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Fortieth Brigade. Col. ABRAM O. MILLER. 9Sth Illinois, Col. John J. Funk- houser. 72d Indiana, Lieut. Col. Samuel C. Kirkpatrick.
75th Indiana, Lieut. Col. William O'Brien.
Ward's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM T. WARD. 102d Illinois, Col. William McMur- trie. 105th Illinois, Col. Daniel Dustin. 79th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Azariah W. Doan.
Artillery.
Illinois Light, Stokes' Battery, Capt. James H. Stokes. Indiana Light, 13th Battery, Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin. Indiana Light, 18th Battery, Capt. Eli Lilly.
Cavalry. 4th Indiana (five Companies), Maj. Warren Horr.
The following is Morgan's Confederate Cavalry Brigade, against which the Twelfth Division was operating :
Second Cavalry Brigade (Confederate). (On the line of Kentucky and Tennessee. ) Col. JOHN H. MORGAN.
2d Kentucky Cavalry, Col. Basil W. Duke. 7th Kentucky Cavalry, Col. R. M. Gano. 8th Kentucky Cavalry, Col. R. S. Cluke. IIth Kentucky Cavalry, Col. D. W. Chenault. Kentucky Battalion, Lieut. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge. Arnett's Kentucky Howitzer Battery.
* As reported September 30th, 1862.
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The Seventy-fifth Regiment formed its first line of battle at Lebanon. We were frequently placed in this position here with the expectation of an attack. We were drilled often, guard and picket duty was daily performed, and frequent "scares" occurred.
The Cavalry arın of service was greatly needed at Leba- non. General Dumont, in one of his telegrains from this place to General Wright, said: "The Cavalry, which has rendezvoused at this place to be mustered into the service, is wholly without transportation. It is utterly without discip- line" (he had not reference to the five Companies of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry under Major Horr), "and disturb- ances are very frequent. I consider myself wholly without Cavalry, though it is here, and beg, if it is possible, that some Cavalry be sent forward." In another dispatch the General says: "The troops have seen no service and cannot be re- garded as efficient troops-officers or men. I notify you of the condition of things, hoping that you may send forward some officers and men, that have seen service, without delay."
Kentucky was not only noted for beautiful women, brave men, fine horses, and good whisky; but also for fine horse- 111 e11. Morgan and his troopers were experienced riders, mounted on the famous thoroughbreds of the blue-grass re- gion. Being Kentuckians themselves, they knew every foot of ground over which they audaciously rode.
Infantry Regiments of a few weeks' service, in a strange country, inefficient by reason of a lack of experience, equip- ment and discipline, were not able to catch these bold raiders under Morgan on their own territory. Instead of troops, axes, shovels and spades were sent us, with which we built fortifications. In some instances, for defense, we cut down fruit and ornamental trees out of which breastworks were constructed. Instead of the Cavalry being sent us, Dumont was authorized to impress horses into the service, and mount his Infantry Regiments. In this way we proved our ability to prevent Morgan from cutting the railroads, and
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burning the bridges at that time and place-all that was ex- pected of us.
While encamped at Lebanon, Company I of the Seventy- fifth under Captain M. H. Floyd, and Company A of the Sixty-eighth under Captain John S. Scobey, and Company B of the Seventy-second-all three Companies under com- mand of Captain H. M. Carr of the Seventy-second, the senior Captain-from the above Indiana Regiments, were sent at night to Muldraugh's Hill to intercept a detachment of Morgan's Cavalry, whichi had passed that point a few hours before and burnt the bridge. It was supposed they would return the same way they went. The Companies were there a whole day, in a good position, but Morgan's Cavalry did not put in an appearance.
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On account of our good position, we were anxious for the Confederate Cavalry to come, that we might capture them. Some of the men, in the meantime, discovered a cellar stored with Bourbon whisky, to which they helped themselves. Then on account of our bad condition, we were afraid the Confederate Cavalry would come and capture us. A detail of men (among whom was the writer), under Lieutenant Rich- ardson, was sent to take possession of the liquor and destroy it. We found the owner of the spirits, and interviewed him concerning it. To the Lieutenant, he replied: " I hain't got nary drap. Them Confeds dun tuck it, every darned bit." But the Lieutenant was not to be fooled. He had ocular de- inonstrations around him that "tangle-foot" was about. He sent his men into the cellar, and they knocked in the heads of the barrels, and the liquor ran out. This was the writer's first experience in a temperance crusade.
Here at Lebanon, on September 6th, Henry Myers of Company C-the first man in the Regiment to die of disease -was buried.
On the 5th of September, Gen. Dumont was ordered to move his Division cautiously and rapidly to Louisville, and report to General Gilbert. General Wright was concentrat-
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ing the forces under his command at that point. The Sev- enty-fifth Regiment, however, did not leave Lebanon until the next day, and did not arrive at Louisville until the even- ing of the 23d. The Regiment formed the rear guard, to protect the other Regiments of the Division on their way to Louisville. We alternated between Lebanon Junction and Shepherdsville from the 6th to the 22d. During this time the long roll was beat very frequently, and we were almost hourly expecting an attack from Morgan. The Confederate Cavalry was near enough to our pickets, at times during the night, for the sounds of the hoofs of their horses upon the limestone pikes to be distinctly heard.
On the 18th, half of the Regiment was sent as a reinforce- ment to Munfordsville, while the other half stood in line of battle until their return. We were in imminent danger of capture by Morgan's larger force. We spent two Sabbath days-the 15th and 22d-at these points, and in the midst of our danger, the Chaplains, Boyden of the Seventy fifth Indi- ana, and Baylis, of the Sixteenth Kentucky Regiments, held worship. These days, doubtless, dated the enrollment of soine of the men under the peaceful banner of the Cross. Most of the nights we slept upon our arms. In the early morning from 3 o'clock, until the light of day, we stood in line of battle. Though we were not actually attacked, the discipline taught us to be on the alert at all times, and, doubtless enabled us to prevent capture on more occasions than this one. In the evening of the 22d, our pickets near Shepherdsville were attacked, and our Cavalry was imme- diately sent to their relief, which succeeded in capturing thirty-five Confederates and some horses, after killing one Confederate and wounding four or five others.
On the afternoon of the 23d, the Regiment boarded the cars for Louisville, and arrived in the evening at 7 o'clock. We encamped between Louisville and Portland, along the rail- road running between these points. Here also we were or- dered up every morning, for several days in succession, at 3
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o'clock, to stand in line of battle until daylight. During the morning of the 27th, the Regiment was sent five miles out the Nashville pike on the picket line. During the two days we were out, Buell's troops were passing in a go-as-you- please fashion on their way to Louisville.
Here, on the 27tl1, Quartermaster Cowgill resigned, and Sergeant William A. Wainwright, of Company D, was pro- inoted to the vacancy. During the absence of the Regiment on picket, the Fortieth Brigade moved to the eastern section of the city, about eight miles from our picket post, where we found it in the evening of the 28th, when relieved from picket duty.
On the morning of the 29th, the whole city was thrown into excitement by the tragic death at the Galt House of General William Nelson, from a revolver in the hands of General Jeff. C. Davis. Nelson was the officer to whom the Seventy-fifth Regiment reported on its arrival for the first time in Louis- ville, and by whom it was organized with other Regiments into the Fortieth Brigade of the Twelfth Division. During the last year of the war, Davis commanded the Fourteenth Corps, in which the Regiment served.
Buell's army had now arrived. The members of the Sev- enty-fifthı Regiment had many acquaintances among his vet- erans-in the Thirty-ninth, Fifty-seventh and other Indiana Regiments.
September 30th, Brigadier General Robert S. Granger su- perseded Colonel A. O. Miller in the command of our Brigade, the latter assuming command of his Regiment, the Seventy- second Indiana. On the very day Granger formally assumed command, the Brigade received marching orders to go to Elizabethtown. We marched to a point below New Albany, Indiana, where we embarked on boats, and descended the river to West Point, arriving there at 10 o'clock p. m. We debarked and encamped for the night. In the morning, October Ist, we began our first march in the direction of Elizabethtown. The purpose of this march was the protec- tion of Buell's wagon train, which had not yet gotten up.
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This march of the Seventy- fifth Regiment, of only eighteen iniles, towards Elizabethtown, which we did not reach, was very trying to men making their first inarch. It was the inore laborious from the impression under which all new soldiers labor, that they must lug along as much as they can load on their backs. Though the march was made on an October morning, the sun in that climate shone intensely warm. Water was a scarce article. It was hauled for miles and emptied into barrels for the use of the citizens. For fear his Brigade, carrying guns and full knapsacks, with pockets as well as cartridge-boxes full of cartridges, marching on a warm day, "in a dry and thirsty land where no water is," might drink too much water, General Granger ordered these barrels to be emptied of the water! Chafing under this un- necessary cruelty of treatment, many of the tired, thirsty, footsore men of the Regiment gave vent to their feelings in language more forcible than pious. Lieutenant, afterwards Captain Polson, in his accurate diary, next morning made this entry: "One of my feet is blistered, but I had a good night's rest."
The Regiment marched ten miles on the 2d, eighteen on the 3d, and twenty on the 4th. We returned to Louisville about II o'clock on the morning of the 5th, with Buell's train, numbering about two thousand wagons.
Two Confederate armies at this time had concentrated south and east of Louisville, in supporting distances of each other. They were commanded by Gens. Braxton Bragg and E. Kirby Smith. Bragg's army lay at Bardstown and Smith's at Frankfort. In case of an advance of the National armny, it became necessary to send a force against both Con- federate armies, so as to prevent, if possible, a junction of the two. Two full Divisions were required to operate against Smith, whilst the rest of the army mnoved against Bragg. The Second Division, composed mostly of experienced troops, and the Twelfth Division, not yet assigned to any Corps, the former under command of Brig .- Gen. Joshua W.
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Sill, and the latter commanded by Brig .- Gen. E. Dumont, were selected to operate against Frankfort. Probably it would have been unwise to have selected for this purpose two Divisions of old troops out of the army to operate against Smith. Whatever may have been the reasons for assigning these two Divisions to operate against E. Kirby Smith, they accomplished all that was expected of them-they prevented Smith from joining Bragg. This movement, however, de- prived the Seventy-fifth Regiment from a participation in the battle of Perryville.
The following are the Divisions of Sill and Dumont, as they were composed at the time of the Frankfort expedition:
SECOND DIVISION.
Brig .- Gen. JOSHUA W. SILL.
Fourth Brigade. Col. HARVEY M. BUCKLEY. 6th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Hagerman Tripp. 5th Kentucky, Lieut. Col. William W. Berry. Ist Ohio, Col. Edwin A. Parrott. 93d Ohio, Col. Charles Anderson. 15th U. S., Maj. John H. King. 16th U. S., Maj. Adam J. Slemmer. 19th U. S., Maj. Stephen D. Carpen- ter.
Fifth Brigade.
Col. EDWARD N. KIRK.
34th Illinois, Lieut. Col. Hiram W. Bristol.
79th Illinois, Col. Lyman Guinnip. 29th Indiana, Lieut. Col. David M. Dunn. 30th Indiana, Col. Joseph B. Dodge. 77th Pennsylvania, Col. Frederick S. Stumbach.
9th Kentucky Cavalry (detachment), Col. Richard T. Jacob.
Sixth Brigade. Col. WILLIAM H. GIBSON.
89th Illinois, Lieut. Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss.
32d Indiana, Col. Henry von Trebra. 39th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Fielder A. Jones. 15th Ohio, Col. Moses R. Dickey. 49th Ohio, Maj. Levi Drake. Artillery. Ist Ohio Light, Battery A, Capt. Wilber F. Goodspeed.
Ist Ohio Light, Battery E, Capt. Warren P. Edgarton. 5th U. S., Battery H, Lieut. Francis L. Guenther. Unattached.
3d Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, H, I, and K, Maj. Robert Klein.
Ist Michigan Engineers and Me- chanics, Companies D, F, and G, Lieut. Col. Kinsman A. Hunton.
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TWELFTH DIVISION .* Brig. Gen. EBENEZER DUMONT.
Thirty-eighth Brigade.
Col. MARSHAL W. CHAPIN. 129th Illinois, Col. George P. Smith. 23d Michigan, Maj. Benjamin F. Fisher. 102d Oliio, Col. William Given. IIIth Ohio, Lieut. Col. Benj. W. Johnson.
Thirty-ninth Brigade.
Col. GEORGE T. LIMBERG. 104th Illinois, Col. Absalom B. Moore. 106th Ohio, Col. Gustavus Tafel.
108th Ohio, Maj. Jacob A. Egly.
Fortieth Brigade.
Brig. Gen. ROBERT S. GRANGER. 98th Illinois, Col. John J. Funk- liouser.
72d Indiana, Col. Abram O. Miller. 75th Indiana, Lieut. Col. William O'Brien.
Ward's Brigade. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM T. WARD. 102d Illinois, Col. William McMur- trie. 105th Illinois, Col. Daniel Dustin. 79th Ohio, Col. Azariah W. Doan.
Artillery.
Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Capt. James H. Stokes. 13th Indiana Battery, Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin. 18th Indiana Battery, Capt. Eli Lilly.
The following are the troops of E. Kirby Smith (Confed- erate), whom the Divisions of Sill and Dumont prevented from uniting with Bragg.
Reorganization of the troops under command of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith. [About October 31, 1862. ] FIRST DIVISION. Maj. Gen. C. L. STEVENSON.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. S. M. BARTON.
30th Alabama, Col. C. M. Shelley. 3Ist Alabama, Col. D. R. Hundley. 40th Georgia, Col. A. Johnson. 52d Georgia, Col. W. Boyd. 9th Georgia Battalion, Maj. Joseph T. Smith.
Anderson's Battery, Capt. J. W. An- derson.
Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. JAMES E. RAINS. 4th Tennessee, Col. J. A. McMurry. IIth Tennessee, Col. G. W. Gordon. 29th North Carolina, Col. R. B. Vance. 42d Georgia, Col. R. J. Henderson. 3d Georgia Battalion, Lieut. Col. M. A. Stovall.
Eufaula Artillery, Capt. W. A. Mc- Tyer.
* As reported October 12th, 1862.
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Third Brigade. Brig. Gen. THOMAS H. TAYLOR.
36th Georgia, Col. J. A. Glenn.
39th Georgia, Col. J. T. McConnell.
54th [57th] Georgia, Col. William Barkuloo. 56th Georgia, Col. E. P. Watkins. 59th [34th] Georgia, Col. J. A. W. Johnson. Cherokee Artillery, Capt. Max. Van Den Corput.
SECOND DIVISION.
Maj .- Gen. J. P. MCCOWN.
First Brigade.
Brig .- Gen. E. D. TRACY.
20th Alabama, Col. I. W. Garrott. 23d Alabama, Col. F. K. Beck. 46th Alabama, Col. M. L. Woods. 43d Georgia, Col. Skidmore Harris. Waddell's Artillery, Capt. J. F. Wad- I dell.
Second Brigade.
Brig .- Gen. M. D. ECTOR.
Ioth Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Col. C. R. Earp. IIth Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Col. J. C. Burks. 14th Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Col. A. Harris.
15th Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Col. J. A. Weaver. Douglas' Artillery, Capt. J. P. Doug- las.
Third Brigade. Brig .- Gen. E. McNAIR.
4th Arkansas, Col. H. G. Bunn. 30th Arkansas, Col. C. J. Turnbull. 3Ist Arkansas, Col. T. H. McCray. 4th Arkansas Battalion, Major Ross. Ist Arkansas Dismounted Rifles, Col. R. W. Harper. 2d Arkansas Dismounted Rifles, Col. J. A. Williamson. Humphreys' Battery, Capt. J. T. Humphreys.
Fourth-Hilliard's Legion. Col. A. H. BRADFORD.
Ist Alabama Battalion, Lieut. Col. J. Thorington. 2d Alabama Battalion, Lieut. Col. B. Hall, jr. 3d Alabama Battalion, Lieut. Col. J. W. A. Sanford. 4th Alabama Battalion, Lieut. Col. W. N. Reeves. Kolb's Artillery, Capt. R. F. Kolb.
THIRD DIVISION. Brig. Gen. HENRY HETH.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. W. G. M. DAVIS.
Ist Florida Dismounted Cavalry, Col. G. T. Maxwell. 6th Florida, Col. J. J. Finley. 7th Florida, Col. M. S. Perry. 4
Marion Artillery, Capt. J. M. Martin. Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. A. GRACIE, JR. 43d Alabama, Col. Y. M. Moody. 55th Georgia, Col. C. B. Harkie. 58th North Carolina, Col. J. B. Palmer.
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62d North Carolina, Col. R. G. A. Love.
64th North Carolina, Col. L.M. Allen. Newnan Artillery, Capt. G. M. Han- vey.
Third-Smith's Legion. Col. SUMNER J. SMITH.
Battalion Georgia Cavalry, Lieut. Col. J. R. Hart. Battalion Georgia Volunteers, Col. John S. Fain.
Fourth Brigade.
Col. A. W. REYNOLDS.
3d Tennessee, Col. N. J. Lillard. 3Ist Tennessee, Col. W. M. Bradford. [59th] Tennessee, Col. J. B. Cooke. 43d Tennessee, Col. J. W. Gillespie. 39th North Carolina, Col. D. Cole- man.
3d Maryland Battery, Capt. H. B. Latrobe.
63d Tennessee, Col. R. G. Fain. Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, Col. W. H. Thomas.
First Cavalry Brigade.
Brig. Gen. JOHN H. MORGAN. 2d Kentucky, Col. B. W. Duke. 7th Kentucky, Col. R. M. Gano. 8th Kentucky, Col. R. S. Cluke. IIth Kentucky, Col. D. W. Chenault. 9th Kentucky Battalion, Maj. W. C. P. Breckinridge.
Howitzer Battery, Captain Arnett.
Second Cavalry Brigade.
Brig. Gen. JOHN PEGRAM. Ist Tennessee, Col. H. M. Ashby. 3d Tennessee, Col. J. W. Starnes. - Tennessee, Col. J. E. Carter. [3d Confederate] Col. James R. How- ard.
Howitzer Battery, Capt. G. A. Hu- wald.
First Section Kain's Artillery, Lieut. Hugh White.
Third Cavalry Brigade.
Col. J. S. SCOTT.
Ist Georgia, Col. J. J. Morrison.
Ist Louisiana, Lieut. Col. J. O. Nixon.
12th Tennessee Battalion, Maj. T. W. Adrian.
Howitzer Battery, Captain Holmes.
7th North Carolina Battalion, Lieut. Col. G. N. Folk.
[16th] Tennessee Battalion, Maj. E. W. Rucker.
2d [5th] Tennessee, Col. G. W. Mckenzie.
16th Battalion Georgia Partisans, Lieut. Col. F. M. Nix.
[3d] Kentucky Cavalry, Col. J. R. Butler. Horse Artillery, Capt. W. R. Marshall.
This feat of preventing a conjunction between the armies of Bragg and Smith was equal to the victory of a battle.
This movement of the Second and Twelfth Divisions against Frankfort began about the Ist of October-Sill's Division leading. General Dumont with two Batteries and three Brigades-Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and Ward's-
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preceded the Fortieth Brigade, in the advance a couple of days. They were in the skirmish at Clay Village with Sill's Division on the 3d, in which 8 Confederates were killed and wounded and 13 taken prisoners.
It was not until Monday morning, October 6th, that the Seventy-fifth Indiana Regiment, with three days' rations in the haversacks, struck tents at Louisville, and began, at II o'clock, a weary march of fifty-three miles, via Shelbyville pike to Kentucky's capital. When we turned our backs upon the smoky chimneys of Louisville, on that October morning, we saw the city for the last time. A few days before we arrived at Frankfort, the Confederates inaugurated Richard Hawes as Governor of Kentucky, burnt the railroad bridge over the Kentucky River, otherwise destroyed the turnpike bridge, and then evacuated the city, retreating via Ver- sailles and Lawrenceburg roads. The Regiment arrived at the capital by the 10th.
The city is built on the northeast bank of the Kentucky River, sixty-two miles from its moutlı, where it empties into the Ohio. It is located upon a high plain, lying between the river and a bluff two hundred feet high. The State peni- tentiary and State house, the latter a handsome structure, built of Kentucky marble, are the principal buildings. In a cemetery on a hill overlooking the city, lie, beneath two im- posing monuments, the remains of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentucky, and Col. Clay, the son of Henry Clay, who was killed in 1847, at the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico.
On our arrival, the main Confederate force was located on the Versailles road. Two Brigades of the Twelfth Division- one of them the Fortieth-crossed the river on the 11th, (the river being fordable at that season of the year) and pursued the Confederates for a considerable distance. The Seventy- fifth Regiment with the Fortieth Brigade continued the pur- suit on the Versailles road, and caught up with Smith's forces at Versailles-a village about 14 miles from Frankfort. The other Brigade advanced on the Lawrenceburg road.
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The Artillery and the balance of the Division were stationed on the northeast side of the river at Frankfort.
Our Brigade drove the Confederates out of Versailles, capturing 150 prisoners, whom we paroled. The prisoners were from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, and Ken- tucky. They were shabbily dressed, many of them having neither coats nor shoes. To us, however, they were clothed with the interest of veteran soldiers.
After the skirmishing was over, the prisoners captured and paroled, the balance of the Confederates on the retreat, the men of the Seventy-fifth Regiment, encamped just outside the village in an open field, sallied forth in pursuit of some- thing to eat. Whoever knew a Yankee soldier, that was not hunting for something to eat? The shortest way to his heart is by way of his stomach. It was late in the evening, and presently three hungry men of the Regiment-one of them a young Corporal-espied a darkey walking across a meadow from the direction of the town to the camp, carrying a waiter on his head with something on it. The olfactories of these three boys of the Regiment were regaled with the smell of fried chicken and the aroma of steaming coffee. They halted the darkey and inquired where he was going and what he had on his head. His reply was: "Massa, I is totin' de Gen'al's suppalı." One of the trio said he was the general himself, and he would take the supper then and there. The darkey was compelled to unload his burden, and spread the table on the grass. The boys cleaned him out thoroughly and sent him back to town. It is needless to add that the commander of the Fortieth Brigade lost his supper that night.
After pursuing the Confederates several miles on the morn- ing of the 12th, we encamped on the pike for the night. The Regiment returned to Frankfort about II o'clock on the morning of the 13th, having marched, during the two days, about forty miles. We remained at Frankfort until the 26th. · There was an episode during the encampment of the Di-
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vision at Frankfort, the like of which, perhaps, did not occur, before nor afterwards, in connection with our army. It was the incarceration of the commander of one of our Brigades in a State prison for stealing horses. The troops were "raw," and without much discipline, in an enemy's country. Many depredations were actually committed. Doubtless, some others reported were exaggerations. In some instances fine horses were stolen and shipped off, and some of the superior officers of the commands were engaged in the business. As soon as it was discovered, General Dumont promptly and severely punished the parties committing the offences, irre-' spective of rank, as the following telegram will show :
FRANKFORT, KY., October 16, 1862.
COLONEL FRY, Chief of Staff :
Excesses were committed upon the first arrival of the troops; they have been greatly magnified. All the troops were new and wholly undisciplined, and one of the brigade commanders I found encouraging his men to depre- date, and stealing and shipping off horses himself. Upon the discovery I put him into the penitentiary, and have him now in close confinement.
I have taken and will continue to take the most prompt means to prevent wrong. I have found a wonderful disposition on the part of some pro- fessedly Union people here to complain and magnify and to extort from the Government-to kill the goose to get the egg.
E. DUMONT, Brigadier-General.
This message is herein given for the purpose of showing that thieving and the commitment of other depredations were not allowed in our army, even in an enemy's country.
After the completion of the organization and re-equipment of the Army of the Ohio at Louisville, General Buell, who was retained as the commander, with General Geo. H. Thomas as second in command, began the campaign against Bragg at Bardstown on the Ist of October. This campaign resulted in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, on the 8th. The Union army was victorious, losing 845 killed, 2,851 wounded, and 515 missing; Brigadier-Generals James S. Jackson and William R. Terrill were among the slain. The
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