History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ations of joy are more apparent in West Vir-ginia. At every station there is a great crowd of men,women and children, who greet us with wild delight. On the evening of June 11 we reached Parkersburg, wherewe disembarked, and went into camp. We were to take aboat here for Louisville. Next morning we all go on boardthe steamer Commercial, and are soon on our way down the Ohio. It is a delightfulchange from box cars tothis elegant steamer, andthe boys duly appreciate it
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ations of joy are more apparent in West Vir-ginia. At every station there is a great crowd of men,women and children, who greet us with wild delight. On the evening of June 11 we reached Parkersburg, wherewe disembarked, and went into camp. We were to take aboat here for Louisville. Next morning we all go on boardthe steamer Commercial, and are soon on our way down the Ohio. It is a delightfulchange from box cars tothis elegant steamer, andthe boys duly appreciate there is one element ofuncertainty that makes ourhappiness is talk of sending-part of the army to Texas,and we are uncertainwhether we are of that boys contend that thewar is over, and the termof their enlistment has ex-pired, and I think they areright. If there are stillsome fragments of the rebel army in Texas, there areenough soldiers in the regular army to attend to them. All doubts and apprehensions were, in a measure, relieved,when it was learned that Louisville was to be the end of our. Chi-^l LIEUTENANT ZACK JONES,Company H. * Was mustered as First Sergeant of Company H, December 16, to Second Lieutenant June 17, 1862, to First Lieutenant Novem-ber 7, 1862, and was mustered out by reason of expiration of term, June 20,1865. He served part of the time as aid-de-camp on the staff of ColonelBuell, commanding the Brigade, and was also, for a time, on the staff ofGeneral Harker. He was on that duty time of the blood} charge onKenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864, and was by the side of the gallant Harkerwhen he fell mortally wounded. Since the war he has been engaged in busi-ness in Washington, Ind., and seems to be prospering. FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 533 journey. We arrived at that place after night, June 13, andremained on the boat until next morning. After breakfast, on the 14th, we went ashore. Wemarched up 4th street
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