History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . y, as we shall see presently. A large number of new Regiments were added toour armv here. TheseRegiments had been or-ganized under PresidentLincolns call of July 1,1862. As a rule thevwere composed of moremature men than thosewho enlisted under thefirst call in 1861. Thefirst enlistments werelargely young men andboys, those of 1862 weregenerally older men,many of them with wivesand children at characteristic in thecomposition of the newRegiments indicates t
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . y, as we shall see presently. A large number of new Regiments were added toour armv here. TheseRegiments had been or-ganized under PresidentLincolns call of July 1,1862. As a rule thevwere composed of moremature men than thosewho enlisted under thefirst call in 1861. Thefirst enlistments werelargely young men andboys, those of 1862 weregenerally older men,many of them with wivesand children at characteristic in thecomposition of the newRegiments indicates thegrowth of sentiment as to the seriousness of the might be charged that there is a little of the love ofadventure and a desire for glory, mingled with the patrioticardor of the young man, without domestic affiliations, whoenlists in the army to fight his countrys battles. But this * Was mustered in as Sergeant of Company A in Cam]) Gibson, andserved his full term of enlistment with his Company. After his dischargefrom the army he returned to his farm near Oakland City. Indiana, where hehas continued to ANDREW GUDGEL, SERGEANT CO. A * FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 9 7 cannot be said of the man who will leave a wife and and genuine patriotism is unquestionably the motivethat prompts such sacrifice. These new Regiments were all well equipped, and in theirbright new uniforms they presented a great contrast to theveterans of Buells army. We found many of our friendsamong the new recruits, particularly in the 8oth Indiana, aRegiment that had been organized in Camp Gibson, the firstcamp of the 58th. Some important changes in the organization of the armytook place while we were at Louisville, which it will be wellto note here : On the 29th of September, General , one of our most efficient Division commanders, waskilled at the Gait house by General Jefferson C. Davis, theresult of a personal quarrel. This unfortunate event cast agloom over t
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