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 .. . side outand begin to search for the pesky intruder. It has been wellsaid that the soldier who boasted that he had no occasion todo such a thing, never did much towards suppressing the re-bellion. But while the Johnnies did give us some things, at differ-ent times, to remember them by, it is perhaps an over state-ment of fact to say that they gave
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 .. . side outand begin to search for the pesky intruder. It has been wellsaid that the soldier who boasted that he had no occasion todo such a thing, never did much towards suppressing the re-bellion. But while the Johnnies did give us some things, at differ-ent times, to remember them by, it is perhaps an over state-ment of fact to say that they gave us our first stock of grey- 8 114 HISTORY OK THE backs. The spring was well advanced when we were at BullRun; shortly after that the warm, summer weather was uponus. What was even more in point, we were becoming more andmore active. Our periods of rest and opportunities for wash-ing our persons or our clothing, were becoming fewer andfarther between. Under such conditions the greyback neededno introduction. LikeTopsy, he jes growed. Besides, itis part of a record, made at the time, that two men in one ofour companies were found to have grey backs upon themwhile at Hoosier City. In consequence, they were forced toburn all their clothinsf. Atf^. About the size he seemed to he when chawlixg DOWN ones spine. During the forenoon we leisurely transferred our campto the higher ground on the south side of the Run. Tlie suneventually came out brightly and all things assumed a differ-ent aspect. Anywhere here we were upon historic ground. Thename of this little creek, scarcely two rods wide and but a fewmiles long, winding down through a barren, uninviting coun-try, had been heralded around the world. The first great clashof arms between the champions of Union and freedom andthose who stood for secession and rebellion, in the interest ofhuman slavery, had occurred right here. The very soil ofthe swamp, upon which we had spent a cheerless night, hadbeen hallowed by the priceless blood of
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