. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . wing of the army movedout a few miles from the city and camped for a day ortwo, some troops from the Eastern army having arrivedto garrison the city. Wemoved to Sisters Ferry onthe Savannah river, aboutfifty miles above the city,and camped again. Therehad been heavy rains, theriver was high and the low-lands on the opposite sidewere inundated. Here thearmy remained severaldays, partly on account ofthe high water and probablyto get a better supply ofprovisions
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . wing of the army movedout a few miles from the city and camped for a day ortwo, some troops from the Eastern army having arrivedto garrison the city. Wemoved to Sisters Ferry onthe Savannah river, aboutfifty miles above the city,and camped again. Therehad been heavy rains, theriver was high and the low-lands on the opposite sidewere inundated. Here thearmy remained severaldays, partly on account ofthe high water and probablyto get a better supply ofprovisions before severingconnection with our base ofsupplies. In a few days the boats came up, bringingprovisions, mail, etc. The wagons were loaded, theboats returned, a pontoon was laid and the army crossedover into South Carolina. While at Sisters Ferry our three Companies, verymuch against our will and protest, were separated. was assigned to duty with the Thirty-eighth Indiana,Co. B to the Twenty-second Indiana and the other menwere sent to the Eighty-eighth Indiana. Companies Aand B were allowed to retain their Company organiza-. B .F. Denahm. Co. Ind. HISTORY OF THE Til 11:T\ -si:\ KNIII lion, hut the other men were distributed to differentCompanies el the Eighty-eighth Indiana. Our Co. Bwas now in Third Brigade, Second Division, FourteenthA. C; Co. A and the other men were in the FirstDivision Fourteenth A. C. Our Brigade was composedof Twenty-second Indiana. Fifty-second Ohio, Eighty -tifth, Eighty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-tiithIllinois, and was commanded by Brevet Brigadier Capt. William Snodgrass was in command ofthe Twenty-second Indiana. He was a rough kind to his men and brave to a fault. This was oneof the oldest Regiments in the service, first commandedby Jeff. C. Davis, who was at this time commanding theFourteenth Corps. The boys of the Twenty-secondwore a brave, generous-hearted set of fellows and webecame very much att
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