. History of the Eighty-fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, its organization, campaigns and battles . OCU. xix ;- > g» <•© INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 19 The BEAME. was clearly upon Gilbert. After he knew of the forces on ourfront he ought to have changed the orders to Coburn. Theidea of sending a large wagon train with such an expeditionwas absurd. Col. Coburn and every officer of his gallantcommand did their part nobly. Coburn deserved a starfor fighting his men so skillfully in the face of five timeshis number, but Gilbert lost his star as he deserved, forsending this command to inevita
. History of the Eighty-fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, its organization, campaigns and battles . OCU. xix ;- > g» <•© INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 19 The BEAME. was clearly upon Gilbert. After he knew of the forces on ourfront he ought to have changed the orders to Coburn. Theidea of sending a large wagon train with such an expeditionwas absurd. Col. Coburn and every officer of his gallantcommand did their part nobly. Coburn deserved a starfor fighting his men so skillfully in the face of five timeshis number, but Gilbert lost his star as he deserved, forsending this command to inevitable destruction. Gilbert was a captain in the Regulars and by mistake wasgiven a brigadiers commission, but after this affair wassent back to his command and so far we have never heardof him. He had a long rest in the pages of subsequent history. Col. Coburn in summing up the closing scenes of thebattle in his report says: (History 33rd. Ind. P. 76) Inthe meantime, while the enemy were pressing with greatviolence our right, they bore down with Forests divisionand Armstrongs brigade on our left.
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