Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-03
=. FlYrYEIGmra REaIMENT.


The 5Sth regiment Indiana volunteers
was organized at Princeton, Indiana, in
lOctobeF, 1854, and took the 6eld iu De-
gcember of the same year, erossi0g The
Ohio River at louisville, Kentucky, and
vas assigned TO daEyin The 6th division,
I Amy of the Ohio. (which army was then
hcoaimanasd BY Major General Buell., and
Ethe division by Bngadier General Wood.
During utbe winter OF 1861 and 1852,
1--we marched through Central Ken
tucky,z stopping for q "a few weeks at
Bardstogn, Lebanon, Spring Garden,
aud Bowling Green, and the lst of March
found US encam ped Just south Of Nash
I Vile, Tennessee "On the Ist OF April,
1859, wa started, for Pittsbdrgh Land
ling, which place we reached after .
forced march Of three days, on the
evening of the second days battle at
4 that point, which was the Tth of April,
1853 This regiment took part IN the
siege of Corintb, aud from thence it
marched toBIdkas Mississippi, Tuseam.
bis Apds DseAiur, Alabama, .apd !frcm
4-DscAtur We made . forced march to
Shelbyvilis, Tennessee. The rebels hav-
ing taken possessio5 Of the railroad at
Mutfressboro,s from aShelbyvilIe q We
mascbed 70 Decherds wheree~s lay for .
fe~ weeks, ,whAn the famous race bets cen
4 the army OF General Bragg and that OF
t2ours com uaenced for the city Of Louis-
vile, which city we reached about the
fst Of October, 1862, and Immediately
i started back IN pursuit. Of the rebel
1 army, and by December We we're agsin
4 epcamped south of Nashville. On the
26Eh of December, 1852, We started for
Murfreesboro, and on the 9th this reg
iment charged the rebels out Of La
verenei We feogbt the battle Of Stone
River O 10 General Hasoallls hfigade,
4 General Woods division, 2lst, army
c0rps. In this battle We lost l27 men
in killed and wounded. We ALAG took
J part in the campaign against TuIlaho
4 ma, and was in the brigade that was the
} frst TO- ENTER Chstssnooga. We also
/ fone h. through the battle of Chickaman.
4 ga from its commencement to its close,
4 when the army drew of and fell back
TO Chattanooga during this battle the
regiment lost in killed and wounded Ill
men ort Of xn aggregate strength of400;
/ this regiment was in the battle Of Chick.
!. am auga, and was in General Wsgner's
y brigade Of Sheridan's . Div, in the charge
! on Mission Ridge. From this we made 9
! forced march to KnoxviIie, Tennessee
y Yhich place was then 6esieged By tbs
, rebel General Lougstreet During the
xinter ct 1863 and S64, we encampet
among the hills Of East Tennessee, With.
ont tents and only, such rations as VIZ
feodld gather from poor and scaniy
= country. In March, 1864, we feturnec
y itaso Indiana onveteran furIough, and upoI
; our return to ekatfsnoogs, in April
4 1864, we were assigned 10 the Engffeei
I Department. and immediately, tool
leharge Of the pontoon trains Of that AZ
! myI this regiment did all the bridgini
) for Shermanss army from Chatisnoogi
j 70 Aslahta, bridging some Of the river
b lsss many ~ sixteen times, and often IN
: der the Ere Of the enemy When Gen
eral 6herran's grand army was divide,
Il at Atlanta, in November, 1854, lthi
regiment was assigned to duty with th