. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . n the morn-ing of the 21st. Gen. Negley rode up to us and inquiredhow the Indiana boys were at that time. The Thirty-seventh, after eating breakfast, was marched south some distance and placed onpicket on Missionaryridge. The pickets wereplaced in little groups ofthree or four men sometwo or three rods rebels were anxiousto know what we weredoing and how strongwe were, and about 3oclock p. m. sent out ascouting party to gain thedesired information. T
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . n the morn-ing of the 21st. Gen. Negley rode up to us and inquiredhow the Indiana boys were at that time. The Thirty-seventh, after eating breakfast, was marched south some distance and placed onpicket on Missionaryridge. The pickets wereplaced in little groups ofthree or four men sometwo or three rods rebels were anxiousto know what we weredoing and how strongwe were, and about 3oclock p. m. sent out ascouting party to gain thedesired information. Theycame a little too close,and Willis Yidito, of , killed one of them, andcuriosity was satisfied. We remained on thatall night—a long, cold, cheerless night, and atdawn the 22d of September, we quietly camedown the hill and marched into Chattanooga, the rebelsfollowing us so closely that their advance was in sightof ns as we went into town, and the Chicka manga cam-paign was over, and Chattanooga, the objective point,was ours. Ours was the last Regiment to go into Chat-tanooga. The rebel Cavalry followed us pretty Willis Oregon. theirridgeearly INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 01 but showed no desire to attack us. Our army had thecity—theirs the dead and wounded. Yet no campaignor battle of the war did greater honor to the fighting-quality of the Northern soldiers, or accomplished morefor the crushing of the rebellion than the battle ofChickamauga. When we arrived near Chattanooga themorning of the 22d, we faced to the front, went intocamp, ate breakfast and prepared for the siege ofChattanooga. CHAPTER TEN The Siege of Chattanooga—Starving—Eating Corn, CowTails and Acorns.
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