The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-26

miles SOutnr West OF SpfinEueIu. Inc In
diana Brigade (Gen. Davis is stationed
south west Of Kei,sville distance of eight
miles in the advance OF the army. The al
vance, however. seems to have become the
rear. as PIicc is supposed to be marching
through the territories toward Springfield
Tor the purpose OF surrounding US Inc
direction We march is supposed to be to-
wards Sprin zfeld and if possible make that
point before the enemy does. Curtis Tor a
/ time had lost the whereabouts o! P,ica, and
when he did find him he was, as | said be-
fore, marching with eighteen thousand men
in the direction Of Springfield l think.
however. he will not reach that point be-
fore We do. Should he succeed in getting
! 10 our rear another fight more desperate
than the one At Pea Ridge will ensue. We
are receiving 70 -eAforcements every day, and
the ragged rebels Price can scare up 10 the
States Of Rackiusack and Misery Arkan-
cas- and M,ssouri). There is another report
in regard TO Prices movements which is.
that he is moving to the east for the pur-
pose Of fiauking Gen. Pope, and that We are
going to Cassville. and from there 10 head
him off. of these movement however,
there is nothing definite, but you will be in
turn to the Sth regiment.
| found, upon my return, all the Rich
mond boys well and hearty. but somewh hat
out Of humor because they did not succeed
in getting into the main fight, only five COM
panies we're engaged. Col. Benton with
five companies and three cannon was placed
upon the hill In advance Of the main army
which commanded the road. three hills and
ho i'm.
portant one; three rebel regiments were ad-
vancing toward the0, but seeing this small
bsod Of heroes thought there must be
masked battery there. so they "skedaddled"
off in some other direction. only to retire
in great confusion in the direction they came.
Last night paper of the 3lst inst., was
received at headquarters. and We learned
through the telegraph dispatches that Col.
Benton was promoted TO Brgadier Gen
eral. We sincerely hope that such is the
case, not only do the officers and men OF the
Sth hope that it is SO. Though they do not
wish to lose their Col.,) but those of the
18th and 22d regiments we're also glad OF
the appointment. You must know that Col.
Benton is tie most popular man among the
Hoosers now in this department, aud If any
promotions are made Col. Benton must be
the first on the list.
After supper. Lieut. john A. Cahc, with
the String Band composed Of the members
OF the 9th. 18th and eel regi Dents. pro-
ceeded to the Coils. quarters and gave him
q scramble equal to those we have so often
euioyed from the unrivalled E,tell Rsnd.-
Alter the seranade, the Col. invited them
in and nice supper (such rs can be had in
camp. was placed before than and soon de-
voured. The Colonel. however, takes the
matter as though there was nothing Of it.
which you know is not often the case with
most persous who receive promotions.
Capt. Kenny was accidentally shot in the
foot while riding with Col. Benton. 1t
seems that the Coils pistol went off by ac-
cident. the ball burying itselfi in the Capt.'s
foot. II will keep the Capt. on crutches
for two or three months. the command of
the company therefore falls upon Lie1t
Caho an excellent officer. and gives entire
satisfaction to the company.
II is now time for dress parade and must
close. l will just state here that some
OF the Richmond boys are now at Spring
field. They are: Sam Edwards. Sam shaw,
Geo. w. Green. Geo. jenkins. Alpheus
Davis. w. ID. Hess. Wan. Wiggins aud o..
Posy. who have been absent from the regi-
ment on duty at Springfield have returned.
| learn through Lieut.. Caho that Thomas
Vickers i. supposed to be on the road from
Orervills TO join the regiment, he disappear
ed very suddenly and until short time ago
nothing had been heard from him.
Col s one returned 20 Indiana yesterday.
taking with him nearly two thousand dol
lars from Co. G. The Suffers are making
money fast. Some Of them brought whisky
but il VAS soon con6scAted both by the
boys and authorities. Whisky is the only
curse to our army; its effects are already
seen in this regiment. Col. Benton has
forbid another drop to be sold. l will now
stop. and perhaps in my next l may be
moro interesting. Yours.
j. p. w.