. The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865. First division, 12th and 20th corps. A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . monster camel-back enginebacked around the curve. It was coupled on to the first train,backed it up and coupled it to the second, backed both up andcoupled them to the third. Then, after some shrill whew!whews! it moved sturdily forward with all three—aroundpast the Baltimore & Ohio depot, and out on the straighttrack towards Relay Junction. A
. The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865. First division, 12th and 20th corps. A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . monster camel-back enginebacked around the curve. It was coupled on to the first train,backed it up and coupled it to the second, backed both up andcoupled them to the third. Then, after some shrill whew!whews! it moved sturdily forward with all three—aroundpast the Baltimore & Ohio depot, and out on the straighttrack towards Relay Junction. All the troops cheered lustily and long, especially themen of the Twenty-seventh. Still, with us there was TWENTY-SEVENTH INDIANA. 437 sudden revulsion of sentiment. We had never felt quitesatisfied with our position in the Eastern army. Weseemed so far away from home there and so much isolatedfrom the soldiers with whom it was natural that we shouldaffliliate. And, because of these things, as we believed, wehad been the victims of some unjust aspersions and our dayshad been made more burdensome and galling than necessary,with few to sympathize or encourage. As will appear inthese pages, our minds have never been entirely disabused as. G. V, Woollen.(Recent portrait.) G. V. Woollen. (In war time.) to the facts, whatever new developments have come about toexplain the facts. But, now that a change was coming, we could see thatthe question had two sides. The Twenty-seventh had, at thistime, its full share of the pride, which all who were ever con-nected with it will always cherish, for the Army of the Poto-mac. We all believed in it, heart and soul, and we all gloriedin being identified with its history. All of us insisted that itsfailures and defeats were the result of incompetency and mis-management on our side, as opposed to the best troops andthe best directed efforts of the enemy. Over and over we hadasserted that, as a rule, no soldiers could b
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