. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . s; also the Westernand Atlanta railroad. This was Gen. Johnstons bul-wark in May following, and which Sherman, with Idsarmy of L20,000, had to Hank by passing through Snake Creek Gap several milessouth. The Twenty-fourth Illi-nois on the *24th was infront, commanded by thegallant Col. requested that theThirty-seventh Indianasupport him as he as-saulted the enemys posi-tion, which it did, Shook, of ), being in Companie
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . s; also the Westernand Atlanta railroad. This was Gen. Johnstons bul-wark in May following, and which Sherman, with Idsarmy of L20,000, had to Hank by passing through Snake Creek Gap several milessouth. The Twenty-fourth Illi-nois on the *24th was infront, commanded by thegallant Col. requested that theThirty-seventh Indianasupport him as he as-saulted the enemys posi-tion, which it did, Shook, of ), being in Companies of theThirty-seventh—I), com-manded by Lieut. Hunt,of Co. K, and K, commanded by Capt. J. 15. Reeve, werethrown forward as advance pickets of the other Com-panies of the Thirty-seventh. It was dark as we ap-proached the foot of a spur of the high hill. The enemywas on this spur in force, and while Col. Mihilotzy wasestablishing his line near it he was mortally fell and died there. Companies K and I) madebreast-works of logs and rails, close to the rear of theTwenty-fourth Illinois, and the remainder of the Thirty-. Lieut. W. R. Hunt. C(Treaty. Ind. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 73 seventh lay some considerable distance in our rear. Wedare not take out our blankets, or remove our accouter-ments all night. We lay and shook and shivered, withthe ground freezing around us all night, and wonderedif the Johnnies would not freeze before day in theircotton summer clothes. But they amused themselves allnight shooting at us at distressingly short range—some-times firing by files, and sometimes by volleys. We sup-pose they had a great deal of fun that night, and thatnone of them froze. The eight Companies of the Thirty-seventh thatwere in our rear fell back a few hundred yards sometime in the night, and Companies I) and K, a consider-able distance apart, held their positions till daylight. The Twenty-fourth Illinois, which was a short dis-tance in our front, was very close
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