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VHUmn- n - - | - ' •*1-' t uiri |fed. 1 'lt;» ,urc 4 ur l',f* *ltu» eu tinir us off* J* ^ * * W * a m ■ mn the same D‘ m “ur support* I immediately dispsrch us to our til Captain Marshall for reinfort:Jmenis,and\vetA r. F.iganth, civ*After the n on the when hetween i\\ o icaJ takeni estimates m«l w* un-tnd woun-ract rrom end. Dr.thre \ ester*tie yan-ISpDfi.lOfl ;s 'o the! st Vetlt; .!r - jit me fitn. 11 itgrove ongro» mlt;-out three s ail andwj;ne^* Ivj G* r s.de w«y a hire 1did nil in n y power to stimulate tin men to*hen ic action ni) ! right nobly did they r^p*nJ Ft‘f at It-asi two hour*, single-1h iii-lrd, the first brigade fought three bri!gndcs f the eiiriny, giving him volte? for volley with interest. Three times did he flt; rm to charge us aud as lt;.f:en Wfi5l pehurled back disc- m6tted by the well d reot ed rm of the brave lads of Illinois and In-' diann. We had already driven the enemy. 1 't H o Fill and through a ravine J-r a full 1 pun ter of a mile, never yielding cm ir^ch1 cmrselte*. At length the hrg looked forjsuccor came We were a 1, officers and| men, glad to know that ii was compiled of a part of the veteran tr ops of the gal ant General A, P. H vey V dis.Mun, and theSt quel proved V. u we were not mis at, n inour estimate t heir courage. No s** net had they corr.e ujv»o the givtir d — bef1bad fully C mpVlt d my a rl argument*— h*0} -----unkn----* - “brcHeiIyLeily ;I\feesdrtivh an Woslt;rue one, ** el vrge *'wu to m*. gave the cider- e» aigv* which w-s eaccu ed with the* w sldest enllnisia-.tr, the men cf my brigade! vDicg with l! -it friends o? Hovt y'a dD isic e'the»s ij'o ---- ' ' — w ’ iaia t • who feiu-tdd first r* ach fhtr eneimv.—. The result of this splei d d charge 1.*-corrj.' c rout of he enemy— 1 - capture of«. - • -tm rtwo twr .ve j urJet howitzer*. n:;d. at Jeaat t one tPg. This was not lie wors, *x*=iu-jin t*dga* dkarc mail, * •IIanir i n | vigiy*!stveTy #of General CarFa division,lt; r General*Hov«*y V-i: was thr joint wcrk ui b an, and itry humble judgment. beii0 is plor? rniugf-, ard io ^pare, for bv.ii di%i4un*. - JOur wh V c* n mind are at a 1 s? (OT\ words to express car admiration tVr the o-jt e and gal!a-t bearing of the officers amjJ«:.44men of Horey s divL-icn. To bor *T*-d the eipredion of aaoOter «beo aoeskJ1,9 , »»sr«f Genera! H.inr, «■ ^r,. la DO dwconnll » thv. » on In f.laclt,*' whil, the pratsea of Generftl 'her* the McO noiv «nJ Colone! Sl»ck, Colonel C,m-r. B.rk, T.\(iVh loJ-) *cd Coionol McC.alev/’ *ed nrn *»e tongne. of *11, ** [fa,iat he re in me, it tie due to the truth ol hutorv to ior. He t * *bat ‘he JSih Indiaca, whc-ce mcrtahtv# of bt* I linVA In*' ‘°y r*6’:mfnt eS»xed.1 ir-^ I « Ibinoia, were 10 the chargedifference hat Captain Cbj^et, Qf Co, H, of lb# fir-hVVGeoWnc#e«rTfc€lentMberags meatSrat to jump njioimen** RiDifieandwbilprbardhU
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Richmond Palladium
Richmond, Indiana, US
Fri, May 29, 1863
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