The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-04-25
.Gantofk 9tftrsonian.
Local and Miscellaneous.
HEAD QuARrERs 57rH REo'r o. W., }
3rd brigade, 9th Division.

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HEAD QuAprERs 57rH REo'r o. ". l., J..
3rd brigade, 9th Division.
Dept Of Tennessee, April llth, 1o62.)
EDiToRs COURIER AND Ynx JgrrEssosIAN
Sirs, s,--Availing myself of the presence Of A
Bushon, esq. OF Findlay. who is in our CAM
to night, having arrived this afternoon,
drop you line. The people Of Hancoci
and vicinity are doubtless anxious to hea
from their friends aud relatives in the 9th
We have passed through the most terribl,
battle that has ever been fought in America
perhaps in the world. have not time tc
describe it; could not do il if tried. !,
n indescrbable. The deeds OF vaor and
individual daring performed by our soldiers
on the 9th and 7tb days Of April, are unsur-
passed in the annals Of history.
The flank companies Of the 57th were on
picket duty on the night Of the 9th. Atda,-
light or q little before. The rebel sSirmishers
advanced aud wetc attacked by our pickets,
and fighting continued between them until
the enemy's advance came up, when the
picke,s fell back upon our camp and told us
that the enemy were advancing in immense
force--thnt there were as many Of them as
there were trees in the woods. Orders were
immediately given for oar regiment TO form
on the color line. II will be remembered
that the o1,h were stationed in the advance.
on the Corinth road, and we learned from
prisoners taken that the flower of the South.
ern army, under the immediate charge of
Btauregard, attacked us, being the center.
About half past six o. clock IN the morn.
ing .hey were within sixty rods Of the front
OF our camp. was very sick and had been
so for nearly week-heipg un-
able IS be out Of my tent land Lieut.. Col.
Rice was with the boys on the color line
The balls came hying through the tents as
hail. had got up and seen that the boys
were formed all rlght, and turned around
and went into my tent for some purpose,
when some eight OF ten bullets came through
It. then went out and had my horse sad
died and got Pat TO help me on. The first
thing was TO tel the sick in the hospital to
get out OF the way; but when | got to the
hospital quarters, six Of the boys who had
not done anything but lay under the Sur
geon's hands for weeks, were starting with
their guns toward the line, and they fell in
and fought. About this time the balls were
numerous" | then went down to the
color line, and Lieut.. Col. Rice had ordered
them to advance, which they did in good
order, toward the spring, right in frort of
our camp. They reserved their fire until
tie rebels were about eighty yards of, when
they opened, and the result of few rounds
was seventy-eght dead rebels, which we
buried on Tuesday morning. These never
got away. How many were wounded we
can tell nothing whatever. cannot partic-
ularzs; hut tell you that the boys did
their whole duty. Their friends need not
be ashamed of them. We received q very
complimentary note from Gen. Grant, this
evening, and Gen. Sherman complimenied
the 57th.
Correspondents write about Gen. Wallace
aud Gen. Buell., aud what their forces did.
| tell you that the forces here--about forty
aud rcpulsed the rebels on
Sunday. There were sixty or seventy regi.
men's, hut not over sixty per cent, Of the
men were fl for duty. They lad, on Sun.
day, ninety thousand men, and received
thIity thousand men Of a reiniorcem, Mt on
sunday night. BueIPs troops commenced
arriving Sunday evening, aud they were
welcomed, aud | asSute you they fought
bravely aud CALAMITY on Monday. 1t Is
enough for ne ~ say that two such days
fighting has never been on this continent.
Gov. R) JOhnSon-the SeceSh Governor vi
Kentucky was taken prisoner, said
that they had 10000 lighting men against
us.
You will doubtless get full particulars of
the fighl ere this reaches you.
| subioin ns conect statement of the
killed aud wounded as | can. While we
feel glad that the rebels are whipped. our
joy is sadly inttrningled with sorrow for
The death and suiTctlngs Of our gallant com
rades. Their friends have our sincere sym
pathy and coincidence.
Co. A, 5Tth Regiment Captain James q.
GnbDen. n.-kilicG-Cap, James Z. GIibLem,
shot through. right breast; private Isaac Har.
Iis, shot head; private Richard Campbell,
shot through hips and bayonetted through
the head.
Wounded--2d Lieut.. James A. Dixon, in
right foot; SeTgt. Joseph McCrate, in lell
thigh; privaies Matthias Beamer, IN le(l
arm; Arthur Harris, in right ankle lsince
amputated>; Daniel ID. Dickey, right shoul.
der; James N. Smith, in right knee; VIM.
ID. Mayberry, left side; NJ. d. Tate, shot
through both legs; Ltmuel Sneary, right
leg; Stephen White, left arm; j. Warner
lett hip; Daniel Shaler, left side, slightl,
John Nichols, LEFT side.
Mssing-John Paxson.
Co. B.-Cspiain p. Faulhaber.--Killed--
% Corporal Joseph Zimmerman.
Wounded--6ih Corporal Martin Beaver,
shot through both thlghsj privates, Johu
Fhngst. in shoulderj John Dounisbaugh, in
cheek and neck; Aaron b. Bosslen, il
thumb, slightly; Patrick Lynch, in hand
Harrison Benner, in shoulder, slightly; Lo
Todd, in shoulder, slightly.
Co. C.-Csptain S. r. Mott.-Wounded--
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