The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-27
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
LrhANnN. Kx.. Oct 30. 1s62:

IRENE South, the 18th has enjoyed lighter
duty. Our march from the Cumberland
Mountains was rapid and laborious. In
fifteen days we marched PIT miles, an
average ofeighteen milesper day, a nd as
we made only ten miles some days and
as much as thirty-one and thirty-four 9TH
ers, it was very depressing upon the men.
In fact the whole summer has been
hard one with us. We left the LIST of
Of July, and got back to KY, September
10th, thus passing the hot season in Len
nessee and Alabama. During these three |
| months we did not have full ra- |
tions more than one third of the time. |
Morgan s, Forests and SCOTS Cavalry, |
and dozen smaller bands, were prowl- |
| ing around the country making attacks |
wherever any of our forces were found
in small numbers guarding bridges or
army stores, and the 18th and other reg
iments had to be continually securing the
country to protect our men from these
brigand bands Several times we came
near trapping large number of these,
but they BY some hook or crook, would
escape us. Near McMinnville, in sAu-
gust. we came one evening, suddenly up
on Forrest with 1900 cayaly, (Texas
Rangers, Alabama and Georgia troops.)
Our advance guard fired, when they
made off at full speed, while from four
cannon we paid them parting salute
We killed and wounded eight or ten OF
them, but they got away in spite OF us.
Another time we made an effort to
surround them but failed Our regiment
in this expedition assembled the Cumber-
land Mountain to Altamont, county seat
of Grundy county, Tennessee. 1t is
small place of no special Importance, ex-
cept, as its name indicates, it is on the
top of the mountain, in one of the highest
localities in America AS | stood upon
this mountain peak on q pleasant after
noon gazing at the clouds drifting above
the heavens far below me, and saw the
sun leave the valley and wend its way
up the mountain side, until it finally left
us in darkness | could not help calling
to mind the eloquent and sorrowtul APP
peal made by Governor johnson IN the
American Senate, when the Rebels were
attempting to force Tennessee uot of the
Union, said he: 1t may be too late, yet
they can never drive us out ofthis Union
no never We will remain as firm as the
basis of the mountains that surround us;
yea, we will immitate them. But if we
are overcome, we will take the flag OF
our beloved country witha stalwart hand,
and honest heart and firm tread, and
plant it upon the summit of our highest
mountain, there to wave, that the passer
by in coming time may see the spot
where the Goddess Of Liberty mourned
and wept, ere she took her departure
from people once prosperous, free and
happy q quote from memory
Since coming to KY, the 18th has
been at Louisville and Bardstown. We
Left BarJstown for this place, arriving
cept the sick and Hospital taf tateehhSoa ex
were there, except our regiment, when
we were ordered to leave, so if you hear
that Morgan or Forrest have taken the
place, paroled 400 or 800 of our men and
taken $4,000 or $l5, 900 worth of Gov
ernmet property, then You can charge il
to General Mismanagement Bards-
town is one of the most enterprising and
patriotic towns in KY, and our soldiers
were sorry to leave it undefended, with
so many army stores inviting the Rebels
One of the finest Catholic institutions
in America, St Joseph's College, is 10
Gated here Some of our leading states
men have been educated at this college
-Foote, the rebel. and Holt, the patriot
are among the number. visited the
institution, and spent two hours very
pleasantly, reviewing the philosophers
= and chemical apparatus, and library
| have visited most of our Western col
leges, but ha seen at none of then
such variety of apparatus to illustrate
the phenomena of optics. The library
contains 1900 or 1000 volumes, mostly
theological or rare scientific works.
: here saw the first copy of Bowditch'i
translation of Laplace's MechGnique &c
, leste Not twenty men IN America cal
read the original inteligently, yet tina
great American scholar, Nathaniel Bow
ditch, undertook the task and produced
fine translation. The work is in fou
, quarto volumes, as large as churel
Bible, and its translation was Hercu
lean task. Bowditch was poor, and afte
spending one year and only completin,
a small portion of the work, he told hi
wife he felt that he must give it up, a
I the family needed his attention. Sh
: told him that she would economic, am
they would dress plainly and live plainly
: and that he must by all means go Of
: with the undertaking He did so, com
: pleted the volumes, and dedicated then
to his wife Mary. When Bowditch died
the ships of every civilized nation low
: cred their flags at halfmast in token o
/. sorrow, and the noble enterprise of hi
! wife, Mary, has entwined wreath o
honor about her brow as bright and last
ing as the stars. No achievement o
e American genius and scholarship, AM
no production of an American pen
equals this.
= IOnr regiment and four companies O
) the 4th Michigan Cavalry are here
| guarding the place. Four hundred o
our wounded from the Perrygille fgh
are here in the hospitals Five or 81.
r hundred were taken through BardstowI
while we were there to Louis lille, anC
| there are others at Perryville, and som,
: have been taken home in other dree
tons--so l am confident that our wound
: ed will amount to 900 or 1000 at least
: The action at Perryville, when fully un
: derstood, viii be found bloody affair OF
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