. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . at which place theenemy was strongly fortified. We picketed the leftHank of our army that night. On the morning of the24th our pickets were attacked by the enemys cavalry,but our army inarchedon as if nothing were op-posing it. It soon became ap-parent that we hadfound a strong force ofthe enemy. They had abattery posted on an emi-nence in our front, whichthey handled with con-summate skill. The tiringwas too fierce for the cav-alry, and as they retiredthe inf
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . at which place theenemy was strongly fortified. We picketed the leftHank of our army that night. On the morning of the24th our pickets were attacked by the enemys cavalry,but our army inarchedon as if nothing were op-posing it. It soon became ap-parent that we hadfound a strong force ofthe enemy. They had abattery posted on an emi-nence in our front, whichthey handled with con-summate skill. The tiringwas too fierce for the cav-alry, and as they retiredthe infantry took theirplace. We were in thehighway and had to moveout into the timber for shelter, and to conceal our move-ments from the enemy. One of the enemys shellsstruck under the horse (a white one) of Gen. Whipple,chief of staff of Gen. Thomas, before we got into thewoods. The noise of the artillery and musketry wasequal to that of a real battle, yet our loss was slight, asthe place was easily taken by a flank movement. Thatnight we slept in the old rebel camp, and warmed our-selves by fires made from material they had gathered. Capt. G. W. Meyer. Co. , Term. rl HISTORY UK THE THIKTY-SEVENTH On the 25th we hoard heavy firing in our front, andpushed forward with all possible speed. By night ourarmy had driven the enemy hack to Buzzard Roost Gapin front of Dalton, Ga. This gap was an impregnableposition against any attack from the front. It is sit-uated in Rocky Face ridge, 1,000 feet high, throughwhich Mill creek, a small stream, runs; also the Westernand Atlanta railroad. This was Gen. Johnstons bul-wark in May following, and which Sherman, with Idsarmy of L20,000, had to Hank by passing through Snake Creek Gap several milessouth. The Twenty-fourth Illi-nois on the *24th was infront, commanded by thegallant Col. requested that theThirty-seventh Indianasupport him as he as-saulted the enemys posi-tion, which it did, Shook, of ), bein
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