, 1862-11-23

ing but few days lehIud tune fer the battle
cf rea Ridge. From thence marched tta
Batesyille 10 neleus, Ark. 1nall the regiment
has marched over I 200 miles, and Its ouly ac-
.ire collision With the enemy was ss Wet
G1aize, Mo-, Oct, i, 1861, where TOO rebels
we're dispersed with loss ot LOG Killed aau
20 loss On o1r side.
- Tie 9th regiment, which appears tc haye
borne the greatest loss Of the ten above euun1-
eratea, Sas engaged In The battles Of Fozt
Henry, Done!sou, Shiloh, and the Late battles
OF Ce.ilth.
"A report iron. the eSth Illinois, (Coi-
Johuson,} shows loss OF 27s men, OF whom
~ were killed in actlon or died Of wounds
and disease. The report says: In ths SAi-
1oh b.ti3rs We lost ss. 2ssa. Killed and wounded out
Of 54D engaged. Ners tle last 10 leavs the
field on SUNDAY and fall back 10 the fi9es, and
Was In the final charge Of Monday, which
routed the enemy. Our old fig, torn, blood
stained and westhes.beates, hangs in the Gov
crnor's room at Springfield"
The GG:h nlinois, fCol- Sreusel, raised In
Aurora, snl f,s1e up Of Fox River buys, has
had an e7eutinl history, It WAS engaged in
the three days tattles ot Bentonyll1e, Les-
town and Pes Ridge, under Gen. Asboth; ID
front OF Coiinth, undcr Gen. Pope; peaeira-
ted Mississippi to Rieuzi; ealle back, via
Caiso, to Cincinnati: thence, via lndianapolis.
10 Louisville; Fought at Chaplin Hills;
usrchsd to Crab Orchard, and thence, via
Bowling Green, TO Nashville. Its service hns
thus been rendered. in i've Southern States,
tu1byaciug points Il .he2saud miles apart
The 45,h {Lcal Min-) resinlent, Cpionel
John Z. Smith, reports only 4S5 lnen On tae
rolls, against su original muster Of SEQ oa:
hundred ard forty have been Filled in battle
THIS ssrlns to be the heaviest proporlonats
loes Of any Illinois regiment.
The 5Sth Illinois regiment, which is nov
to be recognized since tic exchange OF Col
Lyreh and The oiticcra and men cApiuret at
Shiloh, has $50 men IN the "Union brigade"
Of GEL 1lamutor's ssmy corps At LaGranse.
This brigade is made up Of ~haa rena!a= q
the joth Illinois, and the s:h, 12th and l:th
Iowa, and is commanded BY Capt. George u.
Kittell Of Dchalo.
The T7th nliuois, Cot David r. G-3c7,
raised at Peoria, is no. at Louisville, in Gen,
- - St1''a Wv awaiting a9nsi'o' -
tiDn, and Under orders for the department OF
tae Tennessee. The regiment has beea On .
pretty cx.e1dtl excursion through Eeu:rA
Kentucky, visiting Falmouth, Nicholsvlle,
RitAr4cud ETC. A.llcAmoad, Slo,yo3 wo.tE
Of Eo;czun1cai prosperity sis recovered, which
lad been lost st The battle ef Aug 1st ID.
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