Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-01-30
Army oOTTesponseaco Delaware cazctte-
From ths sSth Regiment.
FoRT HIXDNAN, Arkansas,
Ian -. 1863.

we Started uIl tiie " nlte river as We SIDpO-
sed bound mp that stream, but after going a
few mile changed direci ion short to the left
into wnat is eaI ed the cut of, aad ere long
were in the Arkansas river. cam. ul1 tU this
point al,rH; sixty miles from the N ii h. The
river IS nIrrox, deep aud very crooked, gen
orally through Il wilderness. We landed Satur-
day, January 10th. moved ont IN the evening
Just beyond bend where we bivouaced. moved
most OF Tie way after dark. and while moving
along the bunk just behind tte gunboa's, they
were engaged ia q very heavy cannon4difg.
the sight was grand; We ,dd see the hLShes
from onr guns and tn sc from the Fort and
watch the slls.l's. SIcrmar's troops had been
cut The DAY before and driven The rebels from
the i-st riff prs to the Fort. OR march
Was hard hein. rI and Ii Oh gh syamps-
Sunday IA ,rnsag ". novel 10 our p1sitinn on
the l,iI Of the b igitl,- AID in The nf the
II'h q ia Battery. abou' three hundred yards
from he fort AL was lict until! 10 1,clpcI.
troops and haiierigs g,i,ing into p1Siiihn--
4 boat ihat hour the glHboats and batteries
oicGttl simultaneously upon the fort, and it
WAS most lerr ii-ally grInI- / never heard
such cannon rd:Rg in my life, the ground fairly
sL * III. a;r WAS fl 'e,l with sm * :; the re0-
els replied vigorously and the shells fell thick
a2d fast We were in what is always called
an unf rtu late p'sIion. being IN the FEAR Of
battery. shells dropping into our ranks ana
killing and wnIi,lIng several there; cOmptny
L suF rc,l the muSl Alter a while the firnL
from The fort almost erased, and m lsE try
com nrncrd our ri.lii; soon he word cam
to a.lrance. anA We moyc,! into the open field
OIL d,u5I, q licll. W. were IlIn in Nh. rear Of
th S3i OHIO, thy TalIered and partially brUks,
W; pass. j 10y them AMI were in i!ie advance,
moved little ways and drnppcd GOWN, bails
E,llin5 like hail Ne thus moved up to with
in two hundred and tity feet Of the fort
Some oi cur regiment cam mp behind uS and
G.eI 50 r.. dy hat we were ac ID b !w.s u
twa fi.es. NJ n could no. ris, up and I'D we
until all m1v,'d. ll. ltft of III. regiment fired
upon the cnrfain Of the fort o.,p 'si e to us.
from which the reb Is were ppnring CALLING
fire Tine right fired up " siX-p"under llF'y
had b hint r5fI:-piis on side of she fort
That gan b ii Dot b"en disabled, and ih> rc5
els were Irying To IRE it, had they succeeded
they wnnd have moved ns. OR fire with the
big Be gian guns was too hot for them. and
waiting and every n0ment expecting orders
t. storm the works when the white lag was
raised. il seas so1ls time b fore the firing rn-
lircly ceased, enc Of their regiments, the s II
Texas, in the riff pits Ou;si,E., did MT sr' the
flag ami pit up the FIRE for u while YoT
n yer heard such ytlls when all broke fnr the
fort. our Brigade and r ,ginent the first in.
General .I3Drbrid5e pulled down the hIg and
raised the stars ami striPe7. We lo-t eleven
kill,t and twenty-five wuuiled. went in with
twl hundred and forty-four men, have many
sick, company Il and plrt of q were detached
to work the 18th Ohio Bltter7. they having
Sd many of their own men sick that they c'uid
not turn ont Bs'n enough for one gun. Not
one man who went out finch d, th. regiment
never filtered, and greatly distinguishes itself,
Lave sew val tiHs's heard the remark tbts the
SO h ought like dtvis. g IL. Blrbria5c
said il behaved better than any regiment in
his comm mi. Company F lost three biiIed,
Sergeant Ibiglp, who lns leg uId since died,
WIgton and Wilccx-anl seven wounded
Lieut.. Ashwrl cOmnan.e the company, Cap
tain Wtisep was too sick tor come ont. Next
Dunlap Wis acting y larant, Clark Ems re
place, company X Clp'ain II lmilton, was
also c)nrnLudtI 10y a Liewfen1nI, Captains
Wiser and Hamilton have both been much
und.r the weather. | too was threatened
s,ro4s.rjy with the break bone fever, | deter
mined TO 60 and stay as long as l could stand
it, foa5ht it through and am entirely rid Of
hneak bone symptoms, tired. ont however. AZ
incident occurred alter the battle that excited
M somewhat When in the fort passing
amsng the prisoners, som one by me said :
=" My God, here is Charlie AIcE roy !" look
ell ups Didn't rec ,rlzs him. g D mt you re-
member J. W." ] dent knew when was
so'snrprised. and delighted tosce any one, he
was Que ef The nr,st infinite lrend; and class
mates hal at The Un.versity of Virginia,
b. was from Washington, Co. Va. but had
moved 10. Fc,xis an I was nj thlt time G lptan
in tha ii T-xts kliaDtry. IL. wished TO de-
lives h;s sword to rs'. aud. the G-neHII gave
me the privilege; of taking THE wants mle e.
send it home, keep II, aii.l tIntk i dowH as a
m'n ,riaI of him. There wtre ab1ts 5000
taken 10 the fort, several 'Fpxa5 megiinrn.s
annRS. them. Two regiments we?s- taken
e,rlykthi- morning coming in' la re;riort;.. Gen.
Churchill was IN coInmand, is prisoner, we
captured a large amount of stores and ammu-
milton. The ammunition they used on Us, or
plr Of it, was some which two Of their ran1s-
captured while we were on the Yaz0o. We
are bound back down the river again, will
probably embark TO morrow, what is our Ges-
lination cant say. his was the hottest fire
while it lasted was ever under, and my first
experience in the desperate undertaking of
s0rming fort.
Direct to lst Brigade, 1st 3ivisson, 2nd
Array Corps, Army of the Mississippi.