Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-12
10 THE C0NQUERING HE
ROES COME"
The Reception Of the Returning
Regiments.
Proceedings af the State House
on Saturday.

House. 10 the Eighty fourth Regiment, and 10
the afternoon TO the Twenty fifth, Forty eighth,
Fifty eighth. Fifty ninth aud Eighty third. The
| Regiments after arriving in the city. were
marched to the Soldiers Home. where they were
fed, after which they deposited their arms in the
building corner Of Maryland street and Virginia
avenue. from which place they were marched 10
| the State House Yard sndsdrawn up IN line be-
| fore the stand. TO receive the welcome that the
| authorities had determined upon extending
| them
There were few persons present az the recep-
ton besides the soldiers. from the fact that il
was not generally known at what hour the cere-
monies would take place. a definite time had
been appointed on account Of the uncertainty Of
tie arrival Of the troops
We were unable 10 learn the exact number OF
men and officers 10 the regiments aud can only
| give partial list.
Eighty-third, Colonel Scott. pa men; Fifty
ninth, Colonel Mcknight. l2l men; SiIty-sixth,
Colonel Martin, 300 men; Twenty 9Th. Colonel
j. 5. Wright, l66 men and one officer; Fifty
eighth, Colonel Moore, ll6 men and one officer.
On account Of the anxiety of the men to return
home the receptions were not what they were at
fret intended 20 be. and the proceedings were
necessarily abridged. The Eighty fourth, which
arrived FRIDAY evening. had an informal recep-
ton Saturday morning. Governor Morton made
the reception speech, and responded to on
behalf of the regiment by General g. ID. Wagner
The following is brief summary of the history
Of the regiment from the time its organization
until It's being mustered out at this city
The Eighty sixth left Indianapolis, on the 9Th
OF September 1862. for Cincinnati, via the Gin
cinnati and indianapolis Railroad. Remained
near Covugton, Kentucky, in General Stan
hopes brigade, until September Goth, when the
Regiment was ordered TO Louisville, via the
Ohio river. when it was temporarily placed in the
Second Brigade. Colonel Levering). Fourth
Division, (Geperal Gilbert), Army of Kentucky
On the Let day Of October, 1862. the Regiment
was assigned to the Fourth Brig ide, Colonel
Z. b. Hawkins, Fifth Division. General Van
cleve). left wing, General Critteuden). of
Buell's Army, and started in pursuit OF General
Bragg, through Kentucky, marching almost
night and day through dry and dusty country,
skirmishing frequently with the enemy. until the
Goth of November the command reached Nash
vile, having marched to Wild Cat via Bards-
town, Danyille, Springfield, ferryvlle, Crab Or
chard. and Mount Vernon; thence to Nashville.
via Mount Vern III. Somerset, Scottsville, Glas
gov, Columbia and Galatin This march was
the direc, cause Of the loss to the Regiment of
nearly half its men by exhaustion, many dying
and many more being disabled by disease, on &C
count Of which they were sooner OF later dis
I charged. The Regiment has been ia the Army
OF the Cumberland ever since its formation,
serving in the Twenty first Army Corps from the
battle Of Stone River until the reOrg anizatiOn OF
the army at Chattanooga, in the Second Brigade.
COMMANDED by Colonel James +. TyfTe, until
April. 1863, and by Colonel Geo. F. Dick. from
that time until October 1863, Third Division,
General Vancleve.
At the formation of the Fourth Corps the
regiment was placed in the Third Brigade Gen.
Samuel Beatty. Third Division General Il. j
Wood. of that Corps. While 10 the Twenty
first Corps the regiment fought at Stone river
and Chicka mauga. After the battle OF Mission
Ridge, in which the regiment gained much praise
for it's gallant conduct. the division went East
Tennessee and spent the winter, making long
and disageeabls marches and scouts in that
country In April the command joined the main
army again and participated in all its operations
from Dalton to Loveoy. fighting at Rocky Face.
Resaca, Adairsville. kingston. Ricketts, Mills,
Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahooche river, Peach
Tree creek. Atlanta. Jonesboro. and Lovejoy.
The regiment encamped at Huntsville fro m
January until March l6, 1865, when the corps
moved to East Tennessee Beatty's brigade
marched from New Market as far mp as Jones
boro, where IL remained until the 10Th of April,
/ when the whole came to Nashville the Eighty
sixth arriving on the 9TH.
At the close of his speech the Governor said:
=" This record il proud one. You have no
blemsh upon your character. You have upheld
your honor and that of the State and country,
: and | most heartily tender you nv thanks for
your noble conduct"
At three o'clock PM the Twenty fifth. Forty
eighth, Fifty eighth, Fifty ninth aud Eighty
third had their reception
The regiments were escorted to the stand.
preceded by the Band Of the Seventeenth V. X
! @, and the city band, which at intervals dis
corrsed lively strains of music. The men were
war worn and battered in appearance. aud bore
the unmistakable signs of the arduous service
they have been subjected to. They appeared in
the best OF spirits. and thankful that their labor
was over and the term of service At an end. The
very best of order was preserved. and We have
yet To hear OF one single instance in which any
soldier has displayed any conduct unbecoming
aud all have so far manifested disposition that
is - much worthy OF praise as the heroic deed.
they have achieved. They will readily adapt
themselves TO civil pursuits, and ere long the last
veslige OF the dreadful carnage will have gone
\ by, to be associated only with the past, when
memory calls up the prodigious feats ofyslor ac-
compshed by these brave men, or a grateful
people shall do them honor in constituting days
OF observance and respect in which all will Join
In doing homage TO the faithful citizen soldiery
that have proved themselves a bulwark in tim
Of war and in peace no less renowned
The ceremonies at the State House we're open
ed with prayer by Chaplain Lozier, after which
Governor Morton said:
Officers and SOldiers:--lt was the design .
The State authorities to tender each regiment
formal reception. and II IL was known you wer,
here YOU would be surrounded by much large
crowd. know your anxiety to be at home, bu
could not give my assent TO permit you q
leave without first ,endeting you this welcome
Every where the rebel power has been annihilated
aud expect every day 10 hear the official an
uouncement of peace by Tue President Ii va,
said BY General Grant. tvo years ago. that ths
Contederacy was mere she'll, ard il has proven
20 be true Let me contrast the events OF to da,
with those of the times when you left for tn,
field. | have always believed the rebellion
would DE put down. and you d,d also. whei
YOU went forth from the State the sympathies o
Europe we're against W, aud when the rebe
bonds were put on the market they sold highe
, than our own. Louis Napoleon has taken pos
session OF Mexicc-s thing he never would h.v
done had ne supposed the rebellion would be pu
down The prospects At home looked gloomy
D 4 large party at home ia favor of compro
Mr. Lincoln did not pursue the only correct pol
/ icy when he announced he void accept non
but an uncondiiion surrender of the rebels, az,
Their. he stood For some time the storm
|, howlcd around him fiercely But as you stoo,
firm in the held so did your friends iu q larg,
majority stand by you at home Mr. Lincoln
g. lived long enough To see the rebellion crushe,
aud then persisted by the hand OF On ASSASSIN
T The Union has been preserved. aud there l. n,