The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-15
Military Items.
TFrom the indianapolis Journal. I


Colonel Simpson, of the 54th Indiana,
was killed, and Lieutenant Ralston, of
the same regiment, was wounded in the
arm The Goth Indiana was also engag-
ed in storming the rebel works at Vcks
burg.
Col. John F. Miller, who was wounded
at Murfreesboro while leading two brig
AIDES of Gen. Negley's corps, arrived in
the city yesterday on his Way to South
Bend, the place of his residence A cor
respondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, in describing the late battles, COM
pliments Col Miller highly. He says:
The army under Rosecrans is doing
what Rosecrans has always done-it is
making sure work in this locality. Yes
terday the enemy made desperate as
sault upon our center. So sudden and
severe was it that, for time, Van Cleves
brigade was driven back some distance
At this juncture, Col. Miller, of the 7th
brigade, came to his relief, making a
bold dash upon them, driving them from
| the field, across Stone river Here the
men of Miller's brigade were not salts
fed to remain, but into the river they
Nent; and when Col Miller received an
order from Gen. Palmer, not to cross, he
could but reply: We are across, al
ready" And when, again, the order
came to come back, Col. Miller, seeing
the determination of the men, replied
| can't stop them" Up the bank went
the 18th and 29th brigades, both, for the
time, under Col. Millers command. A
rebel battery poured its contents fercely
upon them; but they seemed not to be
conscious oft They boldly charged the
battery and took it, dragging it from the
field by hand. 1t is fine battery of four
guns, as those who visit Col Miller's
headquarters will testify. In considera-
ton of the services rendered by Negley's
division, another brigade has been added
to his command, and he has received
a very complimentary notice from General
Rosecrans. If GOODNESS and genuine
bravery on the field have the effect to
dispose of the =" stars oft the war;" ttco will
fall upon the shoulders of the brave in
the Sth division-one as companion to
that already upon the shoulders Of Gen
Negley, and the other to dismount that
"eagle," SO worthily borne by Col John
T. Miller, of the It'll brigade, army of the
Cumberland. After this dash of the 18th
and 29th brigades across the river, sew
eral other regiments crossed over, and
now occupy the other side
Numerous false rumors have obtained
in camp concerning our wounded Off
GERS. 1t has already been published that
Col. John T. Miller was killed He was
only slightly wounded in the neck, and
s laff Al 81 ~ l.
longs to stif-necked and perverse
generation; at least the men who
manned that rebel battery think so.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial speaks of the 9th Indiana,
as follows:
Concerning the 37th Indsana regi-
ment, all that need be said is, they re-
membered the stainless escutcheon Of old
Indiana, and they kept it untarnished
They fired away all their ammunition,
and | saw men almost crying for more,
and told them where to find it, which
they gladly did, and held their ground
against fearful odds l am at a loss
how to speak of the merits of our field
and staff officers during the fight To
GOV that cal-u--lI-- IS. ~ ., IA -
by, is not too much, yet not to say the
same concerning LIT, Col VIM d. Ward,
and Major I. B. Kimble, and Adiutant
Bob Goodwin, would be to say too little.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 9th states
that Col. d. C. Anthony, of the G6th In-
diana, has been appointed Provost Mar
shall Central of the Memphis District
Col. Anthony will make his headquarters
at Memphis
Major W. F. Strickland of our ed reg
iment, now at Fort Pillow, Tenn, sends
us the following account of gallant and
very successful little dash of a squad of
our troops at that point on rebel band
under Col Bill Dawson:
Fort PILLOW, Tenn, Jan. 9, 1863.
Ed. JOURNAL-On the morning of the
Sth inst, Capt. Frank Moore of co. d,
I'd Illinois cavalry, and Lieut.. w. II. Her
ron, of co. E, SD Indiana Volunteers,
(mounted infantry, surprised a rebel
camp of about 300 men, under Col Bill
Dawson, some ten miles from Ripley,
killed Is, wounded 80, and took Al pris-
oners, 40 horses and about 20 stand of
small arms, together with all their camp
equippage Taking into consideration
the fact that there were but 81 rank and
file of our forces, this was one of the
most complete victories of the war.
Moore lost none killed, one severely and
two slightly wounded The honor of this
very ninre little affair reflects brilliantly
upon the already established fighting
character of Capt Frank Moore and
Lieut. Bill Heron
W. f. STRICKLAND,
| Major sd Indiana Vols