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m$It«r!*•he•tlPUBLISHED BYJAMES U McMIKLTM. HI A TEH.JXO. n. McXEELT.VWbtrn THE I f it si rr theEvansville Journal Company. Journal Buildings,LOCUST STREET,*** rV h K N F i FI T A KD W A T t R.1 IHATES OF A D VEETIS IJTG.s4 5 ■ | G I 7 fir* | 9 [K» j i4 ik* | fv cm | 8 in) ; i«i I*. I 12 lt;41114 (j*' *1'1 i s - f 11 a » | 5 73 | 1G l- 1' 7',7 5** | 1* - {IS In | 33 7:’ ] Tt 'I' | g£ £* .« A. | 13 1' j 17 ni 1 ^ 2r- | •' f« | r* 7*if Hf i* ; t;« m* j if * 11* | -5 »/*; $ M ; 35 uu!T:t 1 | -,f» »rt | -«? an | 3!i j i 51I-J AV.'i 1 1 , 1 HI j £2 r| ” ,V|V. I |jTi(7 *jTERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.J-daily,Por Yl *efc, Ht .m • 1 hr »'.lt;rrit*,-...■ _ *•:** * — —ij'fl 'tw,. \Wkst M *. r. a h iMrHer.IVi \ » ir. I y C»rner„,„..Pi r Month * y Mall.P«*r Thr^ 3f*n!hs i,v M tU Per lt;ix 1 1 tit- . Lv M til...Per \ 1 *r, l»y MaiL...S«» r* • »»**« » •«***••..13lit*-»»»*• ••«+■» * ~..f G («fid I 60 ..... 3 r*J+*-mm*****■* * * * * mm it 1 «♦ a**»•**« a *— - — AOflTRNWfifKtY,Per Y.ar........ 31 00W fi E K L Y (F?r Tlirw Mouth*..I'VT '‘I* Moutllfi..JIImiianalo make a demonstration on theleft o. the enemy to drnw him cut, if in Jorce, end il not, to charge his batlen*inese two regiment* marched out from t e cover ot the hili-=, in columns of com-Panic* across the fields about sis hundred yards, under a galling fire from theenemy* batteries, we bring in Jliainnew and haung fence# to tear down asWO went, and wholly unable to return the fire by a single shot When we reached the station we started up iheir Eonqudiooters, and your humble servantsoon found that ho and several of Lisfriends were regarded with some interestby secesA the way the bullets whistled past our heads. |Our skirmishers soon started up the 1 enemy, and we found posted behind stone walls, fences and brush at the foot W the hill, two whole brigades of dis-* . ’ * •'*,p ** ukTAXto ui, vnce furthf-r, the two regimentslay down, ami werf t-eve rod by the build*iiigs and fences. 1 be enemy mad*? no * *motion to advance on u.s or utturk us atail. except the incessant firing of sharp-shooters, trying to pick off our mounted officer*. We were uot long here before I Col Cob urn ordered us back to the hill from which we started. We started buck I ami so soon as we were unmasked from the buildings, two regimcni.s frirni Arkansas and 3 cxos s?arie t utter us with uyell, pursuing and firing on us all the way hack, which, with tlnir batteries playing on us also, made our stlmilioft pu ny hoL huh ot our regiments lost several killed and wounded going andreturning, and all Ibis time not a shoth id I een fired by us. But so soon as we reached ^lie bill, we turned and droveback the enemy faster than he came.killing Colonel Karl,u£ Arkansas. Theyagain rallied and charged on us, but wore driven hack. It now became cvi-began.3 4 mlJ*-r i *ii#» Vcjrdeni that vve had eocoantered the wholeui V .trj I lorn Hid I ones s for cowortet ’a forces. On our left the enrrav had beenLetter from the Llbhy Irison.[Frum th* Wiimii E*n-r- *«,An'nu-ous, Md., April 2, 1861Ed. Lxriti- ss—lfcttr Str: I enciaseyon ii_ communication from Col. Buird, of the 85th regiment, now a prisoner and in Libby prison at Iticlimond. Va.f which he desires you to publish.I h ft the above-named prison on the31st *d Murtj. ntid not knowing whattin.. I inijv reach Terre Haute I concluded to forward you the within letter, from Col Baird, by mail, knowing thatpulsed near I he pike, but Forrest had ken a circuit with his wh.de force hwrata-^I force awaybeyond the ground occupiedbj our fAce,jo the Fast an J wu.-, Jt siring io turn our left dank. About tins time Capt. Agle-nu\thing from his p.m would be thauk*i li H vyon.received b\I 3td\ two hundred end five officers insaid prison, oi all grades from BrigadierGenerals down to Second LieutenantsI think they have made arrangements for the exchange of all officers now in con-finemeoL Among the natnl»r, Terre11 rcr,vac*»!*-d. Thei(»l|H*A'rt:r nnm,J r«U .. -* „ * ,in prison, are ( ol ILibert Stewart, Col.Baird, Lieut Col. Crane, Capt, Brooks, Lietits. Burr and Kern,I w Ah you w ,uid set.,1 gome of yourCopperheads south of our lines for ahuiit two months, ami, tny life for it, they would return good Union men.Inhere were only eleven officers released with niyjelfi We were all eon-fined in one room—-that ist the two hundred and sixteen officers. It would be out of my power ^explain the infamous treatment we received during our con-linemeat.I trust 1 shall be able to call upon you in the course of eight or ten days,Jons I\ Dcfftcv,3oth Indiana Voluutears.shire took his battery ntij n*n aft. thewagon train, and an.uiuintinu wagon alsoleft, the 124th Ohio going with them, toguard against ita being cut off. Ourcavalry whose duly ii was io protect ourli lt il.in!;.■», or in cue of their tnubilitv t«do so, to nolily Col CVduru, also left and we heard nothing from tin*in.CoL Coburn now brought the 19th and22ii on the WA-t -:;d • .d the pike, andleaving th** 3dd *o protect the hill on iu Soulh face. The VJth and s5th were formed facing the em my East at rightangles, with the 22 I in the rear of the *.uh except three « «»n j*ai»ie i that Lieut (\d. Bloodgood ami .Major Smith tookus the HeirimentwithLibby Prtsok,Rp nMOKD, Va.. March du, Jsfi3 } Ed. £xpress—Dear Sir: Lieut Shcrman U going home today, and I willgive you an account of our doingAlatelv, H-» ihe 4th of March, our bri* « - 45sado. being parts ol the 33d and 85th In-diuiiftf 22d Wisconsin, and TJtfa Michigan, numbering in all 1.4SP, together wiili ihi* 24th Ohio and G(D* cavalry, andone battery of six small 'run, wereordered to proceed from Franklin toSpring Hill, ten miles south on the Columbia pike, and thirty miles from Nashville, Col. John Corburn, of the 33d, in command. When we were about four miles out wo mot the enemy, and niter a sharp skirmish drove him back withoutb'.-3 on our side: their loss was fifteen killed and wounded. We encamped for*r4*t ________rand run nwarcrlt;*s;ed the road. nvri? nnr(J!v formed, themen hiving dow n bei iM.j fiie crest of i he hill, till Armstrong s Brigade charged in from the East and the Texans from ilie South and the lighting was terrific, We rseerved our fire until they were within thirty paces. 1 hree times they gailautlvcbarged tip the hill from the East andthrice we forced them back. In one oftheir charges the 19th Michigan cajdur-ed the colors of the 4ih Mississippi, andfour prisoners, and we were so near each other ihat one man was shot by the soldiers of the S.ith from the window of aschool house as he was trying to gel in at the floor.During this time one battery was throwing shell* ri «i and having gotjfOsica^ion of the hill cm the eii^t Tr %.. road. I in j huilf-d grape and Ciiunisjter sitshort range like hail Old soldiers on both sides sar they never saw holler•* mwork ^ bile it lasted.But it was evident to vis all, privates asthe night a short dist.n*^^ u-* .ground occnpied by the enemy, On theinonuug ot the 5th we started early, the124th Oldo being left in the rear ot our wagon train, which was large. Aftertmircldnp u'.oul two miles, our cuvo.rymet the enemy's pickets and outposts, and severe skirmishing was kept up until we came in sight of 1 bompsoifs Siu-lioti, the enemy falling back. About 1 .ilf a mile from the station the rail read Approaches the pike on the west side, and runs along pnrttlh I with the pike, between two high lolls, for six hundred yards, and hears otl to live west, on a plain about half a mile wide, bills rising again uti the south side of the plain, the station being about midway between the two ridges.When we reached the point, where the railroad joins the pike, the enemy opened upon uk with n heavy battery. Col. Coburn having gone on with the cavalry,I here discovered that our battery, the lSih Ohi*+. whs commanded by an arrant coward, for upon the first shot being fired, he turned Ids ^un* back and started for Franklin, audit was with difficulty that 04 f*iibert, of the LHh .Michigan,and your correspondent, kept him fromrunning clear away, CoL Coburn soonordered one section of the battery totake pod bum on t lie* hill on tlm kft of the pike and deployed the 18th Michigan and 22d W iscofihin to support it. i he uiher three guns took position on the bill on the right, supported by the 33d and 8-5ill Indiana. Ihe enemy hud two batteries on the range of bills south of us, distant three-quarters of a mile. The plain before us whs cultiruled, and there wus some six strings of rail fences, and one or two stone walls between ue The«*iiemr showed r»o front, and the lotteries having ijut in range pretty closely,CoL Coburn ordered the 33d and 85ihwell as officers, that the struggle was unavailing, and it was only a question of time as to our defeat. Our ammumtion was nearly out. Forrest having got between us and Franklin, and next closing in on us from ihe North. But officers and soldiers did their duty. We formed a new line with all four uf our regiments facing North to meet our new foe. We formed about .itK yards further to the VVesr, and about the same distance to the North. Mere we met anil checked Forrest and held him I ill our last round was fired. We then fixed bayonets tocharge and break his lines and try to escape, But just as we wcry 1 «f ui.-u v orrestanother line in reserve, *.d a battery began to open, and from a new posiiion that made it hope leas to think of escape, and so ue mrrtndered. Would to God I could avoid writing lbtii line, uot that 1 fell there is anytlilng to be aahnnukl of in the surrender, nor that any blame can attach to any one of our command, for with the exceptions 1 have named, offiwrero .,!• •* -v„.i arrest had sn Icars and men behaved nobly. But deathon the buttle field h? preferable to the sufferings our soldicra have endured atthe hands of our i •*since we have beenprisoners. But more of this anon.You will observe that none but our brigade to*»k any parr in the fight Of officers and men 1.20fi were taken. The rest were killed, wounded or escaped. Ofthe number not taken there were probably 4tX) I5CI or 200 escaped, 50 or 60killed and wounded. The 85th Indiana ■ had 300 men in the fight, and 220 were taken, I know seven or eight who were killed nnd 3o wounded, but was at thewrong end of the like to know exactlyour l«-ss. Cupr Floyd was dangerouslywounded. Capt Luekett s leg was bro-Noken. Lieut. Anlt;k*r?on is missing, other officers of the regi ment were hurt, nor were there any f ederal officera of the brigade hurt, which is almost miraculous, as ihe field and staff officers of the 33d and 85ih were exposed, crossing and re-crossing the fitehis on horseback, totb*» fire of ten regiments, a battery and all th*1 sharp shooters, and not less than u ihtiQiand shots were aimed at them.The enemy were all cavalry nndmounted infantry, but all fought on foot, every fourth man holding four horses and his force coo*i*ird of six brigades under Miijor4iener.il Van Dtirn, Brigadier Generals French. Armstrong, Crosby, Martin and Jackson, Infiinlry hud no chance to escape after the fight onceA great blander Las been made by wmc one. arid it is nut proper for me f * make charges. All I can say i-s that *en, Luibert gent its out to Sprintffieldwnh the understanding that fee had positive information that the enemy had but two or three regiments, or at most hut one bngade north of Duck River. Suchn force we would have easik whipped,•mt the fact wag, \ an Dorn’s whole forcehad been at Spring Ilill for three davs ht-lore vre left Franklin, and not knoW-ing that our brigade liad left Brentwood,were preparing to attack Franklin, and had started the day before for that purpose. 1 he result was. we went for wool, and w.ig shorn ourselves,Prisoners of war! I had supposed that soldiers token in fair baiti** were treated a- gentlemen, at least-as humanpTyTl»Te thefacts. We were taken in die after noon, atter four hours' fighlirv , and mi r bedfourteen miles to Columbia. On the waythe men had to wade a ere* k over knee*deep and to ferry across Duck River, tiking till after midnight to reach the town, where they were crowded into the court-house so 'thick that they could ‘aret!ly lay down. The next day it ruined a!l Jar. Ihe men were marched o.Jt three miles from town nnd halted, arid kept until four o'clock, having Imdrccetvr]3lt;c.- nothing it* eat since daylight before thedeeafight, nearly thirty-six hours' time. Then one pots no and a half of meat was issued, without bread, for three days rations. I hey were then marched four miles far-ther, and encamped for the night without t^n?s, it mining all night. Next day they were again marched eighteen miles on the road, bud to cross a stream waist-* ep on a foot-long that was spongy, ands they were slow, and some poor devilsgot on their hands and knees to keep from fulling, Confederate officers stoodwith stones iit thatr hands to make tbctnw(,lk. Next day we reached Sbelbyrillefi l night I he mens rations had giv**n out the second day. and although they knew we were coming, our men had tostay in the court-lu-use yard, it raining 1all nighb and they got nothing fo eat filltwo o clock next afternoon Here let j m* say, G.xl bless the ladies of Sfaelbtr-htwAbnr I uiFI]iCAic ATille! for there are »o»d Union peopletberff r,s over lived. Tln v have been3atritfi by fire nnd blood. They broughtfood and words of good cheer and hope.How they do sr-r.rn those Copperhead konvn# of the North!*1 he fourth day thermarched six milci and again slept in ihe open air, with terrific rain storm all night. The nest day beggar* all description. It rained all day. We crosne one stream, waist deep, by wading—some men swam it.The road was up the bed of a creek, and it was from ankle to knee deep moretv***! hlt;«i* ¥?b i tlJlk-1 • • I O'™ mm-** wwt S) lltTUIff stay alt night on a piece S ground three inches deep in mud, with nothin*■but green oak wood to make fires, noth ing to eat but meal without vessels tocook it in, and it raining till niidnfob*.It then turned cold, and next i^ormngBragg stripped as of our overcoats, fetau-kets avid canteen^ and 5hipp**d us on cars to Chattanooga, and we have froze and starved ovr way here.The result is we have* lost more men by their devilish treatment than their bullets, and a Northern penitentiary is a palace in comparison wuh Busplace.Years, Ac., Jouv P Baird,Col K5ih lJej/t Ind. Volt.IiJim-ii*Uhpro;L.V., rif vFFurH*llt;lc»mi of yT. (C. 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A- ranrr,' tnAMERICAN A--D ITAilAX MARBLE.Main Sirrti Xfirt onri Heu«.IYAXSV1UX, - - - INDIANA.11M.mnjneuu, i kinls of l urnisur* tl M-nt!, in the h»tr»t nntie*. Tombt, t’afr*. and all*»neatly aad jTvnBptty ft** fitil)!»aWhlc a ml t!*ry lt;J —Uf**NOTICE.IUKRETOFOItfiri UF. CO PARTNER - ii1xl-tlng ittwren the saUrriicia, tin ter ibefirm of J. A. JaqUH» i Co. t* tUi* day dja*olv*-d t.j cututl enbrrat, tin* i»trf*Kl Of Hen»y t Q**mfla-IBi-y laving \*rn putflwed hy J S. Jnqneai lluaUti* n auiti ri x - ft t« Mtfl- the anbhbiii c claun* oft hr Uco firaj. and mmtmittc all u* liabilitim.J. h JAQCS^S,HENRY C. fAVYTUMETForr\iButtLadEn»n%TtlkN March U.sIMEVA. dec
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Evansville, Indiana, US
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