Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-03
From the Forty.sceond Regiment.

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seize the frat halfway opportunity Of
writing you since the commencement Of
this stupendoas campaign. l say stu
pendous, for such il is; how ssupendous
| do not propose TO say now, but ID is,
and has been more so than our folks 81
heme may perhaps imagine.
On the 7th dag Of May the army be-
gan 10 move. The, lsth Army Corps,
from Rihggold, Ga, and other parts from
other points. On the 9th inst, AFTER
having driven the enemy from Tunnel
Hill, the whole army concentrated near
Buzzard Roost and Rocky Face; Here
the I'D was ordered to skirmish with the
enemy in front, and if possible End ou.
what the rebs had beyond the point 10
the left Most Of the day tho regiment
was engaged in this work and constantly
exposed to the Gre of sharpshooters, who
were concealed in crags of rocks or be-
hind trees selected for the purpose. The
regiment advanced and fully accom-
plished all that was asked, with loss
Of but three wounded, The men behaved
with = eoolpess and bravery becoming
veterans, for TO feel Of powerful enemy.
entrenched, who may be in ambush for
you, just for the sake Of finding his
position. Is enc of the tasks not the
most pleasing il the world. Still this
has to be done, and always with small
force showing an exceedingly bold front
In this case six companies Of our regi-
ment were on the skirmish line, while
we had bat four in reserve, and the
skirmish line was near mile long. A bold
front truly, fer one regiment, you will
say, but Lieut. Colonel McIntire conduct
ed the whole affair with Judgment and
/ skill worthy al officer Of cool discretion
and sound military sense s,s
/ On the 10Th and 18th inst We lay in
camp in front OF Bernard Roost, and on
the morning ofth 18th tcok up the line
Of march for Snake Gap, which place we
entered aud passed through on the night
of the 18th, resting in Sugar Valley I'LL
the morning of the, 18th We had now
massed large force in and in front Of
this Gap, and il was evident that the
hour for trial at arms was not far OF .
Our division moved to q position in the
centre and marched in line Of battle
about three and half miles through the
thickest underhrush for, great part Of
the way, ever saw in my life, composed
of cedar, pine, oak, hickory, and every
/ imaginable speciee. of hriar and wild
4 vines, but the soldiers maintained good
I order and behaved we'll About 4 o'clock,
r Mbwe arrived in front OF the enemy,
be being sntrenched in long range Of
hills beyond > large open 6eld. As We
reached this part Of the line, Gen. Logan
Was engaging the enemy on the right of
rs, and driving him, continuing to do 50
till dark, when the firing ceased. 81s
Our brigade was then moved farther
to the left and hastily gotten into posi-
ton, skirmishers were thrown forward
and we constantly pressed the enemy till
he was driven into the field in front Of
his works Here he was fortified, but We
were ordered to charge, and do not
thlnkiI eger saw troops do 80 with more
! sinpek1osity and zeal than;did the boys Of
the I'D. Oar advance was down Q steep
hill, 50 steep thar it were almost inpossss.
BILE seemingly to get down, but
onward the boys charged, making
the welkin ring with their shouts Al
the foot Of this hill they had to pI4nge
. through a stream of water, but still on
ward was the word. When emerging
from under the covering Of the banks
of the stream, in an open space, the
enemy opened cross FIRE from his en-
trenched position on the 42d Indians
\ tHat was reallg Appaninga Oar brave
boys stood wsIf ID lie w5rk, shd wsrl
soon pretty securely fortified against ths
, FIRE, so that be. had little advantage ovsl
D Us.
This charge was mads about Aaif pas
o'clock p NJ, nndess she 6re OF III
enemy Here again Hsutshaut Colene
! Meinnre proved himself worthy oi -