. 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 .. . ball grazed the Colonels scalp, carrying away a lockof his hair, while others ventilated his clothing in differentplaces. A large number of the other officers and men alsowent down, many of them to rise no more. Resistance was not abandoned at once, but to vieldground against such an unequal attack, was the right was thus bei
. 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 .. . ball grazed the Colonels scalp, carrying away a lockof his hair, while others ventilated his clothing in differentplaces. A large number of the other officers and men alsowent down, many of them to rise no more. Resistance was not abandoned at once, but to vieldground against such an unequal attack, was the right was thus being doubled back, men stood andshot at their aggressors at less than two vards range. Thevfired from behind trees until, with fierce oaths anil impreca- 208 HISTOKV OF THE tions, their surrender was demanded and when fired at in re-turn, the powder burned their faces and singed their hair. Itwas reallv a hand-to-hand encounier that was carried on atthis point. Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison, who was at his post on tlieleft, savs Gordon, on being informed by him that the righthad been turned, ordered hi:Ti to withdraw the regiment bythe left flank. So the hopeless contest was abandoned. Theline of retreat was again to the right of the line of advance. Ed Haht, Co. C. Capt. Box, Co. D. The movement was deliberate and while it was impossible topreserve formations, the men kept together and at the firstopening the files were reformed. Here we were joined by theother two regiments of the brigade and marched back to thehill from which we had set out. The regiments to the left of Ciordons brigade had faredno better than his. Those wdiich we had gone in to supporthad been defeated and driven back before our arrival. Thefighting of our brigade therefore, closed the buttle. When TWENTY-SEVKNTH INDIANA. 209 the brigade, or what was left of it, reached the Brown farmhouse it was fairly dark. The enemy eagerly pursued us intothe woods, but, instead of finding us, lost themselves. Inother words,
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