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Many laughable occhiarepes tosy plane sur Hoge de amor comrades who claim the honogof life time that to berve fint foxy o just before the gunkat . Mangepes." (pap al ople rounded the bend. Major Biotoop was well as was some special attraction that he may verden store not to le red behind. I believe it was his convictay ades, and the lever boat dipped low into the water ere los Het steel landed on the safe side of the river.
Conrade S. B. Davis was so busy a setting up a column of type on the Gredir that the head of the column of total Cavalry was well advanced on the tour Inford hy dropjest to "stick" and started for the pilot. Who var Kalifaat to
meda! we do not know. A few of us on fleet horas awaited Lin approach of the Great Annihilator.
At about @ am a cloud of smoke arose over the trees. org the gunboat (a long rakish looking craft) gracefully rounded the bend, and saluted our deserted camp with a few rounds froid for sixty-four pounders. The donisons of Jacksonport were will with joy, and their cheers and shouts of welcome and expiration afonso. above the roar of guns as they sent solid shot, grupe and can see into the camp of the Yankees.
Having satisfied our curiosity. and not having onInanice with us to answer their guns, we concluded to go to war camp club lished nine miles back from the river, at Gallaway's plantation, on the road to Batesville.
The object of the gunboat accomplished, viz: to destroy cation sugar and supplies here, they returned down the river to the vicinity of Du Valls Bhiff, where the old boat was destroyed, soour of the guns being sunk in White River.
The Ninth Ilinois Cavalry, then in the command of Genel Benton, moved back to Camp Tucker, where we remainjed all day under arms, expecting an attack from the land force of Confederates. Then it was that the regiment received the sobriquet of the " Gon boat Cavalry," an epithet which, though not flattering to our feelings, stuck to us for a long time, and it was not mult the Ninth Had distinguished itself on miony a hard fought bitte fold that this not very complimentary title was forgotten
Captain Pay, while lere, was boutfinally entertained be citizens, and his mission accomplished they were really not sorry to have his command leave, as they had indulmal in drunken orgies all night, and destroyed more property in one day than Bad the Federal army in two months.
THAT GUNBOAT.
Much has been said and written with reference to the vi if of the ensboat in Jacksonport, during our stay there in 156? I do pót with to cm triedírta wont that has been said or written, but will add a litth postscript, staffing that if writer of this was at the time running a printing office in the town, printing The Caralier, which the boys well remember, and copies of which are still ancore the preserved relics in the bands of many Comrades. When the ementarios, co Hearing a noise and a commotion ony Low sorry, I lobbed out pu villog
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saw George Davidson, the Hat man of the pirke's sitioten holdes town, Wineve making for camp as fast as his horse could carry him. Jagke ! How what sup. His hasty reply was: " The gunboat is coming. captured!" I rushed to & back window, and looked down tl. ilscosasd fare enough there it came steaming up, with the stars and ture gionting to the brewer I soon took in the situation, and grabbing np a handful of the curelice, which had been printed only on one side. rolled theorin roy idmillet, budisled thuro on my saddle, which lay in the office, and started to solose my inger, in while I succeeded just as a thirty two pound shell passed ham'es ly Mirvar_ in the- 20bắc I soon mounted and left for calap, while sincron. sium- foliood res med by the ladies and loyal citizens of the town who had Forpolvere been chatting and protection. The vessel was a large one, and carried seven Lige Som, viz, no eighty-four, two sixty four, and four thirty two parader . bobler covered silly howitzers, which she carried upon her upper works. S vidd commenot in Captain Fry, who was formerly a lieutenant io the United States Nos. Colonel Brackett bell wisely fall back with his command wheni gang of Min artillery, much to the censure of some of the offerne who aftersand clinduced their minds. Lieutenant Ratz, of Company Di alled. bild whenfree! penal sion to take a squad of men and so "capture the thing "; which he donfiles would have accomplished, bad he been permitted, as The rebels were caso poc glorious drunk in town, and the victory would have bech af C. opps town the rebels made sad havoc of property generally, bornin . on this on l bains iff cotton and five hundred horsheads of sugar that we had been, mundhy for vuel and in many cases owners of the property were compiled by the mlede to cure cul and help in its destruction. The gunbeat vives cantidaded that one day was ! we enough to remain there, and early next morning retained down de river, carry ing with her Captain Bishop's baggage, and the curse of ther nouunits, evenof the resident rebels.
On the morning of Jun 12th. Colonel Prokott siist point & trade of thing .v wagons to the Waddell fem or Ville (och sempre con and lerine T'es escort entitel of Companies K. M. C. and D. Body, colombia 's Humphrey. While there they were political apen by a ton of sebe le ged o right ensued, in which several of the enemy were killed. and : volvo of mor pro badly wounded, but the enemy was routed. Here it was that leaves Saved, of Company K, was taken prisoner. We remained in Jack-angel tout if they vicinity until the latter part of June, when of lers case for ustodager down The river to Augusta, where we expected to find our embode and Impagoste iwill provisions, which were short, as the country had been Somneri ill Ien farle w . left for us. After five days' marching and curling ons of the Address mitles blockade, which the rebels had made ahead of us by cutting life gross the mont we arrived in Augusta, twenty-five miles from Jnch -opport, toclimbthat Que 100024 had been driven down the river by the rebels, der Gerend Huddinge. When we started from Jacksonport we had eight days rations, five days were my gumo and we still had no prospects of reaching our provisions. We sealed aurais and horses one day in Angusta, and then shorted for Claufemfer, thirty motor further down the river, where we learned our home wany. gobel seo Ane distance hu ya Jacksongut ahe has been dri ing the pobegla before nos, atal er
leaving Auguste they began their workof flops by the well, Tomain tower and cotton, chopping timber : cruce che ment to Beggins froh, and droger will to 0- ner of damage in their power. In the way we meer deal antwoord to towa and three nights, and most of the five- withone ler, barem front vamne prix mudhole several files from the road. Vier to poly I in (membre of secre & tired, hungry and dirty set to ever look up the bowl, and we write the fronted with the unwelcome information toit off beat hablemosnguy vla dis miles farther down the river. Here we wtoro velhomp fobiafoisle bon Use left for us to do was to forage over the Probado tipo reloj fint we Eg, mas what they had failed to take. Much of time rests 1hft in orlees onszer . 24 the rebel sympi by shown on every Filial Online 30, . 00 in sto 000 mm left Clarendon cu our forty five mile het
a stream of water that they colli nen Filmy. Han ded for Went into up of us went about six mil s away and see all in Most foul breakfast, of corn bread, Meaning, and Black modo pr & food, amy trentino alto
termed two severe meal mor d'ad, which some of the day food wie Bel and were afraid to display the still under route 66amy. Mbo exterior ne camp we found the comment about ready to start, and moon verdient mong of heavy artillery and off Pourbeef July lod con pose | Sopour e bo had come upon the rebel ferlisenti. 1.
it, the result being the taking of everything they had theox. of heavy artillery, about one bumir .Ipe: one . : hir, goats seventy five whowas loaded with providing oud a bort fra feed. Some of the heavy gar westel. in White River to with us. The rest of the artillery we took willens, : 50 ( terware got the advantage. On the 14th day of July we arrived at Hofers, wirthe Wie 00pt River, where we went into camp, to remain wall the Ricky din mineepler
KNOX, Starke County. Iml.
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About the first of June, 1862, while encampo appealhe Jar com port sep ing and watching for the arrival of the rebel gurbet that was repororl to be in White River and making its way up the showom, it sor reg rut lo reliable refuge, that down the river some haet nies, rest Good the Bad were some very fine beef cattle, and as fresh beef she a luxury mouth designed to our soldiers just thena detail of thirty five men from Compon. G, smiling 1too command of Lieutenant Warner, var and out to bring theongoing Plated de wo reliable refnyce, the detail crossed White River by ferry utan 9 por, onde se mideel its way through a dense jungl. of crush. caffe bruke and bravy chober dieon White River, flowing a trail Unit compelled them to travelsiret the Mer sundown they arrived at Grod Glace a deserted old Umbb dowe wereof God's dozen houses, a landing on White River. The place wolnotoplam from the fel of its being the residence di cuenta wir had, it was rumored, about the year wood ops for calmes to
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who was stranded there, whose only ofhouse for teaching loyalty to the theory ment, and billed him to A. Lincoln, Washington, D. C., non sem bor droen 120 river.
Several parties had been sent to poort the Cajero to camp No: De Det found it convenient to be absent, and! so for all efforts to press 200 let ler futile. Lieutenant Warner mos thongle in 2oo! 9 kenardiningte the ore lox in addition to his tine drove of cattle. Su ploting To pics ( grand piano surprise, he with a couple of his conmand cafiel upon Vis White, wtorekmost by hersister, a handsome gid of rights emets, richard gely truc Southern style. They were, howare you to the Bar Dotitular they were raised in Ohio, and then youder ach Int res co blematiz at the North. They said they hated the Yankees and Dieel ony Me ! we will rebel women can talk. Lieutenant Warto, Teuer commestep nce yol his bet to defend hi. sile and recordid theinte go - live They would not reconstruct worth :brunt. We could youog lesby anything ao an. Captain's whereabouts, so Whenper ched bis po ply granel plo yeel ailey the old inan, should be return, bor he did not tempoir. on! En-dor takone can recorded. Here the boys for Led around fin something i tym, el Mal for horses, but finding very poor picking, commanded tower til the great day, when we should reach the cattl . some six or cutt mail wet
Started early the next morning, sove to have plenty of time to : ed andny but the farther they went, the poorer the country seemed like wall the dining when found, proved to be only two old over a few cows mal calves all ist ym for beef. In atter disgust they turnsi about and loosened Jook to toxi, vlieg possibly, a little might be found to und. arriving thet at that Good about noon, very hungry and much disappointed. But what volumen het tokeep your since morning! The citizen were all ont and sepro chers!of scd happy, sol lost no time in informing our boys that the ro bel guimbog look pro-alap the river since we left, and acted as if they them . we had better streetal und her sister were very satelit and provoking to the Max , ambulanter Warner, particularly. Now it had been correnti repose tam rac Ally Letotal by the soldiers that the rebel General Prire Ans copine abas srl the Emmers and a large land feree of robel troppe. Tror chour try lle of the rise i Jacksonport.
Visions of rebel troops and prison pens stropbed Lieutenant Workers moon There was no time to bise if He made his e-espe: mad asus liv lber at a Faphd tiles followed pell-mell by his troepois, the lades divi 2 Coon a poquito -mt. 1 boys forgot their hunger, and resolved to beat the audet to Jockottpart. If killed every horse in the command. After coiffe at this mne digest fait Infic it was found that the command was strong off for a mile A like www. The officer in charge saw that this would not do, that he thong to age de please if they beat that gunboat. He also realin ! the humordone poli.os of the Bo gs ment in camp if the terrible monster stole upon them due's das ur before ho corbi notify them. Lieutenant Warnercalled Sorg and Bikes, wie was well mannfed. and instructed him to puch mirad as fast as perehty, and highly ( long Beach ett, and that he would bring the rest of the coatand . .. for it psthe the gallant Sergeant gave moit to Me thy of 1. woolf on that wild and perilous sidde. With ers : 20 De! 150AS DE R. Ford
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so unfortunate as to follow a wrong trail, leading too far to the left, he viruel White River six miles above Jacksonport, then, tin ing down the rive bih, Ir arrived at the ferry after Warner (who had gone diren had crumed. After will were over, the ferry boat was sunk. It was found flest the regiment had unved camp early in the day to the bintis, some five miles back from the river. Arsen geant Bailey crossed. the gunboat was appron-bing in sight of .Jacksonport The citizens were all out on the lever, waving hat, handkerchief, and Robe! Hows for joy.
A detail under the command of Colonel Sickles was sinking the Black River ferry-boat. As the boat rounded the point, a fanny looking craft it was A small river steamboat with all the upper part cut away exrent a portim left fort pilot house; that was protected with iron, and cotton lopes and below the guaufs vere protected with chains. Assoon as she cleared the point, a broad ide wal the from her heasy guns a, Captain Try. her commander. Had caleulied to o briceny tto range of our former camp, and the way the heavy tingbers willen, asthe iron hall swept though it. would soon convince an eye witgess that it was no plode tir a cavalry regiment armed with sabres and revolvers only.
At the first shot Colonel Sickles and his detall ied for safety, looviof a sle mule team to take care of itself, and the way they strong out a Govont 0nl wagon, and wound themselves around the trees, what a night to see- Prahatily Captain Fry took them for our regiment, as he cofftivind to bomland ting ns long as one was to be seen; poor brutes, how they did struggle and may
After a two mile heat, and a speed that is seldom beaten, Calidad Sickles rallied himself, taking a firm stand on an elevation, and peering over his speed- cles as his much scattered snad arrived, ordered theirto " Pass on to the war and not allow any one to come that way, for G acad Prite was coming vilif large army." He did not say so, but it looked as if he intended to 10pt Price himself.
Now it appeared that a party of Company G's comp equipegr had been unloaded about half way to camp. also a part of the speler's goods. Lod chon Company ( formed there, their tents and provision were there, Lol they went wound around the sapling/at the old comp. sol vere still being hosinhet br the gunboat, asked for and obtained permission to go back ant Ining op avbel they could find. When they arrived there they found the mother's goody alo and as Price's army would soon be there, and would, no doubt, contropie theb stores, they proceeded to appropriate such as they would, and especially if brandy peaches that were very choice. Then taking their tents sint leaving The poles, they threw them across their horses in front, and loadedl damn wills paille kettles, coffee pots, and such things, they mustd forward again for chlap. In the meantime Company M had been put on pichet on the road Bading to camp with instructions to fire on the first thing that approached for of course it would be " Price's army." Whoever instructed them did not know of this aquel of Company G being out, and as the peaches began to work, the lips became vors boisterous and defiant, and cared very little whether Price's army, or For offre came or not. As they approached the picket, t thing land, the sild war very Bar'% the pot and mx routing and clicking. all the while teos Mejor night breeze, it was though thetribe terror to the contest heart,
as they had, and exporiser to !. anne bed every moment1% chiligu nes
posed enemy. The pichets gave Vay affor fring a wild, os rios valles_ot came pell mell into camp with their permet de pour into Theday once in motion. The bugles commed " How on Side " Long Roll," and the camp was turned out in o horst and some artillery had been sent from bagssille b. core 4 Fired . Frol esti encamped with us that ni. b. The trath wa soon ascenter 0 11 pd com back to their posts, instructed by (a).nel lie chti ice Price." These orders vale obered streets, bir pal Piter - some gy and Bess
came out and begged us to come back and protection from 3 500 ml had comp: Hed them to work af right denovine -nga and @low of ola o da was a large supply. The boat's ore gul food. n' Your 1 Er & food down the stream to Du Vall- Bloff. when He had ware 30 Miesto . zes
thick all over the smuts.
After this the Regiment was Kept Find scouting the cosayes between the St. Francis River and Toward Ciarenflod une Augusta.
June 12. 1862, quite a lively Belo took play fog woon grin sideralde force of Confederate troppotardi a prison dello 200 Illinois Cavalry .. The relids attended the gang of a safood forage train, which was sent out with a logged po rar command of Major Humphrey. Confederates would be successful activet appeared to docompany numbers and drove back on acheter. The path of run back to a safer position. Sowhat of our may ores celle and one taken prisoner. Contiene were sent Back to rouge notify the commander of the atlan. Colonel Brasa, with Do companies of the Ninth and two of Missouri Cavity. Senhor by Captain Burgh and his Company A. fon dove af foll i more, but failed to find anything of the robe, though " fores of duckies were looking on an enrolig frigge to pal to see the Yankees chase the robs into the woods and dad of sight. Just how many of the Confedomates stor kskunst fond wounded we never knew.
June 20th, Capt. Marland I. Perkins, with tyto campoppes is the Ninth, made a reconnaissance towand Angosta on the right bank of White River During the sont We food segretoden
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which we lost one horse killed and two wounded. The rebels lost one man killed and several wounded.
At one point, early in the morning, as we were marching . kong, a gun was fired but a foy yards from the roadside in the ben b. the bullet (evidently intended for our leader, Captain Perkus whistling within a few inches of Lieutenant Davenport alead, who was riding at the head of the column. We rode into the beast. and found where a single horseman had awaited ous approset. and, after firing, had rapidly retreated through the woods.
The expedition returned to camp June 251. We remainet al Jacksonport, awaiting orders. The large arioy of Gamonal Cie tis, at Batesville and vicinity, was running short of proti um. Memphis, Tenn., having been captured! June etle, after a sovere naval battle under Admiral Porter, it was dammined to march across to the Mississippi River, to meet supplies and also to utilize this large army now practically cut off from the world
CHAPTER V.
THE GREAT MARCH THROUGH ALKANSAS -PIUME WE SEEMABER PLANTATION-THE KILLED AND WOUNDED- ROMEL GESTEN HINDMAN'S PROCLAMAHOS -- HOSPITAL. TEMSCHERERSUS OF THE FOURTH OF JULY -- - FIGHT AT CAODE RIVER - MODULE OF COURIERS-ARRIVAL AT HELENA.
JUNE 26, 1562. General Curtis having started his large arms J from Batesville, Ark., the march to the Mississippi River for- gan. This army included all troops in the vicinity and numlared nearly thirty thousand men. The expectation was which the aron started that he should meet transports on White River, probde at Des Are or Clarendon, with general supplies. 1 tous especially being wanted. The Confederates were disposed as far as possible to prevent this consummation, and our force were constantly harassed. and as the Rebels knew every road and joshway of the country, it was easy for them to do so. There was a sharp figury June 27th, at Stewart's plantation, where the Confederate tvoje under Colonel Matlock, attempted to captures valuable Gowego- ment train. In this affair, which as amo! the forportion of goo a battle, the Ninth Illinois (walry loth two mon killed and the os three wounded. This affair showed very clearly the valor of the men composing the Regiment : the ground was such the lot of company could go in at a time, but the dash and sporit with which our brave comrades, both officers and men, didge, was worth of the highest praise.
Colonel Brackett. cool and collected. was perfectly at home. wol kept the troops well in hand till the proper time for each com. pany to go to the front, and was himself often seen in the front ranks, where he was finally struck by a partially spent ball, but remained upon the field until the ogeiny was completely rome s. Captain E. R. Knight, Company Mochila salopette Bealone ! company into the thickest of the Debt y datteronly
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lungs, and was borne to the rear with what was supposed to bea mortal wound. while Adjutant W. C. Black born, the brave and dar ing, received a slight wound while rallying a part of the com- mand. Major Wallis, while sturdily encouraging His banalios. received a painful wound in the leg, and withdrew. This engave- ment took place in the afternoon and evening, and it was well in the night before we drew of the field. The enemy was driver down the road, on one side a swamp with a rank growth of cja. and cypress, on the other ahnost a dense wood. The conesamy being posted, an attempt was made to throw a skimist line on the flank, but owing to the obstruction it was found! imprde- ticable.
The rebels had by far the best opportunity, becan -. we were in the openings. and they were in a becasare conempted by the trees and gloom of the swamp, and before long it was only by the flash of their guns that we could tell where the chlemy was located. The rebels were severely punished in this engagement as many of their dead were found by our men the next Morning, and their wounded had been taken away, and were being cared for by the citizens, at a sufficient distance to keep them from ogp hands. It must be understood that, at this time, there were very few carbines in the Regiment There was considerable firing El the front, a soldier of Company M eine slowly book. with a gunshot wound in the shoulder, to where Company I were waiting their turn to go in : as he could not to his carbine any more at this time, he offered it to Connadh dove Have, who gladly availed himself of the offer, as he had only a resolver and a sabre. The wounded man also turned over his hult of car tridges. Thus well equipped, Hawes went forward, and soon aller reported to Major Wallis. The two started down the roof shop thing like sixty or eighty rods, when hearing sharp firing in their rear, and from the fiashes of the guns, they could see time to enemy's line ran close to the road they were moving of : they' It once turned back, and passing near the end of the Confidento line, could not resist the temptation of fining the borrowed che bine at the nearest Confederate: a moment more and a large non- ber of shots was fired at these two.
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Major Wallis received a painful word in the log, and ILawas also received a flesh wound in the right les. sod his innse suor for recipient of five more. So close were the Codelentes that a paris of pasteboard wadding was blown into the wound in the love of this soldier, which was removed by the Sargent after the dogs interval. Had this affair occurred a year of two later the quan ner of fighting would have been different. for the money wyont Ihave been dismounted while advancing on the extent, and should Jutro sought all convenient shelter, doing much greater exchange will much smaller loss than we suffered at tins time.
The killed were Mathew Abbott. private of Compone M. Peter Zerbe, private of Company E. The wounded were Coland V. G. Brackett, slightly; Major W. J. Walter shelly ; Capmin R. R. Knight. very severely ; Adjutant W. C. Badaboom. hotely por William A. Power. Company B. slighth : private Fiat W. Hlonit ing, Company C. slightly; Corporal Rowling 1. Spol. Company P. seriously : private Francis Hilton, Company E. somoudy : Train John Racus, Company 1. seriously : private Alfred Wilson. Company E, slightly : private Swan Tel. Company E. shotple. Sergeant William . Tras, Company I seriously: Compone Bylo Albright. Company I. slightly : private Jesse Havens. Company 1. slightly; Sergeant Charles B. Paddock. Company R. abiglaks : " Corporal Francis M. Herrick, Company K. slightly : private Joke R. Wilder, Company K. it the side sha kily: perpec heure & Hel don. Company K. slightly : privat .. Erastos Foster, Conminy I tu shoulder: Corporal Charles Argent, Company 1. Sadly : 05 vate John Lyons. Company L. severely : provate Willword. Hun. Company Is slightly : private John Shelton. Company Lastebily . private Hans Wahns, Company L. sligich ; privata ho E Wond Company 1. slightly ; Corporal Thomas Roberson. Company 31. slightly; private John Craig, Company M. shebthy : pergam George Van AArsdale. Company M. shehasly: private Frelerist. Luddington. Company M. slightly.
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