, 1864-03-29

Der Of the company. Capt. Hause attempted
to rally his men, and succeeded In collecting
1eW together, who made sharp fight, but
to no purpose. The Captain shot the officer
one Killed, three wounded, and thirty-nine
captured. The rebels lost three killed md
si1 wounded. They captured all the hor5e8
and a1ms Of the company
The troops which came here from the Army
Of the Pctomnc brought with them various
new to the Western soldiers Among them
was the corps badge which designated the
corps to which officers and xnen were attach
ed. For Instance, the badge Of the Qth corps is
q crescent, that OF the 12th star. The
badge ie made Of any material, gold, silver,
some part Of the clothing, The Western
corps hare no such badge. How an Irish
man explained the matter Is thus told: A
soldier cnme by the headquarters Of General
Bntterfeld, a tired and weather-beaten stray
sgler: He waa one Of those who made Shcr
mans march from Memphis to Chattanooga,
thence to Knoxville, and was now returning
In the terrible cold Of that returning march,
thin1y clnd, one foot covered with a. badly
worn army shoe; the other with piece OF
raw-hfde bound with strings about socklcss
foot-both feet cut and bleeding. "Arms at
fwfl,', he trudged past the headquarters
guard, intent only upon overtaking his rcg;i;
=,
piece, clean uniform, and W51tte gloves.
What do you belong to-" Eighth Miss"
"What division? p, 49, ), -.
aAtorgan /. Smiths, ay coorse.''
&c What brigade?'t IT,
:si'es S,;s:l Sit1;s Second Brigade, of the
& But what army corps 81
"The Fifteenth, yoa I'D Tool. I am
one of the heroes Of Vicksburg. Anything
more. MIR Sentinels'' -.
"Where is your badge
: AMy badge, is 1t; what Is that p
"Do you see this star on my cap! That
crescent on ~ partners cap Ia the badge oi
II: see now. That's how yez Potomick
ftllers gifts home, Nv: dark nights. Ye takes
the moon and shtars with ye.". :: ;
4, But what is the badge OF your corps 2"
Making right about. and slapplng his cart
rag1 Se1 see 9b5 }Rst solder @ aa,ige 1fgea orwb
Q. s. On braRsh plate md forty rounds in
the cartridge box-and sixty rounds in our
pockets. That's the badge Of the Fifteenth,
that came from Vicksburg to help ye fight
CbattanooEy."
BE-. Some few more & mill be added from time
Corps; Gen. II. l.. Smith, the number who
hare r. enlisted is 1,016.
The, whole number. Of descrters from the
rebel army who have taken the amnesty oath
within the lines Of tho 18th Corps during the
!. month Of February, is ees. Brigadier Gen
eral John E. Smith. formerly Colonel ct the
.45th Illinois, now commanding the 9TH D1
vision OF the 18th Army Corps, has gone
North on short leave of absence.
:, Brigadicr General John n. Corse, who VICE
wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge, re
turned on Friday and reported for duty. He
Is stin suffering from his wound, but think
that he is able to assume command. Col
Gabriel ,Bouck, Of the 18th Wisconsin, orig
inally Of the I'd Wisconsin, has resigned OF
account Of private business He has served
nearly three years, With credit to himbelfapt
his State,
>. The railroad from Nashville, via Decatur
| will be opened tomorrow. The facilities fo
forwarding troops md supplies will thus b.
more than doubled, the road thus opened be
Ing Of better graa,ss and better t1nsk has
! heretofore used. PuCL.