Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-07-03
Army Corresponds :
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uation OF Corinth / have been endeavoring
to obtain an opportunity of writing you,
bnt up to the present time have failed
We have been '.hunting fighting. so earn
estly that there has been little chance for
iettsrwritins. snditis now rather late,to
inform you that aoother has been added
to the long list Of chiyalric ssskedAddless'
Still i may not be- uninteresting, even
nov. tp make afew notes Of the part play
ed By the 18th in the siege of Corinth.
from the fact that many Of its members
are from your county.
On the msrling of the 2sth of May.
we left the carap at Pennington. where we
had been stationed from the 17th. and
together With Pope's whole army, moved
out about 4 mile around towards the east
of Corinth. The movement occasioned
some skirmishing at differen. points along
the line. The Adjutant of the 10th Mich.
was killed. and two soldiers of the 59th
Indiana. one Of the regiments Of our brig
ade. pretty severely wounded. All this
day and the next there wrs occasional
musketry, and considerable artillery firing,
bat in every skirmish on both days the
rebels were driven back with loss. It was
afterwards known that they were then en-
gagged in the work of evacuation. just in
front of the 4Sth was large field. and
over it shell and solid shot kept up per
feet howl. some of them dropping in the
field OF bursting over it, not more than
200 yards from us. This was coming TO
the very. verge of fight. 1t seemed that
we were about to feel the "perilous edge"
of battle; and the conduct of the 4Sth
convinced mo that when it became neces-
sary. its soldiers would show themselves
men. if the most perfect GOODNESS may be
taken as an index. The men would walk
out to the fence where they could watch.
with ears rather than with eyes. the course
of the balls. and after satisfying their Curl
osity. would step back in the bushes and
lie down and go to sleep. as unconcernedly
as they would take an afternoon siesta at
home. Others would be seen in groups
playing cards, and SO absorbed in the game
as almost to forget the thunder Of the can
non. and the balls hurling to and fro
almost over their heads. On Thursday.
the 29th. we were up and in line of battle
at half past two o'clock, and went to work
digging trench. and throwing up a breast
work. all along our front. The men
worked with will. and as soon as COM
pleted. the regiment was placed in the
trench. and / know that nothing would
have given greater satisfaction to our brave
soldiers, wesried though they were. with
toll. than to have had the "but.ernuts"
show themselves. But they came not. and
many of them were even then. far away
On Friday morning all was still. Not O
gun was fired from either side. This was SO
contrary to my expectation. as I had sup
posed that on this morning the ball would
open in earnest. that strongly suspected
the rebels had left. or were leaving. Even
the picket firing with which we had been
greeted every morning for week. had
entirely ceased. Just at daylight several
heavy explosions were heard in the direc-
tion Of Corinth. and on looking in that di
rection we saw q vast volume of smoke
rolling upward. We knew that some.
thing important had occurred. An Officer
came riding through the brigade with in
telligence that Gen. Pope was in Corinth
and the flag Of the Union was floating from
the Court House. We all felt then that
great triumph had been achieved; but w
thought too that the capture Of 0.00(
rebels would have been more satisfactory
Pope's army at once started in pursuit
and kept it up as far as Boonville. 2;
miles south of Corinth on the Mobile
Ohio II. r. Deserters aud stragglers were
picked up every day. The retreat must
have greatly demoralized Beauregard'
army. We halted and rested the first nigh
four miles south Of Corinth. and the mex
morning bright and early the boys were
out trophy hunting. They ieund almos
every article that can be imagined to hav'
| place in an army. from big long knives b,
the dozen. made of rssps and files, t.
camp stools. and dutch ovens. Two boy
of the 11th Ohio Battery. who had gon
out trophy hunting, unarmed. found tw'
secesh sentinels still on duty, never hav
ing been relieved. They were armed will
double barreled shot-guns. and at ono
made the battery boys their prisoners
II They marched them about 200 yards whel
our boys turned upon- their captors. dis
armed them. and changed the order Of th'
march by taking the two rebels into thei
:. camp. one Of them with very ugly wount
, on hisaeck. from very well directed blow
of the butt Of the rebels own shotgun
Both guns were discharged. but no on
! was hit. One Of the men Of Company D
saw ths.sesa1e, bot did ,sst get up in tim
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