Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-13
From the l2d Indiana volunteers.

NEAR ATLANTA, ia,
July 2e, 1854
EDITORS Journal
Excuse me for Offering brief com
nunication TO the people Of Southern
indiana and to the friends Of the 424
Indiana Regiment I, would be tsele.,
70 attempt history Of this wonderf
campaign Even history Of our owr
regiment would make quite "a volume
40 little history. will have to suffice 70
the present.
On the morning of Jaly 22l inst
word came in from our picket line to our
works that the Johnnies had deserted
their strongly fortified positions and bad
fed. A little careful examination into
ihe merits of the report proved it to b,
| true, and eaeh corps of the grand Army
Of the Cumberland appeared to vie with
each other as to who should FIRST find the
enemy again So with buoyant heart.
they pressed forward till the 18th Corps
came within three miles Of the city ot
| Atlanta Here il halted, and the 42d wa.
wisely or unwisely thrown out as feilsr
for the enemy. Passing through at
open field and into the woods they wer,
pressed fotword into another field, wher,
they discovered the enemy's picket line
They threw out their pickets; th,
enemy soon advanced they gave way
probably intentionally--in force; the,
pressed forward again (our boys in thl
interim throwing up crude works of rails
logs, chuneks, &c ) hankng both righ
and LEFT, when from the flank fire ou
boys began to fall, pierced by the deadl,
minnie ball Just at this junelure Capt
Masters of Company X was wounded il
the right shoulder, the ball crashing
through aud severely fracturing th'
joint Pereeiviug the perilous situation
Of the regiment, be assumed the suthori
ty to order retreat, and our men fel
back to the cover Of Hill short dis
lance in the rear.
Captain Masters was in command o
the regiment, as the Lieutenant Colone
was in the rear very sick He has beei
sick for some time, thing we all deepl
regret, as his presence in the hour G
danger has almost become a necessity t
his brave command.
In this brief engagement the lamente
Lieutenant johnson Of Company X fe
pierced just above the region Of th
heart A truer soldier never fought nc
never fell Peace TO his memory, an
the consolation of Divine grace to th
hearts of his afflicted relatives an
many friends.
Joseph 7. Alley of Company H, pr
,ate, was killed, and stern necessii
compelled his companions to leave b
/ body on the field.
a W. T. Garrison, Company D, was ais
: killed, and By tender hearts deposited
, the honored grave of the Union soldie
Wounded-J c. Martin, Company
in the thigh; Alfred Webber, Compar
= G, right arm aud chest; J. W. Patio
Company G, thigh, \. II Carol, Con
pany G., across abdomen, severe, b
o thought not to be mortal; Sergaent v
t, Stueky, Company K, finger; D. She
man, Con pany +, in the thigh by spe
It ball A few others were touched BY Il
g enemys bullets, but not sufficiently i
p iured to disqualify them for service.
,e This was the opening of the great ba
Is tie of the 22i, for soon far out on O.
s left We could hear the deadly roar of q
tillery aud the sharp cracking sounds
:. thousands and tens of thousands Of mt
!. ketS On and on it rolled, sometim
4. drawing nearer on the hastily form
Of line, then running out so far that s
A. laundering artillery apparently swallo
ID ed it up Here General Mcpherson fc
but of this you have been duly informs
/ Here Colonel William Jones, Of Spenc
le County, first slightly wounded in
o. legs, was hurried by s grape shot throu
i. his brain into eternity. Colonel Jon
N as friend and foe will testify, was bra
tn and generous to fault
Embraeing Friday, Saturday and s.
baths fighting, General Thomas, Ia
; army bulletin, sets down the Union Il
ne at about six thousand, and the rebels 5
sr- teen or seventeen thousand, judging IN
as, the number their dead. The fight ws
las terrible one-one that gave Us cont
st of the Augusta Railroad, and falls y
) 1t crushing weight on the hopes and pr
re poets of the rebels, if they have any.
ned Since the 22d, we have had no cast
ties up to this date, though this is
third day for the 42d on the front Ii
Iieh and though our pickets were under
oaf. perfect shower of bullets yesterday ev
- ing, they made an advance, found