Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-30

80 The Louisville correspondent of the Gin
cnin,f Gazette gives some incidents of the
renGer OF Muniordville not generally known. He
says hat Brngg's army was before the place and
had seventy two pieces OF cannon in position To
rske the works. Col Wilder permitted to
and to count tie cannon The place. under
these circumstances, was mere slaughter pen,
and u would have been murs!erOus To have re-
sisted longer. He gives the following among
other Incidents
Company X, Of the 7lth Indiana, had been in
the field such a short time that it knew little else
than the manual OF arms The Major in com
mand of the pIckets. OF which company X a
part. finding himself about to be surrounded,
derei retreat, but company X did not under
stand and remained in position fighting The
danger imminent. and the Major command
Ing them had TO 20 through the manual with com
pany before il could be marched off The
company came TO shoulder arms, about facet
forward. double quick march. and then left the
field in good order
Major Abbott. 18th Indiana, killed while
standing on the breastworks cheering his men
The flag under which he stood cut down,
having l46 bullet holes through il.
A man detailed from the 9th Indiana acted as
No . OF "A gun of the 18th Indiana battery. While
engaged IN putting the rammer TO the muzzle of
the gun he was shot through the mouth his teeth
and part of his tongue being cut away He
looked in the direction from which the shot came,
then rammed the charge home, stood to see the
effects OF the shot. gave his hammer to another
gunner and retired Colonel Wilder met him
again at MunfordviIle. when Buell. passed through.
and the out TO meet him. The absence
of part OF his tongue rendered il difficult for
No. to speak, but ne managed to say. Colonel
| can't do much talking, but | can fight like HI.
and the doctor says | can 20 at 1t again soon /
want you to have me with you am sorry /
cannot get the mans name.
Another. who lost his arm. begged the Colonel
To have him detailed his orderly, saying he
couldn't leave the service
Private Peterman, a printer. 18th Indiana. a
perfectly raw recruit sat an embrasure and fired
over five hundred shots. He kept up all the time
a continuous laugh IN the ranks about him by his
| witty and humorous remarks The men below
loaded for him, and he fired rapidly and with
splendid effect. He managed to escape without
being parolei.
Lieut.. Mason commanding 18th Indiana bat
| tery Is reported bv Col. Wilder to have been the
coolest the field He would not fire till
the enemy was right upon his ranks, and on their
second charge they within one hundred
feet before he fired. They supposed he had been
/ silenced aud were cheering for joy when he
i opened upon them with canister. There were
actual winrows made i'll the ranks. The de
strurtion was awful
| Corporal Springer. 18th Indiana artillery, is
the best soldier Col Wilder ever saw. He had
charge of the rihed gun near the stockade. He
would jump on the parapet 10 see the effect of his
shots amidst halstorm of balls. He saw Bragg
and Buckner and stats riding "A mile distant and
/ fired at them Buckner afterward inquired after
! Springer. and stated that the first OF his two
I shells struck within thirty feet and the second
passed within foul feet of his head without ex
! plodng