The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-22


Yesterday morning, for about three
hours, we heard very heavy cannonad-
ing whilst we were approaching this
place, but, instead of bringing on an ac-
ton, it only proved to be skedaddle
fight the enemy choosing discretion
as the better part of valor," and evil
IDENTIFY concluding that
He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day
Now, there does not, at this time,
seem to be the least probability that
Bragg will make stand in this State.
He would not have fought us at Perry
vile, hut he was too hard pressed to
avoid it; hence he had to fight or be
taken. He is now in full retreat, direct
ing his course toward Cumberland Gap,
but if it has truly been so badly blown
up, do not see how he is to effect his
escape at that point. But there is one
thing sure-Bragg intends leaving Ken
tucky, and l would that could indulge
hope that he win fail; but I very much
fear that he will suceeed-so here we 90
after him.
Since the fight on the 9Th inst, the
command of the 18th Brigade has de-
volved on Col j. G. Jones, Col. VIM.
Lytle having been wounded Our Brig
ade is now composed of FIVE regiments
Of infantry, and with it Capt Loomis'
celebrated 18th Michigan Battery, and
the usual amount of cavalry. The Brig
ade is now composed of the 42d Indiana.
10th Ohio, Sd Ohio, 18th Kentucky, and
SSth Indiana.
Lieut. Col. DENLY and Maj Shanklin,
both of whom were wounded. are i'm
proving fast, both being with us now.
Some indulge the speculation that
Bragg will endeavor to go out into Vir-
ginia; but everything said about his
movements is only speculation How
ever, it is safe to conclude that he did
not enter the State for a fight, but to
/" forage" and, under the promise that
they should have chance to fight for
their rights on the soil of Kentucky, to
induce Kentucky rebels to join him.
Hosts of them have focked to his stand
ard, but, lol soon after they have gotten
themselves safely lodged within the pale
of the church Secession, a wonderful
clearing-out takes place.
Bragg has put in circulation, or rather
left upon the hands Of the good citizens
of this State, enough Confederate scrip
to almost plaster over the State, but no
one attaches any value to the stuff. If
citizens had refused to take it, they were
perhaps insulted-so, like the old lady
said of the mush for medicine, "if It
done no good, it would do no HARM" the
citizens thought of the scrip.
Since our brigade left Huntsville, Ala,
on the 23d day of August, we have trav-
eled near six hundred miles, and had
marched just FIVE hundred miles the day
we got fight Since we left Bowling
Green, KY, on the 10th of September,
we have not seen our tents, and have
been, both in rainy and fair weather,
sheltered alone by the canopy of heaven,
with the bosom of mother earth for our
bed.
You will observe that this brigade, ND
TO this time, has been on very nearly a
two months campaign, and of course it
will not end for some time to come.
Wherever We go, the Union folks hnz-
zah for Indiana, and truly it is q great
qualification to belong to State whose
soldiers have so nobly and heroicallv
proven their untiring devotion to the
cause of the Union.
AT Louisville, Gov Morton visited us.
and the soldiers made the welkin ring
with huzzahs for "the best Governor in
the United States" His troops almost
idolize him. Let all Indiana feel proud
of him.
For the number of troops Indiana has
sent into the field, the soldiers think she
has not had fair proportion of General
officers, and, until something is done in
this respect. the soldiers will continue to
complain, for Indiana has as good mate
rial for General officers as any in the
field.
AT the time the rebels advanced on us
at Perryville, our regiment was posted
about three hundred yards in advance
OF our prlnclpal hne. We passed down
into that position by the flank, and there
was but the one way of falling back.
The battalion received the earliest fire
of the enemy, but the men bravely stood
and fought till ordered to fall back
Behind us was high cliff of rocks,
almost perpendicular, but we effected
our escape from that very untenable
position in good order; and, with refer
ence to us and our situation, three pa
rolled rebel officers have since said
when we saw that regiment in the ra-
vine, Gen. Hardee said, there is one
regiment gone up; but" said the rebel
officers, "they 1.-THE Adj got ont, how we |
could not tell; but that regiment 1.-THE |
42d] gave us h-ll when they did get
out
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