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ARMY { CORRESPONDENCE
65th In the Field.
MADisoSyILLE,. August. .26, 1862.


we left Henderson would not be uninter-,
esting to your readers, l have taken the
liberty of writing TO that effect:
We left Henderson on Sunday morn
ing at 8 o'clock We Immediately took
up our line of march for, Madisonville,
/ KY, about 20 miles distant We trav-
eled till about 4 o'clock the next morn
ing, when we halted, and Just laid right
down where we were Gin the middle of
the road) and fell asleep We were call
ed up again about 6 A. NJ, and marched
for about an hour and half, when we
halted for breakfast, which consisted of
a lot of roasting-ears and some bacon,
which we pressed into the service from
a secesh family. Capt Stilwell of Glib
son, pressed a mule into the service also.
After resting here about fifteen minutes,
we were reinforced by company of
Shackelford's Ky. cavalry, and two pieces
of artillery from Henderson, under
command of Lieut. Mclaughlin of our
company (Capt Hornbrooks) who had
been detailed for that service, making
our force about six hundred strong We
again took up our line of march, and in
about one hour the cavalry skirmishers;
reported Johnsons band of cut-throats
to be few miles ahead. The day was
terribly hot, and our men were very
tired, some of them gave out entirely,
and dropped off all along the road We
had to halt about every mile and rest,
while squads went out to fill all the can
teens with water five had not have got
water have no doubt we should have lost
many men. When we got within ten miles
of Madisonville we were halted and
Col John w. Foster told US there was a
chance for a ''brush with the enemy,
which seemed to instill new life into our
men, and all wanted to get Just one shot
at the guerrillas. After going about a
mile and half we were halted Here we
found that the battle had already begun.
The cavalry had made charge, and
three of them came off badly wounded
Lieut. Col johnson then spoke a few
! words to the men, saying, that he did not
believe there was coward in the ranks,
and said he wanted them to do honor to
old Indiana. He then gave the COM
mand FForwardp and the boys went
down the road quite lively. The caval
ry were then sent ahead, and deployed
into the woods, where they were fired on
by the enemy. The cavalry then renl
an, and the shooting was carried on
, very briskly. They then fell back, with
number of their men wounded, some o.
them mortality and the infantry were
ordered to Advanced We were the q
company; the first company was deploy
ed off the road to the right and our com
pany to the left Those on the right die
not get to see them; they had gone t.
the left Of the road We were extend
ed in line of battle, with Captain Horn
brook in command of the right wing
and Lieut. Leavitt in command of the
left wing. We steadily advanced, and in
about ten minutes we came to the edge
of tobacco field (having got out of the
: woods when we saw them on little
: hill Just beyond, about 100 yards distant
Our officers, (than whom none can ex
!. eel in GOODNESS and bravery then order
: ed us to .tfrei which we did with will
: The enemy did as they generally do
!. skedaddled" We did not get MAJ
hurt, for they only fred few shots il
return. The Cavalry then charged, bu
could not catch them We found we hat
killed nine of the thieves, and the caval
ry killed some also. We suppose th,
, loss of the enemy will reach 20 killed
e and we don't know how many wounded
We advanced in line of battle for fey
hundred yards further, when we cam
n into the road once more. Our men were
about perishing for water, for they haC
= none in their canteens when they wen
+ into battle Captain Hornbrook com
gany was the only infantry eomPan! = 2!
n vile with flying co1Urss; where Ne learn
d ed the rebels had Just lett-the towards
Il Only two hundred of our men being il
), the action. We took possession of tn
II city, and. the Union citizens took ou
/ men to their houses and gave them tn
i best provisions they had. The secesl
citizens shut up their stores, and rul
away; but we confscated everything w
!, could find We broke open their busi
y y ness houses and took bacon, coffee
d beans, sugar, salt, cigars, &c. When w
n first got to town we were so exhaust
d ed that our captain went into a dru:
3 store and got gallon OF whiskey fo
!, each company, which rerired the boy
considerably. We took some twent
o prisoners, confscated three or four mig
d gers. and some mules and horses
Some of she prisoners thought the,
- would be shot Immediately, and begge,
4 quite Justify, which was very amusing t
our boys, and they would say "hanj
them, ~" shoot them, and such like, t
: scare them. One our boys, who had fal
len out of the ranks from exhaustion
came struggling into town in the even
q ing, and was fired on by two guerrillas
slightly wounding him in the shoulder
/ did not learn his name; he was Ger
= man. We are now camped in the Cour
House yard, where we are resting finely
!. 1t is reported THAI johnson is coming a
us again with 500 men, having receives
Reinforcement We are expecting re-en
.