Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-16
From East Tennessee.
From our own Correspondent.

HEADQ'R RS 2D BRIG, 23D ARMY CORPS, !
i KNOXVILLE, October 1st, 1868.
EDITOR JOURNAL: wrote you when we
first arrived at Knoxville, some weeks
ago, and as the End Brigade has not been
idle in the meantime, have thought fit
to send you short synopsis of our ad
ventures"
About the 9th of September we left
here on a general raid towards Bristol,
town which is situated partly in Tennes-
see, and partly in Virginia. We stopped
some four days at Greenyille to recruit;
we then started to Bristol, but at Kings
port we met the Rebels 1000 strong, and
after a short skirmish routed them. Col
onel Caprin of the 18th Illinois penned
them with his regiment, and succeeded
IN destroying their ammunition train.
We pushed on, and at Bristol we had
another short and brisk skirmish, driving
the rebels before US. We had few men
wounded belonging to the 5th Indiana.
We cut the telegraph wire, tore up the
railroad, and destroyed considerable
amount of Confederate stores We then
fell back to Blountsville, eight miles from
Bristol, and camped for the night. In
the morning, (Sunday,) about D O'Clock,
we moved on towards ZolIicofer Station.
where the Rebels were reported to be in
force. -Four miles from Blountsville we
met the enemy, and Immediately en-
gagged them. We fought them for five
hours, and, finding them too strong for
US, we fell back to Blountsville. Three
men in Colyin's battery were wounded,
one of whom has since died. ls.4Lf io
On Monday we fell back about Is
miles. On Tuesday we received orders
to advance on Blountsyille. About 2
o'clock Colonel Graham's regiment, (5th
Indiana Cayalry,) who were in the ad-
vance, met the enemy at Blountsville.
The Rebels had their artillery planted on
a hill Commanding the town. The first
or second shell the enemy fred set the
town on, fire. That was q good deed for
them, for the inhabitants of the place
were all "Secesh." " Colonel Foster ar
rived about half an hour after the fight
commenced, with the remainder of the
Brigade, consisting of the 18th Illinois
cavalry, 8th Tennessee cavalry, and 65th
Indiana mounted infantry. The fight
then became general. The 65th Indiana
were dismounted, and went into the fight
under command of Major Brown, and
constituted the right wing The 5th In
diana and Sth Tennessee were placed on
the left, while the 18th Illinois was held
as a reserve. The ground was hotly con-
tested for about six hours, but we finally
routed them. They fled in every direc-
ton. The Sth Tennessee made a splen-
did charge, bringing in about 65 prison
ers. The 65th Indiana did splendid
fighting, and it is already regarded as a
veteran regiment. Company H, under
the command of Capt Hornbrook, did
the hardest fighting, and their list of
killed and wounded will show that they
bore the brunt of the battle But every
company nobly did its duty. Your cor
respondent saw enough of the battle to
be able to tell the difference between the
whiz of solid shot and a bomb shell.
Col. Foster was everywhere in the thick
est of the fight, regardless of danger, and
more than once did shot and she'll drop
within few feet of MIN. He is bound
the Rebels shall be punished to the full
est extent when they meet his brigade.
Capt. Hornbrook carried the flag of his
Company, and it had three holes shot
through it, and one shot struck the flag
staff 10 sHfHA aet.e .seq.
The loss of the enemy in killed and
wounded is quite large We buried six
of their killed.
The following is list of the casualties
in the Goth Indiana: We have already
published the list in full En-. j oURNAL I
Lieut. Colonel Johnson has resigned
on, account of bad health Surgeon Eli
Lewis has also resigned. Lieut.. Pruitt
and Lieut. Ronald have also resigned.
The above are all from the 65th.
| Please send US package of weeklies,
for we have had no Journals since we
left. Persons sending letters to the boys
will direct them: Goth Ind Mounted
Infantry, 2nd { (Foster's) Brigade, 23rd
army Corps, East Tennessee, ria Lou
isUizle, KY =<9t i''iio v''a p, 'e9a' 90
Our Brigade is just starting on a
march this evening | should not be
surprised if we had some hot work to
do. / shall endeavor. to write to you
more frequently, and try to keep you ad
vised of our movements. We have had
no letters from home yet, for they were
ordered to be sent oia Glasgow, Ky. We
will get them after while, I suppose
| Burnside, Hartsuff, Shackelford, and
several other Generals are here.
shall have to close, for the wagons
are being packed up for the march.
Yours Truly, "ToM."