Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-15

Alabama, in pursuit of Hood; then to
East Tennessee, TO participate in the
Richmond, Virginia, campaign Lees
surrender brought the regiment 70 Nash
vile, and from there home; returns With
$50 men and both eolors.
FoETT-TRERD REGIMENT.
Organized in September, 1861. Rem
oszyoused ct TeFrs Hauts. After Or
rs nization was ordered to Spottsville,
Kentucky, and served with the division
of the Army Of the Ohio, commanded
by Major General Crittenden in the
Spring of 1862 II was then ordered
10 Missouri and attached 90 the COM
mond Of General Pope;s was se the
siege Of New Madrid, and bore con-
spicuous part in the campaign which re-
suited in the capture OF Island No. 10;
was present on duty in the rife pits
when New Madrid fell into Union hands;
waa Afterwards detailed on daty with
Commodore Foote's gnnboat feet in the
reduction Of Fort Pillow, aud sixty-nine
days in the campaign which sresalted IN
its capture; was the frat Union regi-
ment to land in the city Of Memphis-
the rebel pole and flag, in which city was
taken down by detachment of the regi-
ment, in the presence of thousands Of
spectators This regimept, with the
46th Indiana, alone constituted the gar
rison, and held Memphis i0rItvo weeks,
until reinforced In July, 1869, was
ordered to White river, Arkansas, and
did hard and active duty in that State
was with Gen. Hovey in hisRxpedition 70
Grenada, Mississippi, in December, 1862;
was in the "Yazoo Pass expedition.
At the battle Of Helena, on the 4th of
July, 1858, the regiment was especially
distinguished, supporting alone battery
which vas three times charged by the
enemy, repulsipg iihemo each time
and capturing q full rebel regiments
Colonel Bells, larger in point, OF num-
bera than its own strengths was, in
the expedition OF Gen. Steele against
Little Rock, aud took gallant part IN
the capture Of thai capital; was IN the
expedition Of Gen. Steele from Little
Rock, intending to cooperate With Gen.
Banks, aud was in ail the battles which
occurred in il: Elkin!s Ford Jenkins's
Ferry, battle OF Camden aud Marks
Mills, where while guarding . wagon
train Of 400 wagons returpipg from
Cauden 10 Pine Bluff, we're attacked By
from 5000 TO 7,000 Of Marmaduke's
cavalry, and nearly 200 we're killed,
wounded or captured, with nearly all the
balance Of the brigade on the same dnty;
regiment re-enlisted in January, 1864,
about 4l0 men-and since thsttime has
recruited l.l2l men; the lrs-enlistsd
men arrived at Indianapolis June 10,
1864, except the l05 men who we're
among the number captured, as before
stated; l64 prison ers Of war captured,
belonging to this regiment, were taken
10 Tyler, Texas, with the exception of
len or we've, who died in rebel prison,
arrived 10 this citv in March, 1865 sos
the llth Of June, 1854. the veterans of
be regiment in the cigy, about faced at
their own request, although entitled 20
thirty days furlough, aud moved 70
Frankfort, Kentucky, and thence to Mid
way, 10 stop Morgan in then threatened
raid; on the road they left the road to
fight Jesse's guerrilias; returned to In
dianapolis and have done good service.
NIERTY NINTH REGfAEEF @
Rendezvoused at South Bend. d Left
Indianapolis, BY way Of Louisville, for
Memphis, Tennessee, November, 1862,
with 600 men; left Memphis in the Tai
lahstchie campaign, November 26. ] SG2:
moved on the line Of the Memph and
Charleston railroad and wintered May
6, 1868, moved by way OF Memphis 10
the siege of Vieksburg, and halted 1T
Black river; on the 4th of July, 1868,
moved against jackson, Mississippi, and
for three days laid under a severe artil-
lery ERE before that city; moved from
Big Black TO Brownsville, Mississippi,
capturing that place; about the last of
September moved BY way Of Viekshurg
to Memphis, and from there, mo october,
moved to Chattanooga, BY way of
Corinth, Iuka, Florence, Dscksrd and
Stephenson; crossed the Tennessee river
at Chattanooga, November oath, 1868,
| and took possession of Indian Hill, the
eastern extremity of Mission Ridge;
worked all night Of the Gath of Novem-
Der, throwing up q fne linecof works
without using shovels or spades, doing
the work with sticks, and using plates
and cups as ahovels; after the battle of
! Mission Ridge were in the pursuit. OF
1 DrAk%f Rpiuk W st0AA
Vile to Knoxville without ra,ions, cloth
ing or blankets, and from Knoxville
travelled bsrefooted TO scarborough,
and went into winter quarters on the
26th Of December, 1863; on the llth day
of February, 1864, broke camp ard
! marched 20 East Tennessee, and from
! thence 20 Dalton, Georgia, and formed
part Of the forces engaged ct Rocky
Face Ridge, oD the 18th Of February,
1854 Marched thence, by way Of
Cleveland aud Chattanooga 70 SCOTS
borough, Alabama, remained IN camp
until May Ist, 1864, aud then moved on
the Atlanta campaign. Wss at Resacs,
/ Dallas, kenesaw Mountain, East Allan
4 Ia, July I'D, West Atlanta, in pursuit OF
| Hood thence back to Atlantis, thence
With sherman in bis great march 20 the
sea; at SsYsnnsh the boys will remem-
Der the passage Of North Edisto swamp,
on the 18th Of February over aA hour
in crossing ferry-frequently TO the
necks in mud and water, TO say nothing
| of the large number OF cypress knees
thence TO Beaufort, 8. c.; thence to Co
Iumbia, which city you cleaned out. sf-
feetually at the dead of night; thence to
Camden, Chersw, Fayetteville, aud to
Goidsboroi Goldsboro to Raleigh, then
by Warrenton, Petersburg, Richmond
and Washington. - 4as
Regiment now commanded by Colonel
| Farrar. Returned With AS men,