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A CF~RONOLOGYOF INDIANA AND THE CIVIL WAR 1865 135 art of the government in the increased recruiting for the regiments in the field. uded and the cases submitted In Indianapolis at Camp Bnmside, three bounty jumpers from Indiana regiments were shot for de- sertion. ndred rebel prisoners arrived .e quartered in Camp Morton. Dec. 25 Butler's joint Army-Navy Expedition failed to take Fort Fisher, North Carolina. nt issued its seventh call for 00,000 men for 1, 2, or 3 years Dec. 26 Reports from Savannah showed that twenty-seven one of the editors of the De- Indiana regiments were with Sherman on his march Eagle, was arrested by the through Georgia. at district for treasonous ac- Dec. 28 The Battle of Vernon, Mississippi, involved the Seven- in a military prison to await th Cavalry (One hundred and nineteenth) Regiment. Governor Morton did not call an extra session of the 'orty-third Regiment, John F. Legislature. e hundred and forty-fourth e, Commander; One hundred Dec. 29 Fifty-nine men who were paroled in Texas and sent ent, John A. Platter, Com- to Camp Distribution, New Orleans, arrived in In- and forty-seventh Regiment, dianapolis. They were paroled home and efforts were ~der;One hundred and forty- made for them to be paid. s Burgess, Commander; One Dec. 30 Reports from Nashville told of the important role th Regiment, R. N. Hudson, played by the First Division of the Fourth Army red and fiftieth Regiment, N. Corps, Brigadier General Nathan Kimball, Com- ; One hundred and fifty-first mander, in the decisive Battle of Nashville. ilson, Commander; One hun- Regiment, Isaac Jenkinson, iredth and fifty-third Regi- A CHRONOLOCY OF Zommander; One hundred and INDIANA IN THE CIVIL WAR rames Park, Commander; One 1865 L Regiment, K. G. Shyrock, Jan. 2 Governor Morton appointed Brigadier General Silas One hundred and fifty-sixth Colgrove as Judge of the Judicial Circuit Court, com- Smith, Commander, were or- posed of Wayne, Henry, Randolph, Jay, and Delaware .ervice; their place of rendez- Counties. The Twelfth, Twenty-second, Forty-second Infantry Regi- Jan. 3 The non-veterans of the Fiftieth Regiment, Major the siege of Savannah, Geor- Atkinson, Commander, arrived in Indianapolis, were paid, and mustered out of Federal service. The re- mainder of the regiment was left at Little Rock, Ar- ilt from Sherman, Lieutenant kansas. lee evacuated Savannah; Sher- William Orr was appointed Jan. 5 The State Legislature opened its session in Indian- ited Twentieth Regiment. apolis. d a general order for the or- Jan. 10 General Jefferson C. Davis, Commander, Fourteenth v twelve-month regiments and Corps (Sherman's Army), was severely reprimanded INDIANACIVIL WARCENTENNIAL COMMISSION for turning back slave women and children who sought to follow their husbands and fathers in the march through Georgia. Seventeen hundred horses were sent forward from Indianapolis for use by the Army of the Southwest. Governor Morton ordered the State Legislature to make a new apportionment of Senators and Repre- senhtives. The Thirteenth, Sixty-third, Sixty-fifth, Eightieth, Ninety-first, and One hundred and fortieth Infantry Regiments, and the Fifteenth Battery of Light Artillery participated in the Battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Jan. 15 IIood xras relieved at his own request of command of the Army of the Tennessee. Jan. 16 Conlpany H, Ninety-first Regiment, left for the front. Jan. 17 The Thirteenth Regiment played a major role in the \ capture of the rebel Fort Fisher, Wilmington, North Carolina. Jan. 18 Governor Morton appointed John Wallace, Chaplain Losier, and Joseph Davis to look after the welfare of Indiana soldiers in Sherman's Army. Governor Morton sent Colonel John Coburn to Washington to make an effort to exchange 1ndiar.a prisoners of th? Fifty-first and Seventy-third Regments who were captured during the raid under Colonel Streight in Rome, Georgia. The Eleventh Regiment was stationed at Fort Marsh- Najor General Thomas recommended that the Eighth and Seventh Batteries of Light Artillery be consoli- dated. Colonel Benjamin Harrison, Seventieth Regi- ment, traveled through Indianapolis enroute to join his regiment at Savannah, Georgia. Governor Morton left for Cincinnati and met with the Indiana regiments with the Twenty-third Amy The Union people were outraged at Senator Thomas A. Hendrick when he stated on the floor of the Sen- I NNIAL COMMISSION A CE~RONOIQGYOF INDIANA AND THE CIVIL WAR1865 137 women and children who ate that the Union prisoners in Andersonville Prison husbands and fathers in the I received the same treatment as the rebel guards. Gen- I d era1 Carrington forwarded one hundred and eighty- tses were sent forward from eight men and substitutes to the Thirty-fifth Regi- the Arnly of the Southwest. ment. The Thirty-fifth Regiment served in the Army of the Cumberland. !red the State Legislature to ment of Senators and Repre- Jan. 28 The steamer Eclipse blew up at Johnsonville, Ten- enth, Sixty-third, Sixty-fifth, nessee; thirty-six persons were killed and sixty-nine and One hundred and fortieth wounded. Ten of the killed and all of the wounded nd the Fifteenth Battery of belonged to the Ninth Battery. President Lincoln's .pated in the Battle of Fort call for new regiments was answered all over Indiana. Two hundred and fifty t'o three hundred men were sent daily to Indianapolis and prepared for the "Tent- his own request of command ed field." lessee. Jan. 30 Colonel James R. Slack, Forty-seventh Volunteers, 3t Regiment, left for the front. was appointed a Brigadier General. L !nt played a major role in the Jan. 31 The U. S. Congress submitted to the states the Thir- ~rtFisher, Wilmington, North teenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. Colonel I T. J. Lucas, Sixteenth Regiment, was commissioned inted John Wallace, Chaplain Brigadier General for meritious conduct in the field. vis to look after the welfare Feb. 1 Sherman began his invasion of the Carolinas. Sherman's Army. Governor ~hnCoburn to Washington to Feb. 2 The Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment took part in ange Indiana prisoners of th? the Battle of River's Bridge, South Carolina. Gover- y-third Regments who were I nor Morton appointed Warner L. Vestal Colonel of lid under Colonel Streight in i the Fifty-third Regiment. Feb. 3 Lincoln and Seward met the Confederate leaders, ; was stationed at Fort Marsh- Alexander H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter, and J. A. Campbell in an unsuccessful peace conference at recommended that the Eighth Hampton Road, Virginia. The One hundred and twen- of Light Artillery be consoli- tieth, One hundred and twenty-third, One hundred in Harrison, Seventieth Regi- and twenty-fourth, and One hundred and thirtieth Regiments arrived in Washington, D. C., and went L Indianapolis enroute to join h, Georgia. into camp at Geisboro Point. for Cincinnati and met with Feb. 4 Adjutant General Terrell issued an order which set with the Twenty-third Amy February 1, 1865, as the time limit to bill the quota for the eleven new regiments without a draft. : outraged at Senator Thomas Feb. 6 Robert E. Lee was appointed Commander in Chief ;tated on the floor of the Sen- of the Confederate armies. Major General Iew Wal- - - -- - - ~ - i INDIANA CNIL WARCENTENNIAL COM~~ISSION lace, Commander of the Middle Department, arrived in Indianapolis. Colonel A. A. Stevens cornrnandinp: at Camp Morton received orders to prepare the muster rolls of three thousand of the rebel prisoners confined there in exchange for a corresponding number of Union sol- Many of the prisoners at Camp Morton showed a re- luctance to accept the exchange offered them; they preferred their quarters in Camp Morton to being placed in the battle ranks. Feb. 13 The Indiana General Assembly voted to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Colonel I. N. Stiles, Sixty-third Regiment, a resident of Lafayette, was appointed a Brevet Brigadier Gen- eral. i\ Feb. 15 General Carrington sent all the drafted men, substi- tutes, and colored troops quartered at Camp Carring- ton to the field in order to make room for the new regiments. Colonel A. A. Stevens, Commander at Camp Morton, informed authorities that of the 1,882 rebel prisoners examined for exchange, only 336 were willing to be exchanged. The members of both Houses t of the General Assembly, Governor Morton, and other State officials visited the military camps in Indian- apolis. Feb. 16 The One hundred and forty-fifth Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service for one year. Un- der the call for eleven new regiments, the One hun- dred and fifty-first Regiment, raised in the Sixth Congressional District, was mustered into Federal service. Colonel Benjamin Harrison, Seventieth Regi- ment, was confirmed a Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel Merrill, Seventieth Regiment, was appointed Colonel of the regiment. Feb. 17 Sherman occupied the South Carolina capital, Colum- bia, which was raised in the Third Congressional District. Governor Morton held a large gala reception + at the Bates House for members of the General As- sembly and other state officials. A CHBONO~YOF INDIANA AND THE CIVIL WAR 1865 139 - 'iddle Department, arrived Feb. 18 The Federals siezed Charleston after Fort Sumter was abandoned. .manding at Camp Morton Feb. 19 The Thirteenth, Sixty-third, Sixty-fifth, Eightieth, the muster rolls of three Ninety-first, and One hundred and fortieth Infantry isoners confined there in Regiments, and the Fifteenth Battery of Light Artil- ling number of Union sol- lery were engaged in the Battle of Fort Anderson, North Carolina. Several hundred of the Camp Morton rebel prisoners were sent forward for exchange. :amp Morton showed a re- :hange offered them; they Feb. 20 The Thirteenth, Sixty-third, Sixty-fifth, Eightieth, n Camp Morton to being Ninety-first, and One hundred and fortieth Infantry Regiments, and the Fifteenth Battery of Light Artil- lery fought in the Battle of Town Creek Bridge, embly voted to ratify the North Carolina.
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