. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . and he asked: Whatis that? and on being told, he said: Yes, thats ambulance had beenbrought as near as it was safeto bring it, and we carried himback and put him in it. Theambulance driver having aholy terror of bullets, drove offbefore Marion got to say good-bye to us or we to him. and hewaved his last good-bye to hiscomrades and Regiment byraising his foot up and downfor several seconds. He livedbut a short time after he wastaken back. His loss waskeen
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . and he asked: Whatis that? and on being told, he said: Yes, thats ambulance had beenbrought as near as it was safeto bring it, and we carried himback and put him in it. Theambulance driver having aholy terror of bullets, drove offbefore Marion got to say good-bye to us or we to him. and hewaved his last good-bye to hiscomrades and Regiment byraising his foot up and downfor several seconds. He livedbut a short time after he wastaken back. His loss waskeenly felt by every man in James Ruddell, Co. K, wounded the Regiment, and by all who at Stone river. , , . , , . , . , ... knew him at his home in Mil-roy, in Rush county. As I remember these noble young-men—their patriotism, intelligence, bravery and realworth, I am constrained to say that the noblest young-men of the North wore the blue and fought the battlesof the Union. Skirmishing continued all that day, andwe lay behind our works in almost perfect safety, notknowing when we would be ordered to move, Ill HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH Iii our front was a level open field nearly a half mileacross. A small, crooked creek ran through that openspace, and had cut its bed down some two or three feetin the earth. Our skirmishers, in great numbers, hadcrept into that, which in places was near the rebel skir-mish line, and made it exceedingly dangerous for aJohnny to expose his head for any length of time abovehis works. Skirmishing in our front was lively all day,yet many of the Thirty-seventh men concluded that wewould remain there another night, and about (> oclockin the evening they crawledout and made coffee in theirquart cups. About the timethe coffee got hot the menwere called into line and or-dered to climb over theirworks and move forward. The order was promptlyobeyed, but most of the menheld their cups of steaminghot coffee in their hands, hop-
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