Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

The Goth Indiana was organ
lied in August 1862, mustered into
service at indianapolis on August
18th. The regiment was OF ganized
by Wm. Bickle, who did not go to
the front, and Colonel kroff was
put in temporary command of the
regiment for the battle of Richmond
After they were at home IN the pa
role camp, T. W. Bennett, major of
the Both was assigned to our regi-
ment as colonel. The officers of the
regiment at that time were: Job
Stout, lieutenant-colonel;
Walterhous, major; DR.. D. S. Evans,
Surgeon, Oran Perry, adiutant.
They were Immediately sent to the
front, going by train to Lexington,
Ky, thence marched to Richmond,
KY, where they were engaged in the
battle with E. Kirby Smith. In an
all-day engagement their loss was
sSs 1atihene sf n Eett bals balsuaagh,o ~ of
but were parolled and came back to
camp Wayne and remained in parole
camp for short time and then sent
down the Mississippi river with Sher-
man and were in tn battles of Chic
asaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post and then
were sent to Young Point. After ly
ing there awhile they were assigned
t. the advance bv Grant to try to
get to the rear of Vicksburg by get
ting below tha. city. The Goth and
a few cavalrymen were the extreme
advance, getting far below Vicks-
burg before the main army moved.
The regiment laid at James planta
tion while the gunboats and trans
ports ran past the batteries at Vicks-
burg and Port Gibson. After the
main army caught up with them they
crossed the river and were engaged
in the battle of Port Gibson, or
Thompson Hill, as il is sometimes
called. Then they We're in the Dat
ties of Champion Hill. Black River
Bridge and the siege of Vicksburg;
but before Vicksburg surrendered
they were sent back to Black
River Bridge in the rear, to
prevent Johnson attack. After the
surrender of Vicksburg, they were
with Sherman in the battle OF Jack
son, Miss, and then went down the
Mississippi to New Orleans; thence TO
Western Louisiana, driving back Dick
Thomas and then back to New Or
leans. They then went 10 Indianola.
Texas, aud in eros ing a bayou in
Texas on pontoon boats, they sank
and SO of the regiment and two COM
missioned officers were drowned, DIR.
Witt being one of them, the name OF
the other being forgotten by the
writer From thence they came
back up the Mississippi and engae ed
in the Red River campaign, and re-
treated with Banks force down the
Red River and engaged IN the battle
of Yellow Bayou. They went from
there on down the Mississippi out into
the Gulf. landing at Pensacola, Fla. /,
and We're with Steele in his cam
paign against Mobile. They were in
the battle OF Blakely. Alabama, o.
July 9th, 1865, thfs being about the
/ last battle of the war. From there
they went up the Alabama to Selma,
remaining there a short time. then
back to Mobile. They were mustered
out there and came back to Indian
apolis, received their pay and came
home.
All members of the 69th regiment
intending 10 attend the reunion at
Winchester on the 3D. should remem-
Der that there has been a change OF
time on that road and that the train
leaves at $40 in the morning. The
rate is a dollar for the round trip.
There are over thirty members of
the regiment still living here and all
are counting on a very great time.
They are all getting old and realize
that they cannot have very many
more reunions, and try to make each
one more enjoyable than the last
preceding one. Colonel Perry has
promised to have some of the bes,
! speakers in the country there. Sen