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A VUi C M'J I A liv V7. JU * I. I i a • I ^. — •)'■ T'.!'rcsnoruicneu of uieO.v.rler I jFrom fe*oinf I^ookoul* MUI« j j i Pvjnt Look i't, J a tic £3. ?'it. I ,JoS' ph Adkinson of Swhz rland County, •| a member of Co. A, 3d Indiitia Cavalry., ' died in the hospital here on the 7th ui'i ; June. He was with hia regim nt in Sheridan's raid, and was wounded near Kich-lt; . mond. He was a brave and good soldier I , a high mind d and noble young man. H is |! name will be inscribed on Indiana's roll of: ] honor, j ^I send you a list of the Indiana soldiers | now in the hospta:; Scrgt. Geo. Beard. '. co. B; Ernest Huber, co F, 3d Ind. Cavg:! Aaron Hilo, co C; William Blue. co. H;; i Janies Fall, co. F; William J. Whipple, co, I j C; I. 1*. Kobinson, co. E; W. W. Kennair,;co. B; Jacob llublt; r, co. li; Edmund E« key,, co. C; Onarles Dunlap, co. I); Francis MJ f Claw son, co. I'; Corp. A. W. Batson, co. C. ; 13th Ind. Cav. “Th**y were all wounded in the late bat-ties, but are (hung well, and a-e all very 1 desirous of being transfersed to their own' ( •State.There has been between 80 and 90 d aths 1 'Of the wounded brought to the hoapital.l 1 We hope the list will not’ be greatly in - i , ‘ cre-iScd, as the wounded now are mostly ^ doing well.The prisoners camp is receiving access- i ions almost daily; the number now being; | over 15,000. There is among those that ( J have recently come, a good deal of sick-; | ness. One of the surgeons told me a few : lt;da\s ago that (here were over a thousand; 1 ; o « the sick list. Ther. is a disposition on! * i the part o many to take the oath and en* | lil ip our army. ;Col. Draper, of the 36th 17. S. colored! troops., and who is in command ot this post, has just relumed from a raid of eight; j ; days, into Virginia. He captured anddes-i ; troyed some 8300,000 worth of property , j of t hr* re help. He brought back quite a! uumber of contrabands, who were disnos-I *I ed of by sending them to the government i f.irm, some miles ba k trow the Point.— Horses, cattle and sheep were also among I ■ the tiophies of the expedition, lio was,I accompanied in the expedition by several gunboats and 600 ot his own r« gimeuL and about 50 cavalrymen. The colored sol-;* diers are said to Inve behaved with groat coolness and bravery. D. S \ . *» vi c
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Madison Weekly Courier
Madison, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 06, 1864
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