I placed under the immediate command 
 of Captain John W. Headington, and he con- 
 
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tinued to manage them during the remainder of 
 the tight with skill and sound discretion. On 
 the right flank my men were much exposed, 
 having no works to shelter themselves, but the 
 ground being rather favorable, I succeeded in 
 checking the enemy so suddenly in his effort to 
 turn our line that he did not afterwards attempt 
 seriously to get around our flank, nor did he even 
 have time to discover the strength of our line or 
 number of our forces at that point. In this 
 engagement, which lasted from one o clock 
 until dark, the enemy made some seven dis 
 tinct assaults upon our lines, which we hand 
 somely repulsed, with heavy loss on his part each 
 time. Toward evening I received an order from 
 Colonel R. F. Catterson, 9yth Indiana Infantry, 
 who in the meantime had assumed command of 
 the Brigade, owing to Brigadier General Wal- 
 cutt s having been wounded, to be ready, with a 
 heavy skirmish line in my front, to charge the 
 enemy at the sound of the bugle and to bring in 
 such of the enemy as had remained behind in the 
 last repulse and taken shelter under the cover of 
 a ravine which ran along our front. This move 
 ment was accordingly executed and resulted in 
 the capture of several prisoners, most of whom 
 were wounded. We found a considerable num 
 ber of small arms, which I had brought in and 
 turned over to the Brigade Commander and the 
 wounded men were sent back to the hospital for 
 care and treatment. After the close of the tight 
 and the gathering up of all the prisoners obtain 
 able and the property left by the enemy on the 
 field, in obedience to orders received, we with 
 drew from the works and rejoined the column. 
 In this engagement, I lost 2 men killed and 18 
 
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wounded, a list of which is hereto attached, as 
 follows: 
 
 Captain Eli J. Sherlock, "A," wounded right foot by an ex 
 ploding shell. 
 
 George Buchanan, "A," wounded left shoulder; shrapnell. 
 
 Levi B. Powell, "A," wounded left hand and knee; minnie 
 ball; severe. 
 
 Aaron Wolford, Corporal, "C," killed. 
 
 Joseph Harris, Corporal, "E," wounded left arm. 
 
 Henry Eairchild, Corporal, "C," wounded right thigh; severe. 
 
 Thomas X. Holloway, Private, "G," wounded in jaw; severe; 
 minnie ball. 
 
 Jacob Baumgarten, Private, "I, "killed. 
 
 William Kelley, "I," wounded thigh and shoulder; severe. 
 
 Elias H. Jones, "I," wounded hip; died. 
 
 Daniel Trout, "I," wounded head; severe. 
 
 Robert Ostler, "I," wounded head. 
 
 John M. Cook, I," wounded head and shoulder. 
 
 James Bolinger, First Lieutenant, ;K," wounded right hip. 
 
 Bart. F. Smith. "K, wounded face; severe. 
 
 J. X. Xorwood, "K," wounded leg; severe. 
 
 George Borntrager, "K," wounded leg; severe. 
 
 Moses X. Pugh, "K," wounded in breast. 
 
 \1 ichael Grumen, "K," wounded in abdomen. 
 
 William Pollard, "K," wounded right hand; severe. 
 
 Francis E. Gillett, "C," killed. 
 
 Total killed, 3; total wounded, 18; missing, 
 none. 
 
 Total number of casualties, 21. 
 
 Prisoners captured represent that the enemy 
 attacked us with 15 Regiments of Infantry and 
 7 Regiments of Cavalry, and yet the gallantry 
 of our men \vas such that w^e successfully held 
 him at bay, and drove him from the field. 
 
 In justice to my men, I should state that at 
 one time, the ammunition being scarce, they vol 
 untarily fixed bayonets and expressed their de 
 termination to hold their line as long as there 
 was a man of them left. My officers all behaved 
 with conspicuous gallantry and at all times dur 
 ing the engagement kept cheering their men and 
 telling them to hold their ground and beat back 
 the enemy. My Regiment occupying and hold* 
 
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ing the left flank center and right flank of the 
 Brigade line, I could not well be present at each 
 point but a part of the time, but I am assured 
 that every man and officer did his full duty and 
 behaved gallantly. The strength of my Regi 
 ment in this engagement was 330 effective men, 
 armed as follows: 
 
 Springfield rifled muskets, cal 58 305 
 
 Spencer rifles, cal 52 25 
 
 Total number of guns 330 
 
 (Official Report R. M. Johnson.) 
 
 Col. Catterson s report of the battle (Ex 
 tract): 
 
 kt lt was at this moment that Gen. Walcutt 
 received a severe wound and was compelled to 
 leave the field. I immediately assumed com 
 mand and discovered the enemy moving to the 
 right. I suppose he contemplated turning my 
 right flank. As I had already disposed of every 
 available man in the Brigade, and my left being 
 so strongly pressed, that not a man could be 
 spared from it. I sent to the General com 
 manding the Division for two Regiments. The 
 1 2th Indiana Infantry was sent and immediately 
 placed in position to the extreme right, also a 
 squadron of cavalry to watch the right and left 
 flanks; but the day was already ours, as the 
 enemy had been repulsed and driven from the 
 field. I immediately sent forward a line of skir 
 mishers, who succeeded in capturing about 42 
 prisoners and 150 small arms. The battle com 
 menced at 2 :30 P. M. and lasted until sunset. 
 During the engagement the enemy made three 
 separate charges, and were as o ten repulsed, with 
 
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o 
 
 terrible slaughter. I would gladly notice the 
 many deeds of daring during the action, but to 
 do so of every man who distinguished himself 
 would be to mention each man by name in the 
 Brigade; but suffice it to say, the conduct of both 
 officers and men was most superb. The loss of 
 the Brigade in killed \vas 14; in wounded, 42 
 this number includes only those sent to the hos 
 pital. The loss of the enemy in killed and 
 wounded could not have been less than 1,500, 
 about 300 of whom were killed." (Catterson s 
 Official Report, 92-105.) 
 
 General Woods report: 
 
 "I cannot speak in too high terms of the 
 coolness and gallantry of Brig. Gen. C. C. Wal- 
 cutt and Col. R. F. Catterson, 97th Indiana In 
 fantry. The skill with which they handled the 
 troops and the result s obtained, sho\v them to be 
 men of marked ability. The Rebel loss, as near 
 as could be ascertained without actual count, was 
 300 killed and from 700 to 1,200 wounded. Ma 
 jor General Phillips, Col. Mann, 5th Georgia, 
 and Col. George are reported by the prisoners 
 taken to have been killed, and Brig. Gen. Ander 
 son to have been wounded. Twenty-eight pris 
 oners were captured and turned over to the Pro 
 vost Marshal of the i5th Army Corps. Fifteen 
 wounded were brought in and left in a house, not 
 having transportation for them. Our loss was 
 13 killed, 79 wounded and 2 missing." (Official 
 Report Gen. Woods, 92-98.) 
 
 The following is Gen. Osterhaus report of 
 the battle: 
 
 4t ln the afternoon the Rebel commander 
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brought forward four Bigades* of Infantry and a 
 battery of artillery, supported by a strong cavalry 
 force, to dislodge* Gen. Walcutt from his position. 
 For several hours their attempts were repeated, 
 with the greatest impetuosity. Their artillery 
 threw a terrific fire into the frail works of Walcutt, 
 while their columns of infantry marched in heroic 
 style to within fifty yards of our line. It was all 
 in vain. Walcutt and his brave Brigade proved 
 that superior skill, coolness and valor made up 
 for the great disparity in numbers. When night 
 came on the enemy retired, leaving over 300 dead 
 on the battlefield and a number of wounded, who 
 were taken care of by our medical corps; also a 
 number of prisoners were taken. Our loss was 
 comparatively light. The brave Gen. Walcutt 
 was wounded by a piece of shell during the fight 
 and Col. Catterson assumed the command of the 
 Brigade. 11 (Official Report General Osterhaus, 
 
 92-830 
 
 The following congratulatory order was is 
 sued to our Brigade by General Howard: 
 
 Headquarters Department and Army of the 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Gordon, Ga., November 23, 1864. 
 Major-General Osterhaus, 
 
 "Commanding Fifteenth Army Corps: 
 "General: I take sincere pleasure in con 
 gratulating the Brigade of General Walcutt, of 
 General Woods Division, of the Fifteenth Corps, 
 on its complete success in the action of yesterday. 
 Officers from other commands, who were look 
 ing on, say that there never was a better Brigade 
 
 *This report should read six Brigades, 
 160 
 
of soldiers. I am exceedingly sorry that any of 
 our brave men should fall, and for the suffering 
 of those that are wounded. The thanks of the 
 army are doubly due to them. I tender my sym 
 pathy through you to the brave and excellent 
 commander of the Brigade, Brigadier-General 
 Walcutt. It is hoped that his wound may not 
 disable him. 
 
 4 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 t; O. O. Howard, Major-General. 
 
 "P. S. The loss of the enemy is estimated 
 from 1,500 to 2,000 killed, wounded and prison 
 ers. t; O. O. Howard, Major -General. 11 
 
 (Rebellion Records, Serial 92, page 96.) 
 
 , The following is General Sherman s notice 
 of the battle: 
 
 4 During the 2oth, General Kilpatrick made 
 a good feint on Macon, driving the enemy within 
 his intrenchments, and then drew back to Gris- 
 woldville, where Walcutt s Brigade of infantry 
 joined him to cover that rlank, whilst Howard s 
 trains were closing up, and his men scattered, 
 breaking up railroads. The enemy came out of 
 Macon (22) and attacked Walcutt in position, 
 but was so roughly handled that he never re 
 peated the experiment."" (Official report Gen 
 eral Sherman, 92-788.) 
 
 A portion of the troops we fought at Gris- 
 woldville were the same state line troops who, 
 under General G. W. Smith, fought us at Kene- 
 saw and Atlanta. 
 
 The following is an extract from General 
 G. W. Smith s Confederate report of the battle: 
 
 4 Notwithstanding my order to avoid an en- 
 
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gagement at that time and place, a collision oc- 
 cured, we being the attacking party. Several of 
 the best field officers of the command were killed 
 or wounded. On this occasion the State and 
 Confederate forces were confronted by Wood s 
 Division of the I5th Army Corps, General Wai- 
 cutt s Brigade, with two pieces of artillery, be 
 ing in advance. The battle of Griswoldville will 
 be remembered as an unfortunate accident, whose 
 occurence might have been avoided by the exer 
 cise of proper caution and circumspection. It in 
 no wise crippled the movements of the enemy 
 and entailed upon the Confederates a loss, which 
 under the circumstances could be illy sustained. 1 
 (Jones Siege of Savannah, 26-7.) (From official 
 report General G. W. Smith, serial 92, 414). 
 
 The following is from the official report of 
 Brigadier- General Phillips, who commanded the 
 Confederates at the Battle of Griswoldville: 
 
 "The officers and men deported themselves 
 well during the entire action, which lasted from 
 3 p. M. until dark, held their positions and re 
 tired in good order to Griswoldville, where I had 
 intended to encamp, and bring off those of our 
 wounded and dead that had not been removed 
 from the battle field; but, on my reaching Gris 
 woldville, I received an order from the Major- 
 General commanding ordering me to fall back to 
 the trenches at Macon, where I arrived about 2 
 o clock A. M. 
 
 "I can but believe if the flank movement 
 had been carried out with all the forces assigned 
 to that duty that it would have resulted in dis 
 lodging and probably routing the enemy, not 
 withstanding that he was I am satisfied fully 
 equal if not superior to our forces. Whilst we 
 
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have to regret the loss of many gallant officers 
 
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 and men, yet we cannot but hope that they died 
 not in vain. 11 (Jones 1 Siege of Savannah, p. 31. 
 Official report General Phillips. ) 
 
 It will be observed that General Phillips 
 makes no statement concerning the number killed 
 and wounded. The writer has been three times 
 over the field since the war and men are living 
 there now (1896) who helped to bury the dead, 
 and it is firmly stated that the Confederate loss 
 was i, 600, or more men than we had engaged, 
 of whom 312 were killed. 
 
 The looth Indiana picketed the battlefield 
 that night, and aided all the Confederate wound 
 ed left on the field. The enemy had removed 
 the most of their wounded and dead during the 
 last assault. 
 
 On the 231^1 our Brigade moved out at 9 A. 
 M. five miles to Gordon and encamped; a total of 
 128 miles. 
 
 On the 24th we marched at 7 A. M., 13 
 miles without a halt, to Irwinton, Wilkinson 
 county, and went into camp. The Cavalry 
 Corps crossed from the right wing over to the 
 left wing at Milledgeville, and crossed the Oco- 
 nee river at that place. 
 
 Friday, November 25th, at 6:30 A. M., we 
 marched 12 miles to Lightwood Natural Bridge 
 and went into camp; total, 153 miles. We 
 opened on the enemy at the Oconee river with 
 Artillery, the I2th Wisconsin Battery. Our 
 men set one end of the bridge on fire, while the 
 Rebel forces were firing on them from the other. 
 See following Rebel dispatches: 
 
 163 
 
"Oconee, November 24, 1864, 8:55 P. M. 
 u Major- General -McJLaws: 
 
 ct l have held the bridge to the last extrem 
 ity. The enemy have succeeded in setting fire 
 to the trestlework on the other end of the bridge; 
 it is burning slowly. We still hold this side, and 
 shall continue to hold it, until driven back. 
 The enemy are in heavy foree on the other side. 1 
 believe I have more than Kilpatrick s Division in 
 front of me. Wheeler has not yet come up. 
 
 "II. C. Wayne, 
 Major-General." 
 (92-892.) 
 
 The Confederate Cavalry in our front on the 
 march to the sea were more than twice the num 
 ber General Kilpatrick had, as shown by the 
 following dispatch: 
 
 "Oconee, November 24, 1864. 
 "Captain Elliott, 
 
 "Assistant Adjutant-General : 
 "General Wheeler w r ith 10,000 men is cross 
 ing Blackshear Ferry, twenty miles below here, 
 and he is coming to our assistance. We still 
 hold our position at the bridge. The enemy have 
 burned the long trestle on the other side. Our 
 loss this morning, 2 killed and 5 wounded. 
 
 "A. L. Hartridge, 
 "Major, Commanding. 1 1 
 
 The strength of Wheeler 1 s Cavalry is also 
 
 & ^ 
 
 shown by the following dispatch, dated Augusta, 
 November 24, 1864: 
 "Dr. W. S. Morris: 
 
 "General Wheeler with 10,000 men is now r 
 
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crossing Oconee river twenty miles below bricjo-e 
 at Blackshear Ferry, and coming to assistance of 
 General Wayne. Enemy have burned Ion- 
 trestle work on other side of bridge. 
 
 U J. A. Brenner." 
 (92-894.) 
 
 On the 26th, we marched to the Oconee 
 The i 5 th and i 7 th Corps marched side 
 by side. We crossed the river at Ball s Ferry 
 and encamped at Irwin s Cross Roads, havin- 
 marched 15 miles and a total of 168 miles. Quite 
 a Rebel force was stationed at this ferry and op- 
 posed the advance for a short time, when they 
 were shelled out by the i2th Wisconsin Battery 
 On the 27th we marched east from Irwin s 
 Cross Roads, on the main Savannah road. The 
 looth Indiana covered the train. We went into 
 camp at 8 P. M . near the village of Drummond, 
 having marched 15 miles; total, 183 miles. The 
 cavalry had another brush with Wheeler s at 
 fcylvan Grove. It then struck the railroad at 
 Waynesborough, burned the station and a train of 
 cars, and also the bridge over Briar Creek. It 
 was the intention to surprise the garrison at Mil- 
 ten and liberate our prisoners, but it was here as 
 certained that they had been removed two days 
 before. Wheeler again attacked our cavalry 
 with the usual result. The cavalry crossed the 
 Ogeechee at the Shoals and struck the railroad at 
 Waynesborough. (92-363.) 
 
 On the 28th, we moved out from Drummond 
 
 at an early hour and marched to the southeast 
 
 irough Johnson county, Georgia, and encamped 
 
 near the eastern edge of that county, having 
 
 marched 13 miles. The Cavalry Division was near 
 
 165 
 
Waynesborough . It crossed Rocky Creek and 
 waited for the Rebel cavalry to come up, which 
 it did, the entire Rebel force charging as it came 
 on, but it was repulsed again and again, and was 
 forced to retire after losing not less than 600 men 
 killed and wounded. (92-55.) 
 
 On the 2 cjth, the looth Indiana marched in 
 rear of the I5th Army Corps train, on the head 
 waters of the Cannouchee River, with scarcely a 
 halt all day. The soldiers captured a great 
 many horses and mules, which were hidden in 
 the timber by citi/ens on our approach. Marched 
 ten miles; total 206 miles. About 9 P. M. we 
 waded across a deep creek. The cavalry was 
 on the left and was drawn up on the Louisville 
 and Millen Road, and at about 2 P. M.the enemv 
 charged upon the cavalry and was repulsed with 
 great disaster. 
 
 On the 3oth, we marched through Pine Bar 
 rens toward the Cannouchee River, we passed 
 through Summerville, Georgia, and went into 
 camp at noon, having marched 12 miles; total 
 218. The country was very poor. Very few 
 farms or plantations; we marched in the pine 
 woods all day. Saw very few citi/ens. 
 
 On the 3oth, Wheeler with about 12,000 
 Cavalry attacked Morgan s Division of the i.|th 
 Army Corps, and was repulsed at Louisville by 
 the loth Michigan. On the same day the Cavalry 
 on the Louisville and Millen Road were attacked 
 several times from the rear by the Confederate 
 Cavalry. (92-183.) 
 
 On December ist, the looth marched early 
 in the advance from the vicinity of Battle 
 Ground to within three-fourths of a mile of the 
 Ogeechee River, here we found a better country; 
 
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forage was plenty. We marched 10 miles; total 
 228. The iyth Corps moved down the east side 
 of the Ogeechee, destroying the depots and rail 
 roads. 
 
 December 2nd we marched early in a very 
 swampy country on the west side of the Ogee- 
 chee and very close to that stream. We only 
 marched ^ miles; total 233. The whole army 
 made a kind of left wheel upon Savannah, and 
 we occupied the right. This gave us the short 
 est distance to travel. 
 
 December 3d we remained in camp all day. 
 
 December 4th we marched before daylight 
 down the west side of the Ogeechee River, 
 through a low swampy country. We got some 
 rice straw for the animals the first we had seen. 
 Ma-rched 15 miles, total 248 miles. 
 
 The 1 4th Corps moved at 6:30 A. M. ten 
 miles across the country toward the Savannah 
 River, took dinner at Hargroves Plantation and 
 encamped near Habersham (92-184). The 2oth 
 A. C. crossed the Little Ogeechee at 5 P. M., 
 having in charge the ammunition train, pontoon 
 train and the Corps supply train, and had a skir 
 mish with the enemy at that place (92-19). The 
 cavalry had an engagement with the enemy, 
 which was a hand to hand encounter. There 
 were left on the Held more than two hundred 
 Rebels who were all wounded by sabre cuts 
 only. The tight took place right in the town of 
 Waynesborough. There was also an engagement 
 at Lumpkins station, one at Station number 5 on 
 the railroad, and one at Statesborough by General 
 Ilazen s Division of the i5th Corps. The enemy 
 was routed after thirty minutes lighting. (92-62) 
 
 On the 5th we marched early and hard, 
 
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clown the Ogeechee and crossed Belcher s Mill 
 Creek. The Rebels had burned the bridge. 
 This was the first si^ns of an enemy we had seen 
 for several days. They were reported to be in 
 force across the Ogeechee. Forage was plenty. 
 We traveled on the main Savannah road twenty 
 miles, total 268 miles (92-33 ). 
 
 The looth Indiana and the 4Oth Illinois were 
 put in the rear of the Pontoon train. We 
 marched at 3 P. M. down the river fourteen 
 miles, total 282 miles. We got possession of the 
 ford, but had some skirmishing with the enemy 
 to do so. Some of the i 5th Corps crossed the 
 Ogeechee. The lyth Corps destroyed railroad 
 all day ( 92-32). 
 
 The looth Indiana and 46th Ohio were or 
 dered to cross the Ogeechee above Wright s toll 
 bridge and to feel forward some distance and 
 then fortify strongly. This we did and remained 
 in our works until 11:15 P. M., at which time we 
 were recalled. We re -crossed the river and re 
 joined the Brigade. The trains, troops and the 
 cattle for the army had all passed before our re 
 call. The river bottom was very bad, the stream 
 being divided into six channels at that point. 
 The i yth Corps marched all night in quick-sand 
 bottoms and bad roads. (92-33.) 
 
 A Brigade of Rebels behind some rail piles 
 at Jenck s bridge, were very handsomely routed 
 by* a Regiment of IlazeiVs Division, the 53rd 
 Ohio. (92-649.) 
 
 December 8th, the Tooth marched at 6:30 
 A. M. We forded several small streams during 
 the day, all running into the Ogeechee. We ob- 
 tained some Rebel newspapers containing an ac 
 count of Hood s defeat at Franklin on the 3Oth 
 
 168 
 
of November. We marched 23 miles; total, 
 30 v Firing toward the Cannouchee eoulcl be 
 plainly heard. The Rebels opposed the crossing 
 of that stream by Ilazen s and John E. Smith 1 s 
 Divisions, with two pieces of Artillery and with 
 Infantry, but they retired quickly before these 
 forces. (92, Ilazen, no.) 
 
 On Friday, the 9th, the night was cold and 
 the xooth remained in camp. The country was 
 swampy; heavy tiring was heard toward Savan 
 nah. I la/en s Division crossed the Cannouchee 
 river in the morning and struck the Gulf railroad 
 near Eden, and destroyed about ten miles of 
 track. One Brigade of John E. Smith s Division 
 moved forward to the Ogeechee canal and skir 
 mished with the enemy until dark and went into 
 bivouac 14 miles from Savannah. (92 Itin., 29.) 
 
 The 1 7th Corps skirmished with the Rebels 
 during the day. Several torpedoes, which had 
 been planted by the Rebels in the road, exploded, 
 killing and wounding several men. The Corps 
 encamped at Pooler s Station. (92 Itin., 32.) 
 
 On the loth, the looth marched at 8 A. M. 
 down the west side of the Ogeechee River, over 
 a very swampv country, crossed the river on 
 pontoons at noon; the approach was very bad, 
 and a great many horses, mules and cattle were 
 lost in the quagmire by getting off the corduroy. 
 We followed the Ogeechee Canal nine miles in 
 the direction of Savannah, then turned to the 
 right two miles and built works, having marched 
 1 8 miles; total 323. 
 
 The 2oth Corps "reached the main line of 
 the enemy s works in front of Savannah and took 
 position on the left, with its left resting on the 
 Savannah River, the i4th on. the right of the 
 
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2oth and joining the left of the iyth Corps be 
 yond the canal near Lawson s Plantation. The 
 line was as close as possible to the enemy, and 
 preparations were made for an assault. Bat 
 teries were established on the Savannah River, 
 so as to prevent any boats from passing. The 
 steamer ; Ida, ? while attempting to pass up the 
 river, was captured on the loth and burned. 11 
 
 December iith the entire four Corps were 
 in line all night, just out of range of the 
 Artillery. We got up at 4:30 A. M., w^hen the 
 picket lines were engaged briskly; at day break 
 there w r as heavy cannonading on both sides, a 
 w r ide, deep creek was between our lines and a 
 Rebel Fort, which was right in our front. 
 Corse s Division was shifted to the right, and at 
 noon we left our \vorks to rill up the gap thus 
 made in the line. We left the main road, moved 
 two miles to the right and rested till night, when 
 we covered our train, which passed all night 
 within short range of the Rebel Batteries. 
 (92-Osterhaus-88 .) 
 
 We formed in line on Corse s left, with our 
 left on the main Savannah Road. The roads 
 were nothing but quagmires. We had 400 ne 
 groes, who constructed of pine logs and poles a 
 double corduroy from our front to the rear. 
 These dispositions put the Union Army in line 
 around Savannah and completely invested the 
 city, leaving only the causeway leading to the 
 east as a means of escape for the Confederate 
 Army, which, including Wheeler s Cavalry and 
 FergusorTs command, numbered about thirty 
 thousand (30,000) or just about half as many 
 men as were in the- Union forces. General Ilar- 
 
 170 
 
dee had about 18,000 inside of the city s defences, 
 about 300 pieces of artillery; the Rebels had cut 
 the Ogeechee Canal and had overflowed the rice 
 Melds and all the low lands between their outer 
 defenses and our lines, so that there were but 
 few plaees where an assaulting- column would not 
 have to charge through water several feet deep 
 and in many plaees a quarter of a mile wide, 
 before the enemy s works could be reached, 
 which of itself would, in December, have been 
 sufficient to kill a man. Had such not have been 
 the conditions and situation, the Union Army 
 would have moved right into Savannah, imme 
 diately on its arrival in front of the city. The 
 position of the Union Army around Savannah 
 was: the i^th Corps on the right; the 2oth 
 Corps on the left; the ryth Corps," the right cen 
 tre, and the i4th Corps the left centre. (Serial 
 92, pp. 88, 440.) 
 
 I will now give the position of the Confed 
 erate forces as they confronted our line during the 
 the siege. The Confederates began to fortify 
 Savannah as soon as the Union Army left At 
 lanta, under the direction of John McCrady, Mc- 
 Laws chief engineer. The first guns were put 
 in position on the 2oth of November, and the 
 first troops entered the works on the jth of De 
 cember. 
 
 Beginning with the Confederate right, that 
 is, the troops in front of the 2oth Corps, was the 
 Georgia state troops, reaching from the Savannah 
 River almost to the Georgia Central Road; Gen. 
 G.W. Smith, a front of about two miles, his right 
 under Gen. Anderson, his left under Gen. Cars- 
 well. About 2,000 men of the Georgia state 
 troops were intrenched near the Louisville road, 
 
 171 
 
and the ist Brigade of the Georgia militia on the 
 Augusta road; the spaee between was occupied 
 by the Cadets. The 2d and ^d Brigades of the 
 Georgia militia held the line from the Augusta 
 road to the bank of the Savannah River (making 
 two lines at this point). Col. Hill with the 3d 
 Georgia Brigade occupied the advance works. 
 On Col. Williamson s rice canals he had a de 
 tachment of Cadets and Pruden s Battery, sup 
 ported by Anderson s Light Battery and Hamil 
 ton s Battalion of Light Artillery . (Jones Siege 
 of Savannah.") 
 
 General McLaw s Division formed the center 
 of the Confederate line; it began just to the right 
 of the Georgia Central Railroad and extended 
 along in front of the I4th and i7th Corps to the 
 Daly Farm. His left was commanded by Gen 
 eral Baker and his right by General Lewis. This 
 Division was made up in part of North Carolina 
 Troops, 4th Tennessee, I2th South Carolina 
 Cavalry, the 2d, 4th and 9th Kentucky, the 3d 
 Georgia Reserves, the Athens, Georgia, Brigade, 
 the 5th Georgia Reserves and the ist Georgia 
 Regulars, Daniel s and Abell s Batteries, sup 
 ported by Barnwell and Wagner s Batteries. 
 The Confederate left was commanded by Gen 
 eral A. R. Wright, extending from the Daly 
 I "arm or Telfair Swamp to the railroad bridge 
 over the Little O^eechee. His subordinates were 
 
 c^ 
 
 General Hugh W. Mercer, who had the line from 
 Telfair Swamp to Lawton s house, and General 
 Jackson, from Lawton s house to the bridge. 
 Along this line was the Augusta and Athens Bat 
 talions, Nesbit s Regiment, Brook s Battalion, 
 the 55th Georgia, the Augusta Artillerists, Clem 
 en s Battalion, Richardson and Barnwell Batteries, 
 
 172 
 
Wheeler and Simpkins, Jackson s Local Infantry 
 and Battery, Barnes, Von Zinken s Local troops, 
 Ferguson s Brigade Savannah Local Reserves, 
 Brook s Light Battery, Jones and Gerard Bat 
 teries, Moxville s, Hamilton s and BarnwelFs 
 Artillery. (See u The Siege of Savannah," by 
 Charles C. Jones, Jr., Lt. Col. and Ilardee s 
 Chief of Artillery. ) These organizations foot 
 up nearly 20,000; sixty-four organizations were 
 in our front. Mr. Jones says there were only 
 16,745 inside the fortifications. (See ib. 91.) 
 
 Fort flcAllister. 
 
 December i ( 3th. The following is from 
 General Hazen s official report of the assault on 
 Fort McAllister: 
 
 u At daybreak on the i3th of December, 
 the troops were put in motion, reaching the vicin 
 ity of McAllister at about u A. M. About one 
 mile from the Fort a picket was captured, reveal 
 ing the whereabouts of a line of torpedoes across 
 the road. Some time was lost in safely remov 
 ing them, when leaving eight Regiments at that 
 point, nine were carried forward "to about 600 
 yards from the Fort, and deployed with a line of 
 skirmishers sufficiently near the Fort to keep the 
 gunners from working their guns with any effect, 
 those firing in the rear being in Barbette. The 
 grounds to the right of the Fort being mostly cut 
 through by deep streams, rendered the deploy 
 ment of that part of the line slow and difficult, 
 and was not completely effected till 4:45 p. M., 
 at which time every officer and man of the nine 
 
 173 
 
Regiments being instructed what to do, the 
 bugle sounded the forward, and at precisely 5 
 o clock the Fort was carried. The troops were 
 deployed in one line as thin as possible, the result 
 being that no man was struck in the assault till 
 the/came to close quarters. Here the lighting 
 became desperate and deadly. Just outside the 
 works a line of torpedoes had been placed, many 
 of which were exploded by the head of the 
 troops, blowing many men to atoms, but the line 
 moved on without checking, over under and 
 through abatis, ditches, palisading and parapet, 
 righting the garrison through the Fort to their 
 bomb proofs," from which they still fought, and 
 only succumbed as each man was overpowered, 
 individually. 11 (92-IIa/en, no.) 
 
 Notes of the Battle. 
 
 The Union loss was 24 killed and no 
 wounded. Captain John II. Grace, of the 3oth 
 Ohio, who led the first assault on Vicksburg, 
 was killed. Colonel Wells S. Jones, 531-1! Ohio, 
 Commanding Brigade, was severely wounded. 
 The Regiments most conspicuous for gallantry 
 were the yoth, 47th and ^oth Ohio Infantry. 
 The captures were, including killed, 250 officers 
 and men, 24 pieces of Artillery, 40 tons of am 
 munition and a large amount of public and pri 
 vate property. (92-IIa/en, in.) 
 
 The capture of McAllister was announced to 
 to the army in Field Order No. 131. 
 
 The garrison of Fort McAllister was com 
 manded by Major George W. Anderson. It 
 
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consisted of the Emmett Rifles, Clinch s Light 
 Buttery, Companies tk D 11 and ^E, 11 and the ist 
 Regiment of Georgia Reserves. The following 
 are the Confederate casualties: Captain X. B. 
 Clinch, of Clinch s Light Battery, n wounds; 
 Captain Morrison, shot through both legs; the 
 total of killed and wounded 48, 16 of who7n were 
 killed. (See Jones 1 Siege of Savannah, 127.) 
 
 The fall of this fort put us in communication 
 with our fleet. We had had no communication 
 with the outer world since November 1 5th. 
 Tnere was great anxiety for our safety in the 
 North. But little had been heard of us for thirty 
 days and we were denominated "The Lost Army/ 11 
 General Sherman, at 11:30 P.M., on thei{th, 
 dispatched the Secretary of War that we had 
 reached the coast in safety and had established 
 ourselves on salt water as a basis, and that the 
 whole army was in excellent condition. (92 
 Sherman, 101.) 
 
 The Union troops all along our lines tight 
 ened their grip on Savannah. Only one road 
 around the city was not in our possession. On 
 the night of the i6th a sergeant and fifteen men 
 of Brooks 1 Rebel Battalion, being part of Mer 
 cer s command, forced their pickets on the cause 
 way and deserted in a body to the Union side, 
 with their arms and accoutrements. ( [ones 1 Sieo-e 
 of Savannah, 137. ) 
 
 By the lyth we had drawn our lines so 
 tightly around the city that the General felt as if 
 a demand for its surrender should be made. He 
 therefore sent a flag of truce in on the Augusta 
 Road, demanding of General Ilardee the sur 
 render of the citv. 
 
 After due consideration, General Ilardee 
 
sent his answer to General Sherman s demand 
 for a surrender, in which the demand was re 
 fused. 
 
 As soon as Ilardee s refusal to surrender was 
 received, orders were issued to all commanders 
 and the lines were tightened, and the Union sol 
 diers increased their lire on the Confederate lines 
 of works, and preparations for an assault w r ere be 
 gun. These facts being observed by General 
 Hardee, preparations for an evacuation of the 
 city by the Rebel army was begun, and General 
 Beauregard dispatched General Hardee that: 
 
 # -x- Whenever you shall have to se 
 lect between the safety of your forces and that of 
 Savannah, sacrifice the latter and form a junction 
 with General Jones." And on the 9th the order 
 was repeated in substance. (Jones 1 Siege of Sa 
 vannah, 109.) And on the i5th Beauregard had 
 dispatched Ilardee that: "Under no circumstan 
 ces must he be cut off from joining with General 
 Jones. M (Serial 92-967.) 
 
 On the 1 8th Jefferson Davis dispatched 
 General R. E. Lee to send two Divisions from 
 his army to Ilardee in Savannah, to resist our ap 
 proach. General Lee answered Mr. Davis that 
 he could not do it without imperiling Richmond. 
 (92 Davis, 966.) Ilardee seeing therefore that 
 Lee could give him no assistance, on the i9th 
 sent out to his Generals a ^ confidential circular," 
 giving all the details of and instructions for, the 
 evacuation of the city, in substance as follows: 
 
 The light batteries were to cross the Savan 
 nah River first, then the troops at Whitemarsh, 
 Fort Jackson and Bartow, next the troops at 
 Rosedew, Bcaulieu, etc., then at 8 P. M.Wright s 
 was to begin crossing on the pontoons. McLaw s 
 
 176 
 
Division to follow at n i>. M ., General Smith s 
 Division at 12 midnight. Wright s skirmish 
 line to leave their works at 10:30 and Smith s at 
 2 A. M. Pontoons to be destroyed, heavy artil 
 lery spiked, Ammunition thrown into the river 
 and all guns on inner defenses to be spiked 
 (Jones Siege of Savannah, 155.) (Serial 92-967.) 
 Before the time for General Hardee s army 
 to evacuate a fog arose, which became so dense 
 that no movements of any kind could be made. 
 The pontoons were laid across the river at the 
 foot of Broad street. On account of this delay 
 Eiardee issued a second confidential circular on 
 the morning of the 2oth, ordering that the evacu 
 ation take place on the night of that date and the 
 pontoons were thickly covered with rice straw to 
 deaden all sounds. The evacuation took place, 
 so that by 3 o clock A. M. on the 2ist his army 
 was safely on the east side of the Savannah 
 River. (Serial 92-972.) 
 
 On the 22nd, General Sherman moved his 
 headquarters into the city of Savannah, and the 
 different Corps of the Army were located in and 
 about the city. Thirty-one thousand bales of 
 Cotton and 350 cannon fell into our hands; also 
 railroad cars, engines, steamboats and immense 
 quantities of rice and public and private property, 
 Everything was quiet in the city, a good provost 
 guard was placed on duty, and quiet and order 
 reigned everywhere. General Sherman sent the 
 following message to President Lincoln: 
 
 177 
 
"Savannah, December 22, 1864. 
 
 "To His Excellency, President Lincoln. 
 
 "Washington, D. C. 
 
 "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, 
 the city of Savannah, with one hundred and titty 
 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition; also, about 
 twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. 
 
 U W. T. Sherman, 
 "Major- General. 11 
 (9 2 ~7 8 3) 
 
 This message was received by the President 
 the evening before Christmas, and was published 
 throughout the North, in the morning papers of 
 that day, and is said to have greatly added to 
 the joy and festivities of the occasion throughout 
 
 the country. 
 
 Hardee s Army was moved to Charleston 
 and other points. The General on the morning 
 of the I9th, sent two Divisions from Savannah to 
 destroy the Gulf railroad as far Southwest as the 
 Altamaha river. The icoth Indiana, with 150 
 wagons, went in the same direction for forage 
 The first day 20 miles were made, the second 
 the expedition passed through Ilinesville and en 
 camped at Walthourville; on the 2ist passed on 
 toward the^Altamaha bridge, loaded 150 wagons 
 of the 15 A. C. train with corn and other forage, 
 gathered up TOO head of beef cattle, and returned 
 to Savannah on the 23rd, and encamped on the 
 Ogeechee road, near to and on the west side of 
 the city. 
 
 The following is a correct list of casualties 
 
 ITS 
 
since we left Atlanta the i2th clay of November 
 1804: 
 
 Killed. Wounded. Missiiur Aireret>- >t,> 
 
 Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Off Men 
 
 5th and 17th 5 35 11 172 00 19 16 226 
 
 14th and 20th.. 2 23 6 112 1 258 9 393 
 
 Cav - Dlv " 3 35 17 120 00 000 10 155 
 
 10 93 24 404 1 277 35 774 
 
 Confederate prisoners captured: 
 
 Off. Men. Total- 
 
 loth and 17th A. Cs 04. 209 aaa 
 
 14th and 20thA.C s V.V.V.V.: . . . . . . . 30 409 439 
 
 Cav - Ulv 13 220 233 
 
 77 1,261 1,338 
 
 The total loss in making the" march was 10 
 officers killed, 24 wounded and i missing; total, 
 35 officers, 93 men killed, 404 wounded, 277 
 missing; total 774 men; total, men and officers, 
 809. The prisoners captured numbered 77 offi 
 cers and 1,261 men; total, 1,338. The loss of the 
 enenw in killed and wounded will probably never 
 be known, but must have been 4,000, as nearly 
 or quite one-half of that number were killed and 
 wounded at Griswoldville alone. (Serial 92-15.) 
 The looth Indiana sustained the severest 
 loss of any Regiment on the march to the sea. 
 At Griswoldville it had temporary works. The 
 enemy were in the open field in its front, but the 
 tire of the Regiment was so withering and terri 
 bly destructive that the Confederates were not 
 able to deliver their tire with any effect. Had it 
 not been for these three conditions, the looth Indi 
 ana would certainly have been almost annihilated. 
 More than one-half of the Confederate dead and 
 wounded at Griswoldville were in its front. In 
 
 179 
 
that engagement the 327 enlisted men of the 
 looth Indiana, killed and wounded, upon a fail- 
 estimate, a thousand men, or more than three to 
 the man. 
 
 So that in truth, and without egotism, it 
 may be said that the looth Indiana occupies, 
 with respect to the march to the sea, the highest 
 place of honor. 
 
 The Union Cavalry, on the march to the 
 Sea, numbered 5,000. The Confederates had 
 more than twice that number. General Wheeler 
 alone having ten or twelve thousand, besides 
 there were other smaller commands. In every 
 encounter the Union Cavalry were the victors 
 on the march to the Sea. It had 38 killed, 127 
 wounded, and 233 captured; total loss 398. 
 (Serial 92, p. 15. ) 
 
 On receipt of General Kilpatrick\s Official 
 Report of the operations of the Cavalry on the 
 march to the Sea, General Sherman sent that 
 officer a very flattering letter in acknowledgment 
 of the very efficient manner in which his com 
 mand was handled on the march to the sea. 
 (92-368.) 
 
 General Lee issued the following general 
 orders to the Confederate Generals, after which 
 no reliable reports of their losses were ever 
 made: 
 
 Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia. 
 General Orders No. 63. May i4th, 1863. 
 
 The practice which prevails in the army, of 
 including in the list of casualties, those cases of 
 slight injuries, is calculated to mislead our 
 friends and encourage our enemies, by giving 
 false impressions as to the extent of our losses, 
 
 180 
 
It is therefore ordered, that in the future, the 
 reports of the wounded shall only include those 
 whose injuries in the opinion of the medical 
 officers render them unlit for duty. It has also 
 been observed, that the published "reports of cas 
 ualties are in some instances accompanied by a 
 statement of the number of men taken into ac 
 tion. The commanding General deems it un 
 necessary to do more than to direct the atten 
 tion of the officers to the impropriety of thus 
 furnishing the enemy with the means~ of com 
 puting our strength. In order to insure the im 
 mediate suppression of this pernicious and useless 
 custom . 
 
 By command of General Lee. 
 
 W. II. Taylor, 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 (Cox Regimental losses, S59-) 
 
 Beginning with the engagement at Five 
 Points, Virginia, January i, and ending 
 with the engagement at Point Spring, Alabama, 
 on December 29, 1864, there were fought during 
 that year, seven hundred and seventy-nine battles 
 and skirmishes. The most important of these en 
 gagements and such as the losses on one side or 
 the other amounted to five hundred or more, to 
 gether with the losses on each side respectively, 
 are given below, to wit: 
 
 181 
 
Date. Engagement. Federal Confed. 
 
 l^OSS. .LOSS. 
 
 February 20 Olustee, Fla l.- 8 965 
 
 April 8 Sabine Cross Roads, La -.900 l.oOO 
 
 Apr il 9pieasant Hill, La. . . . 1,101) 
 
 Apiil 12 Fort Pillow, Term 574 
 
 April 17-20-Plymouth, N. C. 
 
 April 30 Jenkins Ferry, Ark 1.155 I 100 
 
 May 5-7-Wilderness, Va 37,737 11,409 
 
 May 5 _9^Rocky Face to Dalton 
 
 May 8-18 -Spottsylvania to the Nye 26,461 
 
 May 9-10-Swift Creek, Va 490 500 
 
 May 9-10 New River and Cloyd s Mountain. . 745 
 
 May 12-16 Drury s Bluff, Va... 3,012 2,500 
 
 May 13-16 Resaca, Georgia 2,600 
 
 May 15 Newmarket, Va.. 405 
 
 May 16-30 Bermuda Hundred . . . 1,200 
 
 May 23-27 Battle on North Anna River 1,973 
 
 May 25 to June 4 Dallas, Georgia 2,400 3,000 
 
 June 12-Cold Harbor, Va 14,931 1,700 
 
 June5 Piedmont, Va... . 780 2,970 
 
 June 9-30 Battles about Kenesaw, Georgia. . 8,670 4,600 
 
 June 10 Guntown, Mississippi -,-40 
 
 June 11-12 Trevillian Station. Va 735 370 
 
 July 6-10 Chattahoochee River, Georgia . 730 600 
 
 July 9_Monocacy, Md 1,959 405 
 
 July 13-15 Tupelo, Mississippi 
 
 July 20 Peach Tree Creek.. . 1,710 4,79(J 
 
 July 22 Atlanta, First Sortie 3,641 8,499 
 
 July 28 Ezra Chapel, Ga., 15th Army Corps. . 584 
 
 July 30- -Petersburg Mine Explosion . 4,008 
 
 August 14-18 Strawberry Plains, Va. . . 3,550 1,109 
 
 August 18-21-Six Mile House 4,543 4,000 
 
 August 25 Ream s Station 2,442 1,500 
 
 August 31 Jonesboro, Georgia 1,149 2,UOO 
 
 Sept 1 to Oct. 30 Trenches before Petersburg.. . 1,804 1,000 
 
 September 28-30-New Market Heights, Va.. . 2,429 2,060 
 
 October 5 Allatoona, Georgia 700 1,942 
 
 October 19 Cedar Creek, Va.. 5,905 4,200 
 
 October 27 Hatcher s Run 1,902 1,000 
 
 November 22 Griswoldville, Ga., March to Sea. . 84 1,600 
 
 November 30 Franklin, Tennessee.. . 2,326 6,252 
 
 December 16 Nashville, Tennessee.. 2,140 15,00 
 
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At Savannah and Beaufort, January, 1865. 
 
 ITINERARY 
 
 Of the march of the Federal arm) under Gen 
 eral Sherman through the Carolinas in the year 
 1865, written at the time the events occurred, by 
 Captain EH J. Sherlock, of the looth Regiment 
 of Indiana Infantry, to which is added excerpts 
 and extracts from the official reports and corres 
 pondence, Federal and Confederate, of that cam 
 paign, published by the Government in 1895-6, 
 in Serials 98, 99 and 100. The events recorded 
 relate principally to such operations as were 
 participated in by the looth Indiana. 
 
 On the 2nd of January an "extremely con 
 fidential" order was issued by General Sherman, 
 directing that the right wing should move to 
 Beaufort by transports, and that the left wing 
 and Cavalry should work across the causeway to 
 Ilardeeville, and by a rapid movement secure Sis 
 ter s Ferry and the Augusta Railroad to Roberts- 
 ville, and the troops, guns, shot, shell, provisions 
 and wagons to be ready about Pocotaligo 4t for 
 another swath/ 1 all to move in the direction of 
 Columbia about the i5th, and all necessary prep 
 arations for this purpose were at once begun, al 
 though the weather was very unfavorable. 
 (99-8.) 
 
 January 7, 1865, preparations for the move 
 ment into the Carolinas progressed rapidly. The 
 landing of the iyth Corps at Beaufort threatened 
 Charleston, while the left wing passed up the 
 
 183 
 
river to Sister s Ferry, so as to threaten Augus 
 ta. (99-2.) 
 
 On the 8th, the i5th Army Corps reeeived 
 orders to march, and on the 9th it began to move 
 to Thunderbolt Bay under General Woods 1 
 Special Orders No. 6 at 7 A. M. 
 
 On the i8th, at 8 A. M., we embarked on a 
 transport at Thunderbolt and landed at Beaufort, 
 South Carolina, and went into camp before night, 
 near the old city, which had a dilapidated ap 
 pearance and was very full of negroes. 
 
 On the 1 9th, we had reveille at 5, marched 
 at 8 A. M. about 4 miles out on the Pocotaliiro 
 
 I c") 
 
 road and went into camp. On the 2oth, 
 rain fell all day. We spent the night without 
 shelter. During the day our tents and ba^a^e 
 
 O J O c"> O 
 
 arrived from Savannah. A detachment of the 
 1 7th Corps made a reconnoisance from Pocotali- 
 go to the Salkehatchie river, and had an encounter 
 with a Confederate force of General Wright s 
 Division. (9970. ) 
 
 On the 26th, we were located about 50 
 miles from Savannah in the direction of Charles 
 ton. The left wing occupied the country about 
 40 miles above Savannah. The distance between 
 the two being about 30 miles, the former threat 
 ening Charleston and the latter Augusta. The 
 Confederate Generals were in a quandary as to 
 which place we would go. A military commis 
 sion composed of Hardee, G. W. Smith, and 
 Beauregard was held, to consider what it was 
 best to do. This body announced officially that it 
 was impossible for an army to move through 
 North and South Carolina in mid-winter. It 
 was not the plan to move against either of those 
 
 184 
 
places, but to do just what this commission de 
 cided we could not do. 
 
 On the 27th, we had heavy and continuous 
 rains, making the roads simply impassable. We 
 took up our line of march on this date in the di 
 rection of Gardner 1 s Corners, marched out about 
 4 miles without a halt, and found some ground 
 high enough to keep us out of the water. 
 (99-137.) The Confederate Generals were at 
 sea as to what our intentions were and did little 
 else than to exchange dispatches informing each 
 other where they were and communicating such 
 facts as they observed in regard to our move 
 ments. (See these dispatches in 99-101 1, et seq. ) 
 
 We waited all day in the rain on the 28th, 
 and until 8 A. M. on the 29th, expecting every 
 hour. to move. We marched 21 miles out from 
 Gardner s Corners over a low wet country which 
 was the picture of desolation; not an animal or 
 citizen was to be seen. We encamped 25 miles 
 out from Beaufort the way the road leads. 
 
 On the 3oth, we marched at 7 A. M., through 
 mud, water, sand and pine woods. The sun 
 shone very warm that day. We marched about 
 ten miles, to McPhersonville, South Carolina, 
 and encamped among the tall pines; there were 
 no houses to be seen in the part of the town em 
 braced in our camp. The i7th Corps w r as on 
 our right and had been firing on the enemy all 
 day. A skirmish also took place at Lawtonville 
 (98-2) between Wheeler s Cavalry and a detach 
 ment of the 2Oth Corps. We came to several 
 places where the Confederates had felled a great 
 many large trees across the road wherever it 
 crossed a swamp or stream. 
 
 On the 3 ist, we remained in camp all day, 
 
 187 
 
in the timber; other troops were moving to the 
 front, the wind blew fiercely all day; the noise 
 created by moving of the trains was drowned bv 
 the noise of the wind in the timber. We were 
 now out about thirty-five or forty miles from 
 Beaufort. 
 
 The March Through the Carol inas. 
 
 MEMORABILIA BY CAPTAIN ELI J. SHERLOCK. 
 
 The movements of the Army in the vicinity 
 of Beaufort and Savannah, after the surrender of 
 the latter place, were all preliminary to a cam 
 paign through South and North Carolina. On 
 the first of February, the initial movements were 
 complete and the army was in position and pre 
 pared for an aggressive forward movement, and 
 on that date, at 7 A. M., we marched out to 
 Hickory Hill, South Carolina, about 25 miles 
 from Pocotaligo and about 104 miles from Sav 
 annah, by one route, and 65 miles west of Char 
 leston, where we bivouacked with the iyth Corps 
 between us (the i5thj and the west bank of the 
 Salkehatchie river. The whole army moved 
 forward simultaneously, on different roads, lead 
 ing in the same general direction. 
 
 On the 2nd, we marched at 7 A. M. ; the 
 roads were fair. We got some forage for the 
 animals; we saw a great many carcasses of cat 
 tle, which the enemy had killed on the planta 
 tions and rendered unfit for use by our arm}*. 
 We made twelve miles and encamped at Loper s 
 Cross Roads, about 62 miles from Beaufort. 
 During that day we had six encounters with the 
 
 188 
 
Rebels: One at Lawtonville; one at Bar 
 ker s Mill; one at Duck Creek, near Loper s 
 Cross Roads; one at River s Bridge, Broxton s 
 Bridge, and one at the Salkehatchie river; the 
 enemy retired in each of these skirmishes. (98-2) 
 
 On the next day we advanced to within a 
 mile of Buforcrs Bridge on the Salkehatchie. 
 The enemy were intrenched on the north 
 side of the river. The approach to the bridge 
 was along a narrow causeway, across a swamp 
 about 80 rods wide. We were within plain sight 
 of the enemy. We left our baggage in our 
 camp and moved up the river, and formed in line 
 of battle in front of the enemy as if we were pre 
 paring to assault him in position. It was already 
 late. We rem lined in line until dark and then 
 quiet-ly returned to our camp; the object being 
 to attract the enemy s attention in front while a 
 force was being thrown across the river above 
 and below his position. We only marched two 
 miles. Total, 64 miles from Beaufort. We had 
 two skirmishes with the enemy. (98-194.) 
 
 On the 4th, we moved our camp half a mile 
 up the river to some higher ground; our brigade 
 then formed again, in front of the bridge. The 
 weather was foggy and the forces sent above and 
 below effected a crossing and skirmished with 
 the enemy. A detachment of the looth Indiana 
 was sent forward on the causeway, which soon 
 discovered that the enemy had destroyed the 
 bridge and evacuated his works, which were 
 quite formidable. We repaired the bridge, 
 crossed the river and encamped in the enemy s 
 works. We had two encounters with the 
 enemy. (98-194.) 
 
 On Sunday, February 5, 1865, we encamped 
 
 189 
 
about 8 miles north of Buford s Bridge. Most 
 of the 1 5th Corps crossed over during that day. 
 We saw some Confederates; they said that the 
 Confederate Army had gone beyond the Eclisto 
 river. Had very high winds all day. We 
 marched about 10 miles. Citi/ens said that we 
 were about ten miles from the South Carolina 
 railroad. Total miles marched, 74. 
 
 We had two encounters with the enemy. 
 The advance of the i =;th Corps found him in 
 some force at Duncansville, but soon dislodged 
 him and then rebuilt a bridge over the Little 
 Salkehatchie 100 feet long, which he had des 
 troyed. (98195.) 
 
 Camp on Little Salkehatchie river Feb 
 ruary 6, 1865. On Buford s Bridge road we 
 moved cautiously as if expecting an attack. 
 We had flankers out on both sides. The 
 Confederates had cut down a great many 
 trees in the swamps to impede our march. There 
 was no forage. Marched six miles total about 
 80 miles. We had four little rights during the 
 day. (98-89-83.) 
 
 On the yth we moved early. We were ex 
 pecting to fight. Ilardee believed that we were 
 moving on Charleston, by our threatening along 
 the line of the Combahee on our right and the 
 demonstrations of the left wing and the cavalry 
 towards Augusta led the enemy to believe that 
 the latter place might be our objective. We 
 struck the line of the South Carolina railroad at 
 Bamberg, where we encamped, having marched 
 five miles, total 85 miles. 
 
 We had three encounters with the enemy s 
 cavalry. The 3rd Cavalry Division met and 
 drove them out of Blackville toward Augusta. 
 
 190 
 
The iith Iowa encountered the enemy at the 
 bridge over the Edisto and drove them out of a 
 strong position there. (98 Belknap, 417.) 
 
 Bamberg, South Carolina, on the South 
 Carolina railroad, Feb. 8, 1865: We destroyed 
 railroad all day from Bamberg to Graham s 
 Turn Out, mostly in the rain and in the usual 
 manner of destroying, by burning the ties and 
 heating, bending and twisting the rails. The 
 men were all wet, mad and tired. 
 
 On the 8th the army met the enemy in four 
 encounters. The 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Colonel 
 Spencer, the ist Alabama in advance, encount 
 ered the enemy five miles from Blackville and 
 drove them through the to\vn into a strong posi 
 tion near White Pond, where our cavalry at 
 tacked them with great impetuosity. General 
 Spencer says that there "commenced one of the 
 most thorough and complete routs I ever wit 
 nessed. The ground was strewn with guns, 
 haversacks, etc. Five battle flags were taken, 
 also the brigade and four regimental flags and a 
 large number of horses and prisoners. 1 (98 
 Spencer, 892.) 
 
 Bamberg, South Carolina, Feb. 9th: We 
 had orders to move towards Graham s Turn Out. 
 Bad, foggy and damp weather rendered the roads 
 almost impassable, yet we obeyed the order 
 promptly. 
 
 On the 9th our forces had two encounters 
 with the enemy, one of which was at Binnaker^s 
 bridge across the South Edisto river. The ist 
 Brigade, ist Division xyth Corps, engaged the 
 enemy in front while they crossed a force below, 
 which waded through the water for nearly a mile 
 waist deep, in the night time; the water was 
 
 191 
 
freezing- cold. The men held their guns and am 
 munition above their heads. The Rebels at 
 tacked them just as they reached high ground, 
 but the Union soldiers dispersed them after a 
 spirited engagement. (98 Mower, 390. ) The 
 55th Illinois and 57th Ohio skirmished with the 
 enemy a greater part of the afternoon, at IIol- 
 man\s bridge on the South Edisto. The enemy 
 evacuated during the night. (98 Jones, 287.) 
 
 Graham s Turn Out, South Carolina, Feb 
 ruary 10. We destroyed more railroad track in 
 the usual way. The men came in wet and tired. 
 We destroyed everything pertaining to the rail 
 road, except the earth of which the road-bed was 
 made and even that was rendered useless to the 
 enemy. So much rain had fallen that military 
 operations were great ly impeded. The enemy 
 showed himself in only two places. Lee s Rebel 
 Corps was in position on the south fork of the 
 Edisto, and Stevenson s Rebel Corps was pressed 
 back to the line of the North Edisto. (Rebel 
 Dispatches.) (98-1047.) 
 
 Camp looth Indiana, near Holman s Bridge, 
 February nth, 1865: Marched at 7 A. M. to 
 Ilolman s Bridge on the Edisto River. Marched 
 westwardly about six miles, then north about 
 four miles. We found a bridge destroyed, as 
 usual, by Confederate Cavalry. Some firing on 
 our right. Our men repaired the bridge. We 
 encamped at the edge of the swamp, near the 
 bridge, on the south side of the South Edisto. 
 Saw a few women and children, but not a man. 
 The women said that the men had crossed the 
 river. We marched about six miles; total, 91 
 miles from Beaufort. 
 
 Camp looth Indiana, near Shilling s Bridge, 
 
on the North Kdisto River, February 12, 
 1865: Reveille at 4:30. General 6, marched 7. 
 The 2d Brigade crossed the South Edisto River 
 at Holman s Bridge this morning- and marched in 
 a zig./ag way, though mainly north, through 
 pine woods and swamps, until we reached the 
 south side of the North Edisto River at Shilling s 
 
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 Bridge, where we encamped. We found some 
 forage. Marched about 1 8 miles; total, 99 miles. 
 Some firing on the right. When we arrived at 
 Shilling s Bridge we found the enemy strongly 
 posted behind works across the river and swamp. 
 General Logan sent Ilazen s Division above and 
 John E. Smith s below, with orders for both to 
 cross, while the looth Indiana was deployed on 
 a high ridge, half a mile in front of the enemy, 
 to attract their attention, while the other troops 
 crossed above and below, which was so effect 
 ually done that the enemy s retreat was nearly 
 cut off. I^ighty prisoners were taken, quite a 
 number were killed and wounded and 200 stand 
 of arms were gathered up, which were thrown 
 away by the enemy in his flight. (98 Howard, 
 196. ) 
 
 Camp looth Indiana, 20 miles north of 
 Shilling s Bridge, February 13. Reveille 4:30. 
 General 6. Marched at 7, crossed the North 
 Edisto and took a blind road on the left; marched 
 nearly all day in the woods, through swampy 
 lands. The roads were very bad and the men 
 were muddy, w r et and tired. Our camps were 
 so wet that there was scarcely enough dry 
 ground to sleep on. General Sherman and staff 
 were camped in the woods near us. The sol 
 diers thought we had marched 25 miles, but my 
 estimate was 22 miles; total, 121 miles. We 
 
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marched in two colums all day. We encamped 
 on Rucker s plantation. 
 
 Wolfs Plantation, S. C., February 14,1865: 
 We marched early as far as Sandy Run, on the 
 same blind road, or plantation road. Here we 
 struck the main state road, crossed Sandy Run 
 at 2 P. M., and marched four miles further in the 
 direction of Columbia, and went into camp at 
 this place at 4 P. M. We found the Rebel cav 
 alry here, but General Wood threw out four 
 companies as skirmishers, and they were driven 
 away, but during the night they captured a picket 
 post of the 3 ist Iowa. They made several dashes 
 at our picket line before daylight. (98 Woods, 
 242.) 
 
 February i5th; Camp a half a mile north 
 Congaree Creek, S. C. : We moved out of camp 
 at daylight, on the main road leading to Colum 
 bia, the looth Indiana having the advance. We 
 immediately encountered the enemy and met 
 with a stubborn resistance all day, driving them 
 from one barricade to another, and being obliged 
 to march with a heavy skirmish line, constantly 
 covering our advance. Our progress was neces 
 sarily slow. In the afternoon we reached the 
 open fields which Jay to the south of the Little 
 Congaree river or Congaree creek, having made 
 rive miles. Here the enemy was found on the 
 river bank in considerable force, with three 
 pieces of artillery protecting his position. Col 
 onel Catterson, by direction of General Wood, 
 deployed the 2nd Brigade in the fields on the 
 right of the road, with orders to press the Rebel 
 left flank. Colonel Stone deployed his 3rd Bri 
 gade on the left with orders to press the right 
 flank of the enemy. Colonel Woods ist Bri- 
 
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gade was hold in reserve. The 4th Iowa de 
 ployed as skirmishers in front of Stone s Brigade 
 and two companies of the zooth Indiana, by di 
 rection of Colonel R. M. Johnson, were placed 
 under command of the writer and thrown 
 out as skirmishers in the open field south 
 of the bridge and in front of the Confederate 
 battery, and an advance was ordered. The 
 4th Iowa doubled the enemy up and effected 
 a crossing beyond his right, at the same time the 
 detachment of the looth Indiana poured a galling 
 tire into the fort in their front, and the enemy 
 hastily withdrew his battery. At this moment 
 the high bridge was discovered to be on tire and 
 the men of the looth Indiana rushed forward to 
 save the bridge, and while one portion poured a 
 a rapid tire into the fleeing enemy, the other, 
 with boards, shoved the large piles of burning 
 resin which the enemy had placed there, off of 
 the bridge, which was 30 or 40 feet high, and it 
 was saved. The looth Indiana men advanced 
 rapidly and formed a line beyond the bridge and 
 was immediately followed by Generals Wood, 
 Logan and Sherman and their staffs and the 
 army, which was quickly formed in line of battle. 
 The enemy were right in our front drawn up in 
 line of battle, in plain view and almost within 
 gun shot. This move brought us within plain 
 view of the houses in Columbia, the capital of 
 the Mother of Secession, and we were of the 
 opinion that if there ever was an opportune time 
 and place for the secession forces to make a stand 
 it was then and there. General Sherman sent 
 Captain Audenreid, of his staff, to inquire of 
 the writer if he could not advance his 
 skirmish line far enough toward the enemy s 
 
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line of battle to tire several buildings which ob 
 structed the range of our batteries. This was 
 quickly and successfully done, and the i2th Wis 
 consin battery was placed in position. During this 
 time, about one company of Rebel cavalry 
 made a charge on our skirmish line but our Spen 
 cer rifles were too much for them and they broke 
 before they reached our line. Sergeant Cherry 
 of Captain Brouse s Company "K 1? waskilled by a 
 Rebel cannon shot. Night came on and we went 
 into camp and fortified. As Captain Audenreid 
 w r as returning to the group of generals he saw this 
 company of Rebel cavalry coming on the charge, 
 and urging his horse to a gallop, the latter fell 
 headlong and by the time the horse and rider 
 had picked themselves up the Rebel cavalry was 
 repulsed. On this occasion there was nothing 
 between the several generals and their staffs but 
 the line of looth Indiana skirmishers. During 
 the night the Rebels opened on us with a battery 
 from the hills on the east side on the Congaree 
 river. This necessitated the building of tra 
 verses, which the men did with a will. The 
 writer \vas placed by Colonel R. M. Johnson on 
 the top of our breastw r orks, and when the Rebel 
 cannon flashed, gave the alarm instantaneously, 
 at which ever} man dropped into the ditch until 
 the cannon shot had passed over, and until our 
 traverses had progressed far enough to protect 
 us. The manner in which the soldiers of the 
 looth drove the enemy out of the fort and saved 
 the bridge was referred to in very complimentary 
 terms by the Generals who witnessed the feat 
 (98 Woods, 242.) During the day we had five 
 encounters with the Rebels, as follows: Con- 
 
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garee creek, Savannah creek, Bates ferry on the 
 Congaree river, Red Bank creek, and a cavalry 
 tight at Two League cross roads near Lexing 
 ton, S. C. (98-3. ) 
 
 Our casualties at the crossing of the little 
 Congaree were 5 men killed and 10 wounded. 
 (98 Woods, 244.) 
 
 During the engagement Battery "11" ist 
 Illinois, Battery "B" ist Michigan, and the I2th 
 Wisconsin Battery tired 39 rounds into the 
 enemy s ranks. (9889.) 
 
 February i6th, camp between Broad and 
 Saluda Rivers, above Columbia: We moved 
 northward past Columbia, on the west side of the 
 Congaree River, up to the factory on the Saluda 
 River, and crossed over that stream and en 
 camped between the Saluda and Broad Rivers. 
 Saw a good many women and girls at the factory, 
 who presented a strange appearance as they 
 leaned on the fences, all dressed in coarse brown 
 cotton cloth. The ludicrous appearance of these 
 poor people provoked the most amusing remarks 
 from the soldiers. We marched about six miles. 
 Total, 137. The Rebel Cavalry made some op 
 position to our movement about Columbia, but 
 we were delayed very little on that account. 
 Battery kt IT 7 ist Illinois, the I2th Wisconsin 
 Battery and Company U H" ist Missouri Light 
 Artillery shelled the city of Columbia, tiring 21^ 
 rounds into the city. (98-89.) 
 
 Columbia, South Carolina, February lyth: 
 As soon as the bridge was finished over Broad Riv 
 er we crossed and marched down into the city of 
 Columbia. I saw a good many stores and ware 
 houses with the glass fronts broken in. We met 
 a great many negroes, of all shades of color, age, 
 
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and sex, who were drunk. They had clothing, 
 tobacco, chinawarc and other articles. They 
 fave our soldiers considerable tobacco as we 
 
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 marched by them. We marched through the city 
 and encamped on the side of a hill half a mile 
 southeast. A very large pile of cotton bales 
 were on fire in the street when we entered. I 
 saw manv stores broken open, the negroes said by 
 Rebels. It was a very windy day. Some houses 
 caught tire from burning cotton Hying in the air. 
 At ii P. M. the whole city was on fire. The 
 command was ordered out. The soldiers helped 
 men and women to save clothing and other 
 effects. Marched about 4 miles. Total, 141 
 miles from Beaufort. 
 
 The Third Brigade, Col. Stone, entered the 
 city first, then came the second; the looth In 
 diana being in advance. The city was surren- 
 ered to Col. Stone by M. Goodwin, the Mayor, 
 and the Aldermen, who came out in a carriage 
 to meet our forces. (98 Stone, 264.) 
 
 The Confederate forces evacuated Charles 
 ton on that day, so the two twin secession cities 
 of the South, the home of traitors, fell on the 
 same day. 
 
 Columbia, February i8th, 1865. 
 
 I took a walk over the stricken city. Noth 
 ing but destruction was to be seen. The citizens 
 were taking care of such property as they had 
 saved. The soldiers were assisting them. 
 The railroads and warehouses, foundries and 
 arsenal were being destroyed. Some refugees 
 were with us. I was at the arsenal and saw 
 some old cannons which were used in the war of 
 the Revolution. The command remained in 
 camp. Our position at Columbia forced the 
 
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evacuation of Charleston as much as if we had 
 been within the range of its guns, and by order of 
 our army commander, the looth Incliana was 
 directed to inscribe on its regimental flag the 
 names of Charleston and Columbia. The Rebels 
 blew up their commissary depot at the former 
 place and with it 200 human beings were blown 
 to atoms. (98-1019.) 
 
 We captured at Columbia a large number 
 of printing presses and material for printing con 
 federate money and also several hundred thous 
 and dollars of the new bills printed ready for 
 circulation. Our men used this money in play 
 ing poker for recreation on the march. 
 
 Columbia, February i9th. 
 The work of destruction went on, several 
 wagon- loads of shells exploded between the 
 water-works and the Congaree river and killed 
 several men engaged in destroying ammunition. 
 The citizens took shelter in the houses, wherever 
 they could get it, regardless of ownership. We 
 remained in camp all day. We destroyed ^50 
 bales of cotton which were stored about the city. 
 (98 Woods 243.) The railroad depots, 
 arsenals, machine shops, the armory 
 with a large quantity of machinery, 
 a powder mill which was well equipped for opera 
 tions, and three large store houses full of ammu- 
 intion were destroyed. (98 Howard, 199.) 
 
 Camp on Peay s Ferry Road. 
 
 February 2oth, 1865. 
 
 Reveille, 5, General 6; marched at 7 
 A. M., northward on the east side of the railroad 
 20 miles. Total, 161 miles. Having made a 
 
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detour by way of Robert s Cross Roads and 
 Muddy Spring" to Rice Creek, on the Peay s 
 Ferry Road, where we went into camp about 10 
 p. M.~ (98 Howard, 199.) (98 Catterson, 259.) 
 Camp near Longstown, on Winnsboro Road. 
 
 February 2ist, 1865. 
 
 We marched at 8 A. M. over a hilly 
 country and encamped about 40 miles north 
 of Columbia, at Longstown, on the main 
 road leading from Winnsboro to Camden. The 
 country was barren and we got but little forage 
 for men or animals. Marched 20 miles. Total, 
 181. (98 Logan, 228.) 
 
 Camp near Peay s Ferry, on Catawba 
 River, February 22, 1865: We marched north 
 yesterday and east today. It rained all day, 
 we were very wet and the roads very bad; sandy 
 country, some pine. We put down our pontoons. 
 Marched 15 miles; total, 196. (98 Adams 353.) 
 
 Patterson s store, near Flat Rock, South 
 Carolina, February 23rd, 1865: The day was 
 dark and misty. We crossed the Catawba River 
 on the pontoons; marched over bad roads. The 
 train and column was strung out. Marched 
 about 6 miles; total, 202. 
 
 Near Pine Tree Church, Feb. 24. 
 Marched at 8 A. M. amidst rain, mud, sand 
 hills, pine smoke, profanity and bad roads. This 
 place is near the Flat Rock of Revolutionary 
 fame. Marched 9 miles; total 211. The 2nd 
 and 4th Divisions of the i5th Corps entered 
 Camden and destroyed all the stores and public 
 buildings in the place. (98 Logan, 229.) 
 
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Camp looth Indiana, 
 Tiller s Ferry Road, Feb. 25, 1865. 
 Marehed at 7 A. M. eastward!} . Got some 
 forage. The land was swampy in many places. 
 We were on the road from Peay s Ferry, on the 
 Catawba River, to Tiller s Ferry, on Lynch s 
 Creek. Marehed about 10 miles over miserable 
 roads. Rained so hard we could make no fires. 
 Total marched, 221 miles. 
 
 Tiller s Ferry, Feb. 26, 1865. 
 Marched at 8 A. M. ; reached Lynch s Creek 
 at evening; rained all day, the river was very 
 high and over the bottoms; we put clown our 
 pontoons, then the river fell at once, leaving half 
 the pontoons on the ground; we thought the 
 Rebels dammed the river below with timber and 
 that the dam gave way. We marched about 
 9 miles; total 230 from Beaufort. (98-5.) 
 
 ^ Tiller s Ferry, Monday, Feb. 27, 1865. 
 The rain ceased; we remained in camp. 
 The men were all engaged in drying their clothes 
 and blankets. We crossed some men over the 
 river on horses. About noon the river was very 
 high, we had to build a bridge here about three 
 hundred feet long before we could cross. (98 
 Woods, 246.) (98 miles, 473.) 
 
 Tiller s Ferry, South Carolina, 
 
 " Feb. 28, 1865. 
 
 We made muster rolls all day; remained in 
 camp. The engineers were busy completing the 
 bridge; the men crossed the pack mules and 
 horses over by swimming them alongside a raft 
 of planks and logs. The weather was very un 
 favorable for military operations, and had "been 
 for many days. (98" Woods, 246.) 
 
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Camp 15 miles northeast of Tiller s Ferry, 
 March i, 186^: We crossed Lynch s Creek 
 and marched hard till night and went into camp 
 in the woods. Rained very hard all day; put 
 out all our tires and we had nothing to eat. 
 Lynches Creek is about 280 feet wide at a high 
 stage of water at Tiller s Ferry and from 5 to 6 
 feet deep. We marched northeast all day, 16 
 miles; total 246. 
 
 Camp 15 miles southwest of Cheraw, South 
 Carolina, March 2, 1865: Reveille 5. General 
 6. Marched at 8 A. M. : bad roads, sandy coun 
 try and pine timber; some hills. We encamped 
 on a stream running about northeast, about 25 
 miles northeast of Tiller 1 s Ferry and about 15 
 miles southeast of Cheraw, South Carolina. We 
 saw but few farms, no forage. We marched 10 
 
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 miles; total 2^6. 
 
 Cheraw, South Carolina, March 3, 186^: 
 We marched at 8 A.M. to Cheraw, i^ miles or 
 more, over a sandy country; this town is on the 
 Great Pedee River. The i7th Army Corps 
 train blocked our way till i A. M. We captured 
 25 cannons and a large amount of ammunition 
 here. The Rebels burned a bridge across the 
 Great Pedee, and also destroyed some stores and 
 munitions of war. 
 
 Cheraw, South Carolina, March 4, 1865: 
 We remained in camp, saw a large quantity of 
 powder and many rifles, cannon, harness, caissons, 
 siege guns and tents destroyed. The men were 
 all in good health. The pioneers made a 
 road beyond the river; a portion of the army 
 crossed over on pontoons. The river was high. 
 There was some firing on the hills about a mile or 
 
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two east of the river-crossing. Our captures at 
 Cheraw were 25 cannons, 16 limbers, 16 caissons, 
 5,000 rounds artillery ammunition, 20,000 rounds 
 of infantry, 2,000 stand of arms, 1,000 cavalry 
 sabres, locomotives, cars and several thousand 
 bales of cotton. Mower s Division crossed on 
 the pontoons at 3 p. M., and at once engaged the 
 enemy on the high hills east of the Pedee River. 
 (98 Blair, 381.) 
 
 March 5, 1865: Reveille 5. General 6. 
 Marched at 8 A. M. 
 
 Camp on Fills Creek, about five miles 
 east of Cheraw, March 6, 1865: It was mud 
 dy, foggy and rainy. We marched about east. We 
 only moved our camp about three miles out on 
 the. Fayetteville road and encamped in the woods. 
 
 On this date General Joseph E. Johnston 
 again took command of the Confederate army in 
 our front. (99 Jefferson Davis, 1304.) 
 
 Camp near Goodwin s Mills, north of Che 
 raw, March 7, 1865: We had plenty of forage. 
 Lieutenant Meeker, of the looth Indiana,in com 
 mand of the regimental forage detail, took pos 
 session of two mills and put several negroes to 
 shelling corn. They shelled and ground enough 
 to supply the Brigade, and brought it a long dis 
 tance. We had also plenty of chickens and sweet 
 potatoes. The country here was much better 
 than heretofore. 
 
 March 8, 1865, Laurel Hill, North Caro 
 lina: Marched at 7 A. M. We crossed the state 
 line between North and South Carolina at noon. 
 
 Camp Bethel, North Carolina, March 9, 
 1865: We marched at 8 A. M. about 15 miles in 
 
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the rain and wet sand. We crossed the Little 
 Pedee at Gilchrist s Bridge and went into camp 
 on the east side of the river. Forage plenty for 
 the whole army; saw no enemy; total, 308 miles. 
 The streams were all Hooded and the swamps 
 were full of water, and every soldier 1 s clothing 
 perfectly saturated. The weather was cold and 
 chilly, and many of the men had but little cloth - 
 i.ig and their shoes were worn out and their 
 ponchos and blankets likewise. 
 
 Camp rive miles east of Bethel Chapel near 
 Little Rock Fish, March 10, 1865: Marched at 
 8 A. M., crossed the Lumber River and contin 
 ued eastwardly on the Fayetteville road in the 
 mud and rain. The men were all wet and the 
 wagons mired down. Forage was plenty. The 
 country was comparatively level. Marched five 
 miles; total, 313 miles. We were also 20 miles 
 from Fayetteville, N. C. The men had been 
 soaking wet for about sixty hours, with nothing 
 to eat but cold rations. The weather continued 
 very cold; no tires could be built except of 
 pine knots, while a rubber poncho was held 
 over them to keep the rain off. The sufferings 
 of the officers and men, as well as the animals, 
 was very great. 
 
 Fayetteville, North Carolina, March n, 
 1865: Marched at 7 A. M., 21 miles to Fayette 
 ville. Rained most of the clay. We took a 
 large arsenal here. The city is on high ground, 
 on the west bank of Cape Fear river. 
 
 A steamer came in from Wilmington. 
 
 Fayetteville, March 13, 1865: We buried 
 O. S. Davis, of Company "A, 1 icoth Indiana, 
 in the cemetery. I made some measurements to 
 
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determine his grave hereafter. The army was 
 very orderly not a citizen complained. An 
 other steamer came in. I got a New York 
 Tribune and read it aloud to a large crowd of 
 soldiers, who wanted to hear the news. After I 
 read it, a soldier of the lyth Corps offered me a 
 one- thousand dollar bill, Confederate money, for 
 it, which I refused. 
 
 March 14, Fayetteville: We remained in 
 camp. More boats landed at our camp from 
 Wilmington; they returned loaded. 
 
 March 15, 1865: Wednesday morning we 
 heard some tiring on the left. We marched at 
 10 a. m. about tive miles east and encamped on 
 the west bank of the South branch near the 
 crossing. Marched live miles, total 346. (92- 
 
 2 34-) 
 
 March 16, 1865, Camp near BeamarTs 
 Cross Roads: Reveille 5, General 6. Marched 
 at 8 a. m. ; crossed the South branch; marched 
 slowly about ten miles and went into camp in the 
 woods. Sandy and quite level. Heavy tiring on 
 theleft. We halted north of Troublefields. We 
 were moving directly on Goldsboro. More tiring 
 on the left. Marched ten miles, total 356. We 
 had three encounters with the enemy. The 
 tiring we heard on the left was the battle of 
 Averasborough. Our loss was 12 officers and 
 83 men killed, and 34 officers and 499 men 
 wounded, and 54 missing, total 682. The Reb 
 els lost a battery of three pieces and one caisson, 
 their ambulance train and 175 prisoners. We 
 buried 128 on the field; their wounded numbered 
 576; total 879. (98 Slocum, 423.) 
 
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Camp near Troublefield s store, March 17, 
 1865: We marched about ten miles through 
 mud and pine woods, part of the time as flankers 
 along the train. The men and animals were all 
 much^worn and tired out. Marched 366 miles. 
 
 Camp two miles from Lee s store, March 
 1 8, 1865: Marched about ten a. m. about eight 
 miles and encamped in the pine woods about two 
 miles from Lee\s store. It was raining and 
 muddy. We had to leave the roads and march 
 in the timber. Total 374 miles. 
 
 Camp on Falling Creek, March 19, 186^: 
 Twenty-three miles west of Goldsboro. We 
 marched in rain and mud all dav, and in the sand 
 and pine woods. There was some tiring on the 
 left. We made about eight miles; total 382 
 miles. 
 
 The looth Indiana in the Battle of Bentonville. 
 
 In line of Battle about two miles southeast of 
 
 Bentonville, March 2oth. 
 
 On the morning of the 2oth of March the 
 Second Brigade had the advance, the looth In 
 diana in front. We moved on Falling Creek 
 soon after daylight, and met the enemy at 
 once, on the road leading from Cox s bridge 
 to Bentonville. Posted behind a line of 
 barricades. Six companies of the 97th In 
 diana were deployed on the right of the road 
 and companies "A," lt C," "I" and "11" of the 
 looth Indiana, under Major John W. Heading- 
 ton, on the left; and a charge was made on the 
 Rebel line, which broke and tied towards Ben- 
 
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tonville, closely pursued by our line. The country 
 on the road, covered by the 97th, was all open 
 fields, while that covered by the four companies 
 of the looth was mostly timber. The Rebels 
 fled from the open fields to the timber in front of 
 the Tooth, which brought the entire Rebel force 
 in their front. In this position a running fight 
 of about three miles was made. The enemy 
 were driven away from one barricade after an 
 other. At this juncture the 97th Indiana was 
 relieved by the 6th Iowa. The 100 Indiana, 
 with all the Rebels in its front, which had been 
 doubled up during the running fight, was not re 
 lieved, but with the 6th Iowa continued to press 
 the enemy back. Part of the time on the dou 
 ble-quick to a point three miles from Bentonville, 
 where the enemy made a determined stand, in a 
 line of works-, with open fields in front of our 
 entire line. Generals Logan, Wood and others, 
 had followed the skirmish line closely, and Col. 
 Johnson followed the Generals closely, with the 
 other six companies of the looth Indiana, his 
 command being the head of the column. The 
 ammunition of the 6th Iowa became exhausted 
 just as we drew up in front of the enemy s line 
 of battle, and that Regiment was relieved by the 
 46th Ohio. But Major Headington s four com 
 panies of the looth Indiana, having pressed for 
 ward right up to the edge of_the open fields, 
 in front of the enemy 1 s works, were not relieved. 
 At this time the Confederate commander either 
 discovered the group of Generals or that Major 
 Headington s line was far in advance of its sup 
 port and intending either to capture the Generals 
 or to get in the rear of Heaclington s, line he 
 despatched a large body of Wade Hampton s 
 
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Rebel Cavalry to our rear, around our left, or 
 that purpose, not being able on account of the 
 timber, to see Col. Johnson s column, which he had 
 judiciously kept well closed up on our skirmish line. 
 The Rebels struck the right of his column and in 
 stantly the roar of battle began, right in the rear of 
 Headington s line, which then had an entrenched 
 Rebel line of battle in its front and a battle ^oiiw 
 
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 on closely in its rear. In this situation some of 
 the officers suggested to Major Ileadington that 
 we were surrounded and had better cut our way 
 out towards the right. In response to an inquiry 
 by Major Ileadington to the writer as to what 
 he had better do, the answer given by me was to 
 hold our position as long as we had a man left, 
 and this Col. Ileadington decided to do. In the 
 meantime Col. Johnson instantly brought his line 
 to face the cavalry, which had encountered the 
 looth, by one of those difficult movements, the 
 necessity for which rarely happens in a lifetime, 
 and his men delivered a withering tire into the 
 Rebel Cavalry, from which they quickly recoiled, 
 and the 46th Ohio, which had relieved the 6th 
 Iowa, and was armed with Spencer rifles, charged 
 the Rebel works in our front, and as the line of 
 that Regiment came in line with Major Heading- 
 ton s line, the men of the looth Indiana charged 
 with it, and all went together over the Rebel 
 earthworks, and the Rebel line, being Hagood s 
 entire Brigade of Iloke s Division, was routed 
 and fled from their position. It is, without 
 doubt, true, that if Col. Johnson had not been 
 well closed up on Major IleadingtoiVs line, and 
 had not so skillfully interposed the zooth Indiana 
 between the Rebel Cavalry and the group of 
 Generals, the latter would have been either killed 
 
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or captured. The Generals were emphatic in 
 their praises of the manner in which Major Head- 
 ing-ton s line had fought the enemy for several 
 miles, and the skillful manner in which, and the 
 opportune time, when the looth was thrown be- 
 them and the gravest danger, by Col. Johnson. 
 By direction of General Logan, the looth was 
 relieved from any further active duty during that 
 day, and we were placed on the left to guard the 
 road upon which the Rebel Cavalry retreated. 
 Col. Catterson says in his official report that, 
 tk During its deployment (the 46th Ohio) the 
 enemy was discovered turning the left of his skir 
 mishers, having already gained their rear. The 
 rooth Indiana was hurried forward to check this 
 movement, and they accomplished their work with 
 dispatch and marked gallantry. 11 (98 Catter 
 son, 259. ) 
 
 General Woods referred officially to the gal 
 lantry of the zooth Indiana on this occasion. 
 (92-246.) 
 
 In the trenches, near Bentonville, North 
 Carolina, March 21, 1865: It rained all night 
 and all day. The enemy were fortified in our 
 front, with a small creek between us. W r e ad 
 vanced our lines and captured some prisoners 
 under some plantation houses. Skirmishing con 
 tinued all night in the rain by the flash of the 
 guns. During the night we put two brass cannon 
 out in front of our lines in an open place in 
 front of our Brigade, and left them there as an 
 invitation to the enemy to come and get them, 
 but they did not come to do so. A staff officer 
 asked Col. Johnson for an officer to go on duty. 
 The Colonel detailed the writer, and he reported 
 to the officer and he placed me in front of our 
 
line, down close to the Rebel line, with orders to 
 listen for sounds, such as tiring or cheering on 
 the right, where General Mower was to make a 
 night attack. The skirmishing and cannonading 
 went on nearly all night; this I reported to the 
 officer, w r ho returned to me quite often. Al 
 though raining, a tire w r as burning the pine leayes 
 between the lines, and near my station it burned 
 oyer the bodies of seyeral dead bodies of Confed 
 erates, which in the fog made a terrible stench; 
 the nose, ears, hair and hands of all the bodies 
 being badly burned. General Mower on the 
 right did heayy cannonading, the cannon shot 
 went crashing through the pine timber. I was 
 relieyed at daylight. The 1030! Illinois was 
 thrown forward as skirmishers and droye the 
 enemy from a strong line of rifle pits, coyering 
 the ground occupied by their medical corps as a 
 field hospital the day before, where was strew r n 
 around their amputating tables, which in their 
 flight was left, many legs and arms which had 
 been amputated, and a large number of bodies 
 of men who had died from wounds while waiting 
 attention. Mower s Division charged right up 
 to the Rebel works, when the enemy in great 
 force pressed his lines back to their works. The 
 ground was strewn with the dead and wounded. 
 General llardee s son was killed in this assault. 
 
 On picket, Bentonville, March 22, 1865: 
 This was a fine morning; the enemy retreated 
 during 1 the night. The looth Indiana advanced 
 
 O c" 1 
 
 on the skirmish line early in the morning; we 
 passed many dead bodies lying on the roadside. 
 We came into Bentonville, where we found many 
 of our wounded in a house. They had fallen 
 into the enemy s hands in the battle of the i9th. 
 
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The enemy had placed barrels of resin on the 
 bridge across Mill creek and tired it. The men 
 of the looth rushed on the bridge and saved it 
 by pushing the resin off. Hugh of Co. lt K" got 
 shot on the line. Marched 3 miles; total 393 
 miles. 
 
 By order of General Logan our Brigade took 
 the advance in the morning. The looth Indiana 
 liy across the Bentonville road, and we started 
 out first and held the advance to the bridge over 
 Mill creek. We pushed on beyond as far as 
 Hannah s creek, skirmishing with the Rebels. 
 We were recalled by order of General Wood at 
 6 p. M. The looth Indiana formed a picket line 
 from Mill creek to the Bentonville road. There 
 were a great many bodies of dead Rebels in the 
 timber between our posts. We built fires on the 
 battlefield along our picket line, so that we could 
 move about without stumbling over graves or 
 dead bodies. (Off. Rept. Gen. Wood, 98-247.) 
 
 Camp between Bentonville and Goldsbor- 
 ough, March 23, 1865: We had reveille at 5, 
 General at 6, marched at 8 back from Benton 
 ville over the same road we went in on. Passed 
 our old works and encamped on a sandy field. 
 The wind was high all day and night; the sand 
 drifted in camp so that none of us could sleep. 
 We had had no sleep for three nights; it was 
 clear and cold. We marched on the Goldsbor- 
 ough road nine miles; total 402 miles. The 
 wounded all went forward towards Goldsborough 
 in the ambulances. 
 
 Rouse s Plantation, Goldsborough, North 
 Carolina, March 24, 1865: Reveille at ^ A. M. ; 
 marched at 8, crossed the Neuse river and passed 
 part of the loth Army Corps; got in here at 3 
 
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(. M. All troops were here; the road was open 
 to Morehead, North Carolina. Marched i^ 
 miles; total 41 7 miles from Beaufort. The army 
 met the loth and 2^d Corps here, wheiewe 
 were all concentrated. 
 
 The army desolated a swath about 450 
 miles long , and on an average about 40 miles 
 wide. This injury was done in the territory 
 which furnished the sinews of war, in the way of 
 subsistance, transportation, supplies, arms, am 
 munition and men to the Confederate Army, 
 and contributed more to its downfall than any 
 other campaign of the war. 
 
 On the march through the Carolinas, 
 one hundred and twelve encounters with 
 the enemy took place; fourteen or more of 
 which were more than mere skirmishes, and 
 some of which were battles. The exact losses 
 of the enemy can never be known, as they had 
 long prior neglected to make truthful, or in fact, 
 any reports at nil, of the losses sustained by their 
 commands. 
 
 At Goldsborough, N. C. : The i5th Corps 
 encamped on Rouse s Plantation, east of and near 
 the city of Goldsborough. 
 
 In 48 hours after our arrival at that place" 
 the army had settled down to camp life. On the 
 2 yth a car load of mail came in for the i5th 
 Corps, and our men all received letters from the 
 loved ones at home, the first since we left Me- 
 Phersonville, South Carolina. 
 
 On the 5th, S. F. O. No. 48 was issued by 
 General Sherman to the army commanders, de 
 tailing the plan for the movement of this army 
 with its entire equipment, north of Roanoke river 
 facing west, with a base for supplies at Norfolk, 
 
 2H 
 
with full communication with the Army of the 
 Potomac to be begun on the loth. (100-102.) 
 
 For some days reports had reached the 
 army that Grant was pressing Lee s Army very 
 hard, and on the 6th a message from Grant to 
 Sherman said: 
 
 14 We have Lee s Army pressed very hard, 
 his men scattering and going to their homes by 
 the thousands. He is endeavoring to reach 
 Danville where Davis and his Cabinet have gone. 
 I shall press the pursuit to the end; push John 
 ston at the same time, and let us finish up this 
 job all at once." (100-109.) 
 
 On the 9th, the whole army was eager to 
 move, they seemed to long for the excitement of 
 battle and of the march. General Sherman s 
 orders on the 5th were, that the i4th and 2oth 
 Corps should form the left and the loth and 231x1 
 the centre, the I5th and iyth Corps the right, 
 with the Cavalry on the right of the I5th and 
 i yth Corps. The news of the evacuation of 
 Petersburg and Richmond and the retreat of the 
 Confederate army toward Danville rendered a 
 modification in the order of march necessary. 
 
 Goldsborough to Raleigh. 
 
 MEMORABILIA BY CAPTAIN E. J. SHERLOCK. 
 
 April loth, 1865. 
 
 We moved soon after daylight. The 
 and 2oth Corps took the two direct roads from 
 Goldsborough to Smithrield. The loth Corps, un 
 der General Terry, composed of three Divisions, 
 in all twelve thousand and ninety-nine black men, 
 
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(negroes) moved up from Faison s Depot and 
 the Cavalry under Kilpatriek from Mount Olive, 
 to the west side of the Neuse river, with orders 
 to move rapidly up that side of the river, with 
 the intention of placing themselves behind the 
 enemy, between Smithfield and Raleigh. Gen 
 eral Sehotield, with General Cox s 231x1 Corps, 
 followed the I4th and 2oth Corps in supporting 
 distance. The i5th and lyth Corps made a de 
 tour to the right in leaving Goldsborough, going 
 almost north to Pikeville, about Fifteen miles, 
 threatening Welden. The other portions of the 
 army threatened Raleigh. We had gone but a 
 short distance before we met the enemy s Cav 
 alry, posted at every swamp and creek -crossing, 
 to oppose us as long as they could and then run 
 away. 
 
 April nth. The i ^th and iyth Corps crossed 
 Little river at Pikeville and marched about half 
 way from that place to Stantonsburg. These 
 two Corps then riled to the left, at right angles 
 to the road they had been marching upon, and 
 moved northwest until they struck the Smith - 
 field road, about 12 miles northeast of Smith 
 tield. 
 
 Camp at Grelley s, April i2th, 1865: 
 A message reached General Sherman at 
 Smithfield from General Grant, conveying to him 
 the information that General R. E. Lee s army, of 
 Northern Virginia, had been surrendered by its 
 commander to General Grant, many of our 
 soldiers were too skeptical to give the report cre 
 dence, but presently the information was an 
 nounced to the troops in a special field order in 
 
 the following words: 
 
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SPECIAL KIELI) OK DICK, XrMHER ^4. 
 
 "Headquarters Military Division of the Missis 
 sippi: 
 
 "In the field, Smithtield, North Carolina, 
 April 1 2th, 1865: The general commanding an 
 nounces to the army that he has official notice 
 from General Grant that General Lee has 
 surrendered to him his entire army on the 9th 
 inst., at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 
 Glory to God and our country and all honor 
 to our comrades in arms, toward whom we are 
 marching. A little more labor, a little more toil 
 on our part and the great race is won and our 
 government stands regenerated after four long- 
 years of war. 
 
 ."W. T. SHERMAN, 
 "Major- General Commanding. n 
 
 Raleigh, North Carolina, April r^th. 
 We reached Raleigh at 7:30. The enemy 
 retreated to the north and west. As soon as 
 General Sherman ascertained the direction the 
 enemy had taken in his retreat, he at once made 
 the following orders: The Cavalry was ordered 
 to follow the fleeing enemy toward Hillsboro, to 
 the northwest of Raleigh, thus forming the ex 
 treme right. The 1 5th and i;th Corps were 
 ordered to turn their head of column upon 
 Pittsboro, in Chatham, and Ashboro, in Ran 
 dolph counties. 
 
 Camp near Morrisville, April i4th: 
 We moved from Raleigh to Morrisville, on 
 the Chappel Hill road, fifteen miles west and a lit 
 tle north of Raleigh. The Cavalry pushed on to 
 Durham, about twenty -five miles west of Raleigh on 
 
the North Carolina railroad. A deputation of citi- 
 izens was sent down by Governor Vance to meet 
 General Sherman respecting the surrender of 
 Raleigh. As the head of Kilpatrick s column 
 entered Raleigh a fanatical Rebel fired upon Gen 
 eral Kilpatrick. The city had been previously 
 evacuated by their forces and surrendered by a 
 delegation of citizens to General Sherman. That 
 was the last gun he ever fired- the soldiers hung 
 him at once. 
 
 Surrender of Johnston s Army. 
 
 At this stage of the war the Confederates 
 were so sorely pressed at almost every point that 
 on the 1 4th a request from Gen. J. E. Johnston 
 to Gen. Sherman for a suspension of hostilities 
 in the words following was received: 
 
 Headquarters Confederate States Army, 
 near Greensboro, North Carolina, 
 
 "April 13, 1865. 
 "Major General W. T. Sherman, 
 
 "Commanding United States Army: 
 "The results of the recent campaign in Vir 
 ginia have changed the military condition of the 
 Belligerents. I am, therefore, induced to ad 
 dress you in this form, the inquiry, whether we 
 stop the further effusion of blood and desolation 
 of property you are willing to make a tempo 
 rary suspension of active operations and to com 
 municate to Lieutenant General Grant, com 
 manding the armies of the United States, the re 
 quest that he will take like action in regard to 
 
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other armies. The objeet being to permit the 
 civil authorities to enter into the needful arrange 
 ments to terminate the existing war. 
 
 "J. E. Johnston, 
 
 Commanding Confederate States Army in North 
 "Carolina." 
 
 Gen. Sherman at once answered the forego- 
 going from General Johnston, in the following 
 words: 
 
 "Headquarters Military Division of the Mis 
 sissippi, in the field, 
 
 Raleigh, N. C., April 14, 1865. 
 "Gen. J. E. Johnston, 
 
 "Commanding Confederate Army: 
 "General: I have this moment received your 
 communication of "this date. 11 I am fully em 
 powered to arrange \vith you any terms for the 
 suspension of further hostilities between the 
 armies commanded by you and those commanded 
 by myself, and will be willing to confer with you 
 to that end. I will limit the advance of my main 
 column to-morrow to Morrisville and the cavalry 
 to the University, and expect that you will also 
 maintain the present position of your forces until 
 each has notice of a failure to agree; that a basis 
 of action may be had I undertake to abide by the 
 same terms and conditions as were made by 
 Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox Court 
 House on the 9th instant relative to our two 
 armies, and, furthermore, to obtain from Gen. 
 Grant an order to suspend the movements of any 
 troops from the direction of Virginia. Gen. Stone- 
 man is under my command, and my order will sus 
 pend any devastation or destruction contemplated 
 
 219 
 
by him. I will add that I really desire to save 
 the people of North Carolina the damage they 
 would sustain by the march of this army through 
 
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 the central or western part of the state. 
 
 kt l am, with respect, your obedient servant, 
 "W. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen." 
 
 The foregoing reply to Gen. Johnston was at 
 once forwarded to Kilpatrick at Durhams by a 
 staff officer. 
 
 The following explanatory letter was for 
 warded to the latter: 
 
 "Headquarters Military Division of the Mis 
 sissippi, in the field. 
 
 "Raleigh, N. C., April 14111, 1865. 
 General: The letter by flag of truce is 
 from General Johnston, which is the beginning of 
 the end. Send my answer at once and to-mor 
 row do not advance your cavalry beyond the 
 University or to a point abreast of it on the rail 
 road. I will be up to Morrisville to-morrow to 
 receive the answer and it may be to confer with 
 General Johnston. The Infantry will come to 
 Morrisville. Yours truly, 
 
 "W. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen." 
 General Kirkpatrick, Comd g Cavalry. 71 
 
 On the i yth General Sherman left Raleigh 
 for Durham Station, near which place he was to 
 meet General Johnston at noon. He arrived at 
 the station in ample time. General Kilpatrick 
 had horses ready for the General and his staff to 
 ride out to the appointed place, followed by a 
 detachment of Cavalry as an escort. The Gen 
 eral and escort were preceded by a non-com- 
 
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missioned officer carrying a flag of truce. 
 About live miles west of Durham the soldier 
 carrying the flag of truce was met by one sent 
 forward by General Johnston. General Sherman 
 rode forward and was met and cordially greeted 
 by General Johnston, the two Generals having 
 never before met each other. They repaired to 
 a small one-story hewed log house near, belong 
 ing to a man by the name of Bennett, and re 
 quested of the man the privilege of using his 
 house for a short time. The man consented and 
 withdrew his family and the two Generals en 
 tered the house and quite a lengthy conference 
 ensued, each representing his side of the case. 
 The meeting terminated without results but 
 with an agreement to meet at the same place on 
 the next day at the same hour to continue the 
 negotiations and General Sherman and escort 
 rode back to Durham and thence to Raleigh on 
 the cars. 
 
 On the 1 8th General Sherman, accompanied 
 by Generals Howard, Barry, Blair, Kilpatrick 
 and others, left General Kilpatrick s headquart 
 ers at Durham and were soon at Bennett^ house 
 awaiting the arrival of General Johnston, who 
 was delayed about two hours by an accident to 
 his train. General Sherman wrote out a mem 
 oranda of terms of surrender, himself keeping in 
 mind he said "The conversation of Mr. Lincoln 
 at City Point 11 when he was visiting him on the 
 2 8th of the previous month, March. 
 
 A memoranda of the terms of surrender 
 were written out and several copies of the "mem 
 oranda 1 were made and signed. By this time 
 it was dark and each General and his attendants 
 returned to their respective camps. 
 
 221 
 
April 1 9th, Raleigh, North Carolina: Gen 
 eral Sherman issued the following order to the 
 troops respecting the suspension of hostilies: 
 
 Headquarters Military Division of the Mis 
 sissippi. 
 
 In the field, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 
 
 ("Special Field Order No. 58): 
 
 The General commanding announces to the 
 army a suspension of hostilities and an agree 
 ment with General Johnston and high officials, 
 which, when formally ratified, will make peaee 
 from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. 11 
 
 April 24th, Raleigh, North Carolina: 
 General Grant and two staff officers arrived 
 at Raleigh this morning. On the same train at 
 6 a. m. came Major Hitchcock bearing letters to 
 General Sherman, notifying him that the presi 
 dent and cabinet had unanimously rejected the 
 terms of surrender contained in his memorandum. 
 The enclosures from Washington contained, first, 
 a letter from the Secretary of War to General 
 Grant in these words: 
 
 "War Department. 
 Washington City, April 24th, 1865. 
 "Lieutenant General Grant: 
 
 General : The memorandum or basis agreed 
 upon between General Sherman and General John 
 ston having been submitted to the president, are 
 disapproved. You will give notice of the dis 
 approval to General Sherman and direct him to 
 resume hostilities at the earliest moment. The 
 
 22-2 
 
instructions given to you by the late president, 
 Abraham Lincoln, on the 3rd of March, by my 
 telegraph of that date addressed to you, ex 
 pressed substantially the views of President 
 Andrew Johnston and will be observed by Gen 
 eral Sherman. A copy is herewith appended. 
 The president desires that you proceed immedi 
 ately to the headquarters of Major- General Sher 
 man and direct operations against the enemy. 
 "EDWIN M. STAN TON, 
 
 "Secretary of War. 1 
 
 The next enclosure was a letter from Gen 
 eral Grant in these words to General Sherman: 
 
 "Headquarters Armies of the United States. 
 
 "Washington, D. C., April 21, 65. 
 "Major-General W. T. Sherman, Commanding 
 
 Military Division of the Mississippi. 
 
 "General: The basis of agreement entered 
 into between yourself and General J. E. John 
 ston for the disbandment of the Southern army 
 and the extension of the authority of the General 
 Government over all the territory belonging to 
 it sent for the approval of the President is re 
 ceived. I read it carefully myself before sub 
 mitting it to the President and Secretary of War 
 and felt satisfied that it could not possibly be ap 
 proved. My reason for these views I will give 
 you at another time in a more extended letter. 
 
 "Your agreement touches upon questions of 
 such vital importance, that as soon as read, I ad 
 dressed a note to the Secretary of War notifying 
 him of their receipt and the importance of imme 
 diate action by the President, and suggested that 
 in view of their importance that the entire Cabi- 
 
 123 
 
net be called together that all might give an 
 expression of their opinions upon the matter. 
 The result was a disapproval by the President of 
 the plans laid clown. A disapproval of the nego 
 tiations altogether except for the surrender of 
 the army commanded by General Johnston, and 
 directions to me to notify you of this decision. 
 I cannot do so better than by sending you the 
 enclosed copy of a dispatch (penned by the late 
 President though signed by the Secretary of 
 War) in answer to me 011 sending a letter re 
 ceived from General Lee proposing to meet me 
 for the purpose of submitting the question of 
 peace to a convention of officers. 
 
 "Please notify General Johnston immediately 
 on receipt of this of the termination of the truce, 
 and resume hostilities against his army at the 
 earliest moment you can, acting in good faith. 
 
 11 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 "U. S. Grant, Lieutenant -General. 11 
 
 On receipt of the foregoing correspondence, 
 General Sherman dispatched to General John 
 ston the following notice of suspension of the 
 truce between them: 
 
 Headquarters Military Division of the Missis 
 sippi. In the field, Raleigh, N. C., April 
 24, 1865, 6. A. M. 
 
 "General Johnston, Commanding the Confeder 
 ate Army, Greensboro: 
 
 "You will take notice that the truce or sus 
 pension of hostilities, agreed to between us, will 
 cease in forty -eight hours after this is received at 
 your lines, under first of the articles of our agree 
 ment. 
 
 "W. T. Sherman, Major General." 
 
 224 
 
And at the same time made the following 
 further demand upon Johnston for the surrender 
 of his army upon the same terms aeeorded to 
 Lee at Appomattox. 
 
 "Headquarters Military Division of the Missis 
 sippi. In the field," Raleigh, April 24, 1865. 
 
 "General Johnston, Commanding the Confeder 
 ate Armies: 
 
 "I have replies from Washington to my 
 communication of April i8th. I am instructed 
 to limit my operations to your immediate com 
 mand and not to attempt civil negotiations. I 
 therefore demand the surrender of your army on 
 the same terms as were given General Lee at 
 Appomattox, of April 9th instant, purely and 
 simply. 
 
 "W. T. Sherman, 
 "Major General, Commanding." 
 
 And that he might have written evidence of 
 the delivery of the foregoing notice and demand 
 he forwarded the following to Kilpatrick at Dur 
 ham Station: 
 
 "Headquarters Military Division of the Missis 
 sippi. In the field, April 24, 1865. 
 "General Kilpatrick: 
 
 "Send the enclosed notice to General John 
 ston immediately by an officer, who will obtain 
 a receipt for it, and send the same to me, it is a 
 notice that the truce will end in forty-eight hours 
 after the notice reaches the Rebel lines." 
 
 "W. T. Sherman, 
 * Major General, Commanding." 
 
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Goldsboro, N. C., April 25th: General 
 Grant was at General Sherman s headquarters 
 yesterday afternoon. General Johnston, at 
 Greensboro, received a dispatch from Jeff. Davis, 
 at Charlotte, approving the terms of surrender 
 contained in the "Memorandum 7 or basis made 
 with General Sherman on the i8th, and within 
 an hour afterward Johnston received from Gen 
 eral Sherman a notice of the disapproval by 
 President Andrew Johnson and Cabinet, at 
 Washington, and the notice terminating the 
 truce. 
 
 At 6 o clock in the evening Johnston tele 
 graphed the substance of the papers from Sher 
 man to Jeff. Davis at Charlotte, and demanded 
 instructions what to do, at the same time Gen 
 eral Johnston suggested to Davis the disbanding 
 of the Confederate Army as a means of prevent 
 ing further devastation of the country, and ad 
 vised the flight of Davis and Cabinet. At u P. 
 M. Jeff. Davis forwarded to Johnston instruc 
 tions suggesting that the infantry might be dis 
 banded, with orders to meet at some designated 
 place at a future fixed time. General Johnston 
 disobeyed Jeff. Davis order not to surrender, 
 and at once sent another proposal to General 
 Sherman requesting a further suspension of hos 
 tilities, to arrange a basis of surrender the time 
 being April 26th, at the same place and hour. 
 This request from General Johnston reached 
 General Sherman at Raleigh the 25th, General 
 Grant was present when Johnston s request was 
 received and he advised Sherman to afford 
 Johnston another opportunity to surrender if 
 he desired it and Johnston was notified that 
 Geri, Sherman would meet him on the 26th at noon, 
 
Grant had orders from President Johnson to "di 
 rect operations against the enemy/ buthe quiet 
 ly and unostentatiously remained at Sherman s 
 headquarters and permitted Sherman to conduct 
 the further negotiations looking to a surrender of 
 Johnston s Army. When Johnston deeided to 
 disobey Davis order to report to him with the 
 Confederate cavalry and mounted men, and to 
 arrange another meeting with Sherman, he at 
 once notified Jefferson Davis by telegraph, and 
 when he received Sherman s assent to "meet him 
 again, he at once notified Davis of this also, and 
 that he had set out so to do. Johnston says that 
 this order, which he disobeyed, Vas the last order 
 he ever received from the Confederate o-overn- 
 ment. 
 
 April 26, Raleigh, X. C. 
 
 Just after sunrise, General Johnston, near 
 Ilillsboro, received General Sherman s consent 
 to another meeting, and he at once started for 
 ward to meet General Sherman, who, after break 
 fasting with General Grant, went from Raleigh 
 to Durham s Station by rail and from Kilpat- 
 rick s headquarters, near by, he went forward to 
 Bennett s house, where the former meetings 
 were held, accompanied by the usual escort. 
 The two Generals met and General J. E John 
 ston immediately agreed to surrender his 
 own army on the terms indicated in Sherman \s 
 demand of yesterday, and an agreement embrac 
 ing the terms of surrender was drawn up and 
 signed by the two Generals. The agreement was 
 in the words following: 
 
 "Terms of a military convention entered 
 into this 26th day of April, 1865, at Bennett s 
 house, near Durham Station, North Carolina, 
 
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between General Joseph E. Johnston, command 
 ing the Confederate Army, and Major General 
 W. T. Sherman, commanding the United States 
 Army in North Carolina. 
 
 "i. All aets of war on the part of the 
 troops under General Johnston s command to 
 eease from this date. 
 
 "2. All arms and public property to be de 
 posited at Greensboro and delivered to an ord 
 nance officer of the United States Army. 
 
 "3. Rolls of all the officers and men to be 
 made in duplicate, one copy to be retained by 
 the commander of the troops and the other to be 
 o-iven to an officer to be designated by General 
 Sherman, each officer and man to give his indi 
 vidual obligation in writing not to take up arms 
 against the government of the United States un 
 til properly relieved from this obligation. 
 
 "4. ^The side arms of officers and their pri 
 vate horses and baggage to be retained by them. 
 
 "5. This being ^done, all the officers and 
 men will be permitted to return to their homes, 
 not to be disturbed by the United States author 
 ities so long as they observe their obligation and 
 the laws in force where they may reside. 
 
 "W. T. Sherman, General, 
 
 "Commanding the United States forces in North 
 "Carolina. 
 
 "J. E. Johnston, General. 
 
 "Commanding Confederate troops in North 
 
 Carolina. 
 -Approved: U. S. Grant, Lieut. General. 11 
 
 General Sherman returned to Raleigh the 
 same evening, presented the "Terms" to Getv 
 
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oral Grant and requested him to approve them, 
 which he did. 
 
 April 2yth, 1865: General Joseph E. John 
 ston issued the following order to the Confeder 
 ate troops under his immediate command at 
 Greensboro, North Carolina, consisting of liar- 
 dee, Stewart and Lee^s Corps of Infantry and 
 Butler and Wheeler 1 s Divisions of Cavalry, in 
 forming them fullv of the terms of their surrender. 
 
 t5 
 
 "Headquarters Confederate Army in North 
 
 "Carolina. 
 "(General Orders No. 18.) 
 
 "Greensboro, April 27th, 1865. 
 
 "By the terms of a military convention 
 made on the 26th inst. by Major General W. T. 
 Sherman, United States Army, and General 
 Joseph E. Johnston. Confederate States Army, 
 the officers and men of this army are to bind 
 themselves not to take up arms against the 
 United States until properly relieved from that 
 obligation, and shall receive guarantees from the 
 United States officers against molestation by the 
 United States Authorities so long as they ob 
 serve that obligation. 
 
 "For these objects duplicate muster rolls 
 will be made immediately after the distribution 
 of the necessary papers, the troops will march 
 under their officers to their respective states and 
 there be disbanded; all retaining personal pro 
 perty. 
 
 "The object of the convention is pacification 
 to the extent of the authority of the commanders 
 who made it. 
 
 "Events in Virginia, which broke every 
 hope of success by war, imposed on its General 
 
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the duty of sparing the blood of this gallant army 
 and of saving our country from further devasta 
 tion and our people from ruin. 
 
 Joseph E. Johnston, General. 
 "Commanding Confederate Forces in North 
 "Carolina." 
 
 The looth Regiment Homeward Bound From Raleigh 
 to Washington City. 
 
 On the 3oth of April, 1865, the war was 
 practically at an end. There was nothing more 
 
 J O 
 
 to conquer; the work of receiving the paroles of 
 the Confederates and such public property as was 
 to be turned over to the Federal authorities was 
 being quietly conducted at Greensboro and other 
 points and Sherman s army was now ordered to 
 march to Washington City. The orders were 
 issued, all were in readiness, and on the morning 
 of April 3oth the four Army Corps took up their 
 line of march for that place. We crossed the 
 Neuse river, north and east of the center of Ra 
 leigh four or five miles and encamped on the Cot- 
 enau, about midway between the Neuse and 
 the Tar rivers. 
 
 On the ist day of May we crossed the Tar 
 river at Andrew^s bridge and encamped on Stony 
 creek . 
 
 On the 2cl we crossed Swifts creek and en 
 camped at evening on Fishing creek, just above 
 the forks of that stream. 
 
 On the 3d we marched very hard. 
 
 On the 4th we encamped at a cemetery on 
 the south bank of the Roanoke river. 
 
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On the 5th we crossed the Roanoke river 
 and moved northward a few miles into old Vir 
 ginia, and went into camp. 
 
 On the 6th we marched early and hard, al 
 most directly north. We crossed the Meherrin 
 river at PenitorTs bridge and encamped. 
 
 On the yth we moved to a point on the south 
 side of the Nottaway river, ten miles northwest 
 of Jarrett s Station and encamped. 
 
 On the 8th we made a hard march of not less 
 than 3^ miles. We marched through Peters 
 burg across the Appomattox river and encamped 
 on a small stream marked "Old Town 17 creek. 
 Marched 40 miles. 
 
 On the 9th we encamped at Manchester on 
 the James river, opposite Richmond, Virginia. 
 
 On the night of the loth there was a thun 
 der storm and three soldiers were killed by light 
 ning. A great many of our men visited Rich 
 mond, the Libby prison, Castle Thunder and 
 other places of interest about the city. 
 
 On the 1 2th, the i5th and lyth Corps 
 marched in review by General Logan through 
 the city of Richmond and encamped ten miles 
 north of that place, near the Chickahominy 
 river. 
 
 On the 1 4th, we crossed the Pamunkey 
 about three miles below the junction of the North 
 Anna and South Anna rivers and encamped 
 about thirty miles north of Richmond. 
 
 On the 1 5th, we marched to a point about 
 six miles south of Fredericksburg and went into 
 camp. 
 
 On the 1 6th, we moved about six miles north 
 ward to Fredericksburg, crossed the Rapahan- 
 
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riock river, thence to Acquia creek where we 
 encamped. 
 
 On the 1 7th, we marched early as far as 
 Dumfries on Quantico creek, and encamped at 
 Ocoquan. 
 
 On the 1 8th, we marched from Ocoquan to 
 a point near Mount Vernon, where we halted, 
 and after having rested fell into line and 
 marched down to Mount Vernon and passed in 
 front of the tomb of Washington. 
 
 May 2oth, 1865, an order was issued for a 
 grand review of the armies on the 231x1 and 24th 
 instant. 
 
 Alexandria, Va., May 22nd: A good many 
 of our men who were mostly in need of shoes and 
 clothing and some other articles were supplied. 
 
 May 23 : Preparations for review were going 
 on all day. During the afternoon we fell into 
 line and marched across the Potomac river on the 
 long bridge and up into the city of Washington. 
 
 Camp at Crystal Springs, D. C. May 24th, 
 1865: On this day Washington city saw the 
 grandest military spectacle ever witnessed in the 
 United States or any other country. At9o 1 clock 
 we moved toward the vast multitude. First, 
 General Sherman commanding the army and his 
 staff, then General Ilowaid commanding the 
 right wing and his staff, then came General John 
 A. Logan commanding the i5th Army Corps 
 and his staff, then General Woods and staff, then 
 perhaps 200 musicians or more, then came the 
 head of column, each column reaching just from 
 curb to curb on Pennsylvania avenue. Every 
 man kept the exact step to the music. The line 
 was perfectly straight from curb to curb. Every 
 leg and foot in the line came forward so exactly 
 
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in time that the whole line seemed to be one 
 solid leg. The marching was faultless and in- 
 describable, simply superb. There is neither 
 egotism nor exaggeration in the statement that 
 few, if any, equalled and certainly none excelled 
 the magnificent marching of the looth Indiana on 
 that great occasion, as its absolutely perfect 
 movements were observed by the highest officials 
 of our own nation and the diplomatic corps and 
 representatives of other nations, as well as the 
 vast concourse of spectators present. Cheer after 
 cheer arose from the multitude, and as its old 
 and tattered battle-flag, containing seventy-three 
 bullet holes, came by, flags, bunting and 
 wreaths were waved and lowered as a token of 
 respect and admiration, and half of the officials 
 on the great grand stand arose to their feet and 
 uncovered their heads; the demonstration was so 
 touching that we all felt deeply affected by it, 
 and felt as if the character of that reception was 
 almost enough to compensate us for the hard 
 ships we had endured for our country. 
 
 Camp at Crystal Springs, D. C., May 25, 
 1865: When the newsboy piped his presence in 
 the early morning there was a great rush 
 for papers to see what the people of Wash 
 ington and the newspapers thought of us as 
 soldiers. Nothing could have surprised or grat 
 ified us more than the unexampled praise be 
 stowed upon Sherman^s arm)-; almost the entire 
 space in the papers was taken up by the many 
 descriptions given of decimated Regiments and 
 tattered battleflags, together with incidents of 
 the parade. 
 
 On the 26th, orders were issued to muster 
 out and send home a very large portion of 
 
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the army. The Company officers were busy 
 making muster-out rolls for their respective 
 Companies. 
 
 We were soon on board the ears on our 
 way back to Camp Morton at Indianapolis, 
 where we arrived in due time, receiving on our 
 way through Virginia, Ohio and Indiana an ova 
 tion at every station. At Indianapolis we were 
 met in the State House Yard by Governor O. P. 
 Morton, who welcomed the survivors of the Old 
 One Hundredth back to Indiana, and paid an 
 eloquent tribute to the Regiment. In a few days 
 we were mustered out of the service, and those 
 of us who were so fortunate as to be one of the 
 survivors returned to our homes and friends, and 
 resolved ourselves at once into that class of citi 
 zenship which has had no equal in the history of 
 any of the nations of the earth. 
 
 The Field and Staff of the looth Indiana. 
 
 Colonel Sanford J. Stoughton entered the 
 service from Ligonier, Noble county, Indiana. 
 lie was commissioned Colonel of the looth Indi 
 ana Infantry October icjth, 1862, and mustered 
 as such on" the 29th. He resigned January 7, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Colonel Albert Heath entered the service 
 from Elkhart, Indiana. He was commissioned 
 Lieutenant Colonel on the i8th and mustered 
 on the 2oth of October, 1862, and commanded 
 the Regiment during the pursuit of Price in North 
 ern Mississippi and 1 the sieges of Vicksburg and 
 Jackson- He was severely wounded during the 
 
 234 
 
Oliver P. Morton. 
 
 Indiana s War Govern 
 
Colonel Albert Heath. 
 
 looth Indiana Infantry. 
 (From an old war times photograph.) 
 
assault on Missionary Ridge, November 25, 
 1863. He was commissioned Colonel, January 
 
 8, 1864, and discharged for disability May 10, 
 1865. 
 
 Colonel Ruel M. Johnson entered the service 
 from Goshen, Indiana. lie recruited Company 
 U D" of the looth Indiana in Elkhart county and 
 was commissioned as its Captain August 22, 
 1862, and mustered on September loth following. 
 On the 1 8th of August he was promoted and 
 commissioned Major, vice Robert Parrott killed, 
 lie was mustered September 5, 1863. On Jan 
 uary 9, 1864, he was promoted and commis 
 sioned Lieut. Colonel, and on May 2, 1865, 
 he was again promoted and commissioned 
 Colonel of the Regiment. Colonel John 
 son was fitted by nature to command men. 
 He rirst attracted the favorable notice of his 
 superior officers by his conduct at the siege of 
 Jackson, Mississippi, for which he was recom 
 mended for promotion, (Loomis 1 Off. Report, 
 37-631). He again came into general notice 
 on the battlefield of Missionary Ridge where 
 he deported himself in a manner without a 
 parallel. Col. John Mason Loomis, who com 
 manded our Brigade, has said of the looth 
 Regiment and of the conduct of Col. Johnson 
 on that day, that they (the looth) were 
 suffering severely from the fire of Cleburne s 
 Division, even after the)" had laid down. But 
 he (Major Johnson) was still on his feet and had 
 perfect control of his men. lie could have led 
 them forward with enthusiasm if it had been re 
 quired. I remained mounted except when my 
 horse was shot, * * * and was frequentlv 
 PH the line of Col. Johnson s Regiment, so that I 
 
had them in full view; and I had so much confi 
 dence in Col. Johnson, that I did not doubt his 
 Regiment would stay with him if he lived. I 
 only watched them to see if he did still live in 
 that storm of lead and iron, often concealed in 
 the smoke of bursting shell. The quiet temper 
 of his men told me that he did still live." The 
 same statement almost verbatim has been made 
 by Col. John W. Ileadington and others, who 
 saw the conduct of Col. Johnson on that day. 
 
 The foregoing statements by Col. John 
 Mason Loomis and Lieut. Col. Ileadington are 
 attested by the following named officers and sol 
 diers of the Regiment, who were present and 
 actively participated in the battle. Capt. Sher 
 lock, Co. "A, 11 Capt. Sabin, Co. "IV Capt. 
 John K. Morrow, Co. "C," Sergt. John W. 
 Miller, Co. "E," Capt. Leonard Akers, Co. 
 "F," C. W. Rarick, Abram Geiger, T. N. 
 Fowler, J. A. Nason and E. A. Rines of Co. 
 "II, 1 A. J. Snyder, John Zimmerman, Geo. W. 
 Powers, D. S. Gillispie, Saml. Parker, J. Em- 
 erick, William Davis and Silas Goodrich of Co. 
 "IV James Collins, Co. "E, 11 D. E. Newman, 
 Eli Lusher, Silas Mott, Jacob Crull, C. N. Cole- 
 man and Charles R. Kingsley of Co. "D, 11 and 
 many others. 
 
 The conduct of the looth Regiment on that 
 day and that of its brave commander became 
 well known throughout the country and finally 
 reached the dull ears of the war department, 
 which was bound to take notice of the bravery of 
 Col. Johnson, and in recognition of his services a 
 medal of honor was duly awarded to him. The 
 Secretary of War, in notifying the Colonel of 
 
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Colonel Ruel M. Johnson. 
 
 IQoth Indiana Volunteer; Infantry. 
 
its issue uses the following language in his letter 
 of transmittal. 
 
 tc Colonel Ruel M.Johnson, 
 
 "Late of the looth Indiana Volunteers, 
 "Elkhart, Ind. 
 
 "Sin: I have the honor to inform you that 
 by direction of the President, and in accordance 
 with the Act of Congress approved March 3, 
 1863, providing for the presentation of medals of 
 honor to such officers, non-commissioned officers 
 and privates as have most distinguished them 
 selves in action, the Acting Secretary of War has 
 awarded you a medal of honor for most dis 
 tinguished gallantry in action at Chattanooga, 
 Tennessee, Nov 25, 1863.^ 
 
 "In making the award the Acting Secretary 
 used the following language: 
 
 "At that time, this officer was Major of the 
 "Regiment, and after the Lieutenant-Colonel 
 "commanding was wounded and left the field, he 
 "took command of the Regiment, pushing for- 
 "ward to the railroad in front of Tunnel hill, 
 "through the most destructive tire of the enemy, 
 "where the whole Brigade \vas ordered to lay 
 "down, hold the ground gained and protect them 
 selves as much as possible under cover of the 
 embankment. This was done by the men but 
 "Colonel Johnson remained on his feet marching 
 "for four hours from right to left and from left to 
 "right along the battle line, cheering his men and 
 urging them to stand fast to their duty, being all 
 "the time exposed to a most dangerous and gall- 
 "ing fire of the enemy, only a few hundred feet 
 "away, four bullets passing through his coat and 
 
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4 he receiving a wound in his right cheek by a 
 
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 "fragment of a shell. 11 
 
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 "The medal has been forwarded to you to 
 day by registered mail. Upon the receipt of 
 it please advise this office thereof. 
 
 "Very Respectfully, 
 "F. L. Ainsworth, Col. U. S. Army. 
 "Chief, Record and Pension Office. 11 
 
 During the winter of 1863-4, he made the 
 looth Indiana the best drilled Regiment, in the 
 performance of field evolutions in the United 
 States. No Regiment in the Federal service 
 could go through the evolutions in daylight which 
 that Regiment could perform on the double quick 
 in the darkness the drilling hours being from 
 3:30 to 5*30 A. M. each morning. 
 
 He came into general notice again on the bat 
 tlefield in front of Resaca, May 13, 1864, when 
 with a skirmish line composed of men from the 
 looth Regiment deployed in front of the Division, 
 he drove a whole Confederate Brigade from the 
 field in the presence of Generals McPherson, Lo 
 gan and Harrow. (Official Rept. Gen. Harrow, 
 74-278.) 
 
 He was again brought to the notice of Gen. 
 Logan by the shrewd and clever manner in which 
 he brought off the Division skirmish line at Dal 
 las, which he was placed in charge of by Gen. 
 Logan, without the loss of a man, although the 
 Rebel Army was confronting his line. After 
 these successes he was detailed on Gen. Harrow s 
 staff as skirmish officer of the Divison. At the 
 battle of Atlanta he was taken prisoner on the 
 front line by a force which had gained our rear 
 during the many bloody assaults which took place 
 
Front 
 
 Reverse. 
 Medals 
 
 Awarded to Colonel R. M. Johnson for bravery in the battle of Chattanooga 
 by the war department F. 
 
Lieutenant Colonel John W. Headington, 
 
 looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
on that eventfvl day. He is specially men 
 tioned in the official report of Gen. Harrow and 
 Col. Reub Williams for gallantry in that battle. 
 (Official Kept. Gen. Harrow, 74-281.) (Official 
 Report Col. Williams, 74-289). 
 
 The Colonel was started towards Macon, 
 Georgia, as a prisoner, along with 1,700 men 
 and 75 other officers. On the third day he es 
 caped and had almost reached our lines, when he 
 was recaptured and sent to Charleston, South 
 Carolina, and placed under tire of our batteries. 
 In September, 1864, a limited exchange of pris 
 oners took place, and by special request of Gen. 
 Sherman he was included therein. 
 
 He distinguished himself in the pursuit of 
 Hood. On the march to the sea, the battle of 
 Griswoldville, the campaign through the Caro- 
 linas, and specially at the battle of Bentonville, and 
 "his entire term of service was interspersed with 
 brilliant achievements. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Ileadington entered the 
 service from Portland, Jay County Indiana. He 
 recruited Company t; H, n of the looth Indiana, 
 in that county, and was commissioned as its Cap 
 tain on the nth and mustered on the 23d of 
 September, 1862. He was promoted to Major 
 of the Regiment June i, 1864, and to Lieutenant 
 Colonel May 21, 1865. Col. Headington com 
 manded the Regiment from the battle of Love- 
 joy until the return of Col. Johnson, after the 
 latter was exchanged. He enjoys the remarka 
 ble distinction of having taken an active part in 
 every campaign and every encounter in which 
 the Regiment took any part, during the entire 
 period of its enlistment. He was not an impetu 
 ous, hasty, or rash man, but was in pos- 
 
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session of a cool head and good judgment at all 
 times and in every emergency. r i he men all had 
 implicit confidence in him. He was certainly 
 the George II. Thomas of the Regiment; a good 
 disciplinarian and withal, a genial, companion 
 able officer, and when occasion required him to 
 expose himself or his men he was perfectly ob 
 livious to his personal safety. 
 
 He first came into special notice on the bat 
 tlefield of Missionary Ridge, when, after seven 
 out of ten color bearers and guards had been 
 shot down, he accompanied Uncle Joe Hawkins 
 of Company lt ll," in bearing alott the Regi 
 mental Hag. lie received personal mention tor 
 efficiency and gallantry in the battle of Gris- 
 woldville, in which he took an honorable and 
 conspicuous part. 
 
 Majors. 
 
 Major Robert Parrot entered the service 
 from Lagrange, Indiana. He was commissioned 
 Major on the i8th and was mustered on 
 the 28th of October, 1862. He was one 
 ot those good men whom everybody loved 
 even an enemy would be ashamed to 
 hate such a man. He was killed by the falling 
 of a tree during a storm at Oak Ridge in the 
 rear of Vicksburg on July 6th, 1863. 
 
 Major Venamon entered the service from 
 Goshen, Indiana. He was commissioned First 
 Lieutenant of Company t4 D, n looth Indiana, 
 August 22d, 1862, and mustered on the loth of 
 September. On the i8th of August, 1863, he 
 
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Major W. H. Venamon. 
 
 (From an old war times photograph,) 
 
Ed. Goldsmith, 
 
 Lieutenant and Adjutant looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
was ^promoted to the Captaincy of Company 
 4t D, 11 and on May ist, 1865, he was promoted 
 Major of the Regiment. lie was a quiet, un 
 ostentatious officer. lie enjoyed the respect and 
 confidence of his superior officers as well as that 
 of the officers and men generally. Whenever 
 duty required Major Venamon to perform any 
 seryice, no matter how difficult or dangerous, he 
 was always promptly there and performed that 
 duty. 
 
 Adjutants. 
 
 Adjutant Edward P. Williams entered the 
 seryice from Fort Wayne. lie was commis 
 sioned August 2jth and mustered August 28th, 
 1862. He was afterward promoted to" A. C. S. 
 and left the Regiment. 
 
 Adjutant William II. Ghere enlisted in 
 Captain Thomas C Dalbey s Company "I" as 
 a private soldier. He was commissioned Adju 
 tant June 1 5th, 1863, and resigned May 2 9 th, 
 1864. 
 
 Adjutant Edwin Goldsmith entered the 
 service from Orland, Stuben County, Indiana, 
 was commissioned Second Lieutenant in Com 
 pany 4fc B" August i5th, 1862, was promoted to 
 First Lieutenant January ^oth, 1864, and to 
 Adjutant, April 2o~th, 1864, and served as such 
 until the end of the war and was mustered out 
 with the Regiment. Adjutant Goldsmith re 
 ceived a flattering personal notice in Col. Heath s 
 official report of the Atlanta campaign in the 
 following words: 
 
t; I also make special mention of Lieut. E. 
 Goldsmith, my Adjutant cool and self possessed 
 in time of danger. No one possesses the confi 
 dence of the men more than he does. I also 
 recommend him for promotion. 11 (See serial 
 
 74 P- 3 1/)- 
 
 Adjutant Goldsmith received favorable per 
 sonal notice by Col. R. M. Johnson in his official 
 report of the battle of Griswoldville. (See 
 Johnson 1 s official report.) 
 
 Regimental Surgeons. 
 
 Samuel France, Regimental Surgeon, en 
 tered the service from Syracuse, Indiana. He 
 was commissioned December 2nd, 1862, and 
 mustered January 6th, 1863. Dr. France served 
 efficiently in the field with the regiment until 
 after the surrender of Vicksburg and Jackson. 
 He tendered his resignation August nth, 1863, 
 while we lay at Camp Sherman, on the Big 
 Black River. 
 
 By his cheery words of badinage, or some 
 well -told dry joke of professional or camp life, 
 he says that he often did more than his pills or 
 potions to restore the physical health or mental 
 brightness to the depressed in spirits. 
 
 At Camp Sherman, on Big Black river, 
 after the siege of Vicksburg, and the return of 
 the Regiment from Jackson, Dr. France s health 
 became undermined. He then conferred with 
 Dr. Lomax and Dr. Shaw the Brigade and 
 Division Surgeons, who gave it as their opinion 
 that his paly h ^Q of prolonging pr saving his 
 
Samuel France, M. D. 
 
 Surgeon iooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
D. J. Swarts, 
 
 First Assistant Surgeon looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
life, was to resign and return to civil life, where 
 he could have home comforts. lie returned to 
 his Indiana home at Goshen, much broken in 
 health. Surgeon France was a skilled physician, 
 and scientific surgeon, a whole-souled comrade 
 and a warm-hearted friend of all the boys, 
 whether he had the epaulette of office on 
 his shoulders, or the badge of the patriot 
 soldier, the knapsack, strapped to his back. 
 Self-sacrificing free-hearted and generous, was 
 Dr. France. 
 
 Assistant Surgeons. 
 
 First Assistant Surgeon looth Indiana, 
 David J. S warts entered the army from 
 Auburn, DeKalb county, Indiana. He was com 
 missioned First Lieutenant of Company "A 11 
 August 1 3th and mustered Sept loth, 1862. lie- 
 was promoted to be First Assistant Surgeon 
 October 3rd, 1862. Dr. Swarts served with 
 the Regiment until the end of the war in the field 
 and was an honest, faithful and very competent 
 officer and had the respect and confidence of all 
 the officers and men of the command. He was sev 
 eral times detailed on detached service at the 
 Corps hospitals after a heavy engagement, in 
 which a great many had been wounded. He en 
 joyed the distinction of being one of the best 
 surgeons in the I5th Corps. Seventy-five sur 
 geons were killed and wounded in battle during 
 the war. 
 
 Dr. Leavitt enlisted as a private soldier in 
 Captain Brouse s Company C4 K" looth Indiana 
 
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Infantry. On the i2th of May, 1863, he was pro- 
 moted to be assistant surgeon vice Richard Ma- 
 gee, dismissed May the 8th, 1863. On August 
 1 2th, 1863, he was promoted to be surgeon 
 of the Regiment. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon Henry II. Hand entered 
 the army as a private soldier in Company "C, 11 
 looth Indiana. His qualities soon attracted the 
 attention of his superior officers, and as he pos 
 sessed some knowledge of medicine and an apti 
 tude and special capacity and qualifications for 
 its practice and administration, he was promoted 
 to be hospital steward of the Regiment January 
 i, 1864. lie performed his duties in that capac 
 ity so faithfully that he was commissioned As 
 sistant Surgeon of the Regiment. On the 22d 
 of February, 1865, on the march through the 
 Carolinas oYi the Peay s Ferry road, Dr. Hand 
 and Henry Stebbins of Company "G" were 
 ambushed by Rebels. Stebbins and his horse 
 and Dr. Hand s horse fell dead. Dr. Hand was 
 taken prisoner and sent to the Rebel prison in 
 Florence, South Carolina, and confined within 
 the dead line until he was exchanged at the close 
 of the war. 
 
 Hospital Steward A. Devilbiss entered the 
 service in Company "A," rooth Indiana, August 
 10, 1862. He possessed at that time some 
 knowledge of medicine which recommended him 
 to his superior officers as an excellent man for 
 that service to which he was soon assigned. He 
 served faithfully and efficiently until he was com 
 pelled to leave the service to save his life. He 
 carried with him on his departure the gratitude 
 of many a poor soldier whose sufferings he had 
 alleviated. 
 
 264 
 
Dr. Philander C. Leavitt. 
 
 looth Indiana Infantry. 
 (From a war times photograph.) 
 
H. H. Hand, fl. D. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon looth Indiana Infantry. 
 (From a war times photograph.) 
 
Chaplains. 
 
 Rev. Charles A. Munn entered the service 
 as Chaplain of the looth Indiana, from DeKalb 
 County, on the 8th and was mustered on the I4th 
 of November, 1862. lie served faithfully in the 
 field until August 10, 1863, when he resigned. 
 
 Rev. John A. Brouse, father of Captain 
 Charles W. Brouse, of Company C K," entered 
 the service from Indianapolis. He was commis 
 sioned September i8th and mustered on the ist 
 ot November, 1863, and served faithfully with 
 the Regiment in the field until the end ~of the 
 
 There was no more loyal or patriotic class 
 of people in the United States service than the 
 Regimental Chaplains; their voices all over the 
 Melds occupied by our armies, ascended daily as 
 the voice of one man for the success of the Union 
 cause and its Army. These officers were always 
 found ready to aid and comfort the soldiers In 
 camp, in the hospital or on the field of battle, for 
 we had many fighting Chaplains in the armv, 
 and many of them were killed and wounded in 
 the hottest of the fight. 
 
 The writer has seen Chaplain Brouse of the 
 looth Indiana, during an engagement, right in 
 the front line of battle, perfectly oblivious "to his 
 own personal safety, aiding and encouraging the 
 men to fight. He was beloved by the officers 
 and men of his Regiment because he was a Chris 
 tian and a patriot. lie was brave and fearless, 
 and knew no clanger in the field, where he was al 
 ways found during an engagement. 
 
 Eleven Chaplains were killed and many were 
 wounded in battle during the \var. 
 
 269 
 
George W. Gore enlisted as a private soldier 
 in Company ^B, 11 looth Indiana, August 15, 
 1862. He was promoted to First Sergeant of 
 Company "B, 1 and was very severely wounded 
 in the assault on Missionary Ridge. lie served 
 notwithstanding until the end of the war, and was 
 mustered out as Sergeant Major of the Regiment, 
 to whieh position he had been promoted for gal- 
 lantrv in battle. 
 
 Quartermasters. 
 
 Regimental Q. M. Alba M. Tucker entered 
 the service from Goshen, Indiana, and was com 
 missioned R. Q. M. September 9, 1862. He 
 was promoted to Captain and A.Q. M., and mus 
 tered out by way of favor. 
 
 R. Q. M. German Brown enlisted as a pri 
 vate soldier in Company "B," at Orland, Indi 
 ana, August 15, 1862. He was promoted Regi 
 mental Quartermaster January 5, 1864, while we 
 lay at Belief ont, and served until the end of the 
 war. 
 
 John II. Broderick enlisted as a private soldier 
 in Company U D," looth Indiana, was mustered 
 September 18, 1862. Mr. Broderick was a 
 quick and correct business man, and the atten 
 tion of his superior officers was for that reason 
 soon attracted to him, and he was promoted to 
 be Regimental Commissary Sergeant, a position 
 of great responsibility which he rilled to the en 
 tire satisfaction of the officers and with great 
 credit to himself, although one of the hardest in 
 the Regiment to till. He served faithfully and 
 
 27Q 
 
A. Devilbiss fl. D. 
 
 Hospital Steward rooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
creditably until the end of the war, and was 
 mustered out with the Regiment. 
 
 Quartermaster Sergeant. 
 
 Frank J. Elaine enlisted as a private soldier 
 in Company t4 D, ?? looth Indiana Regiment, 
 August 22, 1862. He was soon after promoted 
 to be Quartermaster Sergeant, and served as 
 such to the satisfaction of the Regiment and was 
 mustered out with it. 
 
 I5th Army Corps Scouts==Known also as Hall s 
 Scouts. 
 
 HalFs Scouts were organized by Henry J. 
 Hall, of Company "C." He aided in recruiting 
 that company. He was ambitious and the ele 
 ment of fear \vas not in him. He longed for an 
 
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 opportunity to distinguish himself by the per 
 formance of daring and reckless acts. Under 
 the direction General Hurlbut he did scouting in 
 the winter of 1862-3. During that time he per 
 formed such distinguished services that the Gen 
 eral gave him an order to select men from any 
 command he desired. He chose men from his 
 own Company, "C," of the looth a number of 
 as brave, reliable and intrepid men as could be 
 found in the entire Federal Army, embracing 
 among others, Theodore F. Upson, John Ryason, 
 John Whitlock, James A. Taylor, Harlow J. 
 Hearne, Milo B. Squires, William Sharp, and 
 
 275 
 
others. These men Hall knew would tight until 
 they were dead when duty required it, and they 
 performed such valuable services during the 
 siege of Vicksburg and Jackson that General 
 Sherman gave Hall permission to select 100 men 
 for special duty as scouts. Nelson Austin, S. A. 
 Albright, Thomas Legg and others, were taken 
 from the looth and added to these scouts, and 
 many indeed are the daring exploits they per 
 formed. With only rive men, near Florence, Ala 
 bama, Hall, captured a Confederate Lieutenant 
 Colonel, a Major, a Captain, a Sergeant and thir 
 teen privates and turned them over to General 
 Sherman. He set out once w r ith a few men on a 
 most hazardous expedition. In the dusk of the 
 evening he and his men were ambushed by a 
 superior force with double barrelled shot guns 
 and Hall was mortally wounded. After his 
 death the scouts were divided up among the 
 different army headquarters. Theodore F. Upson 
 was captured twice during the battle of Atlanta, 
 but escaped. Some of the scouts were killed, 
 others wounded, but they left a name for the 
 performance of deeds of daring, of which any 
 soldier might be proud indeed. 
 
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- 
 
 Rev. John A Brouse, 
 
 Chaplain looth Indiana Volunteers 
 
John H. Broderick. 
 
 Com.-Sergeant looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Theodore F. Upson, 
 
 One of the daring isth A. C. Scouts. 
 
Roster of Company A, looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Marquis L. Rhodes recruited Com 
 pany A 11 at Auburn. He enlisted August 6, 
 1862, and was commissioned August i3th. lie 
 died in Memphis, near Fort Pickering, Decem 
 ber 10, 1862. 
 
 Ezra D. Hartman entered the service as 
 Second Lieutenant on August 13, 1862. He was 
 promoted to First Lieutenant October 4th, and 
 to Captain on the nth of December, 1862. He 
 served in the field in Northern Mississippi and 
 Southern Tennessee in the winter of 1862-3; was 
 in active service along the line of the Memphis 
 & Charleston Railroad during the winter and 
 spring of 1863. He commanded his Company 
 during the siege of Vicksburg and on the 
 march to Jackson. During the siege of those 
 places he was much exposed to the intense heat 
 and dust during the summer of 1863, the effects 
 of which broke down his health and almost de 
 stroyed his eyesight. He was honorably dis 
 charged by order of the war department Novem 
 ber 6, 1863. Captain Hartman took with him 
 the regrets of both officers and men when he left 
 the service. 
 
 Lucius Barney entered the service as Orderly 
 Sergeant. He was promoted to Second Lieu- 
 
 283 
 
tenant, then to First Lieutenant and then to Cap 
 tain, lie was honorably discharged for disability 
 August 12, 1864. 
 
 John II. Moore entered the service as Sec 
 ond Sergeant. On the nth of December, 1862, 
 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and on 
 the 7th of November to First Lieutenant, and 
 was commissioned Captain, but was not mus 
 tered as such. lie served faithfully in the field 
 during 1862-3-4. lie was mortally wounded 
 by n. cannon shot on the front line at the battle of 
 Lovejoy, September 2, 1864, and died at Mari 
 etta, Georgia, October i, 1864. 
 
 Eli J. Sherlock was promoted to Orderly 
 Sergeant, was through the campaign in Northern 
 Mississippi, the seige of Vicksburg and Jackson, 
 the march from Vicksburg to Chattanooga; was 
 wounded in the assault on Missionary Ridge, par 
 ticipated in the Atlanta campaign, was Assistant 
 Provost Marshal of Marietta, Georgia, in July 
 and part of August, 1864; was in the battles of 
 [onesboro and Lovejoy, the pursuit of Hood, the 
 march to the sea; was wounded at Griswoldville, 
 was at the siege of Savannah, was at the burning 
 of Columbia, made the march through the Caro- 
 linas. Was promoted to First Lieutenant August 
 1 3th, 1864, and to Captain, October 2nd, 1864. 
 
 Lieut. H. E. Meeker entered the service 
 August 13111, 1862. On October 2nd, 1864, he 
 was promoted to First Lieutenant. He served 
 through the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson; 
 was wounded at Missionary Ridge. He made 
 the march to Knoxville and was in every en 
 gagement of the Atlanta campaign; was in the 
 march to the sea and the siege of Savannah and 
 took an active part in the march through the 
 
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Captain E. D. Hartman. 
 
 Company A, looth Indiana. 
 
 (From an old photograph, 1867.) 
 
Carolinas, being on detached service under 
 special orders in charge of a forage detail. His 
 men had many brushes with the Rebels. Lieut. 
 Meeker was a good soldier and officer and had 
 in him naturally all the elements of a dashing 
 cavalry commander. 
 
 Lieutenant Albertus A. Waters was pro 
 moted on November 22nd, 1864, to Second 
 Lieutenant. lie served during the war and 
 was honorably discharged at Washington, D. 
 C., June 8th, 1865. Few men in the regiment 
 were better known than Lieutenant Waters. 
 
 Fair, William II., was promoted to Sergeant 
 for bravery in front of the enemy. Sergeant 
 Fair was one of the solid men among the 
 soldiers of Company "A" as every member of 
 that Company will bear witness. His conduct 
 as a soldier on all occasions was such as to merit 
 the confidence and esteem of his superior officers, 
 and he enjoyed the distinction of participating in 
 every battle or skirmish in which the Regiment 
 was engaged. He served faithful!) during the 
 war and was honorably discharged at Washing 
 ton, D. C., June 8, 1865. 
 
 Kindell, John L., Sergeant Died at La- 
 grange, Term., January u, 63. 
 
 Lockhart, \Vm. C., Sergeant Discharged 
 October 23, 63. 
 
 Klien, Cleveland A., Sergeant Died at Col- 
 lierville, Term., April 2, 63. 
 
 Dewitt, Daniel, Sergeant Discharged Octo 
 ber 24, 65. 
 
 Hall, John M., Sergeant Mustered out 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Robbins, Albert Discharged, Nov. n, 62. 
 
 Davis, Oliver S. Wounded at Jackson^ 
 
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Mississippi, and at Missionary Ridge; died at 
 Fayetteville, North Carolina, February, 65. 
 
 Walker, James P. Died at Memphis, 
 Tenn., October 24, ^63. 
 
 Bodinc, David C., Sergeant Wounded 
 severely at Missionary Ridge. 
 
 Shuman, George, Musician Mustered out 
 May 19, 65. 
 
 Durbin, Joseph C., Wagoner Served 
 faithfully during the war. 
 
 Anthony, Abraham Died at Holly Springs 
 January 8, 63. 
 
 Arthur, Martin Promoted to Corporal for 
 meritorious conduct in line of duty; served faith 
 fully during the war; mustered out June 8, 6y 
 
 Beams, George Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 November 24, ^62. 
 
 Bolinger, Benjamin Served faithfully dur 
 ing the war; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Boren, John W. Died at Atlanta, Georgia, 
 Oct. 24, 64. 
 
 Butler, Irving Died at Snyder^s Bluff on 
 Yazoo river, Miss., July 24, ^3. 
 
 Boylcs, Artemas Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., Feb. 20, 63. 
 
 Buchanan. Reason- Died at Nashville, 
 Tenn., Jan. 24, 64. 
 
 Buchanan, George Wounded severely at 
 Griswoldvllle, Georgia, Nov. 2 2nd, 64; mus 
 tered out, June 8, 65. He was a good soldier. 
 
 Buchanan, John A., Sergeant Served dur 
 ing the war; discharged, June 8, 65. 
 
 Culver, Harrison Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 Dec. 24, 63. 
 
 Critchet, Jonathan Auburn. Served faith 
 fully during the war; mustered out June 8, ? 65- 
 
 288 
 
Captain E. J. Sherlock. 
 
 Company A, icoth Indiana. 
 (From an old war times photograph.) 
 
Hanford E. Meeker. 
 
 First Lieutenant Company A, tooth Indiana. 
 
Sergeant William H. Fair. 
 
 Company A, looth Indiana. 
 
Dimmit, William II. Died at Abbeville, 
 Miss., Dec. 24, 62. 
 
 Davis, James Died at Jefferson Barracks, 
 Mo., Dec. 22, 64. 
 
 Davis, John Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Frees, Samuel Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Frees, Hammond Wounded, Mission Ridge. 
 Served during the war; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Fiant, John Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 65 . 
 
 Friedt, Henry Discharged, disablity, Jan 
 uary 30, 63. 
 
 Farver, Lemuel Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Guthrie, Simeon Served during the war; 
 mustered out May 26, 65. 
 
 Goodenough, Abel R. Discharged January 
 28, 63. 
 
 Grubb, John Died at Collierville, Tenn., 
 March 18, 63. 
 
 Ilaines, Napoleon A. Wounded, Mission 
 Ridge, and transferred to V. R. C. 
 
 Howser, Jonathan -- Promoted Corporal; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Howser, Gideon Died at Collierville, Tenn., 
 May i, 63. 
 
 Hursh, John Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 February 8, 63. 
 
 Hursh, Benjamin Transferred to Company 
 "F"; served during the war. 
 
 293 
 
Hammond, James Died at Grand Junction, 
 Term., February 22, 63. 
 
 Ilolden, Samuel Transferred to V. R. C., 
 November 25, 63. 
 
 Jones, Wesley J. Discharged for disability, 
 May 26, 63. 
 
 Jones, Theodore Killed, Dallas, Georgia, 
 June 8, 64. 
 
 Long, Harrison Wounded slightly on head 
 battle Dallas, Georgia, June 8, 64; served dur 
 ing the war. 
 
 Likens, William Discharged for disability 
 August 21, 63. 
 
 McNabb, John Died spotted fever at Hol 
 ly Springs, Miss., Jan. 6, 63. 
 
 Maxwell, William B. Wounded, Mission 
 Ridge, November 25, 63; mustered out May 
 13, 65. 
 
 Melvin, George W. Served during the 
 war; discharged June 8th, 65. 
 
 Melvin, Wallace J. Died at Holly Springs, 
 Miss., December 2nd, 62. 
 
 Mohler, John R. Wounded severely, Mis 
 sion Ridge; discharged June iyth, 64. 
 
 McGoon, Benjamin P. Wounded, Mission 
 Ridge; mustered out June 8th, 65. 
 
 McConnel, John Wounded, Mission Ridge; 
 died at Auburn, Ind., Jan. ist, 64. 
 
 Miller, Silas C. Transferred to V. R. C.; 
 discharged July i4th, 65. 
 
 Noel, George Died at Memphis, Tennes 
 see, Nov. 5th, 63. 
 
 294 
 
Corporal Charles T. Rogers. 
 
 Company A, icoth Indiana. 
 
 Served faithfully during the war; was promoted for meritorious conduct as a 
 
 soldier; was well known in the regiment, and had the respect 
 
 of both officers and men. 
 

 
 William B. Graham, n. D., 
 
 Company A. 
 
 Served faithfully during the war. He enjoyed the respect of his officers 
 and the esteem of the men. 
 
Osburn, Enos Died at Nashville, Tennes 
 see, June 3rd, 64. 
 
 Olinger, John S. Honorably discharged 
 May 26th, 63." 
 
 Olinger, Anthony Killed at Battle of Love- 
 joy, Georgia, September 2nd, ^64. 
 
 Olinger, Daniel Served during the war; 
 discharged June 8th, Y)^. 
 
 Penny, Lewis F. Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 November 24th, 62. 
 
 Piffer, Daniel Discharged for disabilty 
 May 9 th, 63. 
 
 Piffer, Joseph Wounded at Mission Ridge; 
 Honorably mustered out as Corporal June 8th, 
 
 Powell, JLevi B. Wounded at Mission 
 Ridge and at Griswoldville, Georgia, Nov. 
 22nd, 64. 
 
 Palmer, Hiram Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8th, 65. 
 
 Prosser, Joseph Promoted to Corporal, 
 served faithfully during the war; honorably mus 
 tered out June 8th, 65. 
 
 Raub, John B. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 10, 6^. 
 
 Symonds, John C. Wounded at Mission 
 Ridge; mustered out July yth, 65. 
 
 Swander, John Discharged for disability 
 Nov. nth, "62. 
 
 Squires, Asher Died at Paducah, Ken 
 tucky, August ijth, 63. 
 
 Squires, Nathan Wounded severely at 
 299 
 
Mission Ridge, Nov. 25th, 63; mustered out 
 June 8th, 65 . 
 
 Shaw, Ansel M. Served faithfully for 
 three years. lie was wounded at the battle of 
 Missionary Ridge, having been placed on the 
 skirmish line that day by the writer. He was 
 promoted for bravery on the field. 
 
 Smith, Isaac Served during the war, mus 
 tered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Skinner, Orlancler Died at Memphis, 
 Term., November 17, 62. 
 
 Ulm, Jeremiah Served faithfully during the 
 war. Honorably mustered out June 8, ,65. 
 
 Vanlear, John D. Served honorably until 
 the close of the war. Mustered out June 8, 
 65. Was wounded in the battle of Resaca. 
 
 Wiltrout, Benjamin S. Served until the 
 close of the war. Ben was a good soldier. 
 
 Wearly, Calvin J. Transferred to Marine 
 Brigade. 
 
 Warner, John Died at Collierville, Term., 
 April 8, 63. 
 
 Wilson, Shipley Discharged for disability 
 May 26, 63. 
 
 Wolf, Henry Wounded severely at Mis 
 sion Ridge Nov. 25, 63. Captured at Cass- 
 ville, Georgia. Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 Promoted for bravery at the battle of Missionary 
 Ridge. 
 
 Wyatt, Richard Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 October 16, 63. 
 
 Cordray, Walter Discharged for disability, 
 March 23, 63. 
 
 SCO 
 

 
 Corporal A. M. Shaw. 
 
 Company A- 
 
Campbell, Alvin Transferred to 48th Indi 
 ana Infantry May 30, 65. 
 
 Carr, Cyrus Transferred to 48th Indiana 
 Infantry May 30, 65. 
 
 Kramer, Christian Dropped out of ranks 
 near Whiteside, Term., Dec. 19, 6?; undoubt 
 edly killed. 
 
 Moe, Lemuel Transferred to 48th Indiana 
 Infantry May 30, 65. 
 
 Nickerson, Alden Died at Murfreesboro, 
 Tenn., Nov. 24, 63. 
 
 New, Leopold Discharged for disability, 
 Department of Memphis, Jan. 16, 63. He after 
 ward supplied the army with newspapers by per 
 mission from General Grant. 
 
 Olinger, Cyrus Transferred to 48th Indiana 
 May 30/65. 
 
 Phelps, George S. Mustered Dec. 6, 64; 
 transferred to 48th Indiana May 30, 65. 
 
 Rawson, Thomas Wounded, Dallas; trans 
 ferred to 48th Indiana May 30, 65. 
 
 303 
 
Roster of Company B, looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Orla }. Fast was mustered as 
 First Lieutenant of Company "B," September 
 ioth, 1862, and as Captain, March i5th, 1864. 
 lie resigned May 3oth, 1865, to aeeept a pro 
 motion as A. A. G. U. S. Vols., having been 
 commissioned as such by the President. Cap 
 tain Fast was well known and highly respected 
 throughout the whole army. 
 
 Captain Joseph W. Gillespie entered the 
 service August i5th, 1862. lie served until 
 January 29th, 1864, when he resigned. 
 
 Capt. Marden Sabin enlisted August i5th, 
 1862. On May ist, 1864, he was promoted to 
 First Lieutenant, over the heads of several very 
 good men, on account of his efficiency and meri 
 torious conduct as a soldier. Lieut. Sabin served 
 with credit and distinction through all of the en 
 gagements in the Atlanta campaign, the 
 march to the sea and through the Carolinas. 
 May ist, 1865, he was promoted to the Cap 
 taincy of his company, an honor which was by 
 him well deserved and honestly merited. lie 
 enjoyed the respect of the officers aud men of the 
 regiment. He w r as an intelligent, efficient and 
 brave officer. 
 
 Walter R. Parker enlisted in Company "B" 
 as a private soldier August i5th, 1862. He 
 served as such until November 22nd, 1864, when 
 he was promoted from the ranks to be Second 
 
 304 
 
Captain Orla J. Fast. 
 
 looth Indiana Infantry. 
 Commissioned A. A. G. by the President. 
 
Captain Marden Sabin. 
 
 Company B. tooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Lieutenant of his company for meritorious con 
 duct in the line of his duty; and on May ist, 
 1865, he was promoted to be First Lieutenant 
 and was mustered out with the regiment. 
 
 Lieut. Samuel Blanchard entered the service 
 as Fourth Sergeant of Company "B. 1 He was 
 promoted to be First Sergeant and on May ist, 
 1865, to be Second Lieutenant. He served 
 faithfully during the war. 
 
 Gillespie, David S. Discharged for dis 
 ability, Sept. 3rd, 63. 
 
 Conkey, Manning S. Killed at Jonesboro, 
 Georgia, Aug. 3 ist, 64, by shell. 
 
 Flint, Francis Promoted to Sergeant Aug. 
 3 ist, 63. 
 
 Carver, Henry W. Discharged for dis 
 ability May 22nd, 63. 
 
 Rude, Charles Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., Jan. 22nd, 63. 
 
 Sutherland, Andrew J. Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Chadwick, Samuel Died August 26th, 64, 
 at Marrietta, Georgia. 
 
 Brooks, Henry---Died September 19, 62, 
 at Madison, Ind. 
 
 Wilder, Charles H. Served during the 
 wa r. 
 
 Bodley, Aaron Served during the war. 
 
 Abbott, William Served during the war. 
 
 Brockw^ay, George Died September 14, 
 63, at Camp Sherman. 
 
 Bodley, James Served during the war. 
 
 Bodley, Philo Died Dec. 30, 62, at Holly 
 Springs. 
 
 Bradley, James Mustered out, June 30, 
 
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Bradley, Daniel Mustered out June 30. 
 
 7 65- 
 
 Brock, Monroe Served during the war. 
 
 Blass, Clarkson B. Served during the war. 
 
 Blass, Jefferson Died Feb. 20/64, at Bellc 
 fonte Station, Ala. 
 
 Burton, John Mustered out Aug. 9, 65. 
 
 Betzer, Peter Died March 5, 63, at 
 Grand function, Tenn. 
 
 Betxer, Adam Discharged for disability at 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Baily, Samuel Promoted to Corporal June 
 25, 7 6 4 / 
 
 Carpenter, Chauney Promoted to Cor 
 poral, June 6, ^64. 
 
 Cole, Royal Wounded severely in the bat 
 tle of Missionary Ridge; discharged on account 
 of w r ounds, June 6, 64. 
 
 Cook, George F. Served faithfully during 
 the war. lie was promoted for meritorious con 
 duct in line of duty. He possessed many sol 
 dierly qualities, w r as a good man and a brave 
 and effecient soldier. 
 
 Casper, Levi Promoted to Corporal Dec. 
 
 3i, 64. 
 
 Casper, Lewis Died Feb. 18, 63, at 
 
 Grand Junction, Tenn. 
 
 Cluck, George Died April i, 63 at Col- 
 lierville, Tenn. 
 
 Clark, John C. Killed at siege of Atlanta, 
 August 2i, 64. 
 
 Cleveland, Addison Served during the 
 war. 
 
 810 
 
George F. Cook. 
 
 Company B, looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Gil. Rhoades. 
 
 Company B, looth Indiana. 
 
Dillingham, Jerome B. Died April 9, 63, 
 Collierville. 
 
 Dillingham, James Served during the war. 
 
 Davis, William Served during the war. 
 
 Dudley, Grove II. Served during the war; 
 was a good soldier. 
 
 Dimon, Henry Discharged for disability 
 June 3, 63. 
 
 Denman, Smith Discharged for disability 
 June 3, 63. 
 
 Ebert, James M. Served during the war. 
 
 Ellis, Charles Killed in a skirmish near 
 Cave Springs, Georgia, November i, 64, after 
 he was a prisoner. 
 
 Emerich, Jonathan Served during the war. 
 
 French, George Wounded, Resaca, Ga., 
 May 13, 1864; mustered out May 30, 65. 
 
 Goodrich, Silas Served during the war. 
 
 Gillespie, Rufus R. Promoted to Corporal 
 Dec. 8, 62. 
 
 Green, David Died April 28, 63, at Mem 
 phis, Tenn. 
 
 ^Hurd, Harvey M. Discharged Sept. 3, 63, 
 at Camp Sherman. 
 
 Haynes, Martin Died July 22, 63, at 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Haynes, John Served during the war. 
 
 Haines, Monroe J. Served during the war. 
 
 Hoover, Joseph Served during the war. 
 
 Hilton, Lewis L. Promoted Corporal; pro 
 moted Sergeant; served during the war. 
 
 Hoolihan, Joseph Discharged June 9, 63, 
 Memphis, Tenn, 
 
 Jarvis, Clement Served during the war, 
 Johnson, Henry Served during the war, 
 
 81/5 
 
fad win, John P. Promoted to Corporal 
 Dec. 31, 64. 
 
 Kellogg, William Discharged March 7, 
 63, at Cairo, 111. 
 
 Kale, James Died March 19, 63, at Col- 
 lierville. 
 
 Keith, Lewis Killed in the battle of Jones- 
 boro, Georgia, August 31, 64, by fragment of 
 shell. 
 
 Lee, Clark Died Feb. u, 63, at Grand 
 Junction, Tenn. 
 
 Musser, John Promoted Corporal; pro 
 moted Sergeant; served during the war. 
 
 McLane, Ambrose Discharged June 9, 63, 
 at Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Northway, George F. Died May 3, 64, 
 at Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Pulver, William O. Mustered as Wagoner 
 after Dec. 31, 63. 
 
 Parker, Samuel Seived during the war. 
 
 Powers, George W. Promoted to Corpo 
 ral; discharged Feb. 16, 63. 
 
 Root, Rodney H. Died Nov. 7, 64, at 
 Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Rollins, George R. Served during the war. 
 
 Rhoads, Gil Everybody knew Gil he was 
 the life of his Company. A brave man and an 
 honest, trustworthy and intrepid soldier. lie 
 served faithfully and efficiently during the war. 
 He had the respect of all the officers and men of 
 the Regiment, and never faltered when duty 
 called. 
 
 Rodgers, Bradley Promoted to Corporal; 
 served during the war. 
 
 Shumway, Return U. Was an exemplary 
 man, an efficient soldier, brave and faithful in the 
 
 316 
 
Return U. Shumway. 
 
 Company B. Tooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
discharge of all his duties. lie was discharged 
 for disability, September 8, 64. 
 
 Sutherland, Christopher Columbus Wa^- 
 
 oner. 
 
 Suppenough, Tuffle Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Sultz, Jacob Served during the war. 
 Scott, Henry Wounded mortally at Re- 
 saca. 
 
 Snyder, George Died November 12, 63, 
 as Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Snyder, J. Andrew Served with distinction 
 during the war; a good soldier. 
 
 Soule, David Killed at Atlanta, August 
 25, 64. 
 
 Sperry, Jackson E. Discharged Feb. 12, 
 63; at Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 Taylor, Cornelius Discharged Feb. 25, 
 63, at Indianapolis. 
 
 Taylor, William J. Served during the war. 
 
 Taylor, Warren Drowned in Mill creek 
 near Bentonville, N. C., March 22, 65. 
 
 Taylor, Orrin R. Discharged for disability 
 June 3, 63. 
 
 Welch, William J. Died April ic, 67, at 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Woodworth, Homer S. Discharged Sept. 
 3, 63, for disability. 
 
 Wiggins, Nathan Served during the war. 
 
 Young, Riley -- Promoted to Corporal; 
 served during the war. 
 
 Zimmerman, John Served during the war. 
 
 Fanshaw, John II. Transferred to 48th In 
 diana for further duty. 
 
 Van Allstin, Charles E. Transferred to 4 8th 
 Indiana for further duty. 
 
 319 
 
Roster of Company "C," looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Harvey Crocker entered the service 
 August 15, 1862. lie made the campaign of 
 1862-3 in Northern Mississippi. lie enjoyed the 
 respect of his superior officers and the fullest con 
 fidence of his men. He became severely afflicted 
 with rheumatism during the winter of 1863, to 
 such an extent that he was wholly unfit for duty, 
 and was forced to resign in 1863 to save his 
 
 life. 
 
 Captain John K. Morrow entered the service 
 August 15, 1*862, as First Lieutenant. lie was 
 promoted to Captain June 3, 1863, and resigned 
 February 20. 1864. lie did service at Vicksburg, 
 Jackson and Missionary Ridge. 
 
 Captain Edward Fobes entered the service 
 as Fifth Corporal of Company ^C. 11 He was 
 promoted to be First Lieutenant October 31, 
 1863, and March i, 1864, was promoted to be 
 Captain. January 8, 1865, he resigned on ac 
 count of disability. 
 
 Captain John B. Pratt entered the service as 
 Sergeant. lie was slightly wounded at Mission 
 Ridge. lie was promoted to be First Lieutenant 
 and" on January 9, 1865, to be Captain of Com 
 pany "C." 
 
 James Boycl was commissioned Second Lieu- 
 
 320 
 
Captain H. Crocker. 
 
 Company C. 
 
tenant August 15, 1862, and on June 3, 1863, h c 
 was made First Lieutenant. lie died at Snyder 8 
 Bluffs on the Yazoo river, July 2/1863. 
 
 Samuel W. Dille was .promoted to First 
 Lieutenant March 18, 1865. He served through 
 the war and was honorably discharged with the 
 Regiment. Wounded at Resaca May 14, 1864. 
 
 Samuel R. Miller was several times pro 
 moted, the last being to that of Second Lieuten 
 ant on November, 22, 64. He was honorably 
 discharged with the Regiment. 
 
 Myers, Sandford W. Wounded mortally, 
 New Hope Church, Georgia. 
 
 Fuller, John W. Sergeant, discharged Jan 
 uary 10, 63. 
 
 Cook, Jarred Sergeant, served with i5th 
 Army Corps Scouts. 
 
 Butler, Charles Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Finney, Isaiah E. Mustered out June 8, 6^. 
 
 Legg, Peter Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn. Feb. 4, 63. 
 
 Spangler, George S. Mustered out as Ser 
 geant June 8, ^5. 
 
 Beck, James Discharged May 15, 65. 
 
 I learn, Ilarlow J. Served with distinction 
 in Scouts i5th A. C. Severely wounded at Knox- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 Brown, Theodore Served with i5th A. C. 
 Scouts. 
 
 Collins, James Served with i5th A. C 
 Scouts. 
 
 Austin, Nelson M. Served with i5th A. C. 
 Scouts; an excellent soldier. 
 
 Atwater, Marcus L. Captured on Atlanta 
 Campaign, 64. 
 
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Alspaugh, Reuben Died at La Grange, 
 Term., Feb. 13, 63. 
 
 Albright, Samuel A. Wounded atResaca; 
 an excellent soldier. 
 
 Bennett, David Promoted to Captain iztjth 
 
 Regiment. 
 
 Brady, John Discharged Sept. i, 63. 
 
 Boocher, Robert Wounded in battle of 
 Dallas, Atlanta Campaign. 
 
 Brady, David Discharged June 12, 64. 
 
 Bean, John Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Barks, John Wounded at Jackson, Missis 
 sippi; was a good soldier. 
 
 Brower, Henry O. Transferred to V. R. 
 C. Oct. 2, 63. 
 
 Blackson, John J. Died at Camp Sherman, 
 Miss., Aug. 21, 63. 
 
 Bishop, C. Vancleve An excellent soldier; 
 promoted to Corporal. 
 
 Coomer, Justice Discharged June 10, 63. 
 
 Coonrad, Jeremiah An excellent soldier, 
 always faithful. 
 
 Cook, Richard Died at Grand Junction, 
 Term., Feb. 23, 63. 
 
 Chaff ee, Ezra A. Mustered out as Cor 
 poral June 8, 6y 
 
 Clark, George M. Died on Hospital Boat, 
 Sept. 28, 63. 
 
 Clark, John II. Transferred to V. R. C. ; 
 mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 Eiman, Abraham Served during the war; 
 an excellent soldier. 
 
 Finley, Cyrus Discharged June 16, 63. 
 
 Finney, Daniel A. Discharged January 4, 
 64. 
 
 324 
 
Gillett, Franklin Killed on Ogechee river 
 December 6, 64. 
 
 Harding, Daniel Promoted Corporal; an 
 excellent soldier. 
 
 Harding, Mathias Severely wounded Mis 
 sion Ridge; an excellent soldier. 
 
 Harding, Henry Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Hall, Henry Wounded mortally near Flor 
 ence. Alabama, while in command of i5th A. 
 C. Scouts; a good soldier; he was brave and 
 fearless. (See Hall s Scouts.) 
 
 Himes, Henry Mustered out as Corporal; 
 a good soldier. 
 
 Hand, Charles E. Served faithfully dur 
 ing the war. 
 
 Hulburt, George A. Discharged January 
 22, 63. 
 
 Hunt, William P. Died at Colliersville, 
 Term., May 2, 63. 
 
 Hiestand, Samuel Died at Colliersville, 
 Term., April 15, 63. 
 
 Johnson, George Died Grand Junction, 
 Tenn, Feb. 4, 63. 
 
 Kingsley, James II. Died Haines Bluff, 
 Miss., July 1 8, 63, 
 
 Kimball, Omer A. Detailed as Division 
 Blacksmith. 
 
 Lazenby, Robert C. Died at LaGrange, 
 Ind; was color bearer. 
 
 Leib, Daniel M. Promoted ist. Lieut. i2th 
 Cavalry. 
 
 Legg, Thomas E. Served with the i5th 
 A. C. Scouts; an excellent soldier. 
 
 Miller, William Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 Oct. 12, 63. 
 
 Millnes, William Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 325 
 
Nichols, Thomas F. An excellent soldier; 
 complimented by Col. Heath for keeping clean 
 est gun in Regiment. 
 
 Oliver, Thomas Mustered out May 30, 65. 
 
 Phillips, Aaron Mustered out as Corporal 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Phillips, Solomon A. An excellent soldier. 
 
 Phillips, John C. Served during the war. 
 
 Pontius, Jacob Wounded, Dallas, Ga., May 
 28, 64; was absolutely without fear in battle. 
 
 Powell, John F. Died at Raines Bluff, 
 Miss., September 28, 63. 
 
 Pickel, Joseph Discharged May 2, 63. 
 
 Plumb, Henry Died at Grand Junction, 
 Term., Feb. 21, 63. 
 
 Ryason, John Served with isth A. C. 
 Scouts; was personally complimented for bravery 
 by General Harrow. 
 
 Rowe, Lewis Discharged July 5, 64. 
 
 Royce, Joel W. Died at Holly Springs, 
 Miss., Jan 3, 63. 
 
 Ruff, William Wounded mortally at Mis 
 sion Ridge. 
 
 Richmond, Benjamin Served isth A. C. 
 Scouts; an excellent soldier. 
 
 Reed, Amos Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 May i, 63. 
 
 " Rhodes, Paul Mustered out June 8, 65; a 
 grand, good soldier. 
 
 Rassler, John Mustered out as Corporal ; 
 was a good soldier. 
 
 Rathwell, John Discharged Jan. 15, 63. 
 
 Sturgess, James II. Was a good soldier. 
 
 Squires, Miles B. Served with 15^1 A. C. 
 Scouts; was captured and paroled near Fayette- 
 ville, N. C. 
 
 326 
 
Starr, Ilulburt Died at St. Louis, Mo., 
 Feb. 19, 63. 
 
 Sharp, William Killed at Jonesboro, Geor 
 gia, while Orderly on General Harrow s Staff. 
 Favorably mentioned in the General 7 s offieial 
 report of that battle. 
 
 Tippett, James Diseharged June 2, 63. 
 
 Todd, John W. Diseharged May n," 63; 
 a good soldier. 
 
 Taylor, James II. Served Scouts 151!! A. 
 C. ; an excellent soldier. 
 
 Thorn, Albert Wounded, Mission Ridge; 
 mustered out as Sergeant. 
 
 Whitney, Edward Killed, Missionary 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Wolford, Aaron- --Killed, Griswoldville, Ga.; 
 a good soldier. 
 
 Woodruff, David Killed bv tree, Raines 
 Bluff, July 8, 63. 
 
 Weaver, Samuel Died at Lagrange,Tenn., 
 March 13, 63. 
 
 Whitlock, John W. Served with distinc 
 tion in i5th A. C. Scouts. 
 
 Wicson, George S. Died at Colliersville, 
 Term., May 6, 63. 
 
 Zook, Joseph Detailed as Wagoner in 
 Ammunition train. 
 
 Phillips, Hector Served during the war; 
 an excellent soldier. 
 
 327 
 
Roster of Company "D," looth Indiana. 
 
 This Company was raised by Col. R. M. 
 Johnson. lie was its first Captain (see Col. R. 
 M. Johnson in Field and Staff). 
 
 * John W. Geisinger was promoted First Lieu 
 tenant August 22, and mustered October i6th. 
 On May 1,1864, he was eommissioned as Captain 
 of that Company. 
 
 Lieutenant William J. Myers -- Mustered 
 September 10, 1862; resigned August 10, 1863. 
 
 Asa A. Norton was eommissioned as Seeond 
 Lieutenant November 22, 1864, and as First 
 Lietenant May i, 1865, and mustered out with 
 the Regiment . 
 
 James L. Winans was commissioned Second 
 Lieutenant May i, 1865, and was mustered out 
 with the Regiment at the close of the war. 
 Lieutenant Winans was a brave and faithful 
 soldier. 
 
 Sergeant Luke L. Sawyer was a good and 
 faithful soldier. He enjoyed the respect and 
 esteem of the officers and men of his Company 
 in the highest degree. The hardships of the 
 war were more than he had the power to bear, 
 and he was discharged for disability, contracted 
 in his line of duty, January 18, 1863. 
 
 Firestone, Emanuel Died at Madison, Ind., 
 April 6/65. 
 
 -ft Reed, William C. - - Wounded, Mission 
 Ridge; transferred to V. R. C. 
 
Sergeant Luke L. Sawyer. 
 
 Company D, looth Indiana. 
 
Sergeant Corneleus Cult-man. 
 
 Company D, looth Indiana. 
 
 Promoted for bravery. 
 
Terwilliger, Calvin S. Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Jones, William B. Wounded December, - 63, 
 near Lookout Mountain. 
 
 Blaine, Henry C. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Grubb, John F. Mustered out June 8, 65, 
 as Sergeant. 
 
 Compton, Samuel R. Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Spiker, Jefferson Discharged May 13, 63. 
 
 Mishler, Henry Discharged Dec. 30, 64. 
 
 Arney, George Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Swartz, Jonas Drowned in Mississippi river 
 at Memphis, June 9, 63. 
 
 Alvine, Jacob Transferred to Co. U K, 
 October 3, 63. 
 
 r Bowers, Isaac Discharged Dec. 12, 63. 
 
 Brubaker, Amos Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Bickle, Thomas Transferred to Co. "K," 
 October 3, 63. 
 
 Bender, Urias Drowned at Beaufort, S.C., 
 Jan. 26, 65. 
 
 Brondage, Jacob Died Feb. 2, 63; he was 
 a model soldier and enjoyed the respect of all his 
 comrades in arms. 
 
 Black, John Died March 9, 63. 
 
 Coleman, Cornelius Was a messenger 
 on Brigade Division and Corps Staff and per 
 formed many feats of daring during the progress 
 of the severest battles of the war. He-was at 
 the Headquarters of Generals Corse, Logan and 
 Sherman much of his time and also General 
 Hugh Ewing. He was shot through the body 
 in an engagement with the Confederates at Tur 
 key Town Valley, Alabama October 25, 1863, 
 
 333 
 
but recovered. He was promoted to Sergeant 
 for bravery. 
 
 Crull, Jacob Wounded at Mission Ridge 
 Nov. 25, 1863. Mustered out June 8, 1865. 
 This man was a brave and fearless soldier. 
 
 Carr, Lafayette Discharged January, 1863. 
 
 Compton, William A. Wounded at Mis 
 sionary Ridge while in the act of throwing a six 
 pound shell back of our lines; the shell having 
 stopped and the fuse still burning within 12 inches 
 of his head. 
 
 Carr, Lewis J. Was one of the best men in 
 Company "D", was always ready to do his 
 duty and had the respect and confidence of his 
 officers. He served three years faithfully and 
 was promoted for meritorious conduct in front 
 
 of the enemy. 
 
 Clay, Thomas Wounded in the thigh at 
 Dallas. " Mustered out June 8, 1865. 
 
 Chivington, Phillip Served through the 
 war; was a true man and soldier; was mustered 
 out at Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865. 
 
 Every, WilliamKilled in battle of Jackson, 
 Miss., June 15, 63. He was the first man of 
 the Regiment killed in battle. 
 
 Eyer, Isaac Mustered out June 8, 1865. 
 Served three years. 
 
 Eversole Simon P. Mustered out June 8, 
 65. Served three years. 
 
 Finch, Elias S. Served during the war. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Firestone, Isaac Served during the war. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65; was a good soldier. 
 
 Gore, Charles II Served during the war. 
 
 Gift, William Served during the war. 
 
 Hall, Lucius Died Dec. 7, 62. 
 
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Corporal Lewis J. Carr. 
 
 Company D. looth Indiana. 
 (Promoted for meritorious conduct. 
 
Charles R. Kingsley. 
 
 Company D, looth Indiana, 
 
Hairing, James Discharged Jan. 16, 63. 
 Johnston, Samuel - - Drowned, Beaufort, 
 South Carolina, Jan. 26, 65. 
 
 Johnson, Frederick W. Mustered out June 
 8, 65. 
 
 Keyport, John L. Discharged April 3, 63. 
 Charles R. Kingsley Served faithfully for 
 three years. He was well known and respected 
 by every .nan in the Regiment, and had the 
 respect and confidence of his superior officers. 
 He served his country well and was honorably 
 discharged June 8, 65. 
 
 Keller, Richard Mustered out June 8, 65, 
 as Corporal. 
 
 Lusher, Eli Served during the war. 
 Longsdorff, Henry - - Wounded mortally, 
 Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Leedy, Jacob Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, >6 3 : 
 
 Myers, Anthony Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Mishler, John Died March 9, 63. 
 Mills, Jacob Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Mott~ George W. Died April 16, 63, at 
 Colliersville, Tenn. 
 
 Mott, Silas Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 65; was a true soldier and a 
 good man. 
 
 Miller, Alonzo Served during the war. 
 Myers, Isaac Severely wounded at Resaca 
 through right arm. 
 
 McDowell, William Transferred to V. R. C. 
 Mann, Christian Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Neigle, Jacob Wounded through wrist at 
 Missionary Ridge. 
 
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Newman, Daniel E. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 6 5- 
 
 Neikart, John W. Taken prisoner at At 
 lanta, Ga. Died. 
 
 Overholt, Isaae Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Oaks, John W. Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Ott, Alaway Discharged Feb. 19, 63. 
 
 Ott, Levi Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Fletcher, Jacob Died Nov. u, 63. 
 
 Palmer, Noah E. Transferred Company 
 "K," Oct. 3, 63. 
 
 Thomas Price was a model man in the army. 
 He was always brave and fearless, and was^ at 
 all times and under all circumstances dignified 
 and honorable. His moral character in the army 
 would have been an ornament to Any officer or 
 man. lie faithfully performed his duty with 
 punctuality and efficiency. 
 
 Pippenger, David Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Peoples, George W .Discharged May 
 
 13, 63. 
 
 Prickett, Nimrod Discharged; date un 
 known. 
 
 Rapp, William G. Wounded mortally, 
 Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Rodsbaugh, Samuel Transferred to Com 
 pany "K" Oct. 3, 62. 
 
 Rowell, Wesley W. Mustered out June 
 8, 65. 
 
 Russell, Samuel N. Transferred to Com 
 pany 41 K," October 3, 62. 
 
 Rookstool, Joseph Died March 19, 63. 
 
 Rookstool, Adam Died March 26, 63. 
 
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Thomas Price. 
 
 Company D, 
 
William Stadler. 
 
Rookstool, John Mustered out June 9, 
 
 Reinbold, Solomon - - Wounded through 
 wrist at New Hope Church; served faithfully 
 during the war; was a good man and soldier. 
 
 Ruple, Jonas Mustered out June 8, 65, 
 as Corporal. 
 
 Shultz, Isaiah Served faithfully during the 
 war; was a good soldier and an excellent man. 
 
 Streely, Frederick Served faithfully three 
 years; mustered out June 8, 65. He always 
 performed his duties as a true soldier. 
 
 Stebbens, Henry E. Transferred to V. 
 R. C. 
 
 Sheldon, Hiram II. Severely wounded at 
 Bentonville. 
 
 William Stadler Served faithfully and well 
 for three years. His military history may be 
 written thus: u He was brave, intrepid, faithful 
 and reliable;" a moral man and a model soldier 
 of whom his descendants may well be proud. 
 
 Skinner, Azel Discharged May 9, 63. 
 
 Swartz, Henry Died March 10, 63. 
 
 Tallerday, Andrew J. Mustered out Tune 
 8, 65. 
 
 Twiford, William Discharged Dec. 12/63. 
 
 Trump, William H. Was as brave a sol 
 dier as ever carried a gun. He was very severe 
 ly wounded in the face and head on the skirmish 
 line at the railroad at Missionary Ridge. After 
 fighting until he was unable to stand alone from 
 loss of blood he fell to the ground and crawled 
 away from the line of battle to escape capture. 
 
 True, Jeremiah P. Jaw broken by kick of 
 a battery horse at Beaufort. 
 
 Voorhees, Isaac Discharged Jan. 63. 
 345 
 
Vallance, William Mustered out Aug. 12, 
 
 63. 
 
 Vannote, George W. Transferred to V. R. 
 C. Jan. 23, 64. 
 
 Wilson, Marion Died Sept. 14, 63, at 
 Black River. 
 
 Williams, Enoch S. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Walters, Henry W. Transferred to V. 
 
 R. C. 
 
 Andrews, David Transferred 48th Regi 
 ment May 30, 65. 
 
 Geisinger, Samuel- - Transferred to 48th 
 Regiment May 30, 65. 
 
 Gephart, Jackson Transferred to 48th Reg 
 iment May 30, 65. 
 
 Spade, Joel Transferred to 48th Regiment 
 
 May 30, 65. 
 
Roster of Company "E" looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain William M. Barney recruited Com 
 pany 4t E"; was commissioned Captain Septem 
 ber istand mustered September 10, 1862. He 
 served with distinction through the sieges of 
 Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and resigned 
 August 8, 1863. 
 
 Captain Merwin F. Collier entered the ser 
 vice as First Lieutenant, September i, 1862; he 
 was promoted to the captaincy and on June 9, 
 1864, he was honorably discharged. He enjoyed 
 the respect of the officers and men of the Regi 
 ment. 
 
 Captain Henry H. Nelson was promoted to 
 Second Lieutenant June 15, 1863. August 9 he 
 was promoted to First Lieutenant and on June 
 30, 1864, to tne captaincy of his Company. He 
 possessed the confidence of the men of his Com 
 pany and the respect of the officers of the Regi 
 ment. He discharged the duties of his office 
 with fidelity and was esteemed as a gentleman 
 and a soldier. He was wounded in the hip dur 
 ing the assault on Mission Ridge, November 25, 
 1863. ^ 
 
 Lieutenant John C. Vaught was promoted 
 from the ranks to Second Lieutenant, August 9, 
 1863, for efficiency and meritorious conduct in 
 
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the line of his duty. On June 30, 1864, he was 
 promoted to be First Lieutenant. He enjoyed 
 the respect and confidence of the officers and sol 
 diers of the Regiment. He served until the end 
 of the war and was honorably mustered out in 
 June, 1865. 
 
 Ichabod Jones was mustered Second Lieu 
 tenant of Company "E" September 10, 1862, 
 and was afterward promoted to be Major of the 
 ist Tennessee Artillery. 
 
 Lieutenant Charles C. Pierce was promoted 
 to Second Lieutenant. November 22, 1864. He 
 served during the war. 
 
 Groff, Charles F. Discharged Sept. 3, 63. 
 
 Crane, Samuel C. Discharged May 16/63. 
 
 Butts, AnsonW. Transferred to V. R. C.; 
 mustered out July 27, 65. 
 
 Shattuck, Ira II. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Wylde, Charles Died, Memphis, Decem- 
 
 7, 62. * 
 
 Bennett, Andrew J. Mustered out as pri 
 vate June 8, 65. 
 
 Cumming, Alfred J. Died at Indianapolis 
 Sept. 15, 62. 
 
 Locker, Edmund A. Captured at the bat 
 tle of Missionary Ridge, November, 25, 63; 
 served during the war and was mustered out June 
 
 8, 65, 
 
 John W. Miller served faithfully and ef 
 ficiently for three years, and deserved and en 
 joyed the respect and confidence of the officers 
 of the Regiment. He performed many acts dur 
 ing his term of service which entitled him to dis 
 tinction, lie was promoted for meritorious con- 
 
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Captain Henry H. Nelson. 
 
duct and was honorably mustered out as Ser 
 geant June 8, 65. 
 
 Sweet, Jerome Discharged June 27, 63. 
 
 Young, Abraham Died at Memphis Dec. 
 n, 62. 
 
 Miller, John Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 6^. 
 
 Gorpe, Emerson Served during the war. 
 
 Shaw, Joseph Served during the war. 
 
 Bailey, William II. Died at St. Louis, 
 Dec. 24, 62. 
 
 Bearrup, John W. Discharged Sept. 18 
 63- 
 
 Cuppitt, John Wounded severely; dis 
 charged Feb. 25, 6^. 
 
 . Cox, Thomas J. Promoted to Corporal. 
 Served in the field during the war; mustered out 
 June 8, 65, as Corporal; was a model soldier; 
 was promoted for bravery on the field of battle 
 and for soldierly conduct. 
 
 Calkins, William W. Killed, Missionary 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Corbin, Nathan II. Served during the war. 
 
 Chilson, Nathan Served during the war. 
 
 Drake, James L. Died froirTa shock re 
 ceived, Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Drake, Christopher C. Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Drake, Daniel T. Wounded severely at 
 the battle of Lovejoy, Ga., Sept. 3, 64; honora 
 bly discharged Feb. 25, 6;;. 
 
 Davis, Moses II. Discharged for disability 
 June 23, 63. 
 
 Dallas, George T. Promoted to Corporal; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
Evans, Frank C. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Easterday, Sylvester Served during the 
 war; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Engle, John Died in Camp Sherman, Mis 
 sissippi, Aug. 23, 63. 
 
 Elder, Abner Died at Madison, Ind., Get. 
 6, 62. 
 
 Eley, John II. Wounded at Dallas, Ga., 
 May 28, 64; served faithfully during the war; 
 was honorably mustered out June 8, 6^, at 
 Washington, D. C. lie was taken prisoner in 
 the assault on Missionary Ridge; he was brave, 
 intrepid and fearless in battle. 
 
 Folk, Charles Died at Nashville, Jan. 20, 
 
 6 4 . 
 
 Grubb, Allen Discharged Nov. 23, ^63. 
 Gretzinger, Frederick Served during the 
 war. 
 
 Grimm, John J. Mustered out June 8/65. 
 Graham, Peter F. Discharged April 16, 
 
 63- 
 
 Gunnett, Michael Served during the war. 
 Gunnett, Samuel Wounded at Dallas, Ga., 
 May 28, 64. 
 
 Hoffman, Peter Served during the war. 
 Hooper, James Served during the war. 
 Hoover, Elias W. Discharged Feb. 16, 
 
 63- 
 
 Hoffman, John Died at Hickory Valley, 
 Tenn., Feb. 5, 63. 
 
 Hall, Jesse Killed in battle of Dallas, Ga., 
 May 28, 64. 
 
 Harris, Daniel Captured, Mission Ridge. 
 
 Ilimes, George W. --Killed Missionary 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
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Se.-geant John VV. Miller, 
 
 Company E. 
 
Harris, William Died at Bellefonte, Ala 
 bama, Jan. 31, 64. 
 
 Ilaines, Hartley E. Died at.Memphis, Nov. 
 16, 63. 
 
 Harris, Joseph Wounded, Griswoldville, 
 Ga., Nov. 22, ^64. 
 
 Ilarting, Ephraim Discharged March 11, 
 63- 
 
 Knapp, Lucius II. --Killed, Missionary 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Henry W. Discharged March 
 n, 63. 
 
 King, Joseph Killed at battle of Dallas, 
 Ga., May 28, 64. 
 
 King, Miehael D. Killed, Dallas, Ga., 
 May 28, 64. 
 
 Kinsey, Cornelius Served during the war. 
 
 Linsey, Hiram Died at Scotsboro, Ala 
 bama, Jan. 13, 64. 
 
 Myers, Henry Served during the war. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Monroe, Charles A Died Nov. 12; buried 
 Cumberland Mountain. 
 
 Monroe, Robert L Transferred to V. 
 R. C. 
 
 McFarland, James Served during the war. 
 
 Noble, Franklin Served during the war. 
 
 Orr, Charles Discharged March 5, 64. 
 
 Ogle, Charles II. Discharged September 
 15, 64. 
 
 Orr, Samuel W. Died at Keokuk, Iowa, 
 January 10, 63. 
 
 Parker, Daniel Died at Camp Sherman, 
 Miss., August 22, 63. 
 
 Prouty, William Served during the war. 
 
 Penn, George Served faithfully three 
 
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years. Honorably mustered out June 8, ^65; 
 he was a good man and a brave soldier. 
 
 Rowell, Sdmuel Served three years. Mus 
 tered out June 8, ^65. 
 
 Rice, Harvey Served during the war, dis 
 charged June 8, 65. 
 
 Rimmel, Aaron J. Served in the field three 
 years; was honorably mustered out at the close 
 of the war as Corporal. 
 
 Rodman, Uriah B. Transferred to V. R.C. 
 
 Rodgers, Wilford }. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Rawson, Oliver P. Wounded Mission 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Richards, George Mustered out as Cor 
 poral June 8, 65. 
 
 Sowers, Phillip Served during the war. 
 
 Sanborn, Edward O. Died at Chattanooga, 
 Term., Dec. 22, 63. 
 
 Simon, Charles Discharged Sept. 18, 63. 
 
 Snider, Augustus Discharged March 2/64. 
 
 Tryon, Christopher Served during the 
 war. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Thomas, Franklin Died at Memphis, Nov. 
 
 2 9 ,;62. 
 
 West, Robert Wounded in leg at Mission 
 Ridge. 
 
 West, Joseph Wounded in heel at Mission 
 Ridge. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Weaver, William S. Wounded severely at 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 Warner, John D. Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., January 30, 63. 
 
 Whitcomb, Moses Served during the war. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
John W. Trowbridge. 
 
 Company E, jooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Waltburn, Robert Served during the war. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Warren, George W Wounded mortally 
 at Battle of Dallas May 28, 64. 
 
 Waldren, Wesley Transferred to V. R. 
 C. August 10, 64. 
 
 Wyrick, Henry Honorably mustered out 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Wainright, John \V. Mustered out at the 
 end of the war. 
 
 Young, Josiah Mustered out June, 65. 
 
 Axtell, Daniel M. Died at Marietta, Ga., 
 July 14, 64. 
 
 Burrows, Jeremiah Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana. 
 
 Browand, Christopher Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Gardener, George Transferred to V. R. C. 
 April 22, 64. 
 
 Trowbridge, John M. Served faithfully in 
 the field until the end of the war when he was 
 transferred to the 48th Indiana May 30, 65. 
 Honorably mustered out under orders. He was 
 a good man and brave soldier and was respected 
 by all who knew him and had the confidence and 
 esteem of his officers. 
 
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Roster of Company "F," looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Abram W. Myers entered the 
 service September 2, 1862, from Columbia 
 City. lie served until January 27, 1863, when 
 he resigned on account of failing health. 
 
 Captain Daniel T. Smith entered the service 
 as First Lieutenant September 2, 1862. On 
 January 28, 1863, he was promoted to Cap 
 tain, lie lost an arm in the assault on Mission 
 Ridge, and was honorably discharged July 28, 
 1864. 
 
 Captain Leonard Akers entered the service 
 as Second Lieutenant of Company u F n Septem 
 ber 2, 1862. On the 28th of June, 1863, he 
 was promoted to First Lieutenant, and on July 
 29, 1864, to Captain. He commanded part of 
 the skirmish line in the assault on Mission Ridge 
 and drove the enemy from the railroad. lie 
 took part in every campaign and in every en 
 gagement from that time until the end of the 
 war. lie was an efficient, brave and daring 
 officer. lie had the esteem of the officers of the 
 regiment and was highly regarded by the men. 
 During the war he led Company "F" into and 
 out of man)* deadly and dangerous places. 
 
 Israel Biers entered the service as Third 
 Sergeant of Company U F 71 August 18, 1863. 
 
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Captain Leonard Akers. 
 
 Company F. looth Indiana. 
 
On July 29, 1864, he was promoted to First 
 Lieutenant and served in the field until the vnd 
 of the war. 
 
 Adam Swihart was promoted from First 
 Sergeant to Second Lieutenant of Company "F M 
 Jan. 28, 1863. He resigned June 10, 1864. 
 
 Fletcher B. Harris was promoted to First 
 Sergeant, and on November 22, 1864, he was 
 commissioned Second Lieutenant and served 
 until the end of the war. 
 
 Snider, David Discharged January 26, 
 63, as Sergeant. 
 
 Ileaton, Chauncey L. Mustered out as 
 Sergeant. 
 
 Stoler, Jacob Promoted to Sergeant; was 
 a gallant soldier. 
 
 Cole, Seymour Mustered out as Sergeant 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Graves, Elijah Died at Memphis, Nov. 
 12, 63. 
 
 Mossman, John Died at St. Louis, Mo., 
 December, 63. 
 
 Cole, Samuel Died at Scotsboro, Ala., 
 January i, 64. 
 
 Schrader, Isaac Mustered out as Sergeant; 
 was a gallant soldier. 
 
 Plummer, Joseph Wounded at battle of 
 Mission Rid^e. 
 
 o 
 
 Bills, James Transferred to 44th Indiana, 
 September 27, 02. 
 
 Bennett, John Died at Camp Sherman, 
 Miss., Aug. i, 63. 
 
 Lamb, David J. Died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 Nov. TO, 63. 
 
 Hawkins, Reuben Discharged, May TT, 
 6 5- 
 
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Acker, Washington Died at Memphis, 
 Tenn., Nov. i, 63. 
 
 Arnold, Henry W .Discharged Nov. 28, 
 62. 
 
 Bugbee, Nelson Died at Scotsboro, Jan 
 uary 21, 64. 
 
 Butler, Asa Transferred to V. R. C. ; 
 mustered out Aug. 5, 65. 
 
 Bell, Albert Discharged Dee. 28, 62. 
 
 Brown, Henry Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Burkholder, Hiram Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Crawford, Davis Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Clark, William A. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Croy, Abraham A. Discharged Nov. 10, 
 
 62. 
 
 Cleland, James Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Deems, Samuel Discharged Dec. 28, 62. 
 
 Doag, Jacob Transferred to V. R. C. 
 March 27, 65. 
 
 Decker, Daniel Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Finch, Joseph Mustered out July 3, 65. 
 
 Falk, John W. Discharged May 8, 63. 
 
 Falk, Isaac W. Mustered out June 8, 65, 
 as Corporal. 
 
 Fullerton, James Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Finch, David Mustered out June 8, T 65. 
 
 Forsythe, Andrew J. Wounded at Mission 
 Ridge. 
 
 "Goble, Isaac II. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 German, Daniel Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Harrington, Dennis Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Hettinger, John Enlisted Sept. i, 63. 
 He served faithfully until Aug. 31, 64, when he 
 
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was killed in the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, 
 while acting as an Orderly on Harrow s Staff. 
 
 Helms, J. B. Discharged. Date unknown. 
 
 Hills, George Mustered out as Corporal 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Johnson, William R. Shot near Jonesboro. 
 Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Jacquay, Lawrence P. Discharged Dec., 
 62. 
 
 Kenaga, Mathias Mustered out June 8/65. 
 Kearns, Adam N. Discharged Nov. 62. 
 Kearns, William S. Killed Missionary 
 Ridge Nov. 2^. 63. 
 
 Lindle, William W. --Died at Memphis 
 Tenn., 63. 
 
 , Litehiser, George Transferred to 48th Indi 
 ana May 30, 65. 
 
 Miller, George Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 McCoy, Josiah Mustered out June 8, -65, 
 as Corporal. 
 
 Minier, Aaron Discharged January 25, 
 ?6 3- 
 
 Mellet, Calvin Died Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 
 4, 62. 
 
 Malone, Andrew Wounded severely. Dis 
 charged March 7, 65. 
 
 McNabb, John Died at Holly Springs, 
 Miss. Jan. 15, 63. 
 
 Mack, Henry Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Nobles, Charles Mustered out June 8, 65 
 
 North, Edward Died at Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Owens, John Died, Indianapolis, Nov. 62. 
 
 Pumphrey, Reason W. Died, Pigeon 
 Roost, Nov. 28, 62. 
 
 Price, Jonathan Mustered out June 8, 65, 
 
Plough, John II. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 Pittman, Boyer Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Quinn, Othaina Discharged Dec. 28, 62. 
 Samuels, James Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Scott, McArthur Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Sterling, WilliamDischarged Oct. 28/64. 
 
 Swindle, Charles Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., April 8, 63, from injuries received 
 while in the discharge of his duty. 
 
 Shaffner, Franklin Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65 . 
 
 Simpkins, George Discharged Dec. 28, 
 
 62. 
 
 Tuttle, Henry C. Discharged September 
 
 6, 63. 
 
 Thrasher, Thomas Mustered out June 8, 
 
 Whiteleather, David Color Bearer; must 
 ered out as Corporal, 65. 
 
 Winegardner,, Joseph Mustered out June 
 8, 65, as Corporal. 
 
 Walker, William T. A gallant soldier; 
 mustered out as Corporal. 
 
 Weil, John Killed, Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, Y>3. 
 
 Young, Hiram Mustered out January 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Butler, Asa Transferred to 48th Indiana. 
 Groves, Isaac Died at Chattanooga, Nov. 
 
 Ginger, Philander II. Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana. 
 
 366 
 
Ilinmnn, James Transferred to 48th In 
 diana. 
 
 Kenaga, Benjamin F. Transferred to 481)1 
 Indiana. 
 
 Newcomb, Henry J. Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana. 
 
 Richards, Daniel Transferred to 48th In 
 diana. 
 
 Simpkins, George Died in the field Nov. 
 16, 63. 
 
 Taylor, Samuel Died at Camp Sherman, 
 Miss., Aug. 63. 
 
 Roster of Company G," iooth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Godlove O. Behm entered the army 
 from Lafayette September 9, 62. lie was pro 
 moted to Lieutenant Colonel of the n6th Indi 
 ana Aug. 28, 63. 
 
 Captain John M. Carr entered the army 
 Aug. 3, 62. On Nov. 8, 62, he was promoted 
 to First Lieutenant and on Aug. 30, 63, to Cap 
 tain, and mustered out May i ^, 65. 
 
 William Burnside entered the service as First 
 Lieutenant. He resigned Nov. i. 62. 
 
 Elijah Young was made Second Lieutenant 
 Sept. 24, 62. Aug. 30, 63, he was promoted to 
 be First Lieutenant, and was discharged Sept 
 20, Y H . 
 
 Harvey J. Sawyer was promoted to First 
 Lieutenant Oct. i, Y H , and served until the end 
 of the war. 
 
 Asa J. Fisher was promoted to Second Lieu 
 tenant and served until the end of the war. 
 
 3G7 
 
William G. Kiger was one of the solid men 
 of Company "G. 11 lie was promoted for meri 
 torious conduct in front of the enemy. lie served 
 three years, and was honorably mustered out 
 \vith the Regiment. 
 
 Hunt, Cornelius Died at Calhoun, Term., 
 January 30, 64. 
 
 Holloway, Thomas N. Wounded at Gris- 
 woldville, Georgia. 
 
 Freeman, William Promoted to Sergeant; 
 mustered out June 8, 1 6y 
 
 Ridgway, James T. Mustered out June 
 8, 6^, having served faithfully during the 
 war; was a brave soldier. 
 
 Timmons, David Mustered out May 24, 
 
 65- 
 
 Bohen, Con. Mustered out June 8, 6^. 
 Williamson, Noah Mustered out June 8, 
 
 ^5. 
 
 Williams, Lewis -- Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Stedman, Harrison Wounded at Mission 
 Ridge; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Fenton, Daniel M. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. He was a brave 
 soldier and enjoyed the respect of his superior 
 officers and all who knew him. 
 
 Cook, Ulysses Discharged; date unknown. 
 
 Alexander, John -Badly wounded Nov. 25, 
 
 63- 
 
 Ashba, Abram Discharged May 8, 65. 
 
 Ayers, John R. Transferred to V. R. C., 
 July i, 64. 
 
 Barry, Lawrence Discharged, date not 
 known. 
 
 Belew, Isaac N. Severely wounded Nov, 
 
 3C8 
 
Sergeant William G. Kiger. 
 
 Company G. 
 
25, 63; mustered out June 8, 65. He 
 
 was a good man and a brave soldier. 
 
 Brada, William Discharged May u, 
 16 5- 
 
 Burns, Michael Wounded severely; sabre 
 cut, November, 64. 
 
 Campbell, George N. Died June 19, 
 64. 
 
 Carey, John Served during the war; mus 
 tered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Doty, George Killed at Missionary Ridire. 
 
 J O 
 
 Drummond, William Promoted to Corpo 
 ral; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Erickson, John Discharged October 62. 
 
 Fairchild, Henry Wounded severely at 
 Griswoldville, Ga. 
 
 Fairchild, John L. Mustered out June 8, 
 6 5- 
 
 Fardin, Joseph Wounded by shell in battle 
 of Jackson, Miss., and gunshot wound through 
 the left arm at Mission Ridge. Rendered three 
 years of faithful service and was honorably dis 
 charged June 8, 65. 
 
 Gattis, Andrew Discharged. 
 
 Garrard, Alfred Died at Collierville 
 April 23, 63. 
 
 Garrard, Samuel Wounded on Atlanta 
 campaign; mustered out as Corporal. 
 
 Gaskill, Amos Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 
 January 25, 63. 
 
 Gillett, Joab Mustered out June 8, 65; 
 served durin the war. 
 
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Golat, Frederick A. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Henry, John Died at Collierville, April 
 23, 65. 
 
 Right, Abram Killed Mission Ridge. 
 
 Jessup, Levi Wounded. Mustered out as 
 Corporal. 
 
 Jones, James W Mustered out June 14, 
 
 65- " 
 
 Kilroy, Anthony Mustered out June 8/6:;. 
 
 Kirk, Timothy Killed, Dallas, Georgia, 
 May 30, 64. 
 
 Lewis, Samuel Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Little, William D. Killed Missionary 
 Ridge. 
 
 Ludy, William Died at Memphis, October 
 4- 63. 
 
 Meadows, Robert D Wounded in battle. 
 Mustered out 65. 
 
 Metsker, Abraham Discharged May i, 
 
 63- 
 
 Minieaf, Nelson Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Miniear, Allen Died at Camp Sherman 
 August 4. 63. 
 
 Mitcham, Henry Transferred to V. R. C. 
 July i, 1 6 4 . 
 
 Nelson, James II Killed at Atlanta, Aug. 
 
 23, 6 4 . 
 
 Pike, Thomas Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Powell, Thomas W Died at Indianapolis, 
 May 6, 65. 
 
 Powell, Uriah D Mustered out June 8/65. 
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Sanson, John Mustered out func 8, 65. 
 
 Sewall, Thomas G Wounded. Discharged 
 December 20, 64. 
 
 Sewall, Amos R Discharged June 17, 64. 
 Shipp, Albert Discharged. 
 Small, Caleb Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Smith, James W Promoted to Corporal. 
 Smith, Nathan Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Snider, Nathan Shot Nov. 25, 65; died 
 from wound at Nashville. 
 
 St. John, William Died between Chatta 
 nooga and Bridgeport. 
 
 Stebbins, Henry Killed South Carolina 
 near Peays 1 Ferry Feb. 22, 65. 
 
 Stanfield, John Died in hospital Memphis, 
 October n, 63. 
 
 Street, Hiram C. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Swadley, Nicholas A. Served faithfully in 
 the war until the end, was a good man and a 
 brave and intrepid soldier. 
 
 Swanson, Andrew Mustered out Tune 8, 
 * /" - 
 
 6 5- 
 
 Tabor, Stephens C. Died at Hilton Head, 
 Feb. 10, 65. 
 
 Timmons, William Mustered out Tune 8, 
 65- 
 
 Tolson, John Discharged . 
 
 Tounslev, Robert Wounded. Mission 
 Ridge. 
 
 Watkins, James W. Discharged. 
 
 Wakeman, Charles Died at Scottsboro, 
 Alabama, January 12, 64. 
 
 373 
 
Watkins, Benjamin Transferred to V. R. 
 C.July i, 64. 
 
 Williams, John Wounded Missionary 
 Ridge; discharged . 
 
 Wood, Edward B. Died at Mound City, 
 Illinois, August 20, 63. 
 
 Doudiean John Transferred to 48th In- 
 iana. 
 
 Kent, Redmond Transferred to 48th In 
 diana May 30, 65. 
 
 Myers, Jacob K. Transferred to 48th In 
 diana. 
 
 Norris, Benjamin Transferred to 48th In 
 diana. 
 
 Roster of Company "H" looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain John W. Ileadington organized 
 Company U H". lie was promoted to Major 
 and Lieutenant Colonel. (See Field and Staff. ) 
 
 Captain Isaac N. Frazee was promoted to 
 First Lieutenant January 9, 65, and to Captain 
 May i, ^65. Captain Frazee did active service 
 in the field during his entire term of service; he 
 was severely injured by being run over by an 
 artillery wagon in the engagement near Turkey- 
 town, Alabama. 
 
 Lieutenant Gideon Rathbun served with dis 
 tinction on the Campaigns in Northern Missis 
 sippi, and through the sieges of Vicksburg and 
 Jackson, Miss. ; he was severely wounded by a 
 grape shot in the assault on Missionary Ridge; 
 being unable for active field duty after lie was 
 
 374 
 
Lieutenant Gideon Rathbun. 
 
 Company H, icoth Indiana. 
 
wounded, he acted as A. R. Q. M. for some 
 time; he had the good opinion of all of the offi- 
 eers and the respect and confidence of the men 
 of his Command; he was brave and intrepid on 
 the field of battle. 
 
 Eli Vore was promoted to Second Lieuten 
 ant Jan. 24, 65, and to First Lieutenant May i, 
 65, and mustered out with the Regiment. 
 
 Stephen B. H. Shanks entered the service 
 as Second Lieutenant of Company "H" Sept. 
 n, 62, and was honorably discharged Jan. 23, 
 65, for disability; he was in active service in the 
 field during that time. 
 
 Edwin Rowlett was promoted to First Ser 
 geant and to Second Lieutenant, for meritorious 
 services in the field, May i, 6^. 
 
 Ware, William F. Died at Collierville, 
 April 4, 63. 
 
 Moore, David J. Wounded, Missionary 
 Ridge. 
 
 Koons, Thomas Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., Feb. i, 63. 
 
 Havaland, Jacob Wounded, Mission Ridge; 
 promoted to Sergeant; served during the war. 
 
 Barnes, Solomon M. Promoted to Sergeant; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Coldron, Sanford B. Promoted to Sergeant; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Patterson, Liberty Mustered out June 
 8, 65. 
 
 Thomas, Andrew J. Discharged May 7, 65. 
 
 Bosworth, Jacob Discharged March*22, 63. 
 
 Fifer, William Served during the war. 
 
 Hammons, Henry Mustered out June 8, 
 6$ 
 
 Mills, Aquilla K. -Promoted to Corporal, 
 
 377 
 
Wiley, William Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Antics, Joseph Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Allman, Samuel Wounded at Missionary 
 Ridge; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Bowden, John F. Promoted to Lieutenant 
 in 1 2th Indiana Cavalry. 
 
 Burd, Evan Died at home August 24, 63. 
 
 Baker, James Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Borden, George D. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 Bronner, William Promoted to Corporal; 
 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Bickel, Daniel Died at Memphis, Oct. 23, 
 
 ? 6 3 - 
 
 Bubmire, Nathan Mustered out, June 8, 
 
 65- 
 
 George II. Bonnell served faithfully until 
 the end of the war and was mustered out June 8, 
 65. He had the respect and confidence of the 
 men and his superior officers. 
 
 Bair, James M. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Blake, Samuel A. Died at Memphis, Jan. 
 8, 63. 
 
 Cain, Jonathan Discharged May 26, 63. 
 
 Castar, Charles W. Died at Bellefonte, 
 Ala. Feb. 19, ? 6 4 . 
 
 John M. Collett was one of the men who 
 never shirked the performance of a duty, whether 
 in camp, on the march or in battle. He was 
 faithful, efficient and reliable. 
 
 Carl, Joseph L. Mustered out May 13, 65. 
 
 Cartwright, James Died at Memphis Nov. 
 29, 65. 
 
 Dehoff, Joseph Died at St. Louis, Dec. 20, 
 62. 
 
 378 
 
George H. Bonnell. 
 
 (From a war times picture.) 
 
Ducket, Amos Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Fritzenger, George Mustered out June 8. 
 
 65- 
 
 Fitzgerald, Richard Transferred to V. R. 
 C. Dec. 28, 63. 
 
 Flauding, John Killed in battle of Mission 
 ary Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Flood, Joshua W. Served faithfully in the 
 field during the war; was a brave soldier always 
 ready to do his duty. He was severely wounded 
 at Griswoldville, Ga., Nov. 22, 64. He enjoy 
 ed the respect and confidence of his superior 
 officers. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 F razee, Abner Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Gibson, Obed Died at La Grange, Tenn., 
 Jan. 15, 63. 
 
 Ginger, Daniel D. Mustered out June 
 8, 65. 
 
 Giger, Abram Severely wounded by gun 
 shot through the wrist joint while bearing 
 the Regimental flag at Missionary Ridge, No 
 vember 25, 63. 
 
 Hughs, Stephen W. Mustered out June 
 8, 65. 
 
 Hilton, Levi P. Died at Vicksburg, Sept. 
 2C N 63, 
 
 Iloltstapple, Henry C, Died at Bellefonte, 
 Ala., Feb. 28, 64. 
 
 Hawkins, Joseph C. In the battle of Mis 
 sionary Ridge the colors of the regiment fell from 
 the hand of Abram Giger, who was severely 
 wounded. Hawkins took them up and bore them 
 along with the Regiment, accompanied by Lieut. 
 Col. John W. Headington, for which he was com 
 plimented by the presentation of a tine suit by the 
 officers of the Regiment. 
 
 381 
 
Hardy, James Died at La Grange, Tenn., 
 
 March 9, 63. 
 
 Ilorner William W. Promoted to Corporal; 
 
 mustered out June 8/65. 
 
 Iliff, Thomas H. Died, St. Louis, Aug. 63. 
 Kunee, Noah Died at Memphis, Novem 
 
 ber 26, 62. 
 
 Lafollett, Joseph W. Died at La Grange, 
 
 Feb. 26, 63. 
 
 Morris, John C. Died at Nashville, Dee. 
 
 McCroskey, Jacob W. Mustered out as 
 wagoner June 8, 65. 
 
 Mills, David Transferred to V. K. L. Jan. 
 
 Mason, James A. Severely wounded Mis 
 sionary Ridge; mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Mills, Cassius B. Discharged May 20, 63. 
 Merchant, John Died at Collierville, May 
 
 7, 63. 
 
 Mills, John M Died at La Grange, lenn., 
 
 Feb. Q, 63 . 
 
 Morgan, Lafayette - - Died at Scottsboro, 
 
 Ala., Dec. 27, ? 6 3 .~ 
 
 Nichols, Edward Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Porter, Elias A. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Poling, Joshua Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Plummer, Charles Transferred to V.R.C. 
 Parkinson, Isaiah Mustered out June 8/65. 
 Rowlett, Ezekiel Discharged Aug. 25, 63. 
 Rathburn, John J. - - Mustered out June 
 
 8, 65. 
 
 Ruhl, Noah Promoted to Corporal; mus 
 
 tered out I une 8, 65. 
 
 l^ Alexander W. Mustered out June 
 
 8, 65. 
 
 382 
 
John H. Collett. 
 
Joshua W. Flood, Esq. 
 
 Company II. looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Rarrick, Charles W. Mustered out Tune 
 8, 65. 
 
 Rines, Eli Promoted to Corporal; mustered 
 out June 8, 65. 
 
 Schultz, Adam Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Staley, Henry C. Promoted to Corporal; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Sutton, Jacob Discharged March 11/63. 
 
 Spahr, Henry Died on Big Black River 
 Aug.^iS, 63. 
 
 Stratton, Solon C. Died, Tallahatchie Riv 
 er Dec. 2, 62. 
 
 Towle, Taylor Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Tucker, AlvaJ. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Tucker, Granville C. Mustered out Tune 
 8, 65. 
 
 Wilkison, Samuel Wounded in battle at 
 Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 3, 64. 
 
 Whitenack, Joseph B. Mustered out Tune 
 8, 65. 
 
 Walker, James G. Killed, Missionarv 
 Ridge, Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Wilson, Cyrus L. Died at Snyder s Bluff, 
 Miss., June 30, 63. 
 
 Westfall, John Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Armantrout, Jonathan Mustered out Au<V 
 22, 65. 
 
 Bonnell, Lewis B. Mustered out Auo-. r r 
 63. 
 
 Carl, Mulford Transferred to 48th Ind.; 
 wounded in skirmish, Atlanta, Ga. 64. 
 
 Collins, Jesse Transferred to 4 8th Ind., 
 May 30, 65. 
 
 Cherry, William Died at Chattanooga, 
 Sept. 21, 64. 
 
 Flauding, Henry Transferred to 48th Jnd, 
 387 
 
Graves, Henderson Wounded in battle at 
 Dallas, Georgia. 
 
 Hood, James Died at Rome, Ga., July 15, 
 64. 
 
 Haffner, George B. Transferred to 48th 
 Ind. 
 
 Hester, William H. Transferred to 48th 
 Ind. Infantry. 
 
 Horner, Joseph Transferred to 48th Ind. 
 
 Jones, James Wounded in battle at Atlan 
 ta, Ga. 
 
 Towel, Robin M. Transferred to 48th Ind. 
 
 Thompson, Jesse Transferred to 48th Ind. 
 Infantry. 
 
 Wolfe, David Transferred to 48th Ind., 
 May 30, 65. 
 
 West, Jacob Wounded in battle of Mis 
 sion Ridge, Nov. 25, 63; transferred to 48th 
 Ind. for further services. 
 
 388 
 
Charles W. Rarrick. 
 
 Charles W. Rarrick was a model soldier. He was strong, brave and fear 
 less, always ready to do more than his duty. He repeatedly declined a promo 
 tion in his company. He was on special duty during the campaign in the Caro- 
 linas, and had many brushes with the enemy. He loved the excitement of Ithe 
 skirmish line, where he was nearly always to be found. His country can never 
 pay the debt it owes him. He was widely known and highly respected. 
 
Roster of Company "I," looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 James N. Sims entered the service as Cap 
 tain of Company U I" September 12, 62. He 
 served with distinction through the campaigns of 
 1862-3 H1 Mississippi and through the sieges of 
 Vicksburg and Jackson. He resigned on account 
 of bad health Aug. 20, 63. 
 
 Captain James M. Harland entered the 
 service as First Lieutenant of Company T Sep 
 tember 12, 62; was made Captain, August 
 12, 63. He was killed at the head of Com 
 pany "I," on the front line, in the assult on Mis 
 sionary Ridge, lie had seen active service in 
 the Mexican war in 1848-9. He was beloved 
 by the men and honored and respected by the 
 officers. 
 
 Thomas C. Dalbey entered the army as Sec 
 ond Lieutenant of Company C T September 12, 
 62. He was promoted to Captain, November 
 26, 63. He served in the field during the 
 entire term of his enlistment; was through the 
 campaigns in Northern Mississippi in 1862-3, the 
 sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson. He took com 
 mand of his company in the front line of battle 
 during the hottest of the right in the assault on 
 Missionary Ridge. He participated in every 
 action in which the Regiment was engaged. Jn 
 
 391 
 
March, ^65, he was promoted to Lieutenant- 
 Colonel of the i5oth Indiana Infantry. Captain 
 Dalbey enjoyed the esteem and confidence of 
 all who knew him. 
 
 Noah T. Catterlin was promoted to First 
 Lieutenant of Company "I/ 11 November 26, 
 63, and to Captain April i, 65. 
 
 James M. Gentry was promoted to First 
 Lieutenant April i, 65. He served through 
 the war and was mustered out with the Rein. 
 
 c^ 
 
 merit. lie was highly esteemed by the officers 
 and men of the Regiment and enjoyed their res 
 pect. 
 
 Lieut. Isaae D. Iloekman took part in the 
 Sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson. The Knox- 
 ville and Atlanta Campaigns, including the siege 
 of Atlanta and the battle of Jonesboro. 
 
 He was wounded with canister in the shoul 
 der in front of a Rebel battery at Jonesboro Au 
 gust 31/64. He was well known by every of 
 ficer and man in the Regiment and enjoyed their 
 esteem. He was promoted to Lieutenant No 
 vember 22, 64. 
 
 Robinson, Andrew M. Sergeant; enlisted 
 August 29, 62; was made orderly sergeant of 
 his Company; was unable physically to near the 
 hardships of the field and was discharged for dis 
 ability Dec. 28, 62. He re-enlisted in the Com 
 pany February 26, ^64, and served until the end 
 of the war. He was a brave and patriotic man. 
 
 Iloekman, William W. Discharged Sep 
 tember 6, ^64. 
 
 Thompson, Craven Served during the war. 
 
 Spray, Henry N. Served during the war. 
 
 Young, John W. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 29, ^65. 
 
 392 
 
Thomas C. Dalbey. 
 
 Captain Company I. ,ooth Indiana and Lieutenant-Colonel , 5 orl, Indiana. 
 (From a war times photograph). 
 
Aldridge, Willian T. Discharged Moveni 1 
 her 13, 62. 
 
 Walters, Harrison Wounded in arm in 
 action at Kenesaw Mountain June, 64; served 
 during the war. 
 
 Parvis, John W. Wounded in hand by gun 
 shot at Jonesboro, Ga. 
 
 Gillespie, John Discharged. 
 
 Keys, Thomas P. Served during the war. 
 
 Pierce, John II. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Cook, John M. Wounded in the head and 
 shoulders at Griswoldville, Ga., November 22, 
 64; served during the war. 
 
 Gaddis, George P. Served during the war. 
 , Baum, Henry M. Discharged. 
 
 Allen, Moses R. Served during the war. 
 
 Aughe, Darlington Wounded in side and 
 on head by bursting shell at Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 25, 63, from effects of which he died at 
 Marietta, Ga., Sept. 13, 64. 
 
 Butler, Henry Served during the war. 
 
 Baumgarten, Jacob Killed, Griswoldville, 
 Ga. 
 
 Cresan, William Discharged May 27, 63. 
 
 Carmaney, Joseph Served during the war. 
 
 Coonrad, Josephus Died at Nashville, 
 March 12, 64, from the effects of a wound re 
 ceived at the battle of Missionary Ridge. 
 
 Christman, Levi Died, Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., Feb. 10, 63. 
 
 Cook, Henry Missing at Missionary Ridge; 
 probably killed. 
 
 Douglass, John Discharged. 
 
 Davids, Allen J. Died at Indianapolis, 
 Nov. 27, 62. 
 
 395 
 
Doctor, Charles II. Honorably discharged 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Davis, Isaac M. Discharged. 
 
 Enright, John Was wounded in battle and 
 discharged June 8, 6$. 
 
 Fud^e. George Mustered out Tune 8. 6c. 
 
 O C5 *7 +J 
 
 Fragar, Milo Died at Grand Junction, 
 Tenn., Feb. 10, ^62. 
 
 Fisher, Samuel P. Transferred to V. R. 
 C., Jan. 10, 65. 
 
 Goble, Samuel Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Gray, John Served during the war; dis 
 charged June 8, 65. 
 
 Ghere, Samuel Discharged April 25, 63. 
 
 Goldsberry, Thomas B. Discharged. 
 
 Hancock, Cyrus E. Served during the war; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Hoover, Thomas J. Served during the war; 
 mustered out May n, 65. 
 
 Hendrickson, Isaac Promoted to Sergeant; 
 wounded in arm at Missionary Ridge. 
 
 Ilindman, Samuel Honorably discharged; 
 served during the war. 
 
 Hillis, James Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Jones, Benajah Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Jones, Elias H. Killed in the battle of Gris- 
 woldville. 
 
 Johnson, John W. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Johnson, James C. Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Kelley, William Wounded in thigh and 
 shoulder, Griswoldville, Ga. 
 
 Kelley, David S. Discharged March 6, 63. 
 
 Kelley, John R. Promoted to Corporal; 
 mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Kane, Jonn Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 396 
 
Lieutenant Isaac D. Hockman. 
 
 Company I, looth Indiana. 
 
Keneday, Milton H. Promoted to Sergeant. 
 Leach, Thomas Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 Lyons, Samuel Mustered out as Corporal 
 June 8, 65. 
 
 Lee, Robert Died Dec. 2, 62. 
 
 Louck, Simon L. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 Lucas, George W. Wounded near Dallas, 
 Ga. 
 
 Lewis, Andrew Died at Nashville, March 
 n, 64. 
 
 Martin, Simpson H. Died at Indianapolis, 
 Nov. 26, 62. 
 
 Messier, James W. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 Messier, Cornelius J. Transferred to 3rd 
 Cavalry at Indianapolis. 
 
 Messier, John R Died at Memphis, lulv 
 24, 63. 
 
 Mann, John Killed near Columbia, South 
 Carolina, Feb. 15, 65. 
 
 Marley, John M. Discharged. 
 
 Murphy, John Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 McCarty, Thomas F. Mustered out as 
 Corporal, June 8, 65. 
 
 Ostler, Robert Wounded in head at Gris- 
 woldville. 
 
 Price, Wallace F. Mustered out as Cor 
 poral June 8, 65. 
 
 Price, William M. Mustered out as Cor 
 poral June 8, 65. 
 
 Sheets, Jacob S.-- -Discharged Dec. 27, 62. 
 ^Senft, Adam L. Wounded in head in front 
 of Kenesaw Mountain. 
 
 Steele, Robert M. Mortally wounded in 
 head by canister shot at Jonesboro, Ga, 
 
Strouse, William P. Died at Colliervillc, 
 April 13, 63. 
 
 Scott, Samuel Wounded near Nashville, 
 Tenn., and discharged. 
 
 Thompson, William Transferred to V. R. 
 
 C. 
 
 Turney, James W. Mustered out June 8, 
 
 65. 
 
 Thatcher, John Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Trout, Daniel Wounded in head severely 
 at Griswoldville. 
 
 Waterbury, John J. Wounded in cheek at 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 Wolfe, Joseph Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 York, Jessie Mustered out June 8, 65. 
 
 Roster of Company "K" looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 Captain Charles W. Brousc, recruited Com 
 pany "K. 1 He was the youngest Captain in 
 the Regiment. lie served in the Seiges of Vicks- 
 burg and Jackson. He was on detached duty 
 when the assault on Missionary Ridge was be- 
 
 o- U n but he hastened his Company to the battle 
 
 field and was soon in the very whirlpool of the 
 carnage which took place in that engagement, at 
 one time a confederate line had passed around 
 our left over the tunnel, Captain Brouse re 
 quested permission of Col. Loomis to engage 
 them, which being granted, he attacked the 
 enemy furiously and was shot through an arm 
 and a lung. For twenty-four hours he received 
 no attention, having been laid among those whom 
 the surgeons regarded as beyond hope, Men 
 
 4CO 
 

 
 Captain Charles W. Brouse. 
 
 Company K, looth Indiana. 
 
Captain James Bellinger. 
 
died on each side of him, but he revived and 
 lived though terribly wounded. He was spec 
 ially mentioned for bravery in the Official Re 
 ports of the Brigade Commander. 
 
 Captain James Bolinger was promoted to 
 Second Lieutenant May i, 64, to First Lieu 
 tenant September 25, 64, and to be Captain 
 of his Companv January 17, 6y He was 
 severely wounded at the battle"^ of Griswoldville 
 November 22, 64. He served until the end 
 of the war. Captain Bollinger was an unosten 
 tatious officer, but he was resolute, firm and 
 brave. 
 
 Jeremiah M. Wise was commissioned First 
 Lieutenant September 24, 62, and resigned Feb 
 ruary 29, 64. 
 
 Henry G. Collis entered^the service as Sec 
 ond Lieutenant of Company U K" September 24, 
 ^62. He was promoted to First Lieutenant of 
 his Company; was detailed as an Aide on the 
 staff of Col. Loomis, commanding the Brigade 
 and served in that capacity with much^credit. 
 He was specially referred to and mentioned in 
 the official reports of the Brigade Commander 
 for bravery and entrepidity. 
 
 Lieutenant Cornelius List was several times 
 promoted for bravery and efficient service ;Jand 
 on the lyth day of January, 1865, he was pro 
 moted to be First Lieutenant of his Company. 
 He was a faithful soldier, was brave and gener 
 ous to a fault. He was loved by all who knew 
 him and was esteemed and respected by the 
 officials of his Regiment. 
 
 Lieutenant B. Burch was promoted often. 
 On the 22nd day of November, 1864, he was 
 
 405 
 
promoted to Second Lieutenant. He served in 
 the held until the war ended. 
 
 Henry, William Sergeant; transferred to 
 V. R. C. June 18, 63. 
 
 Burch, Leonard B. Promoted Sergeant for 
 meritorious conduct. 
 
 Cherry, William Sergeant; killed by can 
 non shot at Congaree Creek near Columbia, 
 South Carolina, Feb. 15, 65. 
 
 Stirling, Robert D. Mustered out June 
 29. 65, as Sergeant. 
 
 Parkhill, Samuel Mustered out June 8, 
 65, as Sergeant. 
 
 Norwood, Dayton T. Wounded in battle; 
 mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Batts, Richard A. Killed in battle of Jones- 
 boro, Georgia, Aug. 31, while bringing ammu 
 nition to the line of battle during the Confederate 
 Assault. 
 
 Irons, James II. Mustered out Aug. 25, 
 
 65- 
 
 Pollard, Zachariah Mustered out ]une 29, 
 
 65- 
 
 Toon, John M. Discharged Feb. 5, 63. 
 Beals, Malvin M. Mustard out, June, 65. 
 Martin, Ragsdale S. Discharged Dec. 25, 
 62. 
 
 Eaton, Morgan H. Discharged April 31, 
 
 63. 
 
 Allwine, Jacob Mustered out June 14, 65. 
 Armstrong, John P. Severely wounded, 
 Missionary Ridge; discharged May 5, 65. 
 
 Anderson, David L. Discharged Dec. 31, 
 
 Y H . 
 
 Beals, Malvin M. Mustered out June 29, 
 
 65- 
 
 406 
 
Lieutenant Henry G. CoIHs. 
 
 Company K. icoth Indiana Infantry; A. A, G. on Loomis staff. 
 

 Lieutenant Cornelius List. 
 
 Company K. zooth Indiana Infantry, 
 
Bennett, David O. Wounded, Mission 
 Ridge; mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Bogg, John Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Binder, John W. Wounded, Missionary 
 Ridge; mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Burdick, Louis B. Discharged May 16/65. 
 
 Borntrager, George Wounded in battle of 
 Griswoldville; mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 Bickle, Thomas Mustered out June 14, 65. 
 
 Colclazer, Joseph Died at Memphis, Dee. 
 5, 62. 
 
 Crum, Miehael E. Wounded at Dallas, 
 Georgia; mustered out June, 65. 
 
 Cash, Alfred A. Discharged Dec. 31, 64. 
 Casteel, Calvin Died at Keokuk, Iowa* 
 June 20, 63. 
 
 Cramer, Mathias Mustered out June 29, 
 
 Duke, Columbus Killed, Missionary Ri 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Dearmin, James M. Transferred to V R 
 C. May 31, 64. 
 
 Everson, Jacob M. Discharged May 3, 65. 
 Foster, Henderson Honorably discharged 
 June 29, 65. 
 
 Gratner, Henry Discharged May 3, 65. 
 
 Gearing, Dennis Mustered out^ Tune ^o 
 6 5- 
 
 ^Hoag, JohnDied at Holly Springs, Dec. 
 3 1 1 02 . 
 
 Heady, James W. Mustered out at the end 
 ot the war. 
 
 Hays, Samuel J. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 Hastings, Thomas A. Mustered out June 
 2 9, 65. 
 
 411 
 
Haswell, George {.--Mustered out May 
 
 3<>> 6 5- 
 
 Haynes, Andrew Mustered out as Corporal 
 
 June 29/65. 
 
 Haynes, Frank Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 Jackson, Wm. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 Jackson, Jacob Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 Kennedy, Levi M. -- Mustered out June 
 
 29, 65- 
 
 Kepler, John. Died at Memphis, October 
 
 IS, 6,3- 
 
 Logan, William A. Mustered out June 
 
 29, 6 5- 
 
 McClelland, Edward M. Wounded at Mis 
 sionary Ridge. 
 
 Mullis, Ennis P. Taken prisoner in North 
 Carolina, April, 65, and shot while trying to es 
 cape. 
 
 Morgan, George W. Mustered out June 
 
 29, 6 5 . 
 
 Moore, Jesse W. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Moore, James M. - - Mustered out June 
 29, 65. 
 
 Nerhoocl, John K. Killed in battle of Mis 
 sionary Ridge. 
 
 Pollard, William II. Wounded in battle of 
 Griswoldville, Ga., Nov. 22, 64. 
 
 Pratt, Josiah. Discharged April 16, 63. 
 
 Phillips, Benjamin. -- Died at home Dec. 
 24, 64. 
 
 Pugh, David N. Wounded at Missionary 
 Ridge Nov. 25, 63; wounded at Griswoldville 
 Nov. 22, 64; served faithfully during the war, 
 was a brave soldier and a great favorite with his 
 brave little Captain, who was standing by him 
 when he was shot, 
 
 412 
 
B. F. Smith. 
 
 Company K. icoth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Pugh, Moses N . Was one of those quiet sol 
 diers who always managed to do all of his duty 
 at all times and under all circumstances, whether 
 on the march or in battle. The country owes a 
 duty to Moses N. Pugh. tie was wounded at 
 Bentonville, March 21, 65, while on the picket 
 line with the writer. 
 
 Palmer, Noah E. Discharged Dec. 31/64. 
 
 Richardson, Ethelbert.-- -Discharged May 
 n, 63. 
 
 Rouse, George W. Mustered out June 
 
 29, 6 5 . 
 
 Rapp, Michael. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Russell, Samuel N. Died at Jackson, Tenn., 
 Jan. 26, 63. 
 
 Rodebaugh, Samuel. Mustered out May 
 1 8, 65. 
 
 Spratt, John E. Enjoys the distinction of 
 being the youngest soldier in the looth Indiana, 
 being less than fourteen years old when he en 
 listed; mustered out as Corporal June 29, 65. 
 
 Smith, William Died at Grand Junction 
 Feb. 23, 63. 
 
 Stouffer, John T. Mustered out June 29, 
 
 65- 
 
 Smith, B. F. -Enlisted August 13, 1862, 
 when a mere boy, and with a single exception he 
 was the youngest soldier in the Regiment; a frail 
 little fellow but he had a great big man s heart in 
 his breast. He soon became a favorite with the 
 men and officers. He was fearless, boy as he 
 was, but he performed a soldier s whole duty 
 from the date of his enlistment to the end of the 
 war. When the war ended he was yet a boy. 
 He was a high-minded, moral, brave little sold- 
 
 415 
 
ier. He was wounded severely in battle of 
 Griswoldville. 
 
 Stabler, Christian Discharged April 16, 
 
 63- 
 
 Swisher, Solomon Mustered out June 29, 
 
 6 5- 
 
 Snyder, Murray Mustered out June 29, 
 
 6 5 . 
 
 Tucker, David Killed at Missionary Ridge 
 Nov. 25, 63. 
 
 Vanwarmer, William A. Mustered out as 
 Corporal June 29, 64. 
 
 Ward, Levan Mustered out June 29, ^65. 
 
 Williamson, William {.---Discharged Dec. 
 
 31, 64- 
 
 West, John W. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Zook, Jacob A. Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Baker, Solomon Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Cordray, Walter Served with Company 
 "A." 
 
 Destiger,Emanuel Taken prisoner in North 
 Carolina, and shot while trying to escape April, 
 65; same time as E. P. Mullis. 
 
 Eagle, John D. Transferred to 48th Indi 
 ana June 29, 65. 
 
 Frank, Andrew ]. Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana June 29, ^65. 
 
 Gallazio, Charles G. Mustered out July 
 
 3, 65- 
 
 Gullion, George W. Discharged. 
 
 Hilbert, Thomas }. Died at Nashville, 
 Sept. 28, 64. 
 
 Haswell, Lewis R. Transferred to 48th 
 Regiment June 27, 65. 
 
 Lower, Israel Died at Keokuk, Iowa, 
 March 14, 63. 
 
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Moses N. Pugh. 
 
 Company K. looth Indiana Infantry. 
 ( From an old time tin-type). 
 
George Wert. 
 
 Company K. tooth Indiana Infantry 
 
Charles Sims. 
 
 Company K. looth Indiana Infantry. 
 
Leavitt, Philander C., Jr. Transferred for 
 further service. 
 
 Norwood, Isaae N. Wounded severely at 
 Griswoldville. 
 
 Obert, Frederick Transferred to 48th Indi 
 ana June 27, 65. 
 
 Robinson, Henry- Died at Marietta, Ga. r 
 Aug. 10, 64. 
 
 Sherman, John Q. A. Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana June 27, 65. 
 
 Simons, George Discharged Oct. 29, 64. 
 
 Wert, George Entered the army August 2 1, 
 62; he was one of the many faithful and reliable 
 soldiers in Company U K"; he served faithfully 
 and efficiently until the war closed, and made a 
 clean, enviable and noble record. 
 
 Sims, Charles Was another man who did 
 noble service during the war; when duty called 
 he was always there to answer; he served faith 
 fully, and had the esteem and respect of the men 
 and officers of his Company; he deserves to be 
 remembered well by those who come after him. 
 
 Sharpnack, Charles Transferred to 48th 
 Indiana, June 27, 65. 
 
 Tupper, Frank Transferred to 48th Indi 
 ana June 27, 65. 
 
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OUR REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 To perpetuate memories and friendships 
 formed under the pressure of common danger 
 and in many instances bathed in and cemented 
 by the blood of the parties, the survivors of the 
 Hundredth Regiment have organized an associa 
 tion which holds a reunion each year, which 
 has served to keep alive these memories and 
 has been the cause of great good. The 
 first Reunion was held Nov. 2^, 1886, at Kendall - 
 ville. Ten of these Reunions have been held 
 and the nth is to be held at Kendallville in 1896. 
 They are \vell attended and the body of men who 
 were members of the looth compare favorably 
 \vith those of any society socially and intellect 
 ually. 
 
 At these reunions the utmost good feeling 
 and fellowship prevails. The wives of the sol 
 diers, who as a body of womanly matrons have 
 no superior socially or patriotically, aided by the 
 Woman s Relief Corps and the good people 
 \vhere the reunions are held, always have pre 
 pared a bountiful repast where all are welcome 
 to the refreshments provided. 
 
 The talented and refined sons and daughters 
 of the old Veterans always have an interesting 
 program for the evening s exercises embracing 
 
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vocal and instrumental music, patriotic son^s, 
 set to National airs and humorous and dramatic 
 recitations. 
 
 Hiss Isa Lloyd Upson. 
 
 The daughter of the regiment, adopted November 2;th, 1886. 
 
 At the first reunion Miss Upson was adopted 
 sis the daughter of the Regiment at the age of 
 six years. She possesses dramatic talent 
 and with the assistance of the sons and daughters 
 of the old soldiers, many of whom also possess 
 rare talent, the entertainments are rendered 
 first class. These exercises are usually inter 
 spersed with an address by some member which 
 renders the reunions beneficial and highly en 
 tertaining. It is to be hoped that when the last 
 gray haired Veteran has gone the way of all the 
 -earth that these reunions will be perpetuated by 
 their sons and daughters and their descendants. 
 
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The following table shows the death and 
 other losses by Companies of the looth Indiana 
 
 during its term of service: 
 
 CO. 
 
 DEATHS. 
 
 DISCHARGED. 
 
 TRANSFERRED. 
 
 RESGD. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 A" 
 
 34 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 61 
 
 B" 
 
 25 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 45 
 
 C" 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 45 
 
 !)" 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 49 
 
 E" 
 
 26 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 50 
 
 < F " 
 
 23 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 52 
 
 ( G" 
 
 19 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 H" 
 
 24 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 47 
 
 "I" 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 o 
 
 36 
 
 "K" 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 Total .... 
 
 230 
 
 140 
 
 74 
 
 23 
 
 467 
 
 Fid. Staff 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 Totals.. 
 
 231 
 
 141 
 
 74 
 
 28 
 
 474 
 
 The following table show r s the number of 
 deaths during the War in each Regiment of the 
 Second Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army 
 Corps : 
 
 KILLED. 
 
 DIED. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 
 NAME OF REGIMENT. 
 
 u. 
 ttt 
 
 MEN. 
 
 | 
 
 MEN. 
 
 DEATHS. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 100th Ind. Vol. In. 
 
 3 
 
 62 
 
 3 
 
 166 
 
 234 
 
 (Error of 3.) 
 
 97th Ind. Vol. In.. 
 
 3 
 
 51 
 
 6 
 
 172 
 
 232 
 
 Maj. Genl. Chas. 
 
 26th 111. In 
 
 2 
 
 88 
 
 2 
 
 194 
 
 286 
 
 R. Wood, Com. 
 
 40th 111. In. . 
 
 6 
 
 119 
 
 4 
 
 117 
 
 246 
 
 Div. 
 
 103d 111. In 
 46th Ohio In ... 
 6th Iowa In 
 
 8 
 10 
 8 
 
 87 
 124 
 144 
 
 1 
 7 
 2 
 
 153 
 149 
 126 
 
 249 
 290 
 
 280 
 
 Col. Charles C. 
 Wolcott, Com. 
 Brig. 
 
 
 39 
 
 676 
 
 25 
 
 1077 
 
 1817 
 
 
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The following table 
 losses during the War in 
 
 shows the total death 
 the Four Army Corps 
 and the Cavalry which marched to the sea. 
 
 
 KILLED. 
 
 DIED. 
 
 
 
 OFF. 
 
 MEN. OFF. 
 
 MEN. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 14th Army Corps 
 20th Army Corps 
 17th Army Corps 
 15th Army Corps 
 7th Cavalry Corps. 
 
 196 
 238 
 165 
 293 
 42 
 
 3,903 
 4,364 
 2,920 
 4.756 
 646 
 
 93 
 
 70 
 89 
 170 
 26 
 
 7,613 
 5,797 
 6,912 
 11,166 
 2,232 
 
 11,858 
 10,489 
 10,096 
 16,385 
 2,946 
 
 TOTAL DEATH Loss. 
 
 934 
 
 16,589 
 
 448 
 
 33,720 
 
 51,774 
 
 TOTAL DEATH LOSSES ALL CAUSES. 
 
 The following table is an approximate state 
 ment of the total deaths in the Union arm} from 
 all causes during the war: 
 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 MEN. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 Killed and mortally wounded 
 Died of various diseases. . 
 
 6,365 
 2 719 
 
 103,705 
 
 1Q7 OflS 
 
 110,070 
 
 Disease and starvation in prison. . 
 Accidental 
 
 83 
 
 948 
 
 24,783 
 
 O 01 f\ 
 
 lvv,{ JU 
 24,866 
 
 Murders and sunstrokes 
 Prisoners murdered 
 
 42 
 14 
 
 o,oiU 
 
 791 
 
 QO 
 
 9,()o8 
 833 
 i n_i 
 
 Self destruction (suicides) 
 Executed under sentence 
 
 26 
 
 365 
 267 
 
 1LM 
 
 391 
 
 t)fi~ 
 
 Executed by rebels 
 Unknown causes. . 
 
 4 
 
 90 
 
 60 
 14,065 
 
 64 
 14,155 
 
 TOTALS, 
 
 9,584 
 
 349,944 
 
 359,528 
 
 The Confederate total Josses were doubt 
 less about the same. During the last year of the 
 war their reports were very incomplete and the 
 true losses sustained cannot be ascertained. 
 
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The following table shows the strength of 
 the four Army Corps and Kilpatrick\s Cavalry 
 Division on the march through the Carolinas in 
 1865: 
 
 
 INFANTRY. 
 
 CAVALRY. 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 15 Army Corps 
 
 15,244 
 
 23 
 
 403 
 
 15,670 
 
 17 Army Corps 
 
 12,873 
 
 30 
 
 261 
 
 13,161 
 
 Total Army Term 
 14 Armv Corps . . . 
 
 28,117 
 14,653 
 
 53 
 
 664 
 445 
 
 28,834 
 15,098 
 
 20 Army Corps 
 
 12,471 
 
 
 494 
 
 12,965 
 
 Total Army Georgia.. 
 
 27,124 
 
 
 939 
 
 28,063 
 
 Total lioth Armies 
 
 
 
 
 56,097 
 
 Cavalry Division 
 
 
 5484 
 
 175 
 
 5,659 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total on March through 
 the Carolinas 
 
 
 
 
 61,756 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The following table shows the strength of 
 the Union army at different times during the 
 war. The figures to the right of any particular 
 date in the column will give the number of troops 
 in the service of the United States at that time: 
 
 January 1, 1861 16,367 
 
 July 1,1861 186,751 
 
 June 1, 1862 575,917 
 
 March 31, 1862 918,191 
 
 June 1, 1863 860,737 
 
 January 1, 1865 959,460 
 
 March 31, 1865 980,086 
 
 May 1, 1865 1,000,516 
 
 At the close of the war the Unionists had 
 
 more than a million men in the service, many 
 
 thousands of whom never reached the seat of 
 w r ar. 
 
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