History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ife is really conducive to moral hypocrite is unmasked ; the really worthless is shownto be such. He who can be spoiled by camp corruption is hardly worth saving. He isbut a poor weak thing at holy war, such as this,makes men better, physic-ally, intellectually and mor-ally. I spoke at length onseveral virtues which werestrengthened here. Thosewho have become worthlessmay blame themselves. * I pointed the boys to thefuture and bid them be upand
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ife is really conducive to moral hypocrite is unmasked ; the really worthless is shownto be such. He who can be spoiled by camp corruption is hardly worth saving. He isbut a poor weak thing at holy war, such as this,makes men better, physic-ally, intellectually and mor-ally. I spoke at length onseveral virtues which werestrengthened here. Thosewho have become worthlessmay blame themselves. * I pointed the boys to thefuture and bid them be upand doing, for there will besublime triumphing for thesuccessful. Monday, July 24.—The remainder of our rolls werecompleted and sent to the mustering officers. % Captain Davis and myself went up town to make inquiriesabout iron fences. We found there two magnificent lions,carved in Italy. We each offered fifty dollars towards pur-chasing them for our monument at Princeton. The price is$ Nobody seconds our efforts. We had a Regimental monument meeting at two p. was determined to fence the monument, and an assess-. JOSEPH N. DAVIS,*Company A. * Was mustered in with the Regiment, and remained with it until theclose of the war, being mustered out as Sergeant of Company A, July 25,1865. His father was Captain of the same Company. After the war Ser-geant Davis returned to his home in Gibson county, subsequently, heremoved to Weston, Nebraska, where he has been living for several years. FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 539 ment of five dollars per officer and ten dollars per companywas made to defray the expenses. The following board oftrustees was elected : Colonel Joseph Moore and James , Drs. W. W. Blair and James C. Patten, and Cap-tains C. C. Whiting, William E. Chapell and GreenMcDonald. There was a meeting of the Christian Association at resolutions were passed and the Association wasdissolved. Tuesday, July 25.—The 58th Indiana Volunteers was
Size: 1534px × 1628px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidhistoryoffif, bookyear1895
