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History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . : March at 5 145 a. m. Went by Davis quartersbefore day—band playing. Unobstructed march to Mor-gans camp—eight miles. Open country on left; woods onright. Country somewhat poor ; no houses. Raining dur-ing forenoon ; roads good. Reached Morgans camp atnine a. m. His troops and train not out until eleven a. swamp just in front of them is almost impassable, forcattle, as they are not allowed to march in the road. Davisswears. Buell carries axes many miles—huntin
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . : March at 5 145 a. m. Went by Davis quartersbefore day—band playing. Unobstructed march to Mor-gans camp—eight miles. Open country on left; woods onright. Country somewhat poor ; no houses. Raining dur-ing forenoon ; roads good. Reached Morgans camp atnine a. m. His troops and train not out until eleven a. swamp just in front of them is almost impassable, forcattle, as they are not allowed to march in the road. Davisswears. Buell carries axes many miles—hunting a job—butfinding none. Passed some trains ; bad gulch ; good roadsfor miles; rumors; Beauregard at Augusta; Longstreet atcrossing of Savannah river; Breckinridge coming iromEast Tennessee. If we light, it must be before we cut the FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 429. 430 CHAPLAIN HIGHTS HISTORY OF THE railroad ; forced march ; officers and men mad ; Buell cantfind a mud hole ; corduroying good roads ; come near river ;some of the boys go to Sisters Ferry and are fired at the twenty-sixth mile post from Savannah ; twomiles from Ebenezer; marched twenty-three and one-halfmiles. This has been a hard march. Very foolishly, ourmen who had come eight miles farther than the precedingDivision are expected to repair roads and work to-night. Immediately after reaching camp there came a hardshower, before our tents were up, thoroughly wetting were aroused at 11 130 and ordered to fall in. FourCompanies were sent to Ebenezer creek to make a of Regiment ordered to march at day-light. We did not march until about ten oclock next Holtzman and I rode forward to Ebenezer was a causeway for considerable distance, and theroad was narrow. Consequently, there was a great jam ottroops, and slow progress. There wa
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