The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-07-07
Letter from the Seventeenth Heg iment
Of Indiana Volunteers.
TuscusBIA, Ala, June 9th, leb

TusCusBIA, Ala, June 9th, leb2,
Asian the only one in this regiment, 80
far as know. from your place. have
thought 70 give you brief history Of our
doings with the hope that il might prove IN
teresiing to some of your readers.
For the satisfaction of the not over creds-
lcus, I xill state that such regiment "a the
lsth does exist, notwithstanding we have
nerer had an opportunity Of establishing
reputation on the battle field; and that We
were the first Indiana regiment mustered
into the three years service. in the State. be-
Ing sworn in. at Camp Morton. on the 25th
Of May. 1861. We left indianapolis on tho
first Of July following. for Western Virginia
to join our brigade, composed Of the 18th,
l4th 18th and 18th. Indiana regiments. under
the command Of Brgadier Gen Reynolds.
have no hesitation in saying-and l think
will be borne out in il by all who saw
them--that four better regiments never left
the State
We remained ia the Cheat Mountain coan-
try, having an occasional skirmish with the
rebels. aud enduring AL the hardships of
camp lie in Ihatinhospitabls region. Of which
those that have seen service only In the sun
ny South can have no conception--until the
latter part Of November, when our regiment
and the 18th were ordered TO Kentucky
have always thought the breaking up of this
Brigade vas bad policy. but il Is soldiers
duty to obey and ask no questions aud as
much a. We might regrst il. We were forced
TO separate.
At Louisville. KY, we we're put in new
Brigade. la Brig Gen Nelson's Division
pass over our ch'ngeS aud vic'ssitudes
from our arrival at Louisville on tho la Of
December. sill the middle Of March. when
we found ourselves at Nashville. Tennessee.
in the 9th Division Of the Army of Ohio. our
Division General being Brig. Gen. Wood
the same man who mad mustered n. into the
service nearly year before; and in Brig
ade composed of the I'd Kentucky. 18th Ohio.
5sth aud 18th Indiana regiments. commanded
by our former Colonel, but now Brigadier
General. Milo s. Hascall. Of Goshen. Indi-
ana
To be brief. Ne left Nashville with Gen.
Buell. when he marched for Pittsbarg Land.
ING. and arrived there the morning after the
battle. to End no recompcnse for the forced
march Of the last s~o day. excep, the mourn
fal tsss of assisting 10 bury the dead
From tho Geld Of shiloh we went to Cor
nth. and had our share Of the dsagss and
glory Of that great siege Aher the evscu.
alton Of that place By Beauregard and bic
rebel hories. our Division VAS ordered out
on The Memphis and Charleston railroad to
guard u anI repair soms bridge that had
heen burned by Gen. Mitchell. TO cut OF
Bsauregard's communications Nth the east
In the discharge Of this duty. ansr several
halls. Ne finally reached this place on the
9Th inst. and pitched our tents in the Frank
lin coanty Pair Ground situated about three
foursbs Of a nile southwest Of the town.
The so~n Of Tascumbis i pleasantly at
asss.i on The Memphis 4 Charleston railroad.
mae miles soath Of Florence. on the Tennes-
see river. and shout sixsy-fve miles from
CoEiath. To any ons ~ho hss Travelled IN
the South. q ~osld be enough ~. a.. 10 ssy
that fascambis presents ~ sgccpsion 10 he
g~rerAlity Of S0athsra towzs. for al. % Ear
a. nv sEpsssenoe gees prevent the sane
ricksty. 1Aasdslsd. tanble-do~a appear-
snse Noss q the houses look As Ibsaeh
sA-s ha.i besa ba.it a some remote rsrscd in
he soFld'. history and had bern eriire
strangers 10 all kinis Of protection and care
from the time OF their erection siis the prcs-
sest The tosn N ifs bed DAYS. prob.hiy
corisiaed "A OF seven hundred xSite inhsbi-
isn's, bus s'nre she w1 hss 10. going o.
. III qaasses. sis population has greatly
decreased. Gee ihiag. hoseves. Al tbs
y ~ = Particularly .cr,hy Of notice. q
c-ss. CO Tuscaahia. Spas. At the xasA
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