Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-21

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On the I0th OF November. 1852, the
regiment moved with Wards brigade,
Dumones division, 14th army. corps, to
ScottsTIile, Ky, and thence to Gallatin,
Tenn, On the 9th Of Eoyemberi was
afterwaTds posted along the Louisville
I a6d Nashytlls railroad, from Gallatin 70
Nashville, and guarded that road until
T the 9th OF February, 1868, when it want
into camp at Gsllatin, Tenn, doing pro-
vost and picket duty at that place until
1nne Ist,. 1863, when it moved to Law
Z ergne, Teun,, where il remained until
june Goth, 1853, when it marched to
| ~ rfreesboEo, camping in Fortress Rose
Grams. On the 18th of August, 1863,
the brigade to which il was attached
marched to Nashville, where it was en-
gagged in guarding trains to Stevenson,
( Chattanooga and other points, picket
aud fatigne duty, until the 24th Of No
/ yember, 1864, when it marched TO WAu-
| hatchie, Tenn, in Lookout Valley. On
the organization Of the Goth army corps
it was, assigned to the lst brigade, I'd
division. From Wauhatchie, May ID,
!, 1894, entered on the Atlanta campaign.
Il took an active part in the following
engs sgements:
Resaca, Csssville, New Hope Church,
Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain,
Marietta, Peach Tree Greek, Siege Of
Atlanta. 49,. str0 sssaaa asI
The casualties in this campaign we're
Al killed in action, 43 died Of wounds,
aud l9l wounded. Total, 275.
lH At Resaca the regiment led the as
sault made on the enemy's right, cap
turing fort and four Napoleon guns,
the ouly pieces Of artillery lost by the
enemy from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
The regiment participated in SheF-
mans march through Georgia to Sayan-
nah, and on the 3lst day Of December,
crossed the Savannah river With the tirst
brigade Of Western troops that entered
South Carolina. 4a
H. al The regiment passed through North
aud South Carolina with Sherman, and
at. Raleigh on the announcement Of
Lees surrender; afterwards marched to
Washington City via Richmond, Virgin
: < ID, for muster out. stH 9aaia
y aOn the 5th Of November, 1864, the
~ = a
i consolidated with the 10th, by order of
the War Department, The casualties
} OF the regiment have been in all-killed
in action, 43; died Of wounds, 43;
wounded action, 1914; wounded acci-
Z tdentalIy, 5; died of disease, l02.
3. Recruits received from depot, 1873;
{ veterans from the 2Tth Indiana, iS9.
sEyEsTY FOURTH REGIMENT
5 Was organized in the Tenth Cong res,
i sional District, and rendezvoused al
Fort Wayne; started for Louisville,
. Kennick5Y on the 2lst dav Of August,
. 1862 . aud thence went to Bowling
: Green, Keutuckyi returned to Louisville
oh the 5th Of September, and was bri
gaded with the 10th brigade, 18th divis
= ION OF the Army Of Ohio; made the
: campaign through Kentucky ip pursuit.
Of Bragg, Companies G and K, which
were left az Indianapolis to complete
their organization, we're, on the 27th o.
August, ordered to join the regimant
arriving at Mumfordville they wert
stopped at that place 10. assist in its de
!, fense against Morgan, and were captur
u ed with the other National forces at tha
y place, and afterwards joined the regi
2 ment at Castillian Springs, Tennessee
y December Ia, 1862; the brigade to which
T the regiment was attached, drove Nor
gan from Hartsylle on the 7th of De
+, cember, 1862; thence they returned {
= GallAtin, Tennessee, and on the 25th 0
= Deeember..statted in pursuit of the force
,, Of Morgan and Duke, who were destroy
4 ing the Louisyile and Nashville rail
q road, and on the 30th of Decembe
caught up with and drove the rebels, IN
: der Morgan, across the Rolling Fork.
y Upon re- organizing the Army Of th'
Cumberland, the regiment was attaches
u to the second brigade, third division
= fourteenth corps, and made the summe
campaign against Tullahoma, and tn
u fall campaign ending at Chattanooga
| on the 22d day of Septe mber, 1868. Tn
j. brigade TO which this regiment was al
J, tached were the first troops engaged 9
. Chickanauga, and among the last (
CT leave the field, and the regiment los
upwards Of one hundred and sixty me
= in that engagement, over one third {
!, the whole number engaged. Was after
~ wards made part Of the third brigad
aud was constantly engaged during th
siege of Chattanooga. Was at Missio
Ridge, and followed the retreating rebel
as far as Ringgold, Georgia. Was a
ar Buzzard Roost, and returned 10 Ring
- gold, on the 18th Of February, 1864
The regiment was constantly at th
20 front during the hundred days campaig
al against Atlanta, and on the 5th day {
Ve August, the gallant Colonel Baker wa
o killed in front of that place
= = The brigade. to which the regimen
y was attached was selected as the storm
rr ing party, Of the diyision in the charge
= the enemy's works at tJonesboro, defens
4. ed by Pat Clebprnes veterans, aud cal
NJ tured tweaty.four pieces Of artillery en-
=. over seven kaBdrsd men, The bFigae
y. -fost nearly four hundred men out of on
ir- thousand and eighty engaged. Lieu
Q. Kinder, Of company A, received q med
III / from the War Department for cspturiu
q. the ,6biSts Of she'6 and Sth Arksuss
D battery. Fsrs - I.-t .esr2 ErH
N Il. Frem Atlanta was with Sherman
~ the pdrshit Of Hood through norther
No Geotgia2 aud from thence went to Alta
1gtsa. and marched down TO the sea .
ia Savannah, through South Carolina
,er Goldsboro, Raleigh and Richmond, az
al thence to Washington. 'A4A a.
1T 113aErGRTr SECOND FEGMExT -
9,4J IQrgsnised at Madison, aud left Il
sy Louisville, Ky, September lst, 1852, {
%, FIRST of October left Louisville and W
10 with Buell. in bis campaign, and afte
y, wards with Cen Roseerans; fr
ne engaged with. toe enemy. al Stone Rivs
ski and afterwards at Hooverfs Gap. and
ia, Chickamauga, and lost in that engag
at meut in killed, wounded aud csptur
es- 132 meu, was at Browns Ferry
ur- bkirmishes in front OF Chattanooga
to and afterwards at Mission Ridge a
Us Buzzard ROost, where Lieutenant Col
lie, mel Slocum was mortally wounded, losi