Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-30
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Missouri, says:
Capt. Highman was a native Of Posey county,
who left his family and business 10 serve his
country upon the tented field He was a brave
soldier and a good citizen. and his loss will be
mourned by his numerous friends in Southern
Indiana. s
The Louisville Journal says the All regi
ment. Colonel Jones. has received tents and uni
forms. The regiment is composed of e~xceIlens
material. and will be equal to any in the service.
The remains of George winder, a private.
who died in the service, we're inferred at Evans
vile recently with the honors of war. The en-
tire city united in respect to the honored dead.
The Indianapolis correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial says:
The sympathy Of all loyal men here is with
Fremont Letters from our regiments. in Mis-
souri,, say that they will stack their arms if he is
removed. He is their idol, and they propose to
stand by him.
The War Department has issued an order
interdicting passes from the loyal lines to within
those of the rebels everywhere.
DIR. B. F. Mullen, of Ripley county, a gen.
tleman among the most distinguished of the pub
lie men of Indiana, has, we learn. been author
lied by his Excellency. Governor Morton. to
raise a regiment to be numbered the 6lst Indi-
ana volunteers. DR.. Mullen has had his atten-
ton directed to military matters for the past ff-
teen years-or before he reached his majority.
DR.. Mullen served asssurgeon during the Mexi
can war, and he was one of the volunteer Off
GERS who did not return before the campaign was
finished on account of i'll health. DIR. Mullen,
of the foremost of our orators. We well re-
member his eloquent and impassioned denunci-
ations OF KnoS Nothingism in 81. when he, 9th.
ers fearing the storm. stood in the very foremost
ranks battling for the rights of the adopted citizen.
DR.. Mullen is an Irishman by descent and the coun-
trymen of his forefathers owe him a debt of graf
itude for the noble stand he has heretofore taken,
sacrificing his political prospects and his all in
their behalf. DIR. Mullen's regiment, we are
told, will form a part of Gen. Shields's division.
Gen. Shields is another gallant Irishman who has
spilled his blood for the honor of the flag of his
adopted country. Under such brave, and true
and tried and approved leaders we predict for the
6lst a career Which will illustrate gloriously the
pages of our national history.
Gen. Shields's name is already immortal. His
subaltern, DIR. Mullen, is equally as well drilled,
as courageous and patriotic. Any Military Board,
passing upon DIR. Mullen's merits. would, we hes
itate not to say, in view of his experience and the
services he has already rendered, put him among
the foremost of our brave volunteer officers. DIR.
Mullen, as commander of the 6lst Indiana,
which, we understand, is to be composed mainly
of Irishmen, will illustrate and shed additional
glory upon the Irish character and upon all who
follow him upholding VIGOROUSLY the stars and
stripes, or who die as soldiers should die for the
country which they love so well.
CAMPAIGN ENDED IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
1t appears to be the general belief, SAYS the
Wheeling InteLtioeRcer, that the campaign in
Western Virginia is virtually ended. Rosecrans
has fallen back and taken a position on the
Charleston and Lewisburg turnpike, "a short dis
lance above the junction of New and Gaulev riv
ers. The rebel army appears also to have re-
fired toward Lewisburg. The roads are repre-
senied rs having become so bad in that region
as TO render military transportation next to I'm
possible, and that, of course, renders any impor-
tant army movement impract:cabie, for a time
at least. There ought to be a month of good
weather vet, however, and in that time some
thing might and ought to be done. The real dit
fculty is that Rosecran's division is not strong
enough TO act on the offensive, and it is not re
garded judicious TO advance too far into an enc
my's country at this season of the year, when a
rain storm might at any time stop transportation,
without a force sufficient to meet any that might
be brought against it. If the army in Western
Virginia is, not largely reinforced very shortly, it
will have to content itself for the remainder of
the season with acting on the defensive. This
will not be an arduous service. The rebels have
been ~singularly unfortunate in all their under
takings against Western Virginia, and they will
trouble the people of that region no more this
winter.
Why is it that Governor Morton has not
appointed George Washington Strickler, of Wa
verify, n Colonel of one of the Indiana regiments
now in progress of formation or hereafter to be
formed? We pause for a reply.
The Evansville Journal says:
Recruiting in Kentucky for the Federal Army
appears to be an uphill business. Colonel Cur
ran Pope has been in camp for several weeks
near Louisville, and yet his regiment is not COM
plete. The Journal and Democrat have made
patriotic appeals to the people sufficient, we
should think. to set their blood on fire, and to fill
every regiment in the shortest possible time.
But the appeals seem to fall on indifferent ears.
The Democrat says they will soou be ready. We
hope so, but our faith is not strong.
There are now TO men in Camp Allen,
Fort Wayne, and the regiment is rapidly fill
ing up.
A firm in Terre Haute has donated to the
ladies sufficient yarn to knit 300 pairs of socks.
Frank Posey, a young gentleman well known
as connected with the Press of Indiana, who
served during the three months campaign of the
18th, under Col. Wallace, and whose talent and
capacity is acknowledged by all, has, we are graft
fed to learn, secured an appointment which attach
es him to Col. Fry's regiment, now raising in Hi
nois. Col. Fry is an old and respected citizen
of that State. He served in the Mexican war
with distinguished honor. He has filed many
places of trust in civil life conferred upon him by
the people. His name awakens an enthusiasm
among the Illinoisans everywhere, and under
him our young friend Posey cannot fail to win
distinction.
The FREDERIcKrowS BATTLE We make
the following extracts from an interesting letter
published in the Missouri Democrat:
FREpERIcKrowx, October g.
The fight at Fredericktown WIS the fairest that
has yet taken place between the Union and Sc
cession forces. The belliserents were just about
equal i'm numbers and position, and whatever was
gained by the one over the other must be attrib'
uted to courage and skill rather than to any otn-
er cause. 1t was a fair stand up and fight.
left ThomDsOu was in possession OF freder-
icktown; his bands were piIlaging the country III
every direction, and it was decided to dislodge
him.
A force was ordered up from Cape Girardeau