The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-04-20
Letter rr ON tho Goth onto Regiment
LICK CREEK BRIDGE,
Fast Tenn, April 5th, '65.

sibly discover in this communication
tho car marks of an old contributor to
your columns, yet l cannot but fee
that you will likewise notice decline
'of that vivacity and humor which once
'shone So resplendontly from the rec
field of war.
Since the great battles of Franklin
and Nashville, l have been connected
with and have been an integral par
lof the Goth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Iand allow me here to express thC
opinion that 10 regiment in the s.r
vice are better than Ohio ones, anC
no Ohio regiment is particle bettel
than the Goth. From their very frs
gentrance into the State of Kentucky
4 up to the present time their dutie
have been uninterrupted and of th'
most arduous character, and as wa
4 said by high officer of the 4th Corps
4" give me (him) thirty regiments lik,
/: the Goth Ohio and l can 60 to any
1 part of the Confederacy, let them op
spose mo by whatever force they cal
bring to bear"
Starting out in August, 1862, the,
! have been engaged in most of tn
ssanguinary engagements of the Arm.
lof the Cumberland, kept open tn
communications of our army at tn
sbattles of Lookout Mountain and Mis-
ssion Ridge, were in all the series O
adeadly skirmlshes and fiery battle
(which brought forth the golden trui
of Atlanta, and at length eliminate
sin the Military Division of the Misss
ssippi gaining the seaboard an has
atening the downfall of the Rebel Cap
sital. l gives partial record of thci
Sdoings-a record of which any req
ament might be proud.
4 Chaplin Hills.
q Skirmish at Nelson's Cross Roads.
A Stone River.
4 Chickamauga.
4 Resacca.
y Pine Mountain.
4 Bold Knob.
q Kinesaw Mountain.
n Atlanta.
Il Jonesboro.
D Lovejoy Station.
81 Franklin.
n Nashville,
Nand innumeraple skirmishes, dcadl
@in results, yet not aignified by Il
Ename of battles.
d The regiment started out with a
haggregate of 9G2 men-5O recrui
Xhave been received sincc-a total sint
Reorganization of l,0l2. The uggrega
enumbcr at the present time is 53
(which includes the present for dut
Sthe detached, and the absent sick ar
Ewounded-a decrease of nearly on
khalf their original number Oh
Tand the Nation may well be proud
II such troops and mourn the fallt
&bravcs who in five different Stat
Y |" sleep the sleep that knows no W
Mking,"
IA Four months from the 22d of th
Hmonth and the 9Oths time will cXpil
kFairfeld, Perry, Hooking. Vinto
EPickaway and Fayette counties W
,sthen have the privilege OF greetil
,Ahome as gallant veterans as ever tr'
.%on Southern soil-thcy eau extend Il
Ehand of fellowship to such ren
''FIColoncl Ycoman, Major Hitchcoc
Z, Captains Black, Sutphen, Cook, Wild
l&ner, Orman, FELTON,, Stuckey al
taJones, and are afliliating with tho
Ewho have passed through the fire
Ewar and came out the same genial C
Eizans of peaceful times. Fairfield c.
,Sboast her Captains Sutphen, Widen,
-EOrman and FELTON, her Licutcnar
iaLeib, Nicely, Reclt, El ier, Beck a
i@ @Earhart, and two as good compan
o,Mas can be found in the service, q a
ED) the former under command
rHLieutcnant W. D. Hudson, of Giro
jgville, a soldier and q gentleman, W
Sghas endeared himself to all the be
s4by his courteous manner and soldier
Capabilities,
"a Thus much have l written of
E9Oth ONO, not as euloglum or pa
Egyric, not to praise unworthily,
z as a token of appreciation for servi
ds srendered TO the country, for mod
!, worth, and as an act of justice to a
BILE regiment whose term of enlistm,
Twill shortly expire. They have /
,os no news-paperial correspondent
'OSproclaim their deeds, but the offiC
Erccords ofth 21st and 4th corps sta
Jas undouEted and brilliant testimo
isS ito their patriotic labors.
The 4th Army Corps broke ca
Eat Huntsville, Alabama, on Mond