The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-13
not command es -of our cammands to &c,

not command es or our commands 20 &C,
but proposed going himself, and left 1t
wholly to our choice whether we would
go or not. We Of course all desired to
go-called for volunteers from our sew
eral companies--found all willing to go
with us. We selected the requisite num-
Der, aud by ten o'clock were at the
wharf-ready to take the boat for Casey
vile. ee.af nF errfsFfe .F.rgs
About the time we reached town, how
ever, we received intelligence that I'm
iontown had that day been attacked by
six hundred guerrillas-that the town.
was in possession of the .enemy-that
400 federal. soldiers were taken prisoners
there, and that no danger was then APP
pretended at Caseyville Col. Crebs inn-
mediately ordered the forces back to
camp, called us together again, stated
to us the reports as he had them, and as
we had heard them also, prepared him
self to go, but left it to our choice entire
ly whether we should go or not. We
unanimously agreed to go, provided the
artillery company of Shawneetown would
go also, whom we were assured would
90 by Col. Crebs, who had spoken with
them on the subject, and we further
agreed to start at three o'clock the next
morning.
| Col. Crebs, accompanied bysone of the
undersigned, to-wit: Capt. j. B. Thomas,
| then went to see the officers of the boats,
| three of which were lying at the wharf
to know whether they would take us up
at O clock, and make such other ar
rangements necessary; they agreed to 60,
Gus arrangements were all made and
the men fully ready, and at the wharf
4 little after three o'clock But owing to
the difficulty of getting the artillery
aboard, it was daylight before we got I'M
der way. Four companies, to-wit: Com
panies A, B, e and f, with two pieces of
artillery under the immediate command
of Col Crebs, were on the first boat, to-
wit: the Sallie List, and we who went
with him on said boat, know that it was
his request to the officers of said boat
to 90 up within full range of
the town with artillery before stopping,
which they refused to do, giving various
reasons to prove its impossibility. Find
ing he could not, as he believed from
their statements, go up to the town on
board the transports, Col Crebs gave the
order to land the men ON the Ky. side
about three miles below the town. Pick
: cts were thrown out, and scouts sent in
the direction Of the town to ascertain the
probable force of the enemy-we having
at that point been told they were still in
large force there. In short time the
scouts returned with information that
the place was evacuated by the main
force of tie rebels, and that but few were
in the place. When this news was com
municated to the officers of the Sallle
List, all objections to going up was aban-
: doned, and by order ofaCol Crebs the
, troops were re-embarked; the Sallie List
with the same companies as before un.
! der his command, being in front, and
three companies on each of the other
! boats, with orders to all stop if fred on
from the town, that the artillery should
reply, and all the boats be run ashore as
t soon as possible and charge into the
town. reached. the wharf, however nc
shot was fred-what few rebel soldiers
we're there quickly got away, and we
: quietly took possession of the town
e had the paroled soldiers that were there
some two pundred and fifty in number
shipped on the SalIie List to Evansville
!, and with the other two boats, after re
naming some two hours, and scouting
e the country for mile or so in every di
. rection, and finding no enemy, we re
turned to Shawneetown, and thus ended
the expedition. We know not who il
responsible for the article in the Journa
i before referred to, but we can, and dc
r state that it is tissue of falsehoods from
beginning to end. [Signed.
Captains-Martin Baught, E. Emery
J. S. Anderson, Co. A, j. B. Borah, S. j
n Foster, Capt 7. J. Enlow, Co. B., Capt
e j. B.sThomas, Co. l.
I'll LIST Lieutenants-Thos. Sheridan, J
/. A. Miller, J. W. Wasson, e. B. Emerson
w. 7. Prunty, r. l.. Mador, J. II
/ Wright. ~.
IS 2sad Lieutenants-W II. McHenry
r Robert Pumroy, G. b. Hodsdon,
Chism, Arch. Spring, John Graham
SHAwNEETowN, Ills Sept H. 1862.
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