The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-02-17
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
= iew Days with the 10 Brigade 9TH
Division 1 =. Army
O< Bo,Kp Srr,urs L J ApAusi
February n. i-62


icAving Calhoun amid The -alVoa 81 artillery.
tho waving a handkerchief and the shouts
Of the soldiers. The day was delightful. be
ing "a strosg contrast y ish the day previous.
shich ass cloudy. cold and snosy. lndeed.
che boys aid n wss the fr-t pleasant dsy
they had seen for week.. and ihey thought
there must re some mistake. "a they had
sever made a move before exeeps through
rain and mad The exclamation Of The 18th
Brigade vas IN marked contrast with the
lon- fscez Of the lfih, which va ieft be
hind We ran gaily down BY the battery OF
ihree pieces. placed on the river bank, uEder
command Of Lieut.. Kern. which belehed
forth IA. thunder ia we crossed IL line Of
ere. We had scarcely rounded the first
soint. when we heard th e whistle Of steam
rr. and deserted tho chimneys Of large Mis-
.issippi boat towering above the brush on
point below. Il proved 20 be lhe Beau. J.
Adams. Captain Richey. OF Louisville. The
Adams l. a magnificent boat Of one thousand
tons burden. being by Ear the largeat boat
dat ever aaviga,ed Green River above the
f-sf Locks She had been charter ell by Gen.
Buell.. together with the 4 hos. =. Tut.
Captain Sims. the Baltic. CAPITA la Meekin.
md tbs T.. H. fairchilds. Captain Faucet,
to transport the Brigade TO "Dixie's land.
The other boats. although two Of them were
much smaller than The Adams were nnwl
Ing to risk the trip mp the narrow and eS-
lreuely crooked stream. Passing the Ad
ans. We rounded too. and ran back Ia Cal
hsun. where the 3i-, regiment was speedily
srsn.ferred on board Of the Adams. and Ne
again set out followed by the Matte Cook.
With barge loaded with wagons and mules
IN TOW. By the time We had run down some
four miles. night overlook us and ~ laid up
and transferred the freight from the Mat
tic Cook to the Adams sending her forward
% relieve The Hetty Gilmore. which Vas
overloaded At daylight Ne started again
down the winding, narrO~ stream, IN many
places not a. wide as the length OF the Ad.
ans. Ia required the most skillful naviga-
lion 20 keep out Of he brush. hat in the per
son Of Fred Brackey we had a man equal 90
tho occasion. and he brought us through 20
the first locks without he slightest accident.
We reached this point at ! \, o'clock L. VI,
the Hetty Gilmore leading u a few minutes
The Gillum, the Storm and the Matte Cook
had already transferred their troops and car
40 10 tho larger boats, ard the Hetiy Gil
more was coon relieved IN Ike manner,
~hsu she dropped down 70 Evansville !
never cav mar draw long breath, more
.sxpi6cant Of relief than that drawn BY Col
Csufl, when be say the last mule and wagon
IN board the regular transports. From ear
" Sunday morning until ihis hour, he had
-csrrely rested moment. giving his most
gigilant care and attention 90 everything re-
lsting 10 loading and transferring The troops
and baggage. For thirty Eve hours hi. lace
had borne strong mark Of the deepest aaxi
cry. Now IL liz up ~ith a glow of delight
and satisfaction. II wa relief. expeFen ced
by every Officer on board. With such a
crowd of pFec Jus lives on those email boats
40 one ooald fail % srpr~hcnd danger ef se-
c;dsnt. and il = in the highest degree credit
able 10 the care and vigilance Of the officers
of the several regiments aud companies. that
this double emb.rkation was accomplished
no, only without tho los Of the life Of ain
Gle nan or beast, bat without the los or n
Jury OF the least artirle Of property.
Al precisely O'Clock p. NJ. the "order 10
sail was izsacd from the a,g ship Benz. j.
ADAMS. when the +. II fsirchiId with the
18th Kentucky. Col shackelford. dropped
out from the landing. and rounding graceful
ITO. took her way down the stream. The
f,sltic followed almost Immediately. with the
tath Indiana, Col Reed. aboard. The Thos.
&. Tutt. with the 18th Kentucky. Col Nc
Henry, went next Tho Benz. J. Adams,
with the 3i-t. Lieut. Colonel Osborn com
handing. and flying at her peak the color Of
the 3l-t. brought up the rear. All SPOTS
80 lssf. the magnificent band Of tie 3lst
truck up Ever OF thee. and the f>et NOV
I'd OF in grand style. feeling their way softly
sat Of the little river into the broad and
beautiful Ohio. which We reached Al
AS and then ran down under fall
head Of steam 10 Evansville. where We
landed at rs and we're welcomed by the
~houts of the citizens who had tanned out al
most en- mssss 10 greet Us Taking in 4 l2rg,
iot sf stores. ready provided on The whar
boa, BY the ever vigilani Lieut. Wood. acting
Brigade QuartcrmAster. We again turned the
heads Of the steamers towards the land o
cotton and treason. azd were sooa rapid,
sscsming down the broad Ohio. under IN,
Gorgeous moonlight. the several boats crowd
"a With soldiers. AMI The band PLAYING Go
lambia The gem Of ihe ocean. and the vas
ssultitadc- on shore shouting sfer "a thei
beneaiciions
We touched Tor = moment az Henderson,
Az, 20 lsni two good Union ladies. vh
have each On in the Brigade. Mrs.. TER
and Mrs.. Holloway. who hy their beAat, an
vivarisy Won tue admiraiioa ADD esteem o
n or bossd. AZ dawn of day Ne r.asse,
ne moalh Of the Cumberland. the Ere .
he seztinels dotsinT the river hank ia iron,
I'D the hills beyond the town Of Smiihlant
Iastss the sun began o. gid the tree tor n
he vest hank Of The river. ne rounded {
a. Psducsh .n The south hank of the Ter
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