. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . feetabove us can form any idea of the awful piercing noisethey made in passing? And I confess that we all becamevery tired of it. The 30th was a day of comparativequiet. A good rain washed us off and made our trencheslook and be something like a good hog wallow. As the days came and went we were cramped inthe trenches and exposed to the sun from 10 oclock a. night. We dare not go out of the trenches in the daytime, for one would not be out thirty second
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . feetabove us can form any idea of the awful piercing noisethey made in passing? And I confess that we all becamevery tired of it. The 30th was a day of comparativequiet. A good rain washed us off and made our trencheslook and be something like a good hog wallow. As the days came and went we were cramped inthe trenches and exposed to the sun from 10 oclock a. night. We dare not go out of the trenches in the daytime, for one would not be out thirty seconds till aminnie ball would admonish him to seek his dark came then we would crawl out,and straightenour limbs for a few hours. After remaining in thisposition ten days we were relieved one dark night about11 oclock. Troops crept up quietly, and in whispers wegave them our places and began moving to the rear andright. About a half mile from where we started anartillery wagon lost the path in the woods throughwhich we were passing. In order to find the path itbecame necessary to light some kind of a brilliant torchor INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 105 In a few seconds after lighting it, a (lash was seenon the top of Kennesaw two miles away, and here camethe flaming shell which burst in the woods near torch kept blazing, and two more flashes from thesame mountain top were seen, and two more fiery,screaming shells came and exploded right in our midst,but hurting no one. The curses and threats of our menbecame more dangerous to the man with the torch thanthe shells, and he extinguished it. That torch had to belighted three or four times before we got out of that woods, and it neverfailed to draw the enemystire. We marched overto the right and front onthe 3d of July and builtstrong breast-works, ourskirmishers being en-gaged all the time. While we were thusengaged large bodies oftroops were continuallymoving to the right. Itwas discovered on themorning of the 3d o
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