. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . eir lives and lay mangled onbloody fields of battle, yet they danced as merrily as ifthey had been at home in time of profound peace. Manis a curious creature. On the 16th of April we had regi-mental inspection, MajorKimball in command, anddress parade in the even-ing. Sunday, the 17thwas a lovely day, andCol. Ward, who had beenabsent on a court martial,returned to the Regimentand was gladly wel-comed back. On thenext evening Col. Wardhad dress parade again-We
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . eir lives and lay mangled onbloody fields of battle, yet they danced as merrily as ifthey had been at home in time of profound peace. Manis a curious creature. On the 16th of April we had regi-mental inspection, MajorKimball in command, anddress parade in the even-ing. Sunday, the 17thwas a lovely day, andCol. Ward, who had beenabsent on a court martial,returned to the Regimentand was gladly wel-comed back. On thenext evening Col. Wardhad dress parade again-We went to Parkers Capagain on the 20th, scoutedfor the enemy, but foundnone. Drilling and dressparade and inspections occupied much of our time dur-ing these days. All understood that the campaign—the greatest, andit was hoped the last of the war, was about to be en-tered upon. The veteran Companies C and D returnedthe 30th of April. The 2d day of May we got orders tohave two days rations in our haversacks, and be ready tomove at an hours notice. On the 3d we marched in thedirection of Ringold, Ga„ crossed the East Chickamauga. T. F. Brown. Co. B.(iherryvale, Kas. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 79 river and went into camp in the afternoon about a milefrom Ringold. The situation there was inviting, and thedesire to remain there, perhaps induced the men to fix uptheir quarters nice, indeed. The few days we remainedthere will be remembered as one of the really bright andhappy times in the history of the Thirty-seventh that time we learned that the Thirty-eight Indiana hadbeen transferred to our Brigade, and that Col. Scribnerwas our Brigade commander. All our division—the first,was assembled at this place and camped in this tents, all white andnew, set up according toarmy regulations, pre-sented a beautiful ap-pearance indeed. Set itall looked like war. Forsome time each Companyhad been drawing can-dles, and on the eveningof the 6th we receivedorders to mar
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