The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-20
Army LIE t e r =.
CAMP IN WILSON COUNTY, Tenn,
Nov. Is, 1862.

crossed the Cumberland at Bulls Creek
Landing on Tuesday, and is now in
camp twenty miles from Nashville and
eight miles from the grave of Gen. Jack
son. The rebel army is not far in adj
vance of us, as their pickets left Gallatin
and this camp only few hours before
our advance arrived, and a number of
soldiers who struggled from our division
on the march have been picked up by
them. The Seventeenth was sent last
Sunday as guard to supply train
bringing rations from the railroad.
While absent, the division moved, but
when the regiment came back to camp,
instead of stopping, they moved on to
the division, arriving at midnight, hav.
ing marched during the day forty miles
six miles farther than it had ever march
ed before in one day. When within three
miles of camp, Col German asked the
men whether they had better halt or go
on to camp. "On to camp, was the
reply, and on they marched. The Army
Regulations call fifteen miles days
march, and on forced marches troops
seldom make more than twenty-five or
thirty miles per day. Much longer
marches have been made, but only from
great military necessity. 1t is true
that when MiItiades, with 10000 Greek
infantry, was about being attacked by
the Persian army, of 100000 infantry
and 10000 cavalry, that couriers were
sent with the greatest dispatch to Lace
damon, urging the Spartans to imme-
diately reinforce them, and in endeavor-
ing to do this they marched in three
days from Sparta to Attica, one hundred
and fifty miles; and also, when the
Greeks defeated the Persians, and the
latter made for Athens to attack it, while
the Greeks were caring for their sick
and wounded, they saw the plot, and
marched forty miles in one day, in time
to save the city, and again (without
battle) defeat the proud Persian armies
These marches are handed down in his
tory for three thousand years as being
extraordinary, and they were made, too,
by regular troops of warlike nation,
the flower of the Grecian army, and
made when the fate of Greece, its safety
and its liberty, depended upon the rapid
ity of movements. The march of forty
miles in one day, which our men made
over very rough, dusty road, with water
scarce and rations short, was as difficult
as marching fifty miles under more IA
vorable circumstances And the incen-
tive that urged our men was not the fate
of the nation, but a desire to have the
GRUB" at camp, where 10000 soldiers
would need it. If they had made only
thirty miles per day, as is usual, $4,000
men would have kept fast day.
Lieut.. Col German was released last
week, and is now in command of the
regiment When we arrived at Louis
vile, Col Wilder, who had been absent
five months, took command of the regi-
ment, and Col German, who had been
in command all this time, got Z" leave
of absence" signed by Col. Wilder and
Gen. Hascall, and placed it in Col. Will
der's hand to be taken to Gems. Wood
and Buell., and then forwarded by ex-
press-Gen. Hascall and Col Wilder
assuring Col German that Wood and
Buell. would readily sign it. Two days
after, Gen. Buell. had Col. German ar
rested and detained at Louisville thirty
days, when, becoming convinced of the
injustice of the proceeding, released him
without trial, and placed him in his
old command, without even censuring
him. No action of Gen. Buelps has
given more dissatisfaction than this ar
rest. and no action of his is more ap-
plauded than the release.
Col German, by request of the people
of Gibson county, expressed in resolu-
ton adopted at a meeting of the people
of the county, raised and took into the
service the first company from old Glib
son; was Immediately made Major and
since Lieutenant Colonel; has always
been an active and efficient officer, and
performed more service for the amount
received, than officers generally do
When he was restored to his command
and first appeared before the regiment
the men received him with shouts of joy
| walked up and down the line and coulC
see smiles of satisfaction on the counter
ance of every soldier. They knew tha
Col German never got drunk and abused
them, or cursed them when sober; tina
when the rations were short or spoil
ed they had only to let the Colonel know
it and if there were more or better they
chad to come"
All these acts of kindness and duty tt
the soldiers for sixteen months had en-
deared Col German to them, and Will,
no man could ever remember that h,
misused him, many could recall acts o
personal kindness towards him, and nov
when the Col. was gone those acts cam,
up fresh in the soldiers mind and he fel
his loss 1t was the general opinion
among the men that Buell. was prejudic
ed against the Col and would dismis
him from the service on partial hear
ing, without giving justice, so when the,
saw their fears were groundless, and h,
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