Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-10
cur Returning Graves,

The 9lst regiment, Colonel Mehringer,
3l5 men and 10 officers, were publicly
received at the State House on Thurs
day. After partaking of sumptuous
repast at the Soldiers Home, the regi-
rnlent escorted BY the City Band, and
their own regimental band, marched to
the State House, and formed around the
stand, erected,sfor the use of speakers,
Chaplain Pollock, lighting preacher.
as well as praying one, addressed the
throne of grace, when Governor Morton
took 4he stand, and made one of his
characteristic speeches. Colonel Mehr-
niger, the gallant commander of the
9lss Lieutenant Colonel ButterfeId
and Major Carson also made a few re-
marks. Chaplain Pollock being called
on, made Eve minutes speech, abound
ing in wit and racy humor.
The following is condensed history
of the 9lst:
EIEETY-FIRsT REGIMENT.
Was organized at Evansville, and
seven companies mustered into the
service in September and October, 1852,
and on the 10Th of October was ordered
TO Henderson, Kentucky; from Hender-
son, detachments of the regiment were
sentto Jacksonville and Smitkland, KY,
where they remained until June 18th,
1864, when the regiment was ordered to
Russellville, and from thence 20 Bowling
Green and Burkesville, Kentucky, in
| pursuit of John Morgan, and were after
ward ordered back 10 RussellVille, where
it remained until the 25th of Septs mber,
when it was ordered to Nashville, and
from thence back TO Russellville, where
| it arrived on the 10Th of November; No
vember 23d il moved TO Camp Nelson,
Kentucky, and from thence to Point
! Burnside, Kentucky, where it remained
until January 30th, 1864; marched
toward Jonesboro, Tennessee, Jan. 81,
thence to Cumberland Gap; Feb. 22d,
i Company A., under the command OF
Captain Wise, had a fight with the ressls,
about l,2O0 strong, near the Gap; May
l7th, started for Knoxville; thence to
| Cleveland, and from shence moved TO
Kingston, Ca; left Kingston for the
front June Sd, 1864, and were assigned
to the lst Brigade, I'd Division, 23d
Corps, aud partici pated in the following
! engagements. Pine Mountain, Georgia,
June 18th and 10th, 1854; New Hope
il Church, June 22d, and skirmished under
heavy Ere from the enemy's sharp-shoot.
ers until July lst July 6, marched to-
ward Chattahoochiea river, and on the
10th was engaged at Decatur, and also
near Atlanta July 10th August Sd and
9th, was also engaged with the enemy
August 18th, was transferred to the Sd
Brigade, I'd Division, 23d Corps; Au
) gust 9th, marched around Atlanta tC
4 Lovejoy's Station, and from thence
moved toward Decatur October 4th, tbs
regiment was ordered northward anC
marched to Kingston, Rome, Resacca
Snake Creek Gap, Galesville, Cedai
Bluffs, and back to Rome, and from
thence to Dalton and Ringgold, and ar
rived at Chattanooga, November 5th
from Chattanooga to Nashville, Colum
bia and Centerville, and thence back t.
Nashville, and participated in the bat
ties at Franklin and Nashville; from
Nashville marched to Clifton, Tennessee
and from thence was ordered to Wash
ington City, where it tarrived on the 2Stl
day of January, 1865; from theme,
moved to Wilmington, North Carolina
and from thence to Goldsboro and Ra
leigh, where it arrived April l4th, wher,
it remained in camp until May Sd, whei
it was ordered to Salisbury, where it al
rived May 8tb The regiment has los
eighty-one in killed and wounded, AM
returns with nineteen officers and thre
hundred and fifteen men, for discharge