Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-21
September 18th, With % officers aud $50

Cepte1Oef 10t1t WIZ - ouceE4 Sl4 VOV
enlisted men
= .4@s* TrELD IsD sTAFT.
Colouel-John q. Lawrence.
Lieutenant Colonel-Richard ]. Gra-
ham. ftV ggHEA Gsa3-
Msjor-Samael J. Carr.
AdjHtant-saxey Ryan T-l ssAE
srmsster-Alpheus Bailey.
q 2 Surgeon-NathanA q. Chamberlain.
TxEsTY-sIxTH REGDlExr.
This regiment vas organized at Jeffsr-
sonville by Colonel John ". Ray, and
vas mustered into service BY Lients-
nant Bickhsm. I9th Q. s IBfaatrY, No
vember 2I, 1861; on the llth of De-
eember, 1861, ii catered Kentucky a.
Louisville, and marched 10 Bardstown,
arriving there on the 13Eh,.when il vent
into camp of Instruction; on the 18th
of January, 1862, Il broke camp and
started on the march to Cumberland
Ford, Kentucky, arriving there On the
18th day Of February, where is remain
ed until June. While as this place, the
regiment was severely scouFged By dis
ease; il lost by death q large number Of
its members, among whom were the Ad-
iutant, james NJ Gavin, and 1ss Lieu
tenant Bbsby Of Company c. On the
l6sh of March, part Of the regiment
engaged in skirmish at Big Creek
Gap, Tenhessee. On tbe 23d Of March
the regiment engaged in aninsfectual
assault on Cumberland Gap. June f2th
the regiment left BarboursviHe, Ken
tucky, to imoYs to the rear of Cumber-
land Gap for the purpose of forcing its
evacuation BIZ tbe enemy, the Gap at
that time being strongly fortified and
garrisonsd by the rebels, under General
Churchill Arriving in rear of, and at
Cumberland Gsp Jane 18th, the5snemy
having evacuated il the same day. The
division 10 which We were attached, un.
der Rrigadier General George w Nor
gan, moved inside The forti6eatiouas
COMMUNICATIONS TO tkesrear being inter
rupted, dur supplies coald not be replen-
ished, and on the night Of the 18th of
September the regiment moved out 'of
the Gap and began One of the severest
ratreats, having Issued the last bit Of
bread and four eleven days previous to
| the evacuationi the army was compelled
to subsist almost entirely upon green
corn. Sixteen days were occupied in
marching to the Ohio river, through 8
country regarded dmptac:icable for an
army, Aarassed by bnshwhsekers and
| worn ont By fatigue, the regiment ar.
rived at GFeeushurgs Kentnsky, on the
morning of the Sd of OctoGer; reaching
i Oak Hil, Ohio, the regiment reftted,
4 and in B few days started on the march
for Western Virginia, crossing the Ohio
! at Point Pleasant, at Jhe mouth of, the
| KanaRha river; the Regiment marched
/ up the Kanawha as far as Goals Mouth,
/ near Charleston, where it remained a
short time and returned to Point Pleas.
i ant, and embarked onotransports on the
filth Of November, for Memphis, Ten
/ nessee, which place Swas reached the
/ night Of the 30th. Here the regiment was
assigned tothe division, under whom It
| embarked the 10Th Dec. in the expedition
against Yieksburg. -Disem5arking al
Chickasaw Basouson the evening OF the
! 26lh of, December, skirmishers were
thrown out, and soon found the enemy,
The engagement here was severe, and
/ lasting until the night of the 3lst The
I Forty ninth lost about sc in killed and
wounded. , Captain i MeHewell Ksek,
company K, was killed instantly, being
the only officer lost in the engagement
Finding the enemy in large force, and
being reinforced by fresh troops, the
army was compelled to withdraw to the
transports. Leaving Chickasaw Bayou
on the morning of the I'd of january
! 1853, the army proceeded to Milliken'
Bend, Louisiana. Here the troops re-
mained on boats Tor two or three days
and started on q new exhibition undel
command of Major General John A
McClernard against Arkansas Post. Ar
kansas, in the reduction of which place
the Forty ninth performed her part
Here it was that 600 prisoners were cap
tured, with all their srms'and eqnipage
From Arkansas Post the regiment re
turned 10 Younglsi PoIut, ba, whereof
assisted in constructing the canal across
the point, where it remained until tbs
ID day OF April. when, with the. Il4tE
Ohio, it formed the advance of the army
+ then starting through Louisiana to gsir
a point below Vicksburg. Aftera wear,
march through swamps, sod soross man,
bayous, il reached Bruinsburg, shor
distance below Grand Calf Missisai ppi
where, on the night ofthe 30th of April
; the troops crossed the Mississippi on
q transports, which had RON the blockadl
al Vicksburg aud Grand Gulf Or
!. 1.-THE / at day of May the 49th engage,
in the battle Of Port Gibson, Missis
sippi; marching from here they en-
q IN ged the enemy at Champion Hill
on, The 10th Of NAV; Black River Brdg
on the t7tb, and the first assault on th
II Il - y. -. :
sou the 19th Of the same month; in thi
/ bloody assault Of the works on the 22J
/. | of Mag, fke 49th bore an. active part
after the fall Of this strong hold fhe regi
!. ment was ordered to Jackson, Miss
/ leaving Vicksburg July 9th and arriving
!, at jackson on ths 10Th, where, afts
i continuous fighting for seven DAYS, th
, enemy esaenAted the regiment thel
= returned 10 ViekssaEg, and on the I0l
!. Of August took transports for Por
= HHdson, Miss, and alter . short sta,
: there grocesdedto New Orleans, La
: , where ss'was asst edto the Dspartnsn
= Of the Gulf, and was on0ths expedition
e into Western Lonisians,o on Bayou Ieehe
i / asfar as Opelonsss; returning TO Algieri
!. i La, it received new orders and emba.;k
: ed on the steamship Blackstone on ID
! 10Th Of Decsmbsx, 1863, for Texai
:. reaching Deeree's Point, on Matagord
i Peninsula, the night of the 18th; fror
: there it proceeded to Indianolss wher'
1 on the Sd Of February, 1864, f6T me
4 and 4 oaiesrs re-euhsted; in March th
81 regiment marched to Matagorda Islsn
and remained until April 19th, where
: embarked for Alexandra, La to rein
: force Gen. Backs; here Il skirmishe
4 with the enemy until May 15th, whe
! the army retreated to the Mississippi
= river, whers it went into camp at Mo-
: ganza; from here Il went to Ma
e Orleans, Louisizns, where the veteran
= we're ordered 10 Indiana on fuflonsf
= leaving New Orleans on The "a Of Jul,
\ this portion of the regimsnt Fesehe
i Indianapolis on tie 9Th Of July, 1856
FL a. khe exuirntfan of fhas~ vafaran in