. The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865. First division, 12th and 20th corps. A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . it boredown upon us. In it were soldiers of all ranks, of all branchesof the service and of many commands. They were entirelywithout order, did not know where they were going and didnot seem to care for anything, only to get farther away fromdanger. Utterly deaf, alike to commands or appeals, whollyoblivious to all sense of either honor or sha
. The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865. First division, 12th and 20th corps. A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . it boredown upon us. In it were soldiers of all ranks, of all branchesof the service and of many commands. They were entirelywithout order, did not know where they were going and didnot seem to care for anything, only to get farther away fromdanger. Utterly deaf, alike to commands or appeals, whollyoblivious to all sense of either honor or shame, • aghast andterror stricken, heads bare and panting for breath, ranting,screaming,blaspheming, many of them bawling like babies,theywere, for the time being, a vast horde of galloping idiots. It was a supreme moment for the it be overwhelmned and carried away by the awful TWENTY-SEVENTH INDIANA. 321 tide, as some good regiments doubtless were? How couldso few stand alone, among so many? But Colonel Colgrove was a man for an emergency like a momentis hesitation he did two things which, ofall others, were the right ones to do. With tremendous reso-lution and firmness he forbade any of the fugitives from pass-. ing through our ranks; and, at the same time, called for the guides, upon which to dress our line. These two masterly provisions not only preserved our ranks unbroken, bringing the company commanders to the front to assist in doino- it but21 ^ 322 HISTORY OF THE also gave the men something to do and think about. Thiswas in connection, of course, with the Colonels exertions men-tioned by Comrade Bresnahan. lie says, Colonel Colgrovewas equal to the emergency. He stood in his saddle-stirrupsand shouted, in a voice as loud as a steam whistle, SteadyJohn! Whoa, boys. Steady, boys! Whoa, John. The Colo-nels horse was named John, but he and the boys under-stood the commands all right, and acted accordingly. The efforts and example of the ot
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