Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-28
vision br Bris.dier aensr.l Wood

vision BY Bigadier General Wood During the
winter Of 1861 and 1864. We marched through
Central kentucky. stopping q few weeks at
bardsto~n, Lebanon, Spring Garden and Bowl
ing Green. and the lst Of March found us en-
camPed Jnst south of Nashville, Tenn. % the
lst Of April, 1861 We started for Pittsburgh
Landing. which place reached after forced
marched Of three days, on the evening OF the
second days battle at that point, which was the
7th Of April, 1862 This regiment took part in
the siege OF Corinth, and from thence Il marched
10 Iuka Miss Tuscumbia and Decatur. Ala
and from Decatur We made n forced march to
Shelbyville, Tenn The rebels having taken
possession Of the railroad at Murfreesboro. from.
Sheloyville We marched to Decherd. where ue
lay for few weeks. when the famous race be
tween the army of General Bragg and that Of
ours commenced for the city Of Louisville which
city We reached about the lst Of October, 1862,
and Immediately started back in pursuit Of the
rebel army, and by December we we're again en-
camped south of Nashville On the 18th Of
December, 1862, We started for Murfreesooro.
aud on the Filth this regiment charged the rebels
out of Lavergne. We fought the battle OF Stone
River in General Hascall's brigade, General
Woods division. Twenty Hrst Army Corps. In
this battle We los. one hundred and twenty seven
men in killed and wounded We also took part
10 the campaign against Tulshoma, and was in
the brigade that was first to enter Chatta
noogs. We also fought through the bat
battle OF Chlckamauga from its commencement
TO its close when the army drew of and fell
back to Chattanooga; DUNG this battle the regi
ment lost, in killed and wounded, l7l men out
OF aggregate strength of 400; this regiment
was in the battle of Chickamasga, and was in
General Wagners Brigade, OF Sheridans Divi
sion in the charge on Mission Ridge. From
this We made forced march TO Knoxville, Tenn
which pace was then besieged by the rebel Gen
eral Longstreet. During the winter Of 1868 and
1861, We encamped among the hills OF East
Tennessee. without tents, and only such rations
we could gather from a poor and scanty cOun
try. In March, 1864, We returned TO Indiana on
veteran furlough, and upon our return to Chat
tanooga. in April, 1864, We were assigned to the
Engineer Department, and Immediately took
charge OF the pontoon trains of that army; this
regiment did all the bridging for Sherman's
army, from Chattanooga to Atlanta. bridging
some of the rivers as many as sixteen times, and
often under the fire OF the enemy. When Sher
mans army was divided At Atlanta, in Novem
Der, 1864. this regiment was assigned to duty
with the Army OF Georgia which was composed
OF the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps. and
was commanded by Major General Slocum This
regiment did all the bridging and repairing of
roads for that army during the campaign from
Atlanta TO Savannah, and brdged the Savannah
river opposite the city, where IL took over 1000
feet OF bridge. On the campaign from Savannah
through South rJlins to Goldsboro, North
Carolina. We did all the bridging for that army.
bridging the Savannah again at Sisters Ferry.
where the men had TO work in water for six
days. from two to four feet deep. in clearing out
and repairing the road; we brdged every stream
from Chattanooga TO Savannah, and from
Savannah to Washington City. (excep; the
james, On the campaign from Savannah
through South Carolina TO Goldsboro. alone we
made over sixteen thousand feet OF bridge IL
~ une. that while we're in the Engineer De
pirtment, We were not in anv heavy engage
ments. but then not free from expos
ure, being the first on the banks OF the stream
and the last - cave. and the create part of the
time doing work after night with the enemy
on the opposite bank This regiment was organ
lied, with about 900 men, in 1861, and has re-
ceived in recruits about $50. also, 300 drafted
men in November, 1864 In October 1864, 10
veterans of the Tenth Indiana Volunteers were
transferred to this regiment; and in July, 1865,
ninety men from the One hundred and First In
dada Volunteers were transferred to this regi-
ment. We have lost in battle and by disease
265 men: we now return to the State of Indiana
for final discharge, our work being completed,
and bring an aggregate Of $50 men.