Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-13
TRR RECEPTION YESTERDAY
ANoTHER OVATION.


rel mep,s. under ommand OF Colonel Anderson,
which we're consolidated -ome time since m the
Twentieth, arrived yesterday from the held,
,oge,ber with the Seventh and Twenty Sixth
batteries PRAYER wss invoked BY the Chaplain
Of the Twentieth. Rev. Mr. Porter. after which
the City Band discoufsed one OF The lively add
patriotic airs, at the conclusion OF which. Gov
Morton proceeded, IT, his deliberate and charae.
teri.tic manner. TO welcome the men 10 a speech
Of some length. wherein be took I'D excursion
over The same old held aud returning vilh moth
M new or dlssimilar than on previous like occa
sions lie femuked that the regiment kers
10 day bad The most remarkable hlstory of any
req msnt that bad left the state during the war
They had numbered. in an aggregate nearly
, 600 men. and nos returned with less than four
hundred. record surely not approached In the
annals Of any regiment 10 the Union army IL
i decidedly difficult task 20 make n speech on
iherent aud frequent occasions, embracing the
same subjects. aud not use a little OF tiutology,
and ia many respects employ the same language
and resort 20 the same IDEAS In expressing him
self, aud certainly Governor Morton oyercomes
The difficulty about veil az any one could. and
displays quite an ingenuity In trying TO talk on
new subjects on each succeeding reception. 10
speaking OF The rebel States and their population.
the Governor said be was In favor Of committing
their Government TO those men Who had 20,
NAMED loyal 10 and had fought the battles OF
the Union The Governor read q brief conden
sed history Of the regiments, which We give be
low.
General HOvey was introduced. as we're several
of the officers. VINO we're not much on the speech
line. bat had proven their galantry Ia the field
Beuedictiou closed the reception of yesterday
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Organized for the three months service April.
p. 1861. by Col Dumont left Nav %. 1861
Tor Western Virginia; was in the battles at Pull
iippi. Beangton and Carrcks Ford. in which
Gen Garrueu was killed Recognized for the
three years service in September. 1861 and
moved ut once to Western Virginia: was az
Cheat Mountain. Elk Water and Green Brer:
afterwards moved up the Shenandoah Valley un
der Gen. Shields; vas at Winchester; moved to
Port Republic. then to Fredericksburg then 10
the Shenandoah. aud were afterwards attached
To Gen McD0wel's command were With Gen.
Pope 10 his campaign; was ia the Ii sht az Slaugh
ter Mountain and the second battie of Bull Run;
WAS at Anlietam, supported battery, aud lost
two men killed aud eight wounded: was next en-
gagged ut Ashby zap or Uaiontown, losing four
killed and * wounded; vas next at FEEDER, ks
burg under Gen Burnside; was al Ch,ncelor-
Vile aud at GettsyDurg. where IL lost heavily:
wa at Nine Run at close OF the ctmpsign of
of 1854; was IN the battles OF the Wilderness,
May 5 h anu OH, 1864: al L,urel His. Spot'syl'
wanna, 20 River and Cvid Haroor; In thee
gsgements The regiment was under hie Tor elgn
teen days aud suffered heavily; crossed James
river June 10 h. 1864. TO JOIN ~ the assault on
Petersburg; fought at Petersburg June ~. 1854:
moved on the " eld0u Railroad Tor the purpose
of cutting the same, anu VAS III that baltic Ga
he 23d ct September the regiment was consoii-
dated with the hlueteeuth Indians, and after
wards. ON the l5tn of Oslooer. vas consolidated
with the Twentieth Indiana Volunteers
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
Organized Al Terrs Hsuts, Juno 7th, 1861,
1874 strong. Colonel k,mbiIl: matched to
Western virgiuisr July 4tn. 500; and were in
the reserve at the Battle OF Cheat Mountain;
we're at Cheat Mountain. in several skrmishes.
in Western Virginia; October ID. 1861. Engaged
at Green Dfiar. and lost seventeen men killed
snd rounded; was engaged at Winchester. Va I,
on the % and 23d of March. 1862 General
Shields being wounded on the 22d. the command
of the Division devolved upon Col. Nat. Kim
ball of this regiment; the regiment lost at " in
chester. ssvent, six officers aud men killed and
wounded; the regiment participated IN all the
engagements and skrmishes up the Shenandoah;
when .. Shields Greasers." as they were called,
were ordered TO report 20 the commanding officer
at Fredericksburg; emiinej at Fredericksburg
all night, and we're then ordered to return to the
Shenandoah Valley and assist in the repalse of
Slonewaii jackson, who had driven Gen Banks
from the VALLEY; from thence were ordered TO
Join the Army of the Potomac, at Harrison's
Landing. Was engaged At Turkey Point, losing
twenty three men killed and wounded:
afterwards in ihs Mary land campaign; was at
Antietam; went into the hight with 800 men anu
~ officers. and lost IL officers and 1871 men
killed aud wounded. and Que missing; was after
wards 81 fredericksburg, in the "iorlorn hope,
where the dead of the Fourteenth lay nearest the
rebel works; was ut Charlottesville; at Gettys.
burg they lost 1913 officers and men killed aud
wounded; went TO New York CITY To suppress
the threatened riots; afterwards reolnsd the
Army of the Potomac. and fought at Bristol
Station and Nine Run; was in the battles of the
Wilderness, rodd's Tavern, Pc River. Spoitsyl-
yana Tolopotumus, aud Cold Haroor. and
there the veterans and recruits, numbered l2i
men aud one officer, the present Colonel of the
fweutieth Indiana, was there transferred 10 the
Txentieta. On the 18th ol May, 1864. =. Spott-
sylvania, in the celebrated charge OF the Second
Corps. Colonel john COons, Of this reg mens
was killed
e SISETEEsrB RFGfNENT.
ReHdezgoussd al indianapolis; mustered into
service TOR three years. July %. 1861. ,046
strong, Colonel Meredith Regiment vas or
dered to Washington City; arrived there on the
9th of August. 1861 On the llth OF September
1861. The regiment was engaged a. louisville,
afterwards on the 2oth. at the occupation of
Falls Church; occupied Arlington Heights until
March, 1862 Regiment was placed 10 the
First Army Corps, under General McDoaell,
and WAS with him At Fredericksburg. in the
Shenandoah Valley. at Warrenton, ana on the
R,ppah4unock On the 5.h OF August. 1862
moved again on Fredericksburg. and aiterwards
to Cedar Mountain; then TO WarreutoD; thea TO
Sulphur Springs; WAS at Gainesville. aud lost
Msjor MAY; was at Manassas junction. and at
South Mountain September Ia, 1862 At Aniie
tam, went in with 900 oftcers and men. and
came out with 81 officers aud men-Lieutensnt
Colonel Backman killed, worthy aud well be
loved officer. Moved again Fredericksburg
in November. 1862. anu aftersArds went into
winter quarters ~ Bell Plain April 2ch. .t
Fl zhugb crossing Nay 81. 1863. were at Chan
celors,ille; then moved 10 the N lrylsud cam
pain; was at Gettysburg. where the regiment
lost 2lU men out OF 2cS that went into that battle
Regiment moved t. R4ppahanuock Station. thea
To Cupepper. iheu TO Nine Run, then in the
campaign OF lo64. and VAS engaged IN the bat
ties OF the Wlderness-lost Col Williams-Po
River. North AIMS. Spotts .lvauia and Cold
Harbor September % 1854 tue Seventh La
diana consolidated with the Nineteenth Crossed
the James river aud assaulted tue eaemy's work
before Petersburg The lion Bcgade. TO ~hich
the regiment belonged. moved 10 cut the Weldon
railroad August 10 and 81. 1864 Oe'ooer l. .
1864. was consolidated with the Twentieth In
diana.
TWENTIETH RtGlxENr-
Id aIr- III