Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-12

THr l4iH INDIANA ~ rHr RrcryT BarrLrs
THE RArPsBss<ock "A correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial sriting from The camp Il
the i4,h Indiana regiment ui.der date Of Nay 4.
gives the following account Of the part taken by
that nd baIts-vorn regiment in the late battle on
the Rsppahannock. and Official let OF the
killed and wounded.
The old itth Indiana went into the battle yes
terd-y at about eight o'clock A. NJ on the right
Of KimbsIps old Gibraltar Brig.de. now com
rnsnded BY the gallrnt and daring Colonel ; >
Carroll Of the 9th Ohio. We are designated ~
the lst Brigade "a Division. III Corps
The division = commanded by Major 1enefai
Couch The battle had been raging With much
fury. all day and FAR in the night OF the ~ inst
The ilth corps gave way, and lost con-'derabe
ground. hut general French ordered our brigade
10 check the advance OF the enemy on the right
The whole line advanced in splendid ,tyle. and
charged the enemv in dense wood and utterly
route.i them Nth immense los. driving them en-
sirey through The wood, over the Gordousylle
plank road aud capturing eighty five prisoners. a
brigade stand Of colors two pieces of artillery,
Bdgader General. and aiding IN the releasing
from the enemy parts Of two regiments OF our
forces
The l4th Indiana. aided by the 9TH Ohio. reoc-
cupied the ground lost nv driving the enemy by
the flank out Of their rife pits But being unsup
ported. and the enemy changing front. they
down in large force. and we were ordered to fall
back some two hundred yards where We re form
ell The men were falling thick and fast around
Colonel Coons. who urged and lei the men for
ward mounted. as he was into the very thckest
Of the fight. in "a gallant aud encouraging manner.
Col Cayins and Major Houghton proved them.
selves 10 be a. true ami brave ever bearing
the very brunt OF battle.
Adiutint r G.. Bailey Was everywhere where
his presence was required IN the thckest OF the
battle when the charge was last made. he WAS
actually in the very front. setting the men an ex-
ample Of bravery seldom equalled, when his horse
was shot from under him. He fell headlonc. but
fortunately for him, he escaped without injury.
he exposed himself needessly. and his escape is
truly astonishing.
The old E;h behaved nobly as she always
does. acting even more Garingly than ever before
Had we been properly supported. the world would
have heard a different story TO day
The loss of the regiment is "a follows:
Company A, Capt L HAYES. commanding
Wounded: CorDoral f ID Hemilton. in elbow.
slightly; Q Warner. right hand, Nathaniel
Cole. leg. slightly
Company Is, Capt W m Donaldson commanding
Wounded: Capt VIM Donaldson slightly. in
neck; Sergeant Engelmeiue in hand. seri-
ously Corpora, A Bur lalow. elbow, seriously.
Nelson Dunha n. in face. seriously; Tracy Pryor.
shoulder. slightly
Company c. First Lieutenant 81 muel Nichols.
commanding Wounded: Second Lieut. Charles
Gibson, groin. seriously; W PAWS. arm. SER
ously
Company ID, Capt b Tremelin commanding
Wounded: Corporal Phillip Dunn breast
mortally; John Mcclure. thigh. seriously; JAS
Jerrol, thigh. seriously; james 5 Wakefield, arm
seriously VIM b Barker. arm. seriously. Geo
/ Mcbride. head, slightly.
! Company +, Second Lieut. Horace Bradford,
/ commanding-Kiled Sergeant James III Nc
Mullen; John Stark. Wounded: Color Ser
geant J N SNYDER right arm: Geo Hitch. right
arm: Casper Trent. side. seriously
Company F-Wounded: Capt G ID Shelley
hip. seriously; Sergeant Abner Pr'ter. shoulder.
slightly: John Sails. thigh. seriously; Henry
Martin. thigh. seriously; J Flick. thigh seriously
VIM ID Henderson. hund. slightly
Company G.. Captain Vim II Patterson. COM
mandng-Killed Adam Shuliz Wounded
Second Lieut. VIM ID F Landon. head: Corporal
Thomas Piety. side. bruise: Corporal WIN Lynn.
knee. bruise: Mitchell Shank. thigh. bay
Company II. ID BEEN. commandins-Kiled
Chas Knight. Wounded Capt d BEEN
right elbow, sli5htly: Second Lieut. Jesse II ar.
rod. abdomen, severely: Corporal Chas Tignor
left hand, severely: Harrison Anderson. shoulder
severely; II Y Thomas. shoulder. severely; I
II Sudbury, shoulder slightly; Leander Far.
] leigh. shoulder. slightly
Company /. Second Lieut. j NJ Mitchell com
mandng-Killed Serg't T Kidd: W II
Hedges Wounded Sergt T Payne. breast
! Corporal III Brown: NJ Mcdonald. leg: p q
Langhorn. shoulder; Wm Olm-tead, both legs
/ Missing s B Lawson. J b Withheld Joseph
Bush
Company X, Capt q Il Ward, commanding
Wounded Capt @ b W ard lett knee seriously
Second Lieut. b T Smith side. seriously: Corpo
raj l. g Smith, Allen Berry: :, Berry: J
! Deckard: James c Barbison
Killed s.; wounded. 40 missing, 4. Total 80
The above is copy OF the official report fur
nished me by the Adjutant.
Yours sss