. History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry during the four years of civil war, from Sept. 16, 1861, to July 21, 1865 : and incidentally of Col. John Coburn's Second Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, including incidents of the great rebellion . waryenemy would observe them. After stealthily groping along aboutfour miles, Durham, who had been in advance, returned and an-nounced that he knew the enemy was approaching, as he could easilyhear them. After a short parley, it was deemed best to fall back andlay in ambush for them. There was really not a dissenting vo
. History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry during the four years of civil war, from Sept. 16, 1861, to July 21, 1865 : and incidentally of Col. John Coburn's Second Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, including incidents of the great rebellion . waryenemy would observe them. After stealthily groping along aboutfour miles, Durham, who had been in advance, returned and an-nounced that he knew the enemy was approaching, as he could easilyhear them. After a short parley, it was deemed best to fall back andlay in ambush for them. There was really not a dissenting voice inall the twenty-five scouts. In the meantime Durham proposed toreturn again to the front and watch developments. The scouts, how-e\er, continued to fall back, and so successful were they in executingthe movement that they soon found themselves again in camp, wherethey concluded to remain until they heard from Durham. He didnot return till morning and gave out the story that he was in thecamp of the enemy the most of the night (?). G. D. 0. CORPORAL W. J. KNOXS FIRST CAPTURE. In the summer of 1862 I was at home on sick furlough. My regi-ment, the Thirty-third Indiana, was with General Morgan at Cumber-land Ga]). and in August T made an effort to join it. About this. JAMES N. HILL, 1st. Lieut. Co. E.,CARP, OWEN COUNTY, INDIANA. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 235 time General Braggs army commenced its raid into Kentucky. Withseven other soldiers of the regiment, I was placed under command ofa scout. In addition to these soldiers there were eighteen citizens,all claiming that they were Union men. Under the leadership of thisscout we started to the Gap with one hundred horses. Besides thesaddle-horse each man led three others. Nothing unusxuil transpireduntil we reached London, Kentucky. All sorts of rumors were in cir-culation ahout Braggs army being in front. The warning was suf-ficient to cause us to use the utmost discretion, hut our captain, thescout, tho*ight we could easily
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