. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . ad tidings to the hundreds ofJohnnies whom we saw returning to their homes. Butmany a poor, misguided fellow found, upon returning,only a chimney and a pile of ashes to mark the placehe once called home. Atabout the same time wereceived the news of theassassinatian of Presi-dent Lincoln, which casta gloom of sorrow overthe army. On April 21st womoved back to near aplace called HollySprings, some fifteenmiles west of was considered ourfirst days ma
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . ad tidings to the hundreds ofJohnnies whom we saw returning to their homes. Butmany a poor, misguided fellow found, upon returning,only a chimney and a pile of ashes to mark the placehe once called home. Atabout the same time wereceived the news of theassassinatian of Presi-dent Lincoln, which casta gloom of sorrow overthe army. On April 21st womoved back to near aplace called HollySprings, some fifteenmiles west of was considered ourfirst days march towardhome. One night therewas very heavy muskettiring out two or three miles toward the front, and somestaff officers went out pell mell to learn the cause. Theyreturned shortly and reported it to be a Brigade outthere jollifying. Of course the officers did not enjoygetting out at midnight, and strict orders were issuedagainst tiring after that. Our camp was pleasantly sit-uated in the woods, and the weather was was some very good farming land here and thecrops were promising: the wheat was knee high and the. William Miles. Co. Ind. 202 HISTORY OK THE THIRTY-SEVENTH corn large enough to work. The surplus stock, mules,etc., belonging to our army were turned over to thecitizens to assist them in growing their crops. About aweek after coming to Holly Springs Ave were ordered toprepare to march to Richmond, Va., and this was thefirst time in nearly four years of army service that wewere informed of our destination before getting there. May 1st the four corps that marched with Shermanto the sea set out for Richmond, each on a differentroad, and each ambitious to be the first to get corps carried off that honor, the distance beingabout one hundred and fifty or sixty miles, and wasmarched in seven days. The men were in light march-ing order, carrying only a few rounds of ammunitionand a small quantity of provisions. The weather waswarm and
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