. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . v. 20th Gen. Sherman sethis army in motion for the memorable march to the army of the Tennessee,under Gen. (). (). Howard,and the army of GeorgiaFourteenth and Twentiethcorps, under command of Slocum, and a column ofcavalry, under Gen. JudsonKilpatrick. Here our small commandwas transferred from thesupply train to corps ordnancetrain as guards. Our line ofmarch was by way of Coving-ton, Millegeville, Saunders-ville, Louisville, a little to the rig
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . v. 20th Gen. Sherman sethis army in motion for the memorable march to the army of the Tennessee,under Gen. (). (). Howard,and the army of GeorgiaFourteenth and Twentiethcorps, under command of Slocum, and a column ofcavalry, under Gen. JudsonKilpatrick. Here our small commandwas transferred from thesupply train to corps ordnancetrain as guards. Our line ofmarch was by way of Coving-ton, Millegeville, Saunders-ville, Louisville, a little to the right of Waynesboro,thence down the Savannah river to the city. Just afterleaving Atlanta, Lieut. Myers was authorized to borrowenough horses from the citizens to mount twenty men,whose duty it was to collect supplies for the rest of were soon mounted and at work. One morningwhen about twenty miles below Millegeville, they Averesurprised by a body of Confederate cavalry, and and Private J. W. Sharp, of Co. B, and twoothers, were captured: two were killed, two badlywounded and left on the ground; the rest John Wolverton, Co. Ind. INDIANA VOLTJNTEEB VETERAN! 185 At that time Sergeant Isaac H. Andrews, of Co. A,and two others of the same Company—old Company D,were captured, taken into the woods and shot withpistols. William Hamilton and the other one fell atthe first fire. Andrews did not fall till he was shot thesecond time. The rebels stood at the left and rear of their pris-oners. The first ball struck Andrews at the angle of theleft jaw and came out under the left eye, breaking theleft jaw and cheek bone. The second shot struck be-hind the left ear, and coming-out through the right cheek,fractured the cheek bone,knocking him down. The rebels then took thecontents of the pockets ofthose killed, taking one hun-dred and two dollars fromAndrews. He could hearthem talking, but could notmove. One of them asked:•Have you searched all hispo
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