The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-01

been IN haste 10 reach their denl Wagons,
muskets, swords blankets, &c, &c,
were strewn all along the roads from the
battlefield to within mile of this place,
where halted the regiment and the men
slept on their arms in the open field. The
men at this time were powder besmeared
tired and hungry, having had nothing to
eat since the previous night On the fol-
lowing morning, the goth inst, after our
artillery had shelled the enemy's works, by
your order,I moved my regiment to his
breastworks and into his deserted entrench-
ments, where 1 have since remained.
1t may be interesting to state here that
our regimental colors, which were those
presented by the ladies of Lafayette, and
borne in triumph at the battle of Rich
Mountain, were completely torn into shreds
by the bullets of the enemy. l have had
its scattered fragments gathered, and intend
preserving them. Three stand of rebel
colors were captured by my regiment
I cannot speak in terms of sufficient
praise of the noble and gallant conduct of
some of the officers of my regiment. They
did their duty and fought like veterans
Major A. @. Miller was wherever duty call
ed him, and in the thickest of the fight,
cheering his men. Acting Adjntsnt y.
E. Ladlow did his whole duty, and render
ed me valuable assistance during the day.
Assistant Surgeon c. s. Perkins, and the
Rev. DR.. Dougherty, Chaplain of the 10th
regiment, rendered valuable service in their
unrelenting attention to the wounded.
Quartermaster Oliver S. Rankins and Nell
son G. Smith, of the same department, are
entitled to great credit for the prompt man
ner in which they brought up and supplied
the men with cartridges. Commissary
Sergeant David B. Hart, our Rich Mountain
guide in the three months service, was
present and in the line of his duty. Fife
and Drum Majors Daniel and Conklin
shouldered muskets and fought vaIiantly
during the early part of the engagement,
after which they were of great ser
vice in carrying off and attending to the
wounded. Captains Hamilton Boyle, j. F.
Taylor, Carroll, and Shorter, the three yoltllg
tigers were through the entire battle, where
none but the brave and gallant 90, and con-
tinually pressed forward with their men
when the battle ragged hottest and the reb-
els were found most plenty. Capt. Vanars-
dali, of company 3 was present, and dis
charged his duty faithfully until after the
right wing was drawn off Lieutenants
Cobb, Cohen, Boswell, Shumate, and Hunt,
Nc Adams, Van Meta, johnson, Mccoy,
and Bush, deserve the highest praise for
their brave and gallant conduct Lieut.
McAdams fell while nobly leading on his
men. Lieut. Bush commanded company G,
and quite distinguished himself. Second
Lieutenants Rodman, Colwell Merritt, Lutz,
Miller, Stall, Simpson, Scott, and Wilds,
merit all that can be said in their praise, as
do all the non-commissioned officers and
privates that were present during the en-
gagement Many individual acts at brav-
cry might be mentioned, such as those of
Orderly Sergeant Miller, of company B,
and my Orderly Sergeant Abraham A.
Carter, who took a gun and fought man
fully during the intervals that his services
were not required by me in dispatching
orders. But nothing l can say will add to
the well merited laurels already on the
t7r0rs of both officers aud men or the 10th
Regiment of Indiana Volunteers.
My regiment lost in killed, eleven men !;
in wounded, seventy five-a complete list
of whose names herewith submit.
Respectfully submitted,
w. KISE,
Lieut.-Col., Com'dg 10th Ind. Reg.
Major A. o. Miller, slightly wounded.
Co. A.-Capt. Jas. Fl. Hamilton, Boone
county William Bennett, private, killed ;
Uriah Starbuck, private, severely wounded;
Ira A. Lynch, (private), severely wounded;
John F. Payne, (private), slightly wound
ed.
Co. Capt. Benz. NJ. Gregory, Boone
County.
William P. Larimore, (Sergeant), killed;
George w. Lee, (private), killed; William
Ii. Wood, (private), killed; William P.
Windiale, (eorporalD, mortally wounded !;
j: w. French, (private), severely wounded !;
George l.. Essex, (private), severely wound
81. ~ -
wounded Israel H. Miller, I'D Lieut.,
(private), slightly wounded John L.
Hoover, (private), slightly wounded
Co. D.-Capt. Jos. T. Taylor-Benton
and Tippecanoe CO.
Elisha Little, (private), severely wound
ed James Slauster, (private), slightly
wounded.
Co. Capt. Jehu W Perkins-Boone
county.
James Keatb, (private), killed Michael
F. Brady, (private), mortality wounded !;
Daniel Dougherty, (private), mortally
wounded; Abraham Dixon, (private), Sc
verely wounded Oscar D. Shanklin, (pri-
vate), severely wounded; Felix Shumete,
(1st Lieut.) slightly wounded; Harvey
Price, Corporal slightly wounded Ira S.
Perkins, (Sergeant), slightly wounded; Oil
yer Strahon, (private), slightly wounded.
Co C.-Capt. James H. Boyle-Clinton
county
James Fl. McAdams, fist Lieut.. killed !;
Jeremiah Battersod, (Sergeant), slightly
wounded; Joseph J Goarf (private), slight
#ly wounded; Henry Haumul, (private),
severely wouneed.
Co. H-Capt. NJ. B. Taylor-TippecanOe
county.
Noah DOta, (private), killed Erastus
Percy, (private), killed; Thos. J. Patter-
son, (private), MORALLY wounded William
Stone, (private), severely wounded; Patrick
Ronlen, (private), severely wounded; Jas.
Rowley, (private), severely wounded; Will
liam Arthur, (priyate), severely wounded
William Evans, (private), slightly wound
ed; James Swan, tprivate), slightly wonud-
ed Levi Scott (private), slightly wound
ed; @. P. Lingo, (private), slightly wound
ed !; Daniel Hale, (Sergeant), slightly
wounded.
Co. Capt. VIM. B. Carroll, Tippeca-
noe county Nelson D. Anderson (private)
killed Lewis Johnson, lst Lieut., severely