Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-03
ear Retaining Braves.

The I'D aud ssh regiments were
honofed With receptions at Indianapolis
on Friday last. Lieutenant Governor
Baker and Generals HoYey AMI Meres
dith made speeches. g }.lsa719 s4' 1sFi
- The following are the regimental his
tories. SO s'aob !osiG 579o AlneA
trs q rwExrY stcOSD aEGlxEsr, A-l . :.
Was organized at North Madison, and
vas mustered into the service August
Is, 1861 |, and left the next day for St
LOHis, Moved frem ST. Louis 60 JefsE-,
son City, thence 10 BoonyiIle, 0tterTille,
SedaEa, and Springfield, and thence
back to- OtserVille. December 9th,
moved to BIackWAier and participated
in the engagement which resulted in
| the capture ,ot 200 prisoners; was next
I engaged at Pes Ridge on the 6th,s 7th
and ath, of March, 1862, losing IS. in
killed and wounded; moved from thence
70. BatesYille and Cape GirardeSu, Mo,
where it embarked for Hamburg Land
| ing. and from thence TO- Coriath paFti-
? eipated in tha skirmishes with the epe-
my until the evacuation on. May 3IsL
and went ,in pursuit to Riply and Jscin-
10. Moved 10 Inks in August, and from
thence to Murfreesboro, where it joined
.BuelPs army, then marching north
ward; was in the battle ! Of Perry.
4 viiles losing S ll0a men killed and
weundsd a. marched to Grab Orchard,
psnville, Lebanon 3. and Bowling
Green; aud arrived at Nashville Novem-
ber IL, 1862, and remained there until
the 26th Of November. Participated in
Fthe battle of Nolepsyills, December -,
and Stone, ,Rivsrs December 81 and Jsnu-
hAry ], 2, s and 4. losing 81 killed.
wounded and prisoners; was next ems
| gagged At Liberty Gap, june Is; partici-
/ pated in the, hattie of Chickamauga,
i September 10, 90, and 2l . and the battle
of Mnsion Ridge, November %, and
tlost AZ men killed and wounded; Mo-
I veuber 81, left Chattanooga for Knox
I vile, arriving. there December ., 1854,
and on the 23d re-enlisied as Veterans,
$50 men, and returned 10 the State on
i veteran ! ,furlopgh, February 5, 1856
left for the front, March 2S; joined Gen.
Shetman's army and participated in
nearly all the spriucipal battles and skir-
misbes Of that campaign, among which
are Tunnel Hill, Buzzprd Roost, Rocky
Face, Rasaca, Rome, Dallas, AckWorth,
/ Big Shanty, Renesav. Mountains, Mari,
beta, ,Chauahoocbie River and Peach
i Tree Greek, he minor engagements in
front Of. Atlantis, and the battle Of Jones.
boro. The casualties during the cam
paign were: officers killed and woun nded,
| IL; enlisted men. killed, 45; enlisted
4 men wounded, !, 135; missing, 45; making
astolal, OF two sbpDdred and foFty-two-
Hood to Huntsville, Alabama; from
the regiment drove Fo rest sacavalry
across the Tennessee river; left Florence
| October g. and moved to Athens, Chat,
sanooga, Galesville, Rome, Kingston and
Carterasille, and arrived ct Atlanta No.
vembers 18th; vas in the march o.
! General Sherman's army TO the sea
i, and participated in the eampaigu
through the Carolinas, and was engages
in the battles Of Averysboro and Benton
, Vile, March 10th and 18th, 1865, and
a lost from the time the regiment left Sc
:. vannah, January 20th, to its arrival q
slsRaIeighs eighty-two mem left Raleigl
on the lat day 4 Of May, and passes
$ through Richmond; arrived at Wash
. ington May, 18th was ordered 10 Louis
vile, and arrived there on; the 18th 9
June, and was mustered out June 24th
: The regiment was originally command
I'd ed BY Colonel, now Major General, JEFF
e C, Davis; has marched ever twely
. thousand miles, passing through elevel
:. of the Southern States, and has born
u y on its rolls over 1000 meH.a It now q
turns with an aggregate present Of 66s
n and of that number llS0 men are We
n ssraps who enlisted at the original organ
Il ization of the regiment