The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-25
NUMBER 1877.

speaking of Gen. Hovey; there il Dn no
discount on his pluck, while the nra;sas
OF Gen. McGinnis, and Col. Slack CoI
Cameron Oath Indiana), and CoI Ma.
cauley 9th Indiana), and. in a word
all OF them, were upon the tongues of
all; at the same time, it is due to the
truth OF history to state that the 18th In
diana, whose mortality list is larger than
any regiment engaged, and the 10Th ILL.,
nols, were in the charge; that Captain
Charles, of Co. II of the former regiment.
was the first to jump upon one of the
cannons and claim it as his tropbv
Amos Neagle, private Co. K, also can
tured the eolor-bearer and colors of the
10th Arkansas, inscribed with the battle
aeids of " Oak Hill, " Elkhorn," "Cor-
inth," and "Hatchie River" All this
time, from first to last, the indefatigable
lst Indiana Battery, in charge of the
brave Klaus, was pouring shot and she'll
into the enemy, firing in all 1850 rounds
at polnt-biank range. The entire line
OF my brigade was now advanced through
the woods, and, moving by the right
flank, passed up the road in quick pur-
suit of the flying rebels. Arriving in
front OF the second position taken By the
rebels, we were halted to rest.
During the afternoon, at the request
OF Gen. McGinnis, ordered the Sth In
diana to the right of our new line, to
support the 29th Wisconsin, which was
being hotly pressed, with great slaugh-
ter. Well did the old Sth sustain its
high reputation, under the lead of the
veteran Col Skunk. Forming under a
heavy fire, within seventy-fve Yards of
the enemy, they at once charged and
drove the enemy from the brow of the
hill, completely turning the tables on
him, and Furnishing him severely In
deed, just as the 9Th had exhausted their
ammunition, they drove the enemy from
that part of the field In the meantime
the remainder were ordered forward in
support of some batteries on the hill,
Capt. Klaus having had two pieces dis
abled, and his ammunition exhausted.
had been ordered to the rear. Thus we
remained until late in the afternoon,
when an order was received to go to the
support of Gen. OsGerhaus, on the ex-
treme left. While in the prompt execu-
ton OF this order, / encountered one
from Gen. Grant to remain where I was
for the present, Gen. Osterhaus having
driven the rebels. Accordingly the men
had just lighted their camp-fres to pre-
pare some supper, when still another
order came, sending us back on the field
of battle, where we slent- ON nn- A-----
When the facts are stated, that two
weeks dragging through the mud and
crossing bayous in old scows and skiffs,
Al
o'clock a. M, we arose from a sleep
which had been disturbed by the burst
ing shells from Grand Gulf which vainly
endeavored to sink our transports as they
dehantly ran the blockade; and in the
afternoon, landing below on the Missis- :
sippi shore, the 1st brigade formed at
once and pushed four miles back, to gain
and hold the hills, while the rest of the
troops stopped to draw out and distribute
their rations, it will be seen that we en-
dured bravely as well as fought bravely.
We had left detail who carried ours
upon their backs four miles to us. To
see a stout hearted fellow, trudging
along under the broiling sun with box
of crackers on his shoulders, weighing q
hundred pounds, claimed at once your
admiration and sympathy. Not waiting
for all our rations to come up, we again
took up our line of march till about mid
night, when the enemy opened on us.
We fought him till o'clock a. m. At
o'clock we went at him again, and
fought him all day long, and finally
whipped him most handsomely.
During all this time no one faltered,
nor did hear one word of complaint.
Under such circumstances, to obey the
order literally, to mention all who dis
tinguished themselves, | should be COM
PEELED to attach and make part of this
report, already too long, the muster rolls
of my entire brigade.
l have already made honorable men,
tion of Col. Skunk, Sth Indiana, Colonel
Washburne, 18th Indiana, Col Bailey,
goth Illinois, Col. Lippincott, SD Illinois,
and Major Brady, Sth Indiana (who
commanded the skirmishers), each and
all of whom are brave and competent
officers
l am deeply indebted to my staff off,
GERS for their intelligent bravery and
promptness in bearing my orders to all
parts of L the a. fed; A a CaPt- &c George 5:
gins, Adjutant 9Th Indiana, and Acting
A. D. c., Lieut. Jesse E. Scott, Co. C,
Sth Indiana, and Acting A. @. NJ, and
Lieut. Will R Irwin, Co. A, Sth md
lima, A. A. c. S., all of whom were un-
der fire from the beginning to the end
am also indebted to the gallant Lieut.
William Hill, Co. B, 9Th Indiana, for
acting Aid temporarily.
Our list of killed and wounded is at
tached and made part of this report
l have the honor to be, Captain, with
great respect, your obedient servant,
VIM P. BENTON,
Brigadier General Comd'g LIST Brigade,
18th Division, 18th Army Corps
The loss in the 9Th was killed, SO