Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-01
sndiana'- fsotI oTIsonor.

At The last meeting oil the Legislature resO
luton unanimously passed.. making il the
auty Of the Site Librarian TO carefully collect
anil arrange FIR future preservation. the nsme-
OF oil Indiana sol,Iiery (o.iiccrs and men, who
have, t.lIcn in the present terrible civil war ~
who may hereafter fall. whether by disease
violence of the eueniy; their names, ages. places
OF ns'ivity anil residence: place and date of en-
lsmeht dralt or sabslitution; regiment. com
psny ermmau'i'ng officers, irpm Colonel 20
Clpfain includet. length OF service; the bitfles,
skismishe-. or any other engagements Win the
enemy. il wh.ciI they may have par
ticip.is.i, apa any other incidents OF sps-
cin interest connected with their history
anJ ii officers. the office. date Of com
mission. division. brigade. regiment or com
ptny. commanded by shem. 10 which they are
atacheI. With the promotions il any. and tie
cau-rs for the same aud auy aud all other mai
tiers that may he interesting and useful in the
transmission of these ilustrious names, to the
p9s1erity OF the State.
Tie author. Mr.. DAVID SrtvESsoS, states in
his introduction that the above resolution sug-
gested the idea of the present work. Aud he
adj:
Goa visiting the armies much valuable in
forSn iton RESI- Getting the services OF Indiana
regiments obtained To put this IN
proper form thai 1t might he preserved for the
u.e OF the future historian seemed an object
worthy of ambition II ,ving collected the nee
e-s,Fv m,,erial-. il became applr ent that in
order 10 make the resimenta sketches Ineligible
to The reader il would be Necessary To give an
account Of The various campaigns and genera. de-
scrittions 81 the several battles ia which reg
iments participated"
N csrryiE- out this design the work will neces
ssuly l,s.one OF considerable magnitude, but j,
could not he less 10 give any just
idea of The services which Indiana has and will
reuder in the present struggle. The present vol
umc (tIe I-t) contains some twenty chapters
AMI over ESQ pages. giving history ot the mill
tarv oI-ratioi.s of Tie Sire from the beginning.
with era.h.c sketches OF the important battles of
the war In which Indiana sediments en-
gagel md their regi:leuial histories The per
spn.l incidents which are related in connection
with these stirring events, add the CHARM of
rom1nce Ia them and give increased interest to
this history OF the struggle
The Rolf throughout is an Ind ,ua work.
IL i a history % Inlt,ni resimeat~. prepared 10y
Indiana mel. ani the book itself j. the produc-
ton of Indiana mechanics Aud in every depart
mcnt il i a production cre,lit,ble u the Safe.
The type Is large and ce,r. 1t i well prntei aud
Substantially mi handsomely bound Tie editor
saws Of he illustrations:
rhi- volume i illu~tr,tel only with the por-
trAit THE fr0ntSDitce exceP'o) 81 those Who have
sealed ~iih t,eiy lives their devorou 10 olr gov
ernmcut The next volume wiil contain the
po traits ct the r."st prominent OF our living OF
hccrs
The fronii>pece i portrait OF Governor
MoKroS. and II i most characteristic Likeness
The p,rtr,its OF GwISN AMI Bass. and HEN
BRICKS aud BkowS. and ABBoTr. and TANSER
AMI HSrHAwAy. and HICKMAN. aud Young
MULLEN illustrate this volume and commemorate
fes of Iaiiana's p,triolc deli.
The work Is publishes lay CONSUMPTION. AMI the
"Roll' will DC delivered 10 subscribers l. rapidly
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