The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-30
GENERAL HOvEYs BABIES.


The Gallant Commandcr Tells n
II Their BayOnet Charge. ana !
0Iaring Omission In 0hcP.
II mans D1emOirs.
TO the editor Of the indianapolis your
nal: Not for myself do | speak. but 70,
those who faithfully and calamity servei
their country under my commsnd II III.
Ihour Of it, utmost peril.
In January, 1864, I Va directed a
u proceed 10 indianapolis and aid Cover
Inor Oliver r. Morton In rsising And a.
!ganizing a Indiana divisiou of voInn.
|teers. On the 9Th OF Februa.v foIIow.
ling: Zen. orant, wrote me - follows
headqusrters Military Division Of ths
mississippi, Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 8
1854 Brigsdier-General A r. Hovev,
Indianapolis, Ind.-Dear General-The
'learly winter We have had beiokeus a
|early spring. am very desirous OF BE-
ling ready to take advantage or the firs,
Idry roads 10 commence Z campaign.
before ] can start. however. meny Of
lour veterans must return, and the new
Ileyies be brought into the field. Nov.
General my particular object, in detail
ling you for the service you are nov II.
was TO have some one who knew the
importance OF organization and disci-
|pline with new troops, from their en-
listment. IL this way l expected 10
have troops ready for duty from the
moment they report for duty. Iw;sb
you would urge upon Governor Morton
the importance Of this, and ask him. for
me. to organize into companies and req
iments al those who are 70 70 into ne =
regiments, and to attach those Who are
destined 70 oil up the organizations All
once. We will have some sharp iiohf-
ing IN the spring. and, IL successful, II
believe the war will Be ended within
me year; II the enemy gain temporary
advantages the war will be prolonged |
want ten thousand new troops badly. |
with such : number, | could let myI
veterans 50, and could drive Lon9streesI
'ut Of East Tennessee wish you could /
prevail on the governor to organize anil
he forces be has and send you here -
'nce. ] would keep the division TO-
Eether, and where, BY contact with eth
= troops, they would improve more I'll
me day than IN six where they are. II
- respectfully your obedient servant
y. 8. GRANT,
Major General. II
To stimulate the young men OF In-It
lana 10 rapidly volunteering for the de- Is
ense Of the Union, published through |1
ut the state the following hand-b bills:
70 THE yoUxG NEx o. IxDsAxA- L
have been ordered BY Major Gener-Iss
Grant 70 take command OF the Uni
ID States volunteers now being raisedIt
Indiana, and organize them intoI;
rigsdes and divisions. For the frstls
Ime during the war you will have az
hance 10 belong to an Indiana brigade I;
ONE and let US place the proud namelc
our stste still higher on the scroll odo
me This is no ordinary opportunity IN
is one that has been ardenily sought !,
y almost every regiment that has en-I !
red the service. This may be the onIy IL
'ance you will have OF serving yourls
'untry. and those who stand back will|r
GREATER deeply regret that they baveITT
lied TO respond to their c0untrys call. Il,
Dung men do not permit fathers and h,
1sbands 10 fiIl the ranks that properly "a
'long to you in the field Of glory andlh
danger. =
ALtlS =. UOyEI. I'M
Brigadier-general, U. s. Vols. IA
January, 1864.
Under this call, ten regiments Of overIar
~ each, and aggregating over lo,OOOlar
ncers and men, marched 10 the front. Isi
- orders 10 report TO Major Genersllal
erman- This was speedily done, butI
~ six OF the regiments 90 raised wereI
signed 20 my command. I need notIcs
vert 10 the silent aud deeply felt die Itb
p0intment that followed upon theIeu
,eratlon Of these Indiana volunteers ISL
ey expected 70 Be formed into oncIan
Llama division, but there was no re- InO
ess when General Sherman decreedIon
IL separation. Low
Theirs not % make reply.
Theirs not % reason uhy. aO'
Ihsirs bst - % or die" Ian
The first division Of the wenty-third 9
~ corps. commanded BY Major Cen ga ge'
! Schofield, WAS assigned 70 me. and ~
oraced the following regiments: One -
'dred-and-twentieth regiment Indi- ~
volnnteernf Col. Richard r. Barter ls'e. 80
,-hundred-a6 twenty third regiment - y 4
lana Volunteers, Col. John &. ~
One-hundred-and-t -twenty.I
RIB regiment Indiana Volunteer. Coll
aes Burgess; e-hundred- and -swen.I
Eighth regiment Indiana Volunteer.
\ Richard r. DeHart; Oue-hundrcd-I
-twenty-ninth regiment Indiana VOL
cers, Col. Charles Case One-hundrcd-I
-thirtieth regiment Indiana VoInn.
=, Col. Charles 3. Parish. The otherI
|mcnts, raised BY ne under the above
, were scattered in other dircctions.I
ery large proportion Of the men mi
above regiments were, IL conformitvI
B my call. unmarried, and undsr she|
Of twenty-one years. and hence. asI
marched before the old veterans inI .
q, we're humorously called .Hovsysl .
les Or " Hovey's scedlings,1 = but no ~
er troops ever fought under the starsI 4
stripes--I will cnIy give one illus- wos
lon. y
be skirmishing and fghting aroupdlyc
lca, Co., he'd continued for seversI| =