The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-16
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND


Editors Of the EransriIle Journal:
1 seize the first opportunity of writing
you of the doings of this brigade, since
we left Murfreesboro.
On the 24th day of June we were
marched on the Manchester Pike as far
as Big Spring near Hoover's Gap, and
encamped there for the night 1t rained
most of the day. Cannonading was heard
right and left and center, and for while
very brisk on the right.
On the 23d we moved up toward the
Gap, still hearing cannonading on the
right
On the Goth inst, the enemy with con-
siderable loss, was driven from the Gap
and we marched through, and on the fol-
lowing day marched TO Manchester.
The day following, General Beatty, lst
Brigade, Indiana Division, received or
ders to move to Hillsboro to cover a
movement of Colonel Wilder upon the
Tail GOdu at Dec0dTQ
This work done, we received orders to
move from Hillsboro TO Concord Church
near the Hillsboro and Tullahoma road,
on the march to Concord Church, our ad-
vance guard was attacked by about sixty
of the enemy's cavalry, and a Lieutenant
of the second Kentucky cavalry killed,
Int {hn hrt,r 40 i
and the boys brought up on the dou-
BILE quick, each man hallowing at the top
of his voice, but the feet footed enemy
was not to be found. We knew not but
that we were. to fight Brigade, or
Division .or an Army Corps, but,
there seemed to be little care, for never
saw men more firm and determined in
my life The GOODNESS and intrepidity of
Gen. Beatty had the effect to inspire con-
fidence to Whip 9ds9ph!lff 9ds9p IL fa8P fa8P Fair, and am
sure l never saw it rain harder in my
life, but there was one steady purpose to
conquer, or fight, if need be, Braggs
whole army.
But it so turned out that we reached
our destination without farther resistance
than before named, and we joined our
division after hard march on the rain
lest day ever saw.
On the first day of July the first brig
ade of our division, Gen. Beatty, left
camp on the Hillsboro' and Tullahoma
! road, at 10 clock, A NJ, and marched
on the Winchester road. After march of
one and half miles, We met the ad
vance pickets of the enemy. A few shots
were exchanged, when our brigade was
Immediately formed in line of battle and
put in motion. Thus we advanced half
mile farther, at which point, on the top
of a ridge, the enemy opened on us "a
battery of two or three pieces, and so per-
fectly did he have our range, that the
first shot he fred "a six pound solid)
passed exactly through the left of the
18th Kentucky, severely, and perhaps
mortally, wounding two men.
Instantly the General ordered Captain
Hewitt, 2nd Kentucky Battery into posi-
ton on the rise of ground, and our artil
lery began shelling the enemy's lines with
fine effect. But few shots were fred by
the enemy here, but the last / believe
was of canister, and was SO well direc-
| ted, that one of Captain Hewett's horses
was killed, but seeing the game the en-
emy was at, Captain Hewett replied with
a few well directed shots of the same
sort, and silenced the enemy at once.
Deserters from the enemy had come
in from the first of the engagement, and
all reported Bragg leaving as fast as his
army could be moved
During this day, we steadily drove the
enemy till sundown, when hostiHties
ceased, and we went into camp. Our
loss in killed was one and in wounded
only four, but our loss from fatigue and
sun stroke was very great We were
chasing cavalry mostly, and it became
very necessary to double quick a great
portion of the time, and the weather being
excessively hot, very many fell by the
wayside of exhaustion.
Late in the evening, of this, the lst of
July, the enemy opened fire in Spring
Greek valley with few pieces of artillery,
but with no,effect upon our ranks; again
Captain Hewett coolly drew out and with
very few well directed shots silenced
tbc enemy's guns. l never saw better
shooting in my life.
Here night found us, and our amy
sought repose, which it very much need
ed
During the night, the enemy withdrew
to the south side of Elk river, burned the
bridge that Bragg had himself built and
took position over the hill on the south
side of the river, which position
was well chosen, inasmuch as it COM
manded Elk River Valley, mile and
half in width, and for some three miles
down the river
On the End day of July, we again adj
vanced our lines, but met no resistance.
We cautiously proceeded, till the head OF
our column was within mile and half
of the enemy whose guns, we discovered,
commanded the very ground we were oc-
eupying
Gen. Beatty made careful survey of
the position of the enemy himself, and
Immediately ordered the battery up
Ten guns were got into position, am
sure, without having been discove d by
the enemy, and the ten were all fred at
once. 1t was some minutes before the
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