Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-14

two regiments wsnt to Memphis, re-
manned two months, and thea went en
+ the campaign 10 Vieksbarg and psrtiei-
pated IN the siege; thea marched II
way Of Memphis 10 Chattanooga, TO re-
inforce Grant; fought at Tunnel Hilli
then went to Huntsville, Alabama, and
reu.ainsd about SIX months in garrison;
then Joined sherman; fought at Atlanta
and then went with sherman on bis
campaign 70 Savannah, and thrOaRh the
Carolinas, &c, to Washington. Were
in skiruishes iDnumerable.
FIFrY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
The ssh Indiana was organized in the
Gall Of 1861. a, Princeton, Gibson com
ty; entered the field of active service
the following December, with about goo
effective men, under command OF Colonel
( Carr; took part in all the active move
ments around Coriuih, Miss was ia the
grea, retreat when 1he army fell back to
Louisville, Ky formed the skirmish
4 line that captured Lavsrgne, Tennessee;
/ held part OF the long line of battle al
/ Stone rivers was on the skirmish line
: and line Of battle thirty six hours az the
I memorable battle OF ChickamsRga; form
/ ed part of the front line of battle that
charged up the craggy sleeps of Mission
4 Ridge, and in all these engagements;
had an aggregate loss, in killed, wound
| ed and missing, amounting 70 about 400
men; having almost completed its tiuia
of service, and on the front ut that; IL
then continued the organization BY vet
! erauizipg, and By so doing obtained 3
I L ~ -
has now served more than one year on
its second term, giving general satisfae-
ton in performing the most severe duties
connected with this arm Of the United
States service.
gIeHrY-THIRD KEGINEST
| Organized in September. 1862, aud
left the State in few weeks after Tor
the Mississippi river
CAMPAIGNS AND MARCHES
The Tallehatehie march; thence TO
Vicksburg; the Black Bayou and Me-
chAniesburg march; Grand Gulf and
Jackson thenee TO Memphis; grand
march from Memphis to Chattanooga 10
Cleveland, Tenn; thence 10 Atlanta
then followed Hood on his raid through
Tennessee. aud then took back to Allan
"a, through Georgia 10 Savannah; thence
to Beaufort, 5. c., and thence to Colds
boro, n. G., via Columbia and Benton
Vile; thence to Washington, D. c., via
Raleigh, Petersburg, Richmond and
Fredericksburg. The regiment has
marched over four thousand miles by
land, on steamboat eighteen hundred
miles, aud by railroad four hundred and
eighty five miles; total, by all modes,
,2S5 mi es.
BATTLEs
Chickasaw Bayou. Arkansas Post
Champion Hill, the charges Of the 18th
aud 22d of May, and the siege OF Vicks-
burg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Resacs,
Dallas, New Hope Church, KenesaW
Mountain, the repuse Of Hoods army
July 22d and 28th, near Atlanta Par.
! ticipated in the sewers battle of Voigt' s
Hill (somstimes called The battle Of
Mil,on) on the 18th Of March, 1863
Then went on the Chattanooga campaign
under Rosecrans-was in the battle al
Hoover's Gap; at Chickamauga on both
days Remained at Chattanooga till
Sherman started for Atlanta. Partici.
pated in all of the principal fights oi
that campaign, including the siege OF
that place (Atlanta.
NINETEENTH BATTERY.
Organized at Indianapolis in August,
1862, was sent to Kentucky, and pArtici'
pated ia the battle of Perryyille Re-
mained in Kentucky the remainder OF
1862, actively employed all the time, fro
quently performing hard marches after
John Morgan. Joined Rosecrans at
Muir rsesboro, after having erformed q
heavy march to be in the fight At Stone
river, bet arrived one day too late.
We're at Jonesboro, Fort McAlister,
Columbia, S G., BentonviIle and several
minor engagements, and have beeu over
fsoo hundred days under fire. Went on
eampsign with Sherman to Savannah
took part in the siege Of that place.
Then marched through the Carolinas,
skirmishing all the wsy to Goldsboro.
Fought at Bentonville, n G on the l9ih
Of March, 1865, and lost First Lieuten'
ant Webb. The battery then went 70
Newbern, n. c., aud from thence &c
Washington by water.