The National tribune., 1900-06-07

Confederate military prisons, 275; total
of deaths while III service, ~. This
loss is more than So per cent. of enroll
ment.
The number of men who received
wounds was 3I4; making total casual
ity list of 7S6, or nearly 30 per cent. of
enrolment
The regiment first reported for duty
at Camp Neyin. Ky, i'll October, 1861,
where it was drilled. In February, 1852,
the regiment. with the forces under Gen.
buell., proceeded TO Bowling Green, Ky;
Tenn. and thence, in April, to the bat
tlcfeId of Shiloh, where Buell's army ar
rived in time TO fight the battle of the
second day and save Gen. Grants army.
The 20th Ind. was then in the Fifth
Brigade. commanded by Col. Il. n. Kirk,
McCoOk's Division.
In the battle of Shiloh the regiment
lost 2G men killed and mortally wounded,
Col. Bass being one of the mortally
wounded. One hundred and fifteen others
We're wounded.
After the Siege of Corinth, Miss, il
moved with Gen. Buelfs forces TO attack
the Confcderates under Gen. Bragg, then
at Chattanooga, Tenn. and engaged in
the race march from the Tennessee River
northward to the Ohio River, then south
ward again to Nashville, Tenn. The
regiment, with its brigade, during re-
cOnuoissance, was under a very heavy
artillery fire at La Vergnc Tenn. in No
vember, 1862, where Col. o. ID. Hurd
and a number of men in the line were
wounded by shells.
At Stone River it. fought in the ranks
of Gen. X. w. JohnsOn'S Second Divis-
ion, Gen. A. ID. McCOok's Corps, losing
in that battle 46 killed and mortaly
wounded, 10 wounded, and - prison
erS.
The regiment, still in the same brigade
and division, was next engaged at Lib
erty Gap, Tenn, in June, 1863, where
some men were wounded. and at the bat
tie Of Chicliamauga, though small in
numbers, it sustained 4 loss of % killed
and mortally wounded, 30 wounded, and
81 prisoners.
In October, 1863, the Army of the
Cumberland was reorganizcd and the reg
iment was assigned TO the Third Bri-
gade. First Division, Fourth Corps, in
which it remained to the end of the war.
On the Atlanta Campaign, the regi-
ment was under fire Of the enemy for Il
period of more than 100 days, having men
killed and wounded nearly every day.
At Rocky Face Ridge. before Dalton,
Ga, three men were Killed. At Resaca,
Ga, five men were killed. At Dallas, Ga,
six men were killed. Before Kcncsaw
Mountain, 16 We're killed. At Atlanta
six were killed. At LovejGy's Station
Nashville battles six men were killed and
scores wounded.
In a historical work by Wm. +. Fox,
entitled 'Rcgimental Losses the Both
Ind las 4 prominent page, which sets
| forth the extent and nature of the NOR
tuary losses in the regiment, with full
and exhaustive statistics, Dy companies,
| compiled from ,he official records in the
State Military Bureau, and at Washing
ton.
The photograph shows our first flag,
which was carried over our ranks dur
ing period Of about ID months Of active
service. 1t was in the battles of Shiloh,
Siege of Corinth, La Nergne and Stone
| River, after which last-named battle it
was returned to the donors at Fort
| Wayne, Ind. the State Of Indiana hav-
| ing presented the regiment with n new
stand of cOlors; i. e., beautiful banner
and new fiag.
This banner was captured by the Con
federates at ChickamaUga. and ut the
close of the war was found at Richmond,
Va, and is now among the archives at
| Washington, j. &.
| The flag waS returned TO the State
| Capitol at Indianapolis.
| When the regiment was reorganized,
after three years of service, it was com
manded by Col: Henry W. Lawton, and
Il new stand Of colOrs was presented by
the State of Indiana. and returned to the
| State at the close of the war. The sur
| yiving comrades are very proud of their
| record, and are especially delighted to
| know that their last commander, Col. ii
w. LawtOn, now a Major General, CON
| tinueS 10 battle for the supremacy of that
flag we all love SO well.
]. II. OHLwINE,
Cromwell, Ind.
THE sketch was written before the death
Of Gen. LawtOn at San Mateo.-ED.l