Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-29

made some patriotic remarks General
Hoysy opened the proceedingsin in gallant
style. GoyernoE Morton gave 8 brief
hisioTY OF each regiment, IS follows:
sEvEETEEETH REGIMEST.
=, Was torganized at IndiauApolis Juns
II, SOL, fsnd left for the field July l,
1861. This regiment has taken a very
active part in the suppression Of thesre-
beilion, as the list Of engagements show.
Was engaged in the battles Of Cheat
Mountain, Green Briar, q dozen fights
about Corinth. A part of the fegimeat
was engaged at Mumfordsvills. Was in
pursuit OF Morgan and Wheeler; Nc
MihuVilIe, two 6ghts; Hoover's Gap; the
6Est regiment 70 approach, and for
twenty days threaten Chattanooga, and
the fftst 10 enter it. Ringgold, Gamos q
Springs, Georgia, Tdnner Hill, Rock
| Spring, where they were surrounded by
four brigades Of the enemy. and cut
lhair way through; Cleveland, Alexan-
der Bridge, Chickamauga two days,
Hilrs Cave, Praters Mills, Sbelbyville,
Farnington, where, with the One Hun
deed and Twsnty-third Illinois, they
whipped two divisions gnnder General
Wi1esler, 5000 strong. Three eompa-
niss, under Captain Good, took one of
Wheeler's batteries, following and fight
ing In line Of Battle nine miles. On the
4th day Of January, 1864, the regiment
re-eulisted as vetarans, and after q thir-
ty days furlough, moved to Louisville,
thence to Columbia, and from thence to
Lafayette, Georgia, joining general Sher
smanisi army in the march TO Atlantis.
/ On the 26th of May, 1864, met the enc
/ nv sc Dallas, losing Lieutenant Coving.
ton, mortally wounded. Was next en-
gagged With the enemy ut Etowa Kene-
sae Mountain, MONDAY Greek, Decatur,
/ and At Atlanta Was in the raid under
Generals Gerard and Fitzpatrick on the
Macon aud Northwestern railroad; we're
surrounded and cut their way through,
land made their way back 10 Atlanta.
Accompanied General Sherman in pur-
suit OF Hood, and during q march OF
thirty days engaged the enemy sixteen
distinct times, capturing overS00 prison.
ers, two pieces OF artillery and wagon
train, with a loss Of ninty men. Was
With General Wilson on the last grand
raid Of the war, and lost five officers and
eightY-seyen men at Salem, Alabama, at
which place Sergeant Jacob N Elliott,
Of company A, who 10 now present, AZ
ter the Captain, Lieutenant sad First
Sergeant were wounded, took cemmaud q
of the company, aud witha squad 81
Eve men charged q ravins in which ths
enemy we're Concealed. where 30 Off
r4acers aud men surrendered to hin, aud
were sent to the rear. The regiment
marched TO Montgomery aud -Turkee
gee, Alabama, aud Columbus and Thoni
aston, sGsorgis, to Macon, Atwhich place
; the veterans are now stationed
sI.gs < e. a. EleHrT-YIRsr ISDIANA.
The Eghty-frst Indiana was orgau
lied aud mustered into the United State
service ana August, 1862; it was at oncs
} seut 90 Loaisville, Ky, where itremain
ed anlil October ., 1862; fronls Louie
vile Il msrched to Perryville, KY wa
I. There atsthe time OF the battle of tbs
name, but did not participate. in tbl
. engagement; il marched from thence tc
!, Nashvilfe, where it remained until thl
, 18th Of December; started from Mash
!. vile ON tbe goth, aud participated in thl
! battle OF 'Marfreesboro on the 3lst, sDl
: JANUARY 1st and "a, 1865; the regimen
; lrsrnained Ia camp at Murfreesboro un
til June %, 1868, when it left camp an,
marched 60 Liberty Gap, aud participA
y ted in q tight at the latter place on th'
18th Of Jnnei from thence 70 Winches
. tar, Tenn, where it remained until th,
.sisl7gh of August; crossed the Cumber
Z hard mountains and marched TO Steven
. son, Ala; on the 18Th aud 20th of Sep
: TENDER the regiment was engaged in thu
! battle of Chickamaugs, fell back q
{ Chattanoogs with the army, Whereit re
. mAined until the 25th Of Octobers OF
: that date il broke camp and marched :
Q Bridgeport. Ala, where il remained IN
d EsslT the 18th of January, 1864; from
. thence to Obltemah, Tennessee, Eher
Q il remained until May }, 1864 the reg
. iment, soon sitter leaving ObltemAh. par
= ticipated in the following battles; Rock
| Face, MAY 5; Resaca, May IA; Kings
: ton, May 20; Bald Knob, June 20i Ken
e esaN, june -; Marietta, July {; sieg
# Of Atlanta aud Jouesboro, September /
. Loseioy, September 3sLthsreginsnt sub
sequently marched 20 Atlanta and rs
II mained In camp until the Sd OF October
IT from thence il marched by var c
a G&ylasxille, barna, 10 Chattanooga
II ieft Chattanooga, October 81, 1854, s
3 guard to the train of the Fourth Corp!
?, aud msrebaas to Pulaski, Tenn. wher
!, il arrived OF the -lAah of=Nu~sm6gl
Is 1884, bleA Puisski, Noysm6erO IS. IN
,, nssehed thence by way of Golsnbis
, FrRnkhn, arriving there ou the Sob {
+ Govsm6aFi a1d participated in the ha
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