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X\!'rcspondcnce of the Cc.v.rler !From l*oinf Fookoui, 9f«l«Pvjnt Look ut, Jane £3. ?'»t.JoS' ph Adkinson of Switz Hand County, • j a member of Co. A, 3d Indiina Cavalry,; * oC died m the hospital here on the 7th oiini Sth-; June. He was with hia reuini nt in ;Sher- maiidan's raid, and was wounded near Uich-niond. He was a brave and good soldier , a high mind d and noble young man. Hisj ! name will be inscribed on Indiana's roll of: !.•honor,tn, J;I send you a list of the Indiana soldiers! ^ now in Hie hospta;; Scrgt. Geo. Beard.1 co. B; Ernest tluber, eo F, 3d Ind. Cav.;' n, Aaron Hilu, co C; William Blue, lt;■*. H;;.' he; James Fallen. F; William J. Whipple, co, !Cj l. 1*. Kobinson, co. E; W. W. Kennair,; co. B; Jacob llublt; r, co. LI; Edmund Eckey,., co. C; Charles Dunlap, co. i); Francis M-er iC Claw son, co. F; Corp. A. W. Batson, co. C. • h- 13th Ind. Cav. ^Tli»*v were all wounded in the late bat* ^nlt;ties, but are doing- well, and a-e all very desirous of being transfer!ed to their own. . trState. ylThere has b^en between 80 and 90 d aths 1 a (of the wounded brought to the hospital. 1cnWe hope the list will not' be greatly in-i Jv cre-iScd, as the wounded now are mostly , doing well. : j*The prisoners camp is receiving access-1 ions almost daily; the number now being; ^ over 15,000. There is among those that f have recently come, a good deal of sick-; jo ness. One of the surgeons told me a fewS‘davs ago that there were over a thousand; J4o - the sick list. Then is a disposition on! the part o many to take the oath and eu* ^ ke lil in our army. ; *Cob Draper, of the 36th V. S. colored | a troops., and who is in command ol this (-post, lias just relnnied from a raid of eight j da ys, into Virginia. He captured and destroyed some $300,000 worth of property ; *,rseits'of the rebel?. He brought back quite a-a#. uutnber of contrabands, who were dispos- a( ed of by sending them to the government I hrm, some milea ba k horn the Point.— ^ Horses, cattle and sheep were also among I the tiophiea of the expedition. II.: was, accompanied in the expedition by several gunboats and 600 ot his own tvgiiueul, and about 50 cavalrymen. rl'he colored soldiers are said to hive behaved with greatcoolness and bravery. D. S \ .tiitn'Extravt fro::; a Private Loiter. • *'*'from file IJHli Intl. Rrgl.
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Madison Weekly Courier
Madison, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 06, 1864
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