Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-30
From the Forty.sceond Indiana.
NEAE ATLANTA, GA, !
Aug. l3, 1864. |

Since my last the AID Indiana has met
with the following casualties. July 9th,
Il. senderman wounded August lst,
- Shepherd, Co, K; 9th, Jasper
Richardson, Co. i, died 10 a few hours
after receiving his wound; 7th, Serg't
VIM. F. s'uekey, Co. X, mortally wound.
ed, and died in two hours; Sth, -
Cooperridsr, Co @, mottslly wounded,
aud died in few hours; S. TisIow, Co.
|, in right middle finger, Kit Gregory,
Co g, wounded 9th, H. Baker, Co. G;
10th, L. Garrett, Co. (; George Kirk
patrick, Co. A, flesh wound In the side.
| should have said that ON the 7th John
Warriek, Of Co +, was killed
Our present position as regiment is
not very pleasant In going to it, if the
enemy desires il, you have to run the
gauntlet most emphatically, for they
command place from their position
through which we have 10 pass, and
generally there is n fopt.raee here TO gel
| under cover from rebel bulleta Our
regiment and brigade is situated and
fortified on hillside, ia front Of them
branch, and farther up on The opposite
hill are the rebel works, looking down
on them somewhat unpleasantly. This
. counts for the number Of casualties
here. ] presume the rebe,s suffer equal.
! Iy as much as we do .r
| The march from the centre to the left
vas on one Of the warmest days | have
sxTs fenced in Georgia, aud, as soldiers
ia'l u, many played out, 10 fact, as
We marched SIX miles without rest, many
iad to stop on the war OF perish from
heat This march has decimated our
re- iment and division more than all the
lighting, exposure 70 rain, and hard
labor In digging bitches aud throwing
np works has done since. There was
10 doubt an apparent necessity for il, II
az real one
The battle Of Sabbath evening, the
7th, was truly very severe 1t was con
hned to our corps, (the l4th, and prin'
cipally TO our division, yet it was by far
the sharpest | have known during the
entire campaign The continuous roar
OF artillery, increasing as time advanced;
the sharp crack OF musketry, at times &c
commingled as to seand as the roar oI
one single gun, chimed in with the can,
mons more hoarse aud disagreeable
sound, until you could hardly distinguish
the difference between artillery and mus
ketry-all one continuous roar, sending
streams of death all around. The re
suit was, over l5G wounded men were
brought into our hospital (lst division
l4th corps) against 206 at night Ye
We beat the enemy back; hurt him a
badly, and far more so, than be did US
for IN the course of half an hour afte
the battle commenced prisoners CON
meueed passing our position, and con
tinued TO pass in squads until nigh
Deserters told us il we had had littl
longer time, and had pressed on as "
were pressing, all would have been los
to the Confederate cause, they having q
the time but one more line of works i
our front Night gave them time to FOL
tify, and they are where they were nearl
week ago but we are better fortified
better prepared to make another AZ
). ysRee, and, we think, achieve anothe
success.
;, had talk with prisoner He va
thorough secesh, dyed-in-the-woo
chain, warp, filing and all After NAL
ing a few preliminary arrangements,
asked him how their army was fed, /
replied better now than ever befor
This is no doubt true, as learn fro
deserters and prisoners that they a.
now using the bacon they succeeded
getting away. from Nashville over tv
years ago. Rather strong they eonfes
/ but plenty OF this and eorn-bread nal
to up the principal part Of their ration
i, Atlanta became the place of deposi
Better let their soldiers have il than |
at Uaeie Sam take the balance as he d
ng big share of it at NashvIlle) -
r. What is your prospects of feedil
''e your army another year, provided &
ss war coutinuesp
- He drew 8 long breath.
: "0h very good Ii has been very sc
n sonable in the South and we exPe
:, abundant crops.
w. But suppose we take Atlanta, a
your army goes East, how will you fs
all it then7'
nd Well" said he, I've will have to y
sir wagon trains from down tovsrds Nor
On, gomery, leading out to the most southe
ter, railroad, and depend on that"
Are not your authorities trying
'sss prosraet this mighty struggle till aft
And the PRESIDENTIAL election p
9th This question be appeared to dislil
axe but finally met 1t squarely, and said:
the Yes, they are straining every ner
as to do it But, sir, from what can ga
n.y. er, taking what little can get fr,
A''s Northern papers through our own, tn
Union speeches made in the South No
''' Carolina), with what our papers $
taking the pile and sitting il down to
"a, near the truth as ! can, ! believe itis W
|, y out hope, for believe that A. LincS
ia will be the next President" - -