The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-23
MARK NICOAULE1,
Capt. co. A, lst Reg. Ind. Cavalry.
Letter from the 4th Indiana Cavalry

CAMP 4rH INDIANA CAVALRY,
NEAR HENDERSON, KY,
March ~, 1868.
EDS. JoURNAL:-You are aware that
our company was recruited in the 9Th
Congressional District by Jonas Seely,
who at present commands And not
outstanding but little has been said of
its services in the public prints, we
claim high merit amongst other COM
panies of this regiment or any other
regiment operating in this State.
Although we have been in no general
engagement yet, we have been up and
doing, and on more than one occasion
our boys have proved themselves INDIANA
SOLDIERS While it has been the fate of
a part of the 4th to meet the enemy face
! to face, on an open field, and thus test
their fighting qualities, We have been
compelled to operate against SCI III.
| assaSsius o.1 -~ohho~e. ,sparn 6 ehslaiJ
known as guerrillas, whose whereabouts
are unknown until they fire on you from
ambush. We have never met with any
considerable number together, except at
! one time, since we came to Dixie. Ihey
numbered about one hundred and forty;
and then our boys, sixty IN number,
dashed into them as they were formed
in line of battle, when they skedaddled
like scared sheer in every direction,
strewing hats, blankets, NC, IN tleH
flight We killed two and took 1fo'oes
prisoners, with quite numhes5a;uns we
and arms. On sev.gGE36glsin more of
; have captured III R9'9S~-lIad men with us,
these thie8ee~>-lat these murderers are
whicb5~><-9smnd dare not come out like
o~faFho are fighting for their country
Ind their country's flag.
will give you statement of what
Company NJ has done, as taken from my
pocket diary, which is correct:
We reached Henderson on the 9th of
October, and were operating in connec-
ton with three other companies of our
regiment, which constitute the first bat
talon of the 4th Cavalry. l will say
nothing of what was done Jointly. From
Henderson we were ordered to Casey
vile, at which place we were stationed
until the Doth of February, when we
were again ordered to Henderson, at
which place we are now encamped Our
company has never been full, and at no
one time have we had more than eighty
five enlisted men for duty, and during
the last two months, in consequence of
measles and humps amongst our boys,
not to exceed half of that number have
been able for service; yet we have cap
tured some two hundred prisoners, near
twice that number of horses, with great
amount of guns, revolvers, knives, &C.,
besides making not less than two hum
dred of the 'graybacks" come in and
take the oath, give bond, &C., which
many of them don't regard much This
has been accomplished without casual
ity in our company from wounds or dis
ease
Lest I make this too long, 1 will say
our boys are all for vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war, and approve of the Pres
ident using any and all means in his
power to suppress the rebellion. One
thing more: A majority of our boys are
Democrats, but they are of TIE old Jack
son stripe, and not of the modern Butter
nut sympathizers. AS an exhibition of
their sentiments, l will enclose some
resolutions that were unanimously APP
proved by vote Of our company yesier-
day. and would respectfully ask you to
publish them with this letter.
}. w. DICKERsoN, Orderly Serg't.
Lafayette Journal and Courier please copyl