. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . the 37th was quartered in the railroaddepot at Nashville during thefall of 62, doing garrison dutywhile Gen. Bragg made hisfamous raid into Kentucky,it was our custom to frequentlymake trips out into the country,sometimes by way of the GranyWhite pike; but on this oc-casion we went out on the< Hardie road. Our dutieswere to procure forage forboth man and beast. It was myluck (you may call itgood fortune—I dont) to cap-ture a Billy goat; also some cornmeal,
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . the 37th was quartered in the railroaddepot at Nashville during thefall of 62, doing garrison dutywhile Gen. Bragg made hisfamous raid into Kentucky,it was our custom to frequentlymake trips out into the country,sometimes by way of the GranyWhite pike; but on this oc-casion we went out on the< Hardie road. Our dutieswere to procure forage forboth man and beast. It was myluck (you may call itgood fortune—I dont) to cap-ture a Billy goat; also some cornmeal, and after return-ing to camp we managed to get one of those Dutchovens with its heavy lid, in order to properly bakeour cornmeal pone. We accordingly prepared thebatch, and to make it as rich as possible mixed in largequantities of the fat of the goat after baking, being-very hungry. Oh, what a feast! You all know thatone of the peculiarities of those Dutch ovens is to pre-serve all of the aroma of its contents. Suffice it tosay I have not been subject to any contagious diseasessince that memorable evening in the fall of John Morton. Co. Col. CHAPTER SIX The Battle of Stone River on the 31st—Fighting Be-gins—Men Piled Knapsacks. On the 26th of December, 1862, the Regiment andabout all the army received orders to march on to Mur-freesboro. That was understood by all to mean abattle, for it was well known that a large force of theenemy was there. Everything went on smoothly untilabout dark of the 29th day of December, when wefound ourselves in close proximity to the enemy. Astrange and indescribably solemn feeling always per-vades an army when it knows that it is in the imme-diate neighborhood of a strong and brave foe. Withoutknowing it, men converse in a lower tone of voice, andwords and actions which on ordinary occasions wouldnot be noticed, become exceedingly funny and ridicu-lous. The next day, Dec. 30th, was spent in forming thebattle lines and skirm
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