Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-22

RECEPTION OF rHr EIxwxxrH REGIMENT
Dispatches we're received BY Lieut.. Col Darnell
se-terdav. % the effect that the llth regiment
would arrive here about O'Clock thi- morning
The managers OF the Belefontaiue road have
arranged 10 have the train here at or about tina,
hour The train. We understand. will stop AZ the
Washington street crossing. at Noble street
where the men will disembsrk. form as a reai-
meni and march down Washington street The
progra ANNE for the reception se are not informed
Of At present writing. IL received before.xe 90
10 press IL will be published in this mornings ma,
per Our readers. however, nav prepare 10 me-,
aud greet th,f- veteran neighbors this morning
and witness the parade Of one of the best drilled
regiments that ever faced foe
The history of the I lth regiment is brim full
OF interest TO the general reader. but more Is
pecally i Il so tn the citizens OF INDIANAPOLIS:
who. regarding il AZ a representative ss the Cap
tai OF the State in the war for the restoration OF
the Union. have watched It's course with pride
through the tolls of the bivOnac and the march,
and the peris Of the battlefield One of she
brst to enter the service under the call of the
President for $4,000 men, il at once obtained an
enviable reputation for thorough discipline and
perfection in drill which it has maintained stead
lily under the three months and the three years
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all competitors
the eleventh, il will be remembered, on the or.
gaDizition of'the three months troops threw to
gether a number OF independent companies. which
had been well drilled, aud was appointed to com
ma1d the regiment thus formed His own fam
Gus company, the Charlottesville Zouaves Capt.
ElstOn, was OF the number Five COMPANIES un-
der Captains Foster. Darnall Robinson, Rugg
and Fshnestock, were from this city. two under
Captains Hamil and Smith, we're from Terre
Haute. and the other two companies were, one
from Upton under Captain Ed. T Wallace and
one from Charlottesville under Captain Carr.
We all remember how at once the " Zouaves " as
the regiment was called, at once took the fore
most rank in the Union army for their admirable
drill We have neither time nor space 10 speak
Of their services II i sui to saw that they
returned when their term of service had expired
with the praise Of their superior officers mingling
with that Of their crowds of friends
In August. 1861. the regiment was reorganized
for the three years service. There had been
some changes Major Charles o Wood was ap
pointed to the regular army. and was succeeded
by Capt Robinson. Capt. Foster NOW General
Foster, was promoted 10 a majority ia the 18th.
and succeeded by Capt. George Butler. Major
Robinson by Captain Fred. knefller, and Captain
Fahnestock by Captain Lyman. The field and
staff under the second organization fol-
lows: Colonel Lewis Wallace. Lieutenant Colonel
George F McGinnis. Major William II Rob
inson. Adjutant Daniel McCauey, Quarrermaster
Joseph Pope. Surgeon Thomas W Fry.
Assistant Surgeon John c. Thomson, Chaplain
Henry b. Hibbeu. The companies were com
msnded by CAPTAINS Butler, LYMAN. Hamill.
Smith. Rugg. Wallace, Carr. knefIer, EistOn
and Darnall
The regiment was ordered to Paducah, Nv.
and at that point joined the force OF Gen. Grant
for the reduction of the forts on the Tennessee
and Cumberland rivers. Col. Wallace had been
in the meantime promoted. and Col. McGinnis
had succeeded him in the command. The dis
tnguiShed part taken bv the lih in the battle at
Fort Donelson i familiar To every lndianian.
From thence with Grants victorious column l.
went up the Tennessee. and with Wall1ce's divi-
sion drove back the rebel hosts on the field Of
Shiloh, during the second DAYS fight After the
evacuation of Coriuth. the 18th with Wallace's
division marched TO Memphis and remained in
that region until the Vicksburg expedition was
formed Throughout that brilliant campaign, so
prolific of glorious results to the Union arms, it
acted a conspicuous part. At Champion Hill it
charged rebel battery, drove back and routed
its support of three regiments, and captured the
guns. In every fight and every skrmish the
same steadness and pluck was exhibited The
| llth, "a at Donelson and Shiloh. always moved
onward. Promotions. deserved aud well earned
| had taken place McGinnis. the accomplished
soldier and chvalrous gentleman. had been made
Brigadier. and succeeded by Adiutant
McCauley Capt Darnall was promoted first to
Major and then to Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt
Butler had succeeded to the Majority These
are the reamental officers now.
From the busy and bloody scenes around
Vicksburg the regiment was ordered to New
Orleans. and it is sufficient 10 say that il has
been actively engaged in all the movements
made during is stay in the Department of the
Gulf. and returns from there with fresh laurels
entwined with those it wore on the banks of the
Cumberland and Tennessee and amid the wooded
hills around the fallen stronghold of the Mis-
sissipp
Battle scarred-tried in the fire and proven TO
be true gold-the gallant men of the llth re
turn. after absence of over two wears. To pass
few days with their families and friends That
those days of rest NAV he days of happiness. is
the ardent wish of every citizen of Indianapolis.
The greeting they will receive will be from the
heart