The Falls City tribune., 1910-05-27

August 2S, 1861 at Huntington, Ind.
His regiment Started for the seat
OF war ON September IL, 1861, go
ing through Louisville, kentucky to
Nelson, Ky, where they spent the
winter in plain army tents for shelter
against the weather.
For warmth, they dug fire.places
in the ground, with underground pas
sageway for smoke; the opening
being far enough outside to pre-
Vent burning the tent. 1t smoked bad
and vas not very warm.
In the spring of 1862. they marched
To the Ohio River, a little below
Louisville, Ky, where on February
17,they embarked on Transports; they
We're attached to Gen. Nelson's diyis-
ion of the army. tDisembarked on
the west bank of the Mississippi riv-
er below Cairo, Illinois and marched
to New Madrid, Missouri, here
they took part in the siege of this
place, which the rebels evacuated on
March IA, 1862; the rebels taking to
their boats and retreating down the
river, leaving three prisoners.
On the next night, his company and
another company of his regiment as
sisted in dragging two 32-pound seige
guns about twenty-five miles through
timber and swamps, and before day
light the were in position on
We're discovered by the rebel fleet
and at once attacked. The rebel
fleet consisted of seven gunboats.
After a spirited engagement one of
the rebel gunboats was sunk and the
others beat a hasty retreat. This
action having dispersed the rebel
fleet that supported the rebel posi-
ton on Island No. 10, this rebel
stronghold was soon thereafter sur
rendered, and was occupied by his
regiment.
He also assisted in the capture of
Fort Pillow; afterwards went by
transports to Memphis, Tennessee
on June ID, 1862, where his regiment
soon took transports for the White
River in Arkansas, going up this river
as far as Aberdeen.
On the night of July 2, 1862, they
had an engagement with the rebels
ten miles from Aberdeen, and soon
drove them to Duvalls Bluff. They
then again embarked on transports
for Helena, Arkansas, where they
went into winter quarters. Their cam
was in heavy timber, of which they
made shanties breast high, using their
sticks and mud on the outside. They
were occupied during the winter To-
ing guard duty, guarding government
property and cotton.
During two weeks of this time
they were engaged in removing heavy
timbers which the rebels had felled
in the stream at Yazoo Pass.
In the spring of 1863 went on trans
ports up tie Arkansas river to Pine
Bluffs and Little Rock, where they
attacked the rebels some miles back
from the river, surprising the rebels
at daylight before breakfast in heavy
timber. Closed in on the rebels in
line of battle, firing as they could;
went right in on them, driving them
out and dispensing them. They then
returned down the river to its june
ton with the Mississippi river, and
went down the Mississippi some miles,
landing on the west side, north of
Vicksburg.
On April 10. 1868. started on the
N%ieksburg campaign. During this
time they built bridges to facilitate
the march of the army from Milli-
ken's Bend to a point below Vicks-
burg. They also guarded govern
ment property while the army was
digging the canal.
The regimet crossed the Mississ-
ippi river below Vicksburg on trans
pOfUS, his SOllS ONtl vi a
tug boat on the night of April 30,
1868. They marched all night over a
partly hilly and partly level eoun-
try, well timbered, with dusty roads.
His regiment was in the fighting
next morning at Port Gibson, Miss,
making a charge, capturing two can
mons and many prisoners. His regi-
ment lost f%orty-nine in killed and
wounded in this engagement.
On the same day he was in the bat
tie at Champion Hills, where his
regiment captured the 46th Alabama
Infantry with it's colors> and arms;
here his regiment lost seventy-nine
killed and wounded.
He took part in the seige of Vicks-
burg, his camp being about two hun
dred yards over the hill from the
trenches and out of range of the