The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-31
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I The indianapolis Journal has received
letter from Thomas Underwood, Quarter
master of the 22d Indiana regiment, date,
at ." Camp, three and half miles south o
s. Upton, Mo.sJanuary IS, Il o'clock, P. NJ,
from which we make the following ex
tract
Gen. JEFF. Davis brigade, consisting O
the 9Th, 18th, and 22d Indiana regiments
and Klaus Indiana battery, has Just en-
4 camped here, en- route Southwark We
left Ottervile on Friday morning for Upton,
thence to this place. The friends of meRl-
bers of the above regiments will be at q less
to know where to direct letters, and we
can't tell them where we are going. As
Upton is the last Postofice on the railroad
that we expect to gaze upon for some time,
l thought l would take moment to drop
You line informing you of our movements.
H. LieutenantsS D.. Hueklebury, of the 9th
regiment, Colonel Crittenden, was in the
/ city yesterday, direct from the headuuar-
ters of the regiment, on Green river. lie is
! accompanied by Corporal Prather and pri-
vate Mccoy, and is on his way TO Burnham.
Jennings county, to recruit few men to
I'LL the regiment to its maximum. We re-
greet to learn that Colonel Crittenden was at
his home at Madison when the Lieutenant
lett the regiment, sick. The general health
and condition of the regiment is very good.
with the exception of some cases of measles
@Irad.k Journal.
The Second Indiana cavalry have beea
recently paid off in Kentucky, and have
sent home upward of thirty thousand dol
lars.
The 18th and 10th Indiana regiments.
whose terms of enlistment expire in NAV.
have obtained permission to re- organize for
the war. an
The following soldiers from Indiana have
died in the vicinity of ST. Louis: -,
Jan. 20. Andrew Baker, Co. q, 22nd Ind.
Jan. 2l.-James L. Powell Co D, 25th |
Indiana; John w. Stevens, Co. |
/, 18th Ind.
Jan. 24.-John L. DriseoIl, Co I, 18th In
diana.
The following is list of the Indiana SOL
diers who have died ia the general hospitals
IN Louisville, during the week ending Jan
oath, 1862:
Jan l7.-Rixon Simons, Co. F, 57th;
David Steurer, Co. ], goth.
an Io.-HenTy Rider, Co. |. Both
Oliver Maris, Co. A, 38tk;
Matthaw Burns, Co. K, 40th.
Jan l9.-Aitaero Felter, Co. |, 34th
Samuel Wathorn, Co. D, 34th
Ian 20, Lowry M. Glass, Co. K, 37th
Samuel Winthrop, Co. D. 39th.
San. 2l.-George Heck, seth. l.
Dixon Underwood, Co. G, 3sth. h
Ian. Pc. g. Macy, Co. @, Seth
Noah Bennett, Co. F, 37th +
81. Lewelleu, Co. f, 3sth.
Ian. 23.-JOhn Stansbnry, Co. 9, 3Oth.
Ian. 24.-Adam SworswolIer, Co. G, 3Otb
Lieut.. Col. Norris, of the I'd Indiana cay
dry, in Gen. Nelson's Division, now in {
kentucky, has resigned, and gone to !
" Washington, He is Captain in the Regu-
AT army resHs rhfs
Major General Love is now in Wander .
'urgh comfy organizing the Legion. His | +
xertions thus far have had q good result. &
n one respect, at least. As companies have r
'een fol med, end tho men partially drilled, c
hey have acquired taste for military life, 3
nd have the more readily been induced to r
utter into active service. The General will b
lot be absent but a few days.-Znd Jour. a
Lieut.. Richardson, Lieutenant Carr. Ser d
cant Major- Hooker, Sergeant Rabbit, Ser e
cant Baker, Sergeant Thompson, all of the :
9th Indiana, now at Fortress Monroe, late $
rom the sand banks Of Hatteras, are now q
a Indiana recruiting for the regiment that d
uttered so much and is ready to go at it
gain Whenever called upon. They report 81
he men in excellent health, in fine condi- :
ion, and expecting TO be called upon to /
lake an advance on Norfolk in very short
me. Troops are rapidly concentrating at |.
ortress Nonioe, together with number Sc
f heavily armed guuboats, and some six to OF
ght FIRST class men-of-war. u
powerful demonstration on SewalPs
oint, Graney Island, and Pigs Point may p
e part of the programme .
The regiments lying about Forteress Mon III
De, in camp, are in splendid condition, and II
nder the command of Col Max Weber.
sting Brig. General, will make determined 3
.rike when the opportunity offers. A few
ays before the above named detail Of Off -
rs left camp, the picket, company (B), D.
ptured thirteen seeessiOnists, and being
ought before Col. Brown they stated they ! II
d not know whether they were Union
en- but supposed they were, in fact they M M
opposed everything, aud were not positive
z anything. Col. Brown sent them to
d. Weber, who decided that they were cir
It worth their rations and gave orders !
at they should be kicked out of camp, III
hich was accordingly done, with what
ace and dignity the performers could !,
mmand. They sneaked out like dogs
18th tails between their legs, and are not cir
pected TO be seen again till they are at
ehed to rope and strung up" for their g
plicity and mendacity. Hs
The big ship Constitution, which has fro
en- lying at Fortress Monroe some ten
Us with 3, 1000 troops on board, on account /
ship fever prevailing among the soldiers, I
8 disembarkea the troops near the fort, fra
long whom is a Maine regi nent from the
DIST Northern extremity of the State !
an who have.liyed all their lives in the o'c
who have never seen a village
who went into the war to fight gu
d will listen to nothing else, great stall at
lrt back woodsmen who care not for roll viz
Il, and would be there whether called or ole
t, eager for the fight and dead ahOts at a J
ndred yards They say they don't know =