Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-10
From The si1ty-Hr.h Regiment.
CAMP 65TH ISDIAga VOLUNTEERS,
OSE NILE FROM ATLANTA,
July %. 1854

July 70, 1908.
Eaitoss Journal
have been silent long time Twill
only give few items, for it would be a
tedious aGair to attemp. to give even a
brief summary Of all the 65th has passed
through. Suffice it to say We are al
ways on hand
have not written for some Eve weeks,
and much that would be untimely to you,
perhaps, has transpired in the mean
time. Well, to commence On the 9th
Of July we moved from the right of the
army to the left OF the railroad, aud near
the river. On the Slh we crossed the
Chattahoochee River. The 23d Corps
was the .frst 10 cross The brigade to
which the 65th belongs was one Of the
irst over Two we're crossing at once
the I'd and Sd brigades The l03d Ohio
was the FIRST of our brigade, AID the 65th
second, and both brigades effected
crossing at the same time. They we're
in boats, and we icaded IT, Some of the
65th barely escaped with their nves,
losing everything they had, for the water
was waist deep, the current swin, and
the bottom very rocky; so It vas almost
impossible TO obtain a sure footing The
brigade below ns got fired on while cross
ing, by small force of the enemy. but
we bad a battery ready for theHl, and
they were driven back One piece OF
artillery was abandoned by the fright
ened enemy, which fell into the hands
Of the Sd brigade We pushed on about
a mile, and built strong breastworks
We remained here, while the other corps
went around to the left Of as, but the
newspapers have announced that long
/ ago.
On the 18th of July we started ia the
/ direction of Decatur, and on the 10Th
] HaseAlrs Division (23d Corps) and part
] of MePherson's army entered the place,
/ driving the rebels out, who departed in
j hurry, after burning the depot and about
q dozen Confederate wagons Cox's
Division faced towards the Gate City,
and the 65th we're thrown forward as
! skirmishers After advancing short
distance we came across the rebel pick
4 NtEt NuO uNNu = iNd 5hUk1 anu tAA tOUhs
We halted and built breastworks, four
miles from Atlanta. The next morning
HascalIs heroes passed US in order to
take up a position on our right, and it
4 was plain to be seen that they had been
1 making a raid on some place, for nearly
every other man had a new coffee
/ pot or tin bucket; Indeed, it was an
I nounced that when they entered De-
/ catur they captured 500 women and
! 400 i0oDleH. They had the coffee
pots with them, but | have not heard
! of what became Of the females.-
After the Second division found us we
formed in line of battle, and our skirm-
ishers were soon engaged. But the reb-
els fell back to their line uf breastworks.
aud we threw up our lines in front of
them. On the 2lst, companies II and
d were on the skirmish line, aud at day
light the next morning it was found that
the Johunies had fallen back TO their last
ditch, sure. We we're ordered to ad-
vance, SLOWLY and with great caution, ["
until we found the enemy. We pushed
on for about one and a half miles, when
/ We formed junction with the Fourth
corps skirmishers, intersecting on their
left BY some accident or other, when
our two companies advanced, the Ninth
corps skirmishers remained behind, and
we got in front of them. We pushed
forward until we came mp with the enc
my's skirmishers, who we're in strong
rihe-pits across an open field. We ad-
vaneed 10 the edge of the Geld, aud re-
manned under cover Of the woods We
fred at each other for some time, but
their position being so much better than
the one we had, and as we had no works
only few rails hastily thrown up to
shelter us, we had to ''lie low and keep
cool One of our own batteries, az this
juncture, opened on the rebels, but their
shells fell among s,causing us to feel not
little alarmed about holding our DO.
sition. But hold it we did, and sent the
battery word to stop, or they would kill
every one of Us. The tops of the trees
were blown of, and splinters and pieces
= Of shells few in every direction. Cor.
; poral A j. Hawkins was slightly
stunned By the bursting of shell, which
exploded within six feet Of him. He al
; SO had several bullet holes through hii
clothing aud knapsack. Private Henry
Peck was shot through the hand, and il
is an ugly and dangerous wound.
r. We fell back from this position st II
. o'clock, A NJ, and rejoined our brigade
= who were just beginning to build new
: works, having advanced some two miles
: from their former position. While VI
: were on the skirmish line, we were no
! over half mile from the suburbs of At
!, lanta, their fort6cstions being just out
: side the city.
e. But to continue, while the regimen
d were building works, an order came 70
n as to fall in as quickly as possible, t,
10 go to the left TO reinforce Mcpherson
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