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E»r■anod;n-ImFT.nilTOhtill*e d;:h .mt-;►a,n ;d 'Fn?ra ibe37ih lud, Vel. !: ; Casnji on the Fieid of Baltic near Murfrve*-} »j boro, Tcnuease.’ ' . ? ;'[ ' Jaauary 4th, 1602. ^ jI The K\(ltd Q7ra\ Wozepdtd of CapCr'Blejieht'* jJ Tribuss:-—I pe*i von a few lines to !acquaint you and ctir friend* id Ind. of our rc*! cent fight here with the contaU, which our !. Generals say far Aixpamft the noted ‘‘Shiloh-” j i Vefcft Nash riilc, Dee- 2lt;Mi with order* to-1 :ward thispbee, and our Division was put in* front, and have held the front for ten days.— j , ^ e had a continuous skirmishing with the robs :■ Levergne to this place where they tnnde •:, ^,c stand. On the morning of the 31st wc ■.. were thrown in front of our lines a* skirmish- i ers' As daylight appeared the rebs comcnerx-ed itojikirraish with us from rifle pits. they dug : during the night. Old Co. G replied to their; salutation. with cool and deliberate aim. Soon I the contest become very warm and Col. Jibes !; sent me an order Jo bold ray position at all f ; kaTarda. Wc had breastwork made of roils and •: 11VC now looked forward to see their columns j • ; advancing, and was nut long held in suspense, •• so°11 the rebel column came over the hill hi !.front of us, some 500 yards distant, and we*, poured a rain of. lead in their ranks until they !, were within 150 yards when we vrerc ordered j ; to retreat, and job-our regiment. We fought;. them from behind a fence until xve got to our j \ rcg. ^ In Ibis skirmish I lost one killed and 3 *lt;.missing. Andrew Rhodes wiu shot through ; the heart. I ran to him, lie looked at me but j never spoke. The rubs came on and our lines !1 mot them and such another whiz li$ that I never •c heard, but wo made the rebels show their;1 backs and as they run over a hill we slaughtered • ^ : nearly half their number—what lt;mr bullets did \:-;not our artilllcry with grape did. Wc were in j j hot contest from S A. M. till dark. Our heav- » iest fight wag in a cotton field and the fire from ! the rebel slie!l berating over us as we lay down j f set on lire ll,c cotton. In this cotton field one j f shell knocked six men down, killing three of! 1 them, one of my Co. .erne of Co.. B, ftm{ one of; [ another Co, the rest wero wounded. We cap-; tured several rebel banners. Slid the rebel j t battery was playing-dreadful havoc in our lines ■
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The Howard Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1863
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