Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-05
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS
Near CHATTANOOGA, TESS
April u, 1867

April II, 1901.
Esisers Journal
Many Of Us to-day were made glad by
receiving copies Of your valuable psper
It Is certainly sweet to be remembered
at home; we owe you many thanks for
your kindness.
Gen Hoyey's "iIoosier division have
stood thirteen days steady marching aud
drilling, with growing and heroic vigor
We cause veterans to wonder when we
tell them we are new troops so rapid
has been our progress in the "art OF
war, and we bring down showers Of
praise on our noble State, when we tell
them that, from the General do Snwards,
40 Kre proud Of being Hoosiers, Sighting
for zone country, the whole country, and
nothing but the country"
We have travelled road, and over 4
country filled with magnificent views
We passed through rugged gorges Of the
Cumberland mountains, where we could
look down upon the eagles, startled from
their eyries by the rattle of our drams
and the CLEAN Of our bayonets. All
along our route, We could read the his
tory Of this woeful rebellion, by the
graves OF the dead comrades wGo went
before US; by the wasted farms, the
ruined hamlots, aud deserted towns. by
the monrniul faces of the men and wo-
men, whose rebellion and desperation
have rendered ''leau, lank and horrid
the speaking history, the terrible history
of mighty people struggle for liberty.
/ Tonight VIC are camped under the shad-
owe Of the historic and classic Lookout
Mountain. How apt We are 10 belittle
the present Tonight am surrounded
( by thousands; here is Thomas, and Hook
er, and Hovey--there are Lookout Noun
tain, Chattanooga, and Chiekamsuga,
all abla and powerful merl-all names
that will hold muliitades in rapture when
/ am forgotten; and yet, Pharsalia, Leue-
ira aud Marathon - magnificent, and
made glorious by time, are aedTsr to
/ all of us. Perhaps it springs Eom that
/ principle in our nature which tends to
helniie everything and everybody we can
approach or appreciate.
I Somebody said great fact when he
said, "No man was hero TO his valet.
| Might it not be said, with equal truth
that it is impossible for us to fully meas
ure the glory and fame Of held which
the honor and valor of cotempoFarie'
have rendered immortalf
, The guide al Waterloo will tell you
with parrot-Eke el0quence, II. was hers
that the Old Guard reooiled; twas ther'
the French Curasiers were repulsed By
the British infantry; twas near this spo
Prince Jerome's column was almost an
nihilsted and so on, until you can rcs'
the whole scene IN the gorgeous color
Of enthusiastic fancy-until you actually
sigh that y0n did not live in an age tha
witnessed so mighty an event Yet al
ready, on this long march, we hsy'
marched almost anheedingly by ihrei
fields which, in point of carnage an,
desperate valor, cause Waterloo to pale
The new made graves the shattered tree
the rough, red breastwork, the brokel
caison, the hungry buzzard, aud tn
bleaching earrion-are things not 10 b
seen, it would seem, by those who woul
; do honor and justice TO those who hay
b~avey died for Liberty aud Union
But. enough of this morahzing
, | merely wish 10 tell our friends &
. home that "Hcvey's Hoosier Division
.. is healthy, happy, hopeful, proud an
confident Our officers are tried an
gallant veterans, whose hearts are kin'
= and warmed by a love of honor, an
d whose hands are strong by q love
4 country; so we 60 gaily along to or
il bloody work" We march long, an
dr'l incessantly; but we knotr what y
i came to do, and no man straggles {
9 grumbles
= The wrecks of routed and victoriog
TO armies, strew our path along. The ssul
!, che insepsrabls servant of the soldier, Il
obstinate. yet tough embodiment of fdel