Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-14
FROm WEE FIRsTOHIn ARTILLERY.
News from Edserton's and Hiekman's Bat
teries.


BRDoEPoRT, Ala, January 4, '64.
EDeERToN's BATTERY tE" FIRST OHIO Ar
TILLERY.
Until very recently this command was
Stationed at Dallas, Tennessee. g short dis
tance above Chattanooga detestsble To-
cality, without q gusrd, and for the Osten-
sible purpose of going to seed. December
2Oth brought orders for the battery to
proceed to Bridgeport, Alabama, and join
the artillery brigade there organizing un-
der the able supervision Of Major Law
renee. Owing to the enfeebled condition
Of the half famished horses and mules, the
almost impossible miry roads and the in
elemency Of the weather, this march Of
fifty miles was perhaps the severest one
ever experienced by the battery. 1t final
ly arrived a. its destination after eight
days Of incesssnt toll and exposure and
now occupies an eligible situation neal
the hamlet of Bridgeport. At no time
since its organisation has there existed
such universal good health as at present
Wm. Taylor and Dewitt Eldred, Of Lorsin
county, are the only ones reported unwell
in camp. Captain Edgerton is absent on
detsched service with General Sheridan
Lieutenant Ransom is at home and Lieu.
tenant Berwick is acting Adjutsnt for Ma
jor Lawrence, leaving only two officers fol
duty, one Of whom is Lieutenant h. G.
/ ~ ~ Ill ian
and a Fighter" Orderly Sergeant Welsh
er, of Lorain county, was lately condition.
ally promoted TO ID Lieutenant and order
ed Nerth on recruiting service. The pro
motion was eminently appropriate but il
should not have been conditional. Ser.
geant Welsher's long and faithful services
deserve some substantial recognstion, fol
q truer, brsver soldier or more exemplary
honorable man is seldom met than Ser
gesnt H. N. Welsher.
HEcKMAR's BATTERY Z, FIRST CHIC BAT,
Terry.
Why this excellOntly manned battery il
is SO unfrequently mentioned st home, Ii
is a prodigy to me unless they disdsin 9
newspaper reputation and rely upon the
truth of history to award them their well
earned celebrity. The company Hsi
/ formed at Camp Harrison, IN the fall ot
1861, and first assigned to active service
with General Shields, on the Upper Pc
tomac; under the leadership Of Captain
DsBeck. At Charlottesville it was at
tsched to the 11th Corps, and only escaped
capture, in the disorderly retreat Of thst
Corps, by the daring bravery Of its pres
ent Captain DeBeck, leaving the field on
account of sudden Illness, and soon after re-
signed. Lieutenant Hickman was imme-
diately promoted to the Captsiney, fol
meritorious conduct on various occasions
On the ssnguinsry field of Gettysburg
Hickman's battery again distinguished IT,
self as among the most efficient in the
army, = losing heavily in killed and
wounded. Still belonging to the Eleventh
| Corps it came with it to Tennessee, since
/ which time it has been stationed Eve miles
below Chattanooga until quite recently,
| they moved to this point and erected win.
ter quarters. Captain Louis Hickman is
from Cleveland and en- old member Of Bar.
nett's Artillery. Right well too has he re.
| tanned his early tuition, if reports Of his
gsllsntry and efficiency speak truly,
From experience know him to be kiud.
hearted, genial gentleman. Lieutenant
Rodman, true and tried officer, is from
Ironton. Lieutenant John H. Reese Is On.
other Of the right men though HE merits
claim for him a much better place. Ser
geant Stafford, g faithful soldier, is on the
eve Of promotion. Gormsn and Jacob
Smith are in hospital wounded. The
health Of his command, like the army
generally, is good. LEAAN.