History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . time toadvance against Braggsarmy at Murfreesborohad come. December26th, just one monthfrom the time of ourarrival in this camp, westarted on our march toMurfreesboro. We left all our tents, camp equipage andwagons at Nashville, except that each Regiment wasallowed one wagon to haul officers, bedding, cooking uten-sils and the extra rations that could not be carried by themen in their haversacks. * Was mustered in at Camp Gibson as Sergeant in Company E. June 2,1863.
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . time toadvance against Braggsarmy at Murfreesborohad come. December26th, just one monthfrom the time of ourarrival in this camp, westarted on our march toMurfreesboro. We left all our tents, camp equipage andwagons at Nashville, except that each Regiment wasallowed one wagon to haul officers, bedding, cooking uten-sils and the extra rations that could not be carried by themen in their haversacks. * Was mustered in at Camp Gibson as Sergeant in Company E. June 2,1863. was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and served as such until April,1. 1865, when he was made First Lieutenant and was mustered out with theRegiment. After returning from the army he took up the studv of medicineand soon entered upon the practice of his profession, in which he has achievedhonor and success. He is located at I Iuntingburg. ]nd., being one of theprogressive and enterprising citizens of that place. Dr. McMahan is Vice-President of the Regimental Association and an active member of this Pub-lishing Committee,. DR. VV. K. M MAHAN, LIEUT. CO. E. 110 CHAPLAIN HIOHTS HISTORY OF THE We moved out on the Murfreesboro pike and it was notlong until our advance came upon the rebel pickets. Alively skirmish began and continued all day, but our forceskept driving the rebels back. A few hours after we startedit began to rain and continued the balance of the dav. Thehitherto dusty pike was converted into a sloppv sea of mud,making our progress somewhat tedious and night we had reached Lavergne, a little village just halfway between Nashville and Murfreesboro. We bivouackedin the vicinity for the night, while the rebels still occupiedthe town. The 58th was thrown forward as an advance lineand Companies A, B, D and F were deployed in front of theRegiment as skirmishers, occup}Ting a position in a cedarforest, about a hundred yards from the rebel line. Itwas a posit
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