. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . hickamauga Campaign—Crossing the River, Sand and Lookout Mountain—Skirmishing and Fighting—Pigeon Mountains—The Great Battle of Chickamauga. About the last of August, 1863, a forward movementwas ordered. We reachedthe Tennessee river a fewmiles below Stevensonthe 1st day of Septemberin the evening, and crossedthe river on a pontoonbridge about midnight. The Tennessee riveris wide, and though itwas midnight, the brightshining moon made every-thing look nicer, m
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . hickamauga Campaign—Crossing the River, Sand and Lookout Mountain—Skirmishing and Fighting—Pigeon Mountains—The Great Battle of Chickamauga. About the last of August, 1863, a forward movementwas ordered. We reachedthe Tennessee river a fewmiles below Stevensonthe 1st day of Septemberin the evening, and crossedthe river on a pontoonbridge about midnight. The Tennessee riveris wide, and though itwas midnight, the brightshining moon made every-thing look nicer, moreromantic than if all hadbeen lighted by the Kingof day. A man was ineach little skiff on whichthe bridge rested to bail out the water. The mellowmoonlight shining on the peaceful waters and shores ofthe river, made the brightly burnished rifles of the menand the swords of the officers look all the more terribleand out of harmony with the kind and gentle surround-ings of nature. The putting of a great river behind usas we went farther into the enemys country, increasedthe danger. Hut we were soldiers, and these thoughts. H. J. Steward, Co. Corner. Ind. 4S HISTORY K THE Til I KTY-SKVKNTII were soon put out of mind. We all got over in goodorder and slept soundly on the Southern shore till morn-ing. Then we marched a few miles up the river to aplace where we were to cross Sand mountain. We rested at the foot of that mountain till nextmorning, the 3d, and then started up it. The mountainwas steep and the road villainous. The Thirty-seventhEnd. was distributed along the road at steep and roughplaces on the mountain and assisted the teams over men had long ropes which they would fasten toeach side of a wagon and tifteen or twenty men wouldpull on each of these ropes, and thus enable the mules tomove the wagon a short distance. These men wouldleave this wagon to comrades at that point and go backwith their ropes for another wagon until all weretaken over. Gene
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