History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . .We marched to the Little Tennessee, at a point oppositeMorgantown. We took a very circuitous route to reach thisriver. Cause, unknown. The Little Tennessee is a mag-nificent stream ; clear, swift and fordable, for horses. Atrestle bridge had been made over the stream. Over this,the army was passed, except the horses, which crossing the river, we struck out through a range ofhills. A few poor people lived here. We came to the mostmagnificent pine forest I
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . .We marched to the Little Tennessee, at a point oppositeMorgantown. We took a very circuitous route to reach thisriver. Cause, unknown. The Little Tennessee is a mag-nificent stream ; clear, swift and fordable, for horses. Atrestle bridge had been made over the stream. Over this,the army was passed, except the horses, which crossing the river, we struck out through a range ofhills. A few poor people lived here. We came to the mostmagnificent pine forest Iever saw. It was grandbeyond description. TheHeaven above is com-pletely shut out. Theroad runs like an aisle ofsome grand cathedral,and the columns a longtrain of echo as in a cav-ern. From this we de-bouched into an opencountry. We came to abroad dirt road, leadingto Maryville. On thishighway twilight cameupon us. Just at thishour we moved into awood on the left of theroad. A large barn furnished an abundance of hay andstraw. We were soon prepared to rest well at night. Butrations were entirely MONROE KEY, LIEUTENANT CO. C* * Was mustered in at Camp Gibson as Sergeant of Company C; waspromoted to 2d Lieutenant of that Company, October i, 1864, and was withthe Regiment until its muster out. Since leaving the army, Lieutenant Keyhas made his home in Gibson county. He was elected Sheriff of the countyin 1888, and re-elected in 1890, serving four years altogether. He thenretired to his farm near Patoka, where he now resides. FIFTY-EIGHTH INDIANA REGIMENT. 233 Sunday, December 6.—We early resumed the passed through Maryville ; a nice town, before warsaccursed touch blighted it. To the right lay Shermansarmy. We camped about two miles in advance. We here learned that Longstreet had raised the siege ofKnoxville. It was said by General Wagner that the cam-paign was ended. It was generally believed that we wouldnow return to our camps at Chattano
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