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I.10 I-ubtleatruggh(beadera Vs: thef ofiOro.stilish is* them. Theyv claws, and woe unto ..anal whc is foolish enough,f tnom a hold upon hia fingers. They pinch outrageously, as tho writer can testify j to hia sorrow. It is all humbug, though, _.uje nttu massed ft heavy about their being such great luxuries. It ia ;rather more shell than meat when it comes to r eating.- * • , | Fresh ovsters in the shell are also to befiring continued until near sundown, when ; ^ herQ ^y paying ono dollar per hundrod. ~______.J___ .1 I i r ^ f r K t C3 \rr 1 Ai«r»lxw ClioBy a brigade the whc splendii ing of iforce in our front, and about 4 o’clock opened on us with artillery and musketry. ThoTheThe from W to tho lt;wo wero ordered to retire. This was ac- ■ Cheap enough.complished under a most destructive fire, in ' One can livo here. We have plenty offluperaethe CmUULupAiHllCU Uliviur 11 1X11/ow UC3U Ublii w 1U , . . . . . * \•. . , . . f u . rr rj.j. “rations/ and add thereto occasional!) bywhich we lost several of our best men. Our ronfWin„ noor t,ho„ » »flhecp orWoatj confiscating some poor “hog, “sheep, --lino was again formed on a hill in our rear, j lt;lt;fow]f?' that may be caught straying aroundFrom this wo marched in tho direction of : “without ft pass. And occasionally onionsrect.causo fment mem-theral,res*ited’en-Adateainc.aticVarI'lvjm 1UIO Ti U u iiw^uvu ” * ------ - i—------ * f n\ uicuw ixChattanooga, and camped within four miles j potatoes and other regetablcs arc went for ; c, • {causing much grumbling among tho good | ™of tho towu. Union planters who livo around. : But it 1Tho conduct of both officers and men du Wo are under Eastern rule now, and with | Keveththem the “oath of allegiance has not yetring these engagements was all that could bedesired. It would bo impossible for mo totortlere wo had our first glimpse ftt “salt wa-. Vast were tho “cussings ftt first,when the boys not knowing of its flavor, would gulp down a mouthful, too saltish to quench thirst. Tho only way to obtain water hero is by sinking wells, and even then themake any dietictlon, as oach officer and man bore hia part with distinguished bravery.I must, however, except Lt. John Dugan, ofCo. K., who basely deserted hia company on ^ ^tho 19th iost., and has not been beard of ; water baa a strong, brackish taste, einco. I recommend his dismissal from thonervlr© for cowardice.Very respectfully.J OHM P. DtJFFlCY,Major Commanding Regiment.ltd Li ttO ft DU , mi rt^ixinuAn expedition into Texas Beema to bo tho order of tho day. Tho 19th Army Corps has already crossed the Bay and started on themarch, The 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, is crossing to-day. The 3d Division ^goesover to morrow.Tho Bay at tills point is not more than half A list of killed, wounded and missing of ft mile wide. A little town called Berwick is^ I _ a * lt;■the 35th Indiana in tho battles of tho 19thand 20th of Sept. 1863: f .Major Joliu P. Dufficy, Commanding, slightly.Co. A.—Killed—Private Ohroan Moran. Wounded—Sergt. John Costello, severely; Segt. John Megin, severely; Private JohnGay, Patrick Rafter, Bovoroly, Frank Mun gftvin, Thos Mulchy mortally.Missing—Private Michael Cain.situated on tho other side.(?orps (V Afrique aro numerous hero, for drill and military disoipliao present a fine appearance. Negroes make good soldics, and thero is no use diagqjping the fact; and uuder tho lead of proper officers will do good service.Eastern and Western men at first did not agree. They did not like one another. Bui this use!ess and uunocossary rancor is faetdy-Missing—Private Michael Gain. 1 ing away. This is afl it should be. SoldiersCo. B—MiB8ng Seigts Enoch \\^ood, \ g . ^ • 10gether in the eamo causo should Michaol O’Garra, Thoa Ken eday, Jafl Mur- j wor^ together harmoniously, phy. Privates, JohnSharky, Fred Whitten- | Much sneeulafcion is rife as’to the Droenectthe par mandorall his i Chattai Shou will doi Genorft his raili tho mo! by any over Giemy insistenctJand dotWe Preside Gen ora isfactor hoped, but tho Chat tarbrook, Michael Oallanan, John Dugan, Luko Dignan, Chan Devlin, Tho9 Lynch, Frank Murphy, Peter Mulvaney, Martin Ryan, JnoMuch speculation is rife a3 to the prospect of a war with Franco, on account of her “doings''’ in Mexico. The French are ro-pertcd ft3 fortifying at Matamoras. It. might!, . n„,T. * . A1, bo poesiblo that this expedition would turnCo. C—\V ounded—^dJLieut. W m. A on, Bomewhore near© there.The a controfphoAN-3HTw.wa;elightly; Sergt Andrew Duycr, slightly. Privates Wm Ballanger, severely, Joseph Hosax, eoverelv, Patrick Brady, slightly.Co. D—Killed—W G Harlin, Ed Car.\ucp*)doup somewhoro near© there.I eeo by a late paper that Dan. Voorhees, tho man of Copperhead principles, came near being hung by tho 63d Indiana. It isGo. D—Killed— W G iiariin, uar. o , regretted heio that tho officers inter-Wounded—Jesse Martin,^rayson F rakes, fomj tofiavo iaja worthless life. Better forseverely, 1st Lieut John Goorgo, elightly, jndiana, in time to come, had that ropo been Ben Kaneom, elightly. 1 •en Kaneom, elightly. i aiowed to do its work.Missing—Obria fcoloman, wm Combs, , Goy ^iorton has recently had anothar Nicholas Mungin, wounded eeveiely, Fred j^„ent from Indiana hero tolook after the■n i tnVn n*v«;i - n.„ ^ , .m-sa-re-ithut)re,Frakea. John O’Neil.Co. E—Killed-Private P Duma.Missing— let Lieut. John Swift, Sergt Jas Dorgan. Private, Dan McCarty.Co. F—Wounded—Capt Farrar, slightly; Sergt S Bolin, severely; Oorp’l V m Emerson; Private John Farlow, elightly.Missing—1st Sergt Ed Boliver; I rfvate G.W Boliver. .Oo. O—Wounded—J HHuraphriei, slight- (\y. IMissing—Privates—Michael McGuire, v\1 Girard, Jas Silvers, Jacob G Mason.Co. fl— Missing—Sergt Amack; PrivatesFinley Metz, Thos Burk.Co. I—Killed—Private Chas Charter. Wounded—Privates, Jas Daly, elightly,Sam Richardson.Mieiing—Patrick Cain, wounded, ir»n JDesmond.on the Rebel t told soi Mr. Fu Her:the pla bid thf peacofc a ftderiState 1 againsta rcsid( federacwelfare of his soldiers. Mr. Kimball is saidI Agent.Win. Syarc, Co. G, 11th Indiana, died in j the St tho hospital at Carrollton, Lousieiana, Aug. 1 tho 6or 2«tb, 1863. ^ r• lt;)• O—police c jeeta to1 ha1I Tlir Preslilor.t’s Call for 800,000 .Men. : f«u JJ*r lO nCQiTho call by tho President for 300,000 more men will not tako tho people by surprise}. Tho draft which was executed partially, did not furnish tho army moro than sixty thousand or seventy thousand men.Thii number served to strengthen the array of the Potomac very rnateiially and tho release of the forces of General Grant on thean,Oo!°K—-Missing, 1st Lieut. John Dugan; { Mi«i.,ippi, enabled_tha,^rnmm toPrivate, Wm Galiaghan.Your Obed’t Serv’t,/JOHN P. DUFFICY,Major Commanding Regimentmake strong and formidable the army of i Robeobaxb, at an ill appointed time in somerespec*9.In the contlict of Cbioamauga, the lattor ; General lost sixteen thousand men, and cameIc:ol-m-cr,inFromGen. JIcGiniiift Division. Things nt llrnshier City.1very nearly losing the position for which hiemovements bad been so splendidly made.Tho following letter wo take from tho Had a portion of tho forces of G^yr boon State Journal. It will doubtleoa bo read ! ‘oh.m at the proper tuno, .natoa^ ofhaving been sent to Texas, or in some other direction of 110 importance, tho battles of Ohicamauga would probably havo termi-! nated differently, and tho heavy logs of the From Vicksburg to Natchez, from Natch- j jretjerft] ftrmy havo been saved. The armywith interest by those who havo friends in tho 11th Indiana, and nleo by others.BRAsnEATi City, La., Sept. 25,1863.quirod meet tl flict; ir and rof aneo of of her them li against ptronglHere sul tell Gcorgiand the el arm their ai Uni todsays heromonfi ropo in making to ftlie must b but it 1e* to Carrollton, La., and from thence to this city of few houses and fewer inhabitants, of has tho old division removed since my last epistlo. And so long a time has elapsed sinceso doing that it will hardly interest you formeto enter into particulars as to the trip to this)Ot w e in.in-th ! atplace.Braehear City, on Berwick Bay, ia not a place of much importance, save in a military point of view. It is connected by railway with New Orleans, distant ninety miles.As to tho 3d division, its general health ia I good. We have, by- long exposure, become : which wi!, then arija.i acclimated, and do not Buffor lrom excessive * heat any moro than we did aa citizens from In a war of the magmtudo ofof Roskcrans has now boon made the most formidable which has yet boon commanded 011 this continent, but it should have been made so throo months earlier.But tho call of tho President does not in- !dicato any extraordinary urgency for troops j at this hour for tho purpose of strengthening tho Federal armies, but it *001113 to contemplate moro particularly tho expiration of tho time for which a largo portion of our troops were recruited, and to prepare against theI iiwao any a- ! unusual heat in tho North.Gen. Hovey is yet North. Humor has it•» 1S” wirss 'vrxn is ^** •.«». *7^- ^ j. 1 fr*.. « cfHI rrrnn ♦ fir YlArmri PmiMfl til A *110110tho presentone, all operations connected with it aro no-cesfarilv slow, and the conflict will, in allMr.’ ican, w ! per fro I noble afloat :“I h the Iretcrior.most p been ci eatiefie class, t excelle now tv same stakingeasy so
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Terre Haute Weekly Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 19, 1863
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