. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . ose who were not on picket sleptwell that night. Leroy Rob-erts, of Co. F, was on picketthat night and says: Thewords of caution I receivedfrom the officer of the guardthat night convinced me, boythat I was, that some one. highin authority, knew more thanhe cared to tell. History informs us that at0 ::>() that night Negley sent amessage to Gen. Baird, whowas following us with the firstdivision, that he had encount-ered a large force of the enemy, and asked
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . ose who were not on picket sleptwell that night. Leroy Rob-erts, of Co. F, was on picketthat night and says: Thewords of caution I receivedfrom the officer of the guardthat night convinced me, boythat I was, that some one. highin authority, knew more thanhe cared to tell. History informs us that at0 ::>() that night Negley sent amessage to Gen. Baird, whowas following us with the firstdivision, that he had encount-ered a large force of the enemy, and asked him if hewould be up in time to assist him on the 11th. Thisdispatch was sent from the house of the widow Davis,near Chickamauga creek. We were in close quarters,indeed, and had Braggs orders been carried out, thedivision would have been captured on the morning ofthe 11th: but their delays was their misfortune and oursalvation. On the morning of the 11th a strong force inour front developed our position, and when they haddone that they sent a strong force around our left line of march could easilv be seen by the great. Leroy Ind. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. f)l cloud of dust they raised. Baird had arrived, and withhis Brigade it was necessary for the enemy to approachus cautiously. While falling back, and still near Dug Gap. awoman carrying a little baby came out of a little whiteframe house over which bullets and shells wereflying pretty thick. She spoke to no one, but started tothe rear. Just as some one remarked She runs like adeer. a deer jumped up and started after her; butwhether it overtook her or not is not certain, for bothdisappeared in a thicket. After the Regiment had gotback to a place of some safety, Co. B, of the Thirty-seventh, was sent back to Bridgeport for supplies, andreturning Sunday, the 20th of September, struck Mc-Cooks corps rushing back demoralized, and was carriedwith it back to Chattanooga, and thus was kept, greatly
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