In Oct of 2018, I embarked upon a project to obtain headstones for those soldiers buried in Springdale without a marker. Pvt. White's stone now proudly stands among approximately 90 comrades who also now have a new marker.
Although cemetery records do not indicate the exact resting place, we have created a new "soldier" section located in the west part of the Old Public Ground.
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VETERAN
Co. C 3rd IN Cav
Enrollment Date: 22 Aug 1861
Place: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 45
Notes: Mustered out at the expiration of service 7 Aug 1865
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Married Rebecca Lochridge 9 May 1853 Jefferson Co., IN
Married Rebecca White 14 Nov 1854 Jefferson Co., IN
Their daughter, Mary E., died approx. 15 Sep 1867 at age 16. Her burial location is unknown.
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Madison Evening Courier, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN
2 July 1872
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN.
Charles N. White died at his residence on Cemetery street, in this city, about eight o'clock last night, and will be buried in Springdale cemetery at half-past six this evening. Mr. White has resided in Madison for a long time, and was in the 48th year of his age.--He served his country as a member of Captain William Ford's company in the war against Mexico; was also a volunteer Union soldier in the late war against the slaveholders' rebellion, and a member of Gen. Hancock's corps of re-enlisted veterans. Returning after peace was restored, he embarked in his chosen avocation, that of tobacconist, and for a period of some three years fortune favored and prosperity smiled upon him. but Alas! poor Charley,--Possessed of an ardent social nature, he had in his early manhood sought those associations which led him astray, and after nobly resisting the tempter during the three years above referred to, he again, he yielded to his besetting sin, and took an enemy in his mouth that sole away his brains. Years ago, when a young man, surrounded with friends who like himself looked hopefully into the future, very few, perhaps, anticipated what would be the final result of his first indulgence in liquor. But "wine is a mocker", "strong drink is raging", and at the last it stingeth like an adder." Though Charley struggled hard he struggled vainly; his depraved appetite held a complete mastery over him. And on Monday evening, after drinking excessively, and exposing himself during the extreme heat of the day, he repaired to his home, disheartened, sick, and half-crazy, drew from the cistern a bucket of water of which he drank, then laid down upon the porch and fell into a kind of sleep or state of unconsciousness from which he never awoke. Dr. Mullen, who was called to attend him, pronounced his case one of sun-stroke, superinduced by excitement and liquor, and a verdict was rendered by the coroner's jury accordingly. Deceased leaves a wife and three little children; also, a sister, and an aged mother, with numerous friends and acquaintances.
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SEE LETTERS BELOW WRITTEN BY CHARLES N. WHITE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO THE EDITOR OF THE MADISON DAILY COURIER:
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
M. C. Garber
Saturday Evening, Dec. 6, 1862
FROM THE 3RD INDIANA CAVALRY
Bell Plains Landing, Va., Nov. 29.
Mr. Editor:
General Pleasanton's brigade of cavalry, which we are in, is encamped here. This is the nearest point from which to transport provisions to our army. The cars are running from the mouth of Aquia Creek to Brook's Station. The rood will be finished so that the cars can run to Falmouth in a day or two.
There is an army of about two hundred thousand of our men around Fredericksburg, and it is my impression that General Burnside in only waiting to get sufficiently supplied with provisions before he makes a blow at the enemy, and then you may lookout for his making a clear sweep to Richmond.
General Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana, and he is about 42 years of age. All the men that have been under him have the greatest confidence in him as a commander, and I think he is far ahead of General McClellan. We believe he is as anxious to bring this unhappy war to a close as the men themselves.
It is the universal wish of the soldiers to push forward and bring this hellish rebellion to an end. We don't want to go into Winter quarters. If we were to go into Winter quarters there would be great dissatisfaction amongst the troops.
I had the satisfaction of taking my old friends, D.C. Branham and F. L. Thompson by the hand. They only remained one day with us. I don't suppose that they were frightened at the rebs, for they go to see nary one.
Captain Patton, of company A, started home on the 26th, for the purpose of recruiting our regiment. He will visit Madison, and I hope the good people of your city will give him a cordial welcome, for Captain Billy is a clever fellow, and if any of the young gentlemen want to go to the war, they will never have a better chance than enlisting in the old 3d Indiana cavalry. They can get right into active service. Drilling is played out, and the fighting is all the go.
All the disabled are being discharged, which is perfectly right. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
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The Madison Daily Courier
M.C. Garber Editor
Saturday Evening, Feb. 7, 1863
From the 3d Indiana Cavalry
Camp near Pot Conoway, Va., on Picket, Jan. 24
Editor Courier:
On the 19th we were ordered to get ready to march. It was about seven o'clock in the evening. We all wondered where we were going. The boys commenced packing up and tearing their tents off their houses, which we regretted to leave, for we were fixed very snugly. But, notwithstanding all this, the boys were in good spirits, and all singing.-- Some of them sung a parody on John Brown. We soon found out where we were to go; we were to come here to go on picket.
Port Conoway is about twenty miles below Fredericksburg, and about one mile and a half from where ex-President Madison was born. This is a beautiful country, and there is plenty of everything--wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. Hunter's Bottom, in Kentucky, is no comparison to it. There are two brothers here by the name of Turner, who own two farms of 1,000 acres each, as fine farms as I ever beheld. One of these men has lost about $80,000 in negroes, and the other $60,000, besides a vast amount of produce, all on account of the rebellion.
The rebels picket very strongly opposite to us. Our line extends below here over to the Potomac.
About one week ago a Major and a Lieutenant of the rebel army were taking a ride in a skiff. They were gliding on the water gently, up and down the river, and they finally ventured a little too far. Lo! and behold! the wind commenced blowing, bringing them towards the shore. They worked manfully; the row-locks broke; they paddled; but all to no purpose. The boat would come to this side of the Rappahannock.
On reaching the shore, the Major sprang from his seat and enquired of one of our boys on picket:
"Where is the commander of this post?"
Picket -- "Have you any arms?"
Rebels -- "No."
Picket -- "I will show you the commander of the post."
The traitors were thereupon marched to headquarters. They begged very hard to be let off, but it was of no avail.
A member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment went over one day to visit the rebels and have a social chat, which he did, and returned unmolested. The invited him to return again on the following day, which he did; but when he got over, to his surprise, he discovered that they were not the same gentlemen he had visited the day before, and they took him prisoner and paroled him.
From appearances on the other side, it would seem the rebels are evacuating.
The health of the Regiment is at this time "bully."
In my next I will give you a list of the casualties in our Regiment since we have been in the service.
Yours as ever.
C. N. White
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The Madison Evening Courier
Madison, Wednesday, April 1, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Camp Near Stafford Court House
March 22nd 1863
Editor Courier:
As there is not much news afloat I thought I would give you a list of the casualties of our Regiment since we have been in the service; also a list of the Staff and Field officers, which will likely be interesting to the readers of your paper.
The Regiment is commanded as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel-George H. Chapman
Major - W. S. McClure
Adjutant - G.S. Taylor
Surgeon-E.W.H. Beck
First Assistant Surgeon - J. H. Knight
Second Assistant Surgeon - T. J. Fritts
Quarter Master - John Patton.
Com'ary of Subsistence - John Greiner.
The following are the casualties:
Company A - Captain William Patton commanding--Killed 2; died 2; wounded 9; discharged 12; recruited 18, taken prisoner, 0; deserted 0.
Company B - Captain B.L.A. Gresham commanding--Killed, 0; died, 3; wounded 3; discharged 7, recruited 35; taken prison 1; deserted 0.
Company C - Captain Charles Lemmon commanding--Killed 0, died 2; drowned 1; wounded 2, discharged 19; recruited 20; taken prisoner 2; resigned 2, deserted 1. This one that deserted was picked up here in Virginia. He was not one of the Hoosier boys. He was from the old country.
Company D --Lieutenant Kelsey commanding--0Killed 2, died 7; wounded 2; discharged 22, recruited 26; taken prisoner 8; resigned 3; deserted 0.
Company E -- Captain George H. Thompson commanding--Killed 2; died 3; wounded 3; discharged 10; recruited 7; taken prisoner 3; deserted 0.
Company F -- Captain T.W. Moffit, commanding--Killed 1; died 3; wounded 7; discharged 17; recruited 24; taken prisoners 10; deserted 3; resigned 2.
In addition to the above, the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel have resigned; also Assistant Surgeon Binger, and have gone home.
I will add a few remarks: I defy any regiment in the service to produce as good officers as we have. We are allowed as much privilege, if not more, than any set of men in the service. Our officers are sociable and affable.
Lieutenants Shannon and Greiner have returned from home, and the boys were glad to see them. Two finer officers could not be produced. Lieutenant Greiner fills his position "bully."
The weather is fair, and if it remains so you may look for a forward movement soon. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
P.S. There have been three promotions from company E, which are all that have been made in the regiment; to wit: John Greiner, Commissary; George M. Gilchrist; Gam. S. Taylor, Adjutant. And I will say a word in regard to furloughs. We would all like to have one; but as it is only one man can go out of a company. A great many of the boys get letters from home, asking them why they don't come home on a furlough. This question is a humbug. When a set of men go we have to wait until the last one comes back before any more names goes in. At this time there is one man who went with the first batch of men, who has not returned, and we have to wait until he comes back before any more can go.
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
D.W. Blymyer, Editor
Madison, Friday, September 25, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Headquarters Third Ind. Cav.
Raccoon Ford, Sept. 15, 1863
Mr. Editor
I will try to keep you posted on this grand move provided that the rebels don't put out my chunk.
On the 13th our Division crossed at Rappahannock Ford, and came upon the enemy near Brandy Station. We drove them before us easily. Our Division composed the center, General Gregg the right, and General Kilpatrick the left. Our forces captured three pieces of artillery at Culpepper. On this side of Culpepper the rebels took shelter in a large brick house, and commenced firing from the windows upon our men. Our battery opened upon the house and killed two citizens who were in the house at the time. The battery threw five shells into the house. Before we reached Culpepper, the rebels threw a solid shot through a splendid residence. It appears that the rebels don't care where they shoot.
One of the soldiers of the Eighth Illinois fought nineteen rebels. One came out of the woods and gave himself up, and then asked the Sucker what would be the chance of him getting home. The Sucker told him it would be good. The rebel hallood "Come on, boys," and eighteen more came out and gave themselves up to the Sucker.
One Captain of the Eighth Illinois captured four rebels by himself. The party had captured one Major and three privates the same day.
We arrived here on the 14th, and have been fighting the enemy pretty much all the time. They are making a stubborn resistance. Our infantry has not come up to us yet. Since we left Rappahannock Station the following casualties have occurred in our regiment:
Co. A, James Adams wounded in the bowels, mortally. Co. B, Lieutenant D. Davis, wounded n the thigh. Co. C, Simeon Banhs killed; Martin Heath, wounded in the arm, slightly; William Kana, wounded in the face; M.V. Walk, wounded in the forehead, slightly; Isaac Lewis, wounded in the elbow. Co. D, Sergeant B. Yonker wounded in the shoulder, slightly; G. Porter, wounded in the shoulder, slightly. Co. E, Corporal Robert Monfort wounded in the foot, slightly. The men of our regiment have behaved nobly.
Yesterday, two brothers of the Twelfth Illinois, attached to our regiment, met with a very severe accident, resulting in the death of one of them. One was shot through the left lung, and his brother, assisted by three other men, was carrying him off the field when he was shot through the right lung. The one that was shot first died within a few hours. The other one was living up to this time.
Colonel Chapman, Acting Brigadier General, had his horse shot. Major McClure is running this machine at present--does bully. Our officers, as a general thing, does pretty well. Captain Spencer, Thompson, Moffat, Tel and Greiham are all bully fellows.
The rebels shot a woman yesterday in the foot. If anything happens I will let you know. We are lying in camp today.
C. N. White
P.S. We are at present in camp at Stevensburg.
C.N.W.
Although cemetery records do not indicate the exact resting place, we have created a new "soldier" section located in the west part of the Old Public Ground.
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VETERAN
Co. C 3rd IN Cav
Enrollment Date: 22 Aug 1861
Place: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 45
Notes: Mustered out at the expiration of service 7 Aug 1865
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Married Rebecca Lochridge 9 May 1853 Jefferson Co., IN
Married Rebecca White 14 Nov 1854 Jefferson Co., IN
Their daughter, Mary E., died approx. 15 Sep 1867 at age 16. Her burial location is unknown.
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Madison Evening Courier, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN
2 July 1872
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN.
Charles N. White died at his residence on Cemetery street, in this city, about eight o'clock last night, and will be buried in Springdale cemetery at half-past six this evening. Mr. White has resided in Madison for a long time, and was in the 48th year of his age.--He served his country as a member of Captain William Ford's company in the war against Mexico; was also a volunteer Union soldier in the late war against the slaveholders' rebellion, and a member of Gen. Hancock's corps of re-enlisted veterans. Returning after peace was restored, he embarked in his chosen avocation, that of tobacconist, and for a period of some three years fortune favored and prosperity smiled upon him. but Alas! poor Charley,--Possessed of an ardent social nature, he had in his early manhood sought those associations which led him astray, and after nobly resisting the tempter during the three years above referred to, he again, he yielded to his besetting sin, and took an enemy in his mouth that sole away his brains. Years ago, when a young man, surrounded with friends who like himself looked hopefully into the future, very few, perhaps, anticipated what would be the final result of his first indulgence in liquor. But "wine is a mocker", "strong drink is raging", and at the last it stingeth like an adder." Though Charley struggled hard he struggled vainly; his depraved appetite held a complete mastery over him. And on Monday evening, after drinking excessively, and exposing himself during the extreme heat of the day, he repaired to his home, disheartened, sick, and half-crazy, drew from the cistern a bucket of water of which he drank, then laid down upon the porch and fell into a kind of sleep or state of unconsciousness from which he never awoke. Dr. Mullen, who was called to attend him, pronounced his case one of sun-stroke, superinduced by excitement and liquor, and a verdict was rendered by the coroner's jury accordingly. Deceased leaves a wife and three little children; also, a sister, and an aged mother, with numerous friends and acquaintances.
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SEE LETTERS BELOW WRITTEN BY CHARLES N. WHITE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO THE EDITOR OF THE MADISON DAILY COURIER:
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
M. C. Garber
Saturday Evening, Dec. 6, 1862
FROM THE 3RD INDIANA CAVALRY
Bell Plains Landing, Va., Nov. 29.
Mr. Editor:
General Pleasanton's brigade of cavalry, which we are in, is encamped here. This is the nearest point from which to transport provisions to our army. The cars are running from the mouth of Aquia Creek to Brook's Station. The rood will be finished so that the cars can run to Falmouth in a day or two.
There is an army of about two hundred thousand of our men around Fredericksburg, and it is my impression that General Burnside in only waiting to get sufficiently supplied with provisions before he makes a blow at the enemy, and then you may lookout for his making a clear sweep to Richmond.
General Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana, and he is about 42 years of age. All the men that have been under him have the greatest confidence in him as a commander, and I think he is far ahead of General McClellan. We believe he is as anxious to bring this unhappy war to a close as the men themselves.
It is the universal wish of the soldiers to push forward and bring this hellish rebellion to an end. We don't want to go into Winter quarters. If we were to go into Winter quarters there would be great dissatisfaction amongst the troops.
I had the satisfaction of taking my old friends, D.C. Branham and F. L. Thompson by the hand. They only remained one day with us. I don't suppose that they were frightened at the rebs, for they go to see nary one.
Captain Patton, of company A, started home on the 26th, for the purpose of recruiting our regiment. He will visit Madison, and I hope the good people of your city will give him a cordial welcome, for Captain Billy is a clever fellow, and if any of the young gentlemen want to go to the war, they will never have a better chance than enlisting in the old 3d Indiana cavalry. They can get right into active service. Drilling is played out, and the fighting is all the go.
All the disabled are being discharged, which is perfectly right. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
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The Madison Daily Courier
M.C. Garber Editor
Saturday Evening, Feb. 7, 1863
From the 3d Indiana Cavalry
Camp near Pot Conoway, Va., on Picket, Jan. 24
Editor Courier:
On the 19th we were ordered to get ready to march. It was about seven o'clock in the evening. We all wondered where we were going. The boys commenced packing up and tearing their tents off their houses, which we regretted to leave, for we were fixed very snugly. But, notwithstanding all this, the boys were in good spirits, and all singing.-- Some of them sung a parody on John Brown. We soon found out where we were to go; we were to come here to go on picket.
Port Conoway is about twenty miles below Fredericksburg, and about one mile and a half from where ex-President Madison was born. This is a beautiful country, and there is plenty of everything--wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. Hunter's Bottom, in Kentucky, is no comparison to it. There are two brothers here by the name of Turner, who own two farms of 1,000 acres each, as fine farms as I ever beheld. One of these men has lost about $80,000 in negroes, and the other $60,000, besides a vast amount of produce, all on account of the rebellion.
The rebels picket very strongly opposite to us. Our line extends below here over to the Potomac.
About one week ago a Major and a Lieutenant of the rebel army were taking a ride in a skiff. They were gliding on the water gently, up and down the river, and they finally ventured a little too far. Lo! and behold! the wind commenced blowing, bringing them towards the shore. They worked manfully; the row-locks broke; they paddled; but all to no purpose. The boat would come to this side of the Rappahannock.
On reaching the shore, the Major sprang from his seat and enquired of one of our boys on picket:
"Where is the commander of this post?"
Picket -- "Have you any arms?"
Rebels -- "No."
Picket -- "I will show you the commander of the post."
The traitors were thereupon marched to headquarters. They begged very hard to be let off, but it was of no avail.
A member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment went over one day to visit the rebels and have a social chat, which he did, and returned unmolested. The invited him to return again on the following day, which he did; but when he got over, to his surprise, he discovered that they were not the same gentlemen he had visited the day before, and they took him prisoner and paroled him.
From appearances on the other side, it would seem the rebels are evacuating.
The health of the Regiment is at this time "bully."
In my next I will give you a list of the casualties in our Regiment since we have been in the service.
Yours as ever.
C. N. White
========================
The Madison Evening Courier
Madison, Wednesday, April 1, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Camp Near Stafford Court House
March 22nd 1863
Editor Courier:
As there is not much news afloat I thought I would give you a list of the casualties of our Regiment since we have been in the service; also a list of the Staff and Field officers, which will likely be interesting to the readers of your paper.
The Regiment is commanded as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel-George H. Chapman
Major - W. S. McClure
Adjutant - G.S. Taylor
Surgeon-E.W.H. Beck
First Assistant Surgeon - J. H. Knight
Second Assistant Surgeon - T. J. Fritts
Quarter Master - John Patton.
Com'ary of Subsistence - John Greiner.
The following are the casualties:
Company A - Captain William Patton commanding--Killed 2; died 2; wounded 9; discharged 12; recruited 18, taken prisoner, 0; deserted 0.
Company B - Captain B.L.A. Gresham commanding--Killed, 0; died, 3; wounded 3; discharged 7, recruited 35; taken prison 1; deserted 0.
Company C - Captain Charles Lemmon commanding--Killed 0, died 2; drowned 1; wounded 2, discharged 19; recruited 20; taken prisoner 2; resigned 2, deserted 1. This one that deserted was picked up here in Virginia. He was not one of the Hoosier boys. He was from the old country.
Company D --Lieutenant Kelsey commanding--0Killed 2, died 7; wounded 2; discharged 22, recruited 26; taken prisoner 8; resigned 3; deserted 0.
Company E -- Captain George H. Thompson commanding--Killed 2; died 3; wounded 3; discharged 10; recruited 7; taken prisoner 3; deserted 0.
Company F -- Captain T.W. Moffit, commanding--Killed 1; died 3; wounded 7; discharged 17; recruited 24; taken prisoners 10; deserted 3; resigned 2.
In addition to the above, the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel have resigned; also Assistant Surgeon Binger, and have gone home.
I will add a few remarks: I defy any regiment in the service to produce as good officers as we have. We are allowed as much privilege, if not more, than any set of men in the service. Our officers are sociable and affable.
Lieutenants Shannon and Greiner have returned from home, and the boys were glad to see them. Two finer officers could not be produced. Lieutenant Greiner fills his position "bully."
The weather is fair, and if it remains so you may look for a forward movement soon. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
P.S. There have been three promotions from company E, which are all that have been made in the regiment; to wit: John Greiner, Commissary; George M. Gilchrist; Gam. S. Taylor, Adjutant. And I will say a word in regard to furloughs. We would all like to have one; but as it is only one man can go out of a company. A great many of the boys get letters from home, asking them why they don't come home on a furlough. This question is a humbug. When a set of men go we have to wait until the last one comes back before any more names goes in. At this time there is one man who went with the first batch of men, who has not returned, and we have to wait until he comes back before any more can go.
===========================
The Madison Daily Evening Courier
D.W. Blymyer, Editor
Madison, Friday, September 25, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Headquarters Third Ind. Cav.
Raccoon Ford, Sept. 15, 1863
Mr. Editor
I will try to keep you posted on this grand move provided that the rebels don't put out my chunk.
On the 13th our Division crossed at Rappahannock Ford, and came upon the enemy near Brandy Station. We drove them before us easily. Our Division composed the center, General Gregg the right, and General Kilpatrick the left. Our forces captured three pieces of artillery at Culpepper. On this side of Culpepper the rebels took shelter in a large brick house, and commenced firing from the windows upon our men. Our battery opened upon the house and killed two citizens who were in the house at the time. The battery threw five shells into the house. Before we reached Culpepper, the rebels threw a solid shot through a splendid residence. It appears that the rebels don't care where they shoot.
One of the soldiers of the Eighth Illinois fought nineteen rebels. One came out of the woods and gave himself up, and then asked the Sucker what would be the chance of him getting home. The Sucker told him it would be good. The rebel hallood "Come on, boys," and eighteen more came out and gave themselves up to the Sucker.
One Captain of the Eighth Illinois captured four rebels by himself. The party had captured one Major and three privates the same day.
We arrived here on the 14th, and have been fighting the enemy pretty much all the time. They are making a stubborn resistance. Our infantry has not come up to us yet. Since we left Rappahannock Station the following casualties have occurred in our regiment:
Co. A, James Adams wounded in the bowels, mortally. Co. B, Lieutenant D. Davis, wounded n the thigh. Co. C, Simeon Banhs killed; Martin Heath, wounded in the arm, slightly; William Kana, wounded in the face; M.V. Walk, wounded in the forehead, slightly; Isaac Lewis, wounded in the elbow. Co. D, Sergeant B. Yonker wounded in the shoulder, slightly; G. Porter, wounded in the shoulder, slightly. Co. E, Corporal Robert Monfort wounded in the foot, slightly. The men of our regiment have behaved nobly.
Yesterday, two brothers of the Twelfth Illinois, attached to our regiment, met with a very severe accident, resulting in the death of one of them. One was shot through the left lung, and his brother, assisted by three other men, was carrying him off the field when he was shot through the right lung. The one that was shot first died within a few hours. The other one was living up to this time.
Colonel Chapman, Acting Brigadier General, had his horse shot. Major McClure is running this machine at present--does bully. Our officers, as a general thing, does pretty well. Captain Spencer, Thompson, Moffat, Tel and Greiham are all bully fellows.
The rebels shot a woman yesterday in the foot. If anything happens I will let you know. We are lying in camp today.
C. N. White
P.S. We are at present in camp at Stevensburg.
C.N.W.
In Oct of 2018, I embarked upon a project to obtain headstones for those soldiers buried in Springdale without a marker. Pvt. White's stone now proudly stands among approximately 90 comrades who also now have a new marker.
Although cemetery records do not indicate the exact resting place, we have created a new "soldier" section located in the west part of the Old Public Ground.
=======================
VETERAN
Co. C 3rd IN Cav
Enrollment Date: 22 Aug 1861
Place: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 45
Notes: Mustered out at the expiration of service 7 Aug 1865
================
Married Rebecca Lochridge 9 May 1853 Jefferson Co., IN
Married Rebecca White 14 Nov 1854 Jefferson Co., IN
Their daughter, Mary E., died approx. 15 Sep 1867 at age 16. Her burial location is unknown.
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Madison Evening Courier, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN
2 July 1872
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN.
Charles N. White died at his residence on Cemetery street, in this city, about eight o'clock last night, and will be buried in Springdale cemetery at half-past six this evening. Mr. White has resided in Madison for a long time, and was in the 48th year of his age.--He served his country as a member of Captain William Ford's company in the war against Mexico; was also a volunteer Union soldier in the late war against the slaveholders' rebellion, and a member of Gen. Hancock's corps of re-enlisted veterans. Returning after peace was restored, he embarked in his chosen avocation, that of tobacconist, and for a period of some three years fortune favored and prosperity smiled upon him. but Alas! poor Charley,--Possessed of an ardent social nature, he had in his early manhood sought those associations which led him astray, and after nobly resisting the tempter during the three years above referred to, he again, he yielded to his besetting sin, and took an enemy in his mouth that sole away his brains. Years ago, when a young man, surrounded with friends who like himself looked hopefully into the future, very few, perhaps, anticipated what would be the final result of his first indulgence in liquor. But "wine is a mocker", "strong drink is raging", and at the last it stingeth like an adder." Though Charley struggled hard he struggled vainly; his depraved appetite held a complete mastery over him. And on Monday evening, after drinking excessively, and exposing himself during the extreme heat of the day, he repaired to his home, disheartened, sick, and half-crazy, drew from the cistern a bucket of water of which he drank, then laid down upon the porch and fell into a kind of sleep or state of unconsciousness from which he never awoke. Dr. Mullen, who was called to attend him, pronounced his case one of sun-stroke, superinduced by excitement and liquor, and a verdict was rendered by the coroner's jury accordingly. Deceased leaves a wife and three little children; also, a sister, and an aged mother, with numerous friends and acquaintances.
======================
SEE LETTERS BELOW WRITTEN BY CHARLES N. WHITE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO THE EDITOR OF THE MADISON DAILY COURIER:
======================
The Madison Daily Evening Courier
M. C. Garber
Saturday Evening, Dec. 6, 1862
FROM THE 3RD INDIANA CAVALRY
Bell Plains Landing, Va., Nov. 29.
Mr. Editor:
General Pleasanton's brigade of cavalry, which we are in, is encamped here. This is the nearest point from which to transport provisions to our army. The cars are running from the mouth of Aquia Creek to Brook's Station. The rood will be finished so that the cars can run to Falmouth in a day or two.
There is an army of about two hundred thousand of our men around Fredericksburg, and it is my impression that General Burnside in only waiting to get sufficiently supplied with provisions before he makes a blow at the enemy, and then you may lookout for his making a clear sweep to Richmond.
General Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana, and he is about 42 years of age. All the men that have been under him have the greatest confidence in him as a commander, and I think he is far ahead of General McClellan. We believe he is as anxious to bring this unhappy war to a close as the men themselves.
It is the universal wish of the soldiers to push forward and bring this hellish rebellion to an end. We don't want to go into Winter quarters. If we were to go into Winter quarters there would be great dissatisfaction amongst the troops.
I had the satisfaction of taking my old friends, D.C. Branham and F. L. Thompson by the hand. They only remained one day with us. I don't suppose that they were frightened at the rebs, for they go to see nary one.
Captain Patton, of company A, started home on the 26th, for the purpose of recruiting our regiment. He will visit Madison, and I hope the good people of your city will give him a cordial welcome, for Captain Billy is a clever fellow, and if any of the young gentlemen want to go to the war, they will never have a better chance than enlisting in the old 3d Indiana cavalry. They can get right into active service. Drilling is played out, and the fighting is all the go.
All the disabled are being discharged, which is perfectly right. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
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The Madison Daily Courier
M.C. Garber Editor
Saturday Evening, Feb. 7, 1863
From the 3d Indiana Cavalry
Camp near Pot Conoway, Va., on Picket, Jan. 24
Editor Courier:
On the 19th we were ordered to get ready to march. It was about seven o'clock in the evening. We all wondered where we were going. The boys commenced packing up and tearing their tents off their houses, which we regretted to leave, for we were fixed very snugly. But, notwithstanding all this, the boys were in good spirits, and all singing.-- Some of them sung a parody on John Brown. We soon found out where we were to go; we were to come here to go on picket.
Port Conoway is about twenty miles below Fredericksburg, and about one mile and a half from where ex-President Madison was born. This is a beautiful country, and there is plenty of everything--wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. Hunter's Bottom, in Kentucky, is no comparison to it. There are two brothers here by the name of Turner, who own two farms of 1,000 acres each, as fine farms as I ever beheld. One of these men has lost about $80,000 in negroes, and the other $60,000, besides a vast amount of produce, all on account of the rebellion.
The rebels picket very strongly opposite to us. Our line extends below here over to the Potomac.
About one week ago a Major and a Lieutenant of the rebel army were taking a ride in a skiff. They were gliding on the water gently, up and down the river, and they finally ventured a little too far. Lo! and behold! the wind commenced blowing, bringing them towards the shore. They worked manfully; the row-locks broke; they paddled; but all to no purpose. The boat would come to this side of the Rappahannock.
On reaching the shore, the Major sprang from his seat and enquired of one of our boys on picket:
"Where is the commander of this post?"
Picket -- "Have you any arms?"
Rebels -- "No."
Picket -- "I will show you the commander of the post."
The traitors were thereupon marched to headquarters. They begged very hard to be let off, but it was of no avail.
A member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment went over one day to visit the rebels and have a social chat, which he did, and returned unmolested. The invited him to return again on the following day, which he did; but when he got over, to his surprise, he discovered that they were not the same gentlemen he had visited the day before, and they took him prisoner and paroled him.
From appearances on the other side, it would seem the rebels are evacuating.
The health of the Regiment is at this time "bully."
In my next I will give you a list of the casualties in our Regiment since we have been in the service.
Yours as ever.
C. N. White
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The Madison Evening Courier
Madison, Wednesday, April 1, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Camp Near Stafford Court House
March 22nd 1863
Editor Courier:
As there is not much news afloat I thought I would give you a list of the casualties of our Regiment since we have been in the service; also a list of the Staff and Field officers, which will likely be interesting to the readers of your paper.
The Regiment is commanded as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel-George H. Chapman
Major - W. S. McClure
Adjutant - G.S. Taylor
Surgeon-E.W.H. Beck
First Assistant Surgeon - J. H. Knight
Second Assistant Surgeon - T. J. Fritts
Quarter Master - John Patton.
Com'ary of Subsistence - John Greiner.
The following are the casualties:
Company A - Captain William Patton commanding--Killed 2; died 2; wounded 9; discharged 12; recruited 18, taken prisoner, 0; deserted 0.
Company B - Captain B.L.A. Gresham commanding--Killed, 0; died, 3; wounded 3; discharged 7, recruited 35; taken prison 1; deserted 0.
Company C - Captain Charles Lemmon commanding--Killed 0, died 2; drowned 1; wounded 2, discharged 19; recruited 20; taken prisoner 2; resigned 2, deserted 1. This one that deserted was picked up here in Virginia. He was not one of the Hoosier boys. He was from the old country.
Company D --Lieutenant Kelsey commanding--0Killed 2, died 7; wounded 2; discharged 22, recruited 26; taken prisoner 8; resigned 3; deserted 0.
Company E -- Captain George H. Thompson commanding--Killed 2; died 3; wounded 3; discharged 10; recruited 7; taken prisoner 3; deserted 0.
Company F -- Captain T.W. Moffit, commanding--Killed 1; died 3; wounded 7; discharged 17; recruited 24; taken prisoners 10; deserted 3; resigned 2.
In addition to the above, the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel have resigned; also Assistant Surgeon Binger, and have gone home.
I will add a few remarks: I defy any regiment in the service to produce as good officers as we have. We are allowed as much privilege, if not more, than any set of men in the service. Our officers are sociable and affable.
Lieutenants Shannon and Greiner have returned from home, and the boys were glad to see them. Two finer officers could not be produced. Lieutenant Greiner fills his position "bully."
The weather is fair, and if it remains so you may look for a forward movement soon. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
P.S. There have been three promotions from company E, which are all that have been made in the regiment; to wit: John Greiner, Commissary; George M. Gilchrist; Gam. S. Taylor, Adjutant. And I will say a word in regard to furloughs. We would all like to have one; but as it is only one man can go out of a company. A great many of the boys get letters from home, asking them why they don't come home on a furlough. This question is a humbug. When a set of men go we have to wait until the last one comes back before any more names goes in. At this time there is one man who went with the first batch of men, who has not returned, and we have to wait until he comes back before any more can go.
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
D.W. Blymyer, Editor
Madison, Friday, September 25, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Headquarters Third Ind. Cav.
Raccoon Ford, Sept. 15, 1863
Mr. Editor
I will try to keep you posted on this grand move provided that the rebels don't put out my chunk.
On the 13th our Division crossed at Rappahannock Ford, and came upon the enemy near Brandy Station. We drove them before us easily. Our Division composed the center, General Gregg the right, and General Kilpatrick the left. Our forces captured three pieces of artillery at Culpepper. On this side of Culpepper the rebels took shelter in a large brick house, and commenced firing from the windows upon our men. Our battery opened upon the house and killed two citizens who were in the house at the time. The battery threw five shells into the house. Before we reached Culpepper, the rebels threw a solid shot through a splendid residence. It appears that the rebels don't care where they shoot.
One of the soldiers of the Eighth Illinois fought nineteen rebels. One came out of the woods and gave himself up, and then asked the Sucker what would be the chance of him getting home. The Sucker told him it would be good. The rebel hallood "Come on, boys," and eighteen more came out and gave themselves up to the Sucker.
One Captain of the Eighth Illinois captured four rebels by himself. The party had captured one Major and three privates the same day.
We arrived here on the 14th, and have been fighting the enemy pretty much all the time. They are making a stubborn resistance. Our infantry has not come up to us yet. Since we left Rappahannock Station the following casualties have occurred in our regiment:
Co. A, James Adams wounded in the bowels, mortally. Co. B, Lieutenant D. Davis, wounded n the thigh. Co. C, Simeon Banhs killed; Martin Heath, wounded in the arm, slightly; William Kana, wounded in the face; M.V. Walk, wounded in the forehead, slightly; Isaac Lewis, wounded in the elbow. Co. D, Sergeant B. Yonker wounded in the shoulder, slightly; G. Porter, wounded in the shoulder, slightly. Co. E, Corporal Robert Monfort wounded in the foot, slightly. The men of our regiment have behaved nobly.
Yesterday, two brothers of the Twelfth Illinois, attached to our regiment, met with a very severe accident, resulting in the death of one of them. One was shot through the left lung, and his brother, assisted by three other men, was carrying him off the field when he was shot through the right lung. The one that was shot first died within a few hours. The other one was living up to this time.
Colonel Chapman, Acting Brigadier General, had his horse shot. Major McClure is running this machine at present--does bully. Our officers, as a general thing, does pretty well. Captain Spencer, Thompson, Moffat, Tel and Greiham are all bully fellows.
The rebels shot a woman yesterday in the foot. If anything happens I will let you know. We are lying in camp today.
C. N. White
P.S. We are at present in camp at Stevensburg.
C.N.W.
Although cemetery records do not indicate the exact resting place, we have created a new "soldier" section located in the west part of the Old Public Ground.
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VETERAN
Co. C 3rd IN Cav
Enrollment Date: 22 Aug 1861
Place: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 45
Notes: Mustered out at the expiration of service 7 Aug 1865
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Married Rebecca Lochridge 9 May 1853 Jefferson Co., IN
Married Rebecca White 14 Nov 1854 Jefferson Co., IN
Their daughter, Mary E., died approx. 15 Sep 1867 at age 16. Her burial location is unknown.
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Madison Evening Courier, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN
2 July 1872
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN.
Charles N. White died at his residence on Cemetery street, in this city, about eight o'clock last night, and will be buried in Springdale cemetery at half-past six this evening. Mr. White has resided in Madison for a long time, and was in the 48th year of his age.--He served his country as a member of Captain William Ford's company in the war against Mexico; was also a volunteer Union soldier in the late war against the slaveholders' rebellion, and a member of Gen. Hancock's corps of re-enlisted veterans. Returning after peace was restored, he embarked in his chosen avocation, that of tobacconist, and for a period of some three years fortune favored and prosperity smiled upon him. but Alas! poor Charley,--Possessed of an ardent social nature, he had in his early manhood sought those associations which led him astray, and after nobly resisting the tempter during the three years above referred to, he again, he yielded to his besetting sin, and took an enemy in his mouth that sole away his brains. Years ago, when a young man, surrounded with friends who like himself looked hopefully into the future, very few, perhaps, anticipated what would be the final result of his first indulgence in liquor. But "wine is a mocker", "strong drink is raging", and at the last it stingeth like an adder." Though Charley struggled hard he struggled vainly; his depraved appetite held a complete mastery over him. And on Monday evening, after drinking excessively, and exposing himself during the extreme heat of the day, he repaired to his home, disheartened, sick, and half-crazy, drew from the cistern a bucket of water of which he drank, then laid down upon the porch and fell into a kind of sleep or state of unconsciousness from which he never awoke. Dr. Mullen, who was called to attend him, pronounced his case one of sun-stroke, superinduced by excitement and liquor, and a verdict was rendered by the coroner's jury accordingly. Deceased leaves a wife and three little children; also, a sister, and an aged mother, with numerous friends and acquaintances.
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SEE LETTERS BELOW WRITTEN BY CHARLES N. WHITE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO THE EDITOR OF THE MADISON DAILY COURIER:
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
M. C. Garber
Saturday Evening, Dec. 6, 1862
FROM THE 3RD INDIANA CAVALRY
Bell Plains Landing, Va., Nov. 29.
Mr. Editor:
General Pleasanton's brigade of cavalry, which we are in, is encamped here. This is the nearest point from which to transport provisions to our army. The cars are running from the mouth of Aquia Creek to Brook's Station. The rood will be finished so that the cars can run to Falmouth in a day or two.
There is an army of about two hundred thousand of our men around Fredericksburg, and it is my impression that General Burnside in only waiting to get sufficiently supplied with provisions before he makes a blow at the enemy, and then you may lookout for his making a clear sweep to Richmond.
General Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana, and he is about 42 years of age. All the men that have been under him have the greatest confidence in him as a commander, and I think he is far ahead of General McClellan. We believe he is as anxious to bring this unhappy war to a close as the men themselves.
It is the universal wish of the soldiers to push forward and bring this hellish rebellion to an end. We don't want to go into Winter quarters. If we were to go into Winter quarters there would be great dissatisfaction amongst the troops.
I had the satisfaction of taking my old friends, D.C. Branham and F. L. Thompson by the hand. They only remained one day with us. I don't suppose that they were frightened at the rebs, for they go to see nary one.
Captain Patton, of company A, started home on the 26th, for the purpose of recruiting our regiment. He will visit Madison, and I hope the good people of your city will give him a cordial welcome, for Captain Billy is a clever fellow, and if any of the young gentlemen want to go to the war, they will never have a better chance than enlisting in the old 3d Indiana cavalry. They can get right into active service. Drilling is played out, and the fighting is all the go.
All the disabled are being discharged, which is perfectly right. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
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The Madison Daily Courier
M.C. Garber Editor
Saturday Evening, Feb. 7, 1863
From the 3d Indiana Cavalry
Camp near Pot Conoway, Va., on Picket, Jan. 24
Editor Courier:
On the 19th we were ordered to get ready to march. It was about seven o'clock in the evening. We all wondered where we were going. The boys commenced packing up and tearing their tents off their houses, which we regretted to leave, for we were fixed very snugly. But, notwithstanding all this, the boys were in good spirits, and all singing.-- Some of them sung a parody on John Brown. We soon found out where we were to go; we were to come here to go on picket.
Port Conoway is about twenty miles below Fredericksburg, and about one mile and a half from where ex-President Madison was born. This is a beautiful country, and there is plenty of everything--wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. Hunter's Bottom, in Kentucky, is no comparison to it. There are two brothers here by the name of Turner, who own two farms of 1,000 acres each, as fine farms as I ever beheld. One of these men has lost about $80,000 in negroes, and the other $60,000, besides a vast amount of produce, all on account of the rebellion.
The rebels picket very strongly opposite to us. Our line extends below here over to the Potomac.
About one week ago a Major and a Lieutenant of the rebel army were taking a ride in a skiff. They were gliding on the water gently, up and down the river, and they finally ventured a little too far. Lo! and behold! the wind commenced blowing, bringing them towards the shore. They worked manfully; the row-locks broke; they paddled; but all to no purpose. The boat would come to this side of the Rappahannock.
On reaching the shore, the Major sprang from his seat and enquired of one of our boys on picket:
"Where is the commander of this post?"
Picket -- "Have you any arms?"
Rebels -- "No."
Picket -- "I will show you the commander of the post."
The traitors were thereupon marched to headquarters. They begged very hard to be let off, but it was of no avail.
A member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment went over one day to visit the rebels and have a social chat, which he did, and returned unmolested. The invited him to return again on the following day, which he did; but when he got over, to his surprise, he discovered that they were not the same gentlemen he had visited the day before, and they took him prisoner and paroled him.
From appearances on the other side, it would seem the rebels are evacuating.
The health of the Regiment is at this time "bully."
In my next I will give you a list of the casualties in our Regiment since we have been in the service.
Yours as ever.
C. N. White
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The Madison Evening Courier
Madison, Wednesday, April 1, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Camp Near Stafford Court House
March 22nd 1863
Editor Courier:
As there is not much news afloat I thought I would give you a list of the casualties of our Regiment since we have been in the service; also a list of the Staff and Field officers, which will likely be interesting to the readers of your paper.
The Regiment is commanded as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel-George H. Chapman
Major - W. S. McClure
Adjutant - G.S. Taylor
Surgeon-E.W.H. Beck
First Assistant Surgeon - J. H. Knight
Second Assistant Surgeon - T. J. Fritts
Quarter Master - John Patton.
Com'ary of Subsistence - John Greiner.
The following are the casualties:
Company A - Captain William Patton commanding--Killed 2; died 2; wounded 9; discharged 12; recruited 18, taken prisoner, 0; deserted 0.
Company B - Captain B.L.A. Gresham commanding--Killed, 0; died, 3; wounded 3; discharged 7, recruited 35; taken prison 1; deserted 0.
Company C - Captain Charles Lemmon commanding--Killed 0, died 2; drowned 1; wounded 2, discharged 19; recruited 20; taken prisoner 2; resigned 2, deserted 1. This one that deserted was picked up here in Virginia. He was not one of the Hoosier boys. He was from the old country.
Company D --Lieutenant Kelsey commanding--0Killed 2, died 7; wounded 2; discharged 22, recruited 26; taken prisoner 8; resigned 3; deserted 0.
Company E -- Captain George H. Thompson commanding--Killed 2; died 3; wounded 3; discharged 10; recruited 7; taken prisoner 3; deserted 0.
Company F -- Captain T.W. Moffit, commanding--Killed 1; died 3; wounded 7; discharged 17; recruited 24; taken prisoners 10; deserted 3; resigned 2.
In addition to the above, the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel have resigned; also Assistant Surgeon Binger, and have gone home.
I will add a few remarks: I defy any regiment in the service to produce as good officers as we have. We are allowed as much privilege, if not more, than any set of men in the service. Our officers are sociable and affable.
Lieutenants Shannon and Greiner have returned from home, and the boys were glad to see them. Two finer officers could not be produced. Lieutenant Greiner fills his position "bully."
The weather is fair, and if it remains so you may look for a forward movement soon. The health of the regiment is good.
C. N. White
P.S. There have been three promotions from company E, which are all that have been made in the regiment; to wit: John Greiner, Commissary; George M. Gilchrist; Gam. S. Taylor, Adjutant. And I will say a word in regard to furloughs. We would all like to have one; but as it is only one man can go out of a company. A great many of the boys get letters from home, asking them why they don't come home on a furlough. This question is a humbug. When a set of men go we have to wait until the last one comes back before any more names goes in. At this time there is one man who went with the first batch of men, who has not returned, and we have to wait until he comes back before any more can go.
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The Madison Daily Evening Courier
D.W. Blymyer, Editor
Madison, Friday, September 25, 1863
Letter from the Third Indiana Cavalry
Headquarters Third Ind. Cav.
Raccoon Ford, Sept. 15, 1863
Mr. Editor
I will try to keep you posted on this grand move provided that the rebels don't put out my chunk.
On the 13th our Division crossed at Rappahannock Ford, and came upon the enemy near Brandy Station. We drove them before us easily. Our Division composed the center, General Gregg the right, and General Kilpatrick the left. Our forces captured three pieces of artillery at Culpepper. On this side of Culpepper the rebels took shelter in a large brick house, and commenced firing from the windows upon our men. Our battery opened upon the house and killed two citizens who were in the house at the time. The battery threw five shells into the house. Before we reached Culpepper, the rebels threw a solid shot through a splendid residence. It appears that the rebels don't care where they shoot.
One of the soldiers of the Eighth Illinois fought nineteen rebels. One came out of the woods and gave himself up, and then asked the Sucker what would be the chance of him getting home. The Sucker told him it would be good. The rebel hallood "Come on, boys," and eighteen more came out and gave themselves up to the Sucker.
One Captain of the Eighth Illinois captured four rebels by himself. The party had captured one Major and three privates the same day.
We arrived here on the 14th, and have been fighting the enemy pretty much all the time. They are making a stubborn resistance. Our infantry has not come up to us yet. Since we left Rappahannock Station the following casualties have occurred in our regiment:
Co. A, James Adams wounded in the bowels, mortally. Co. B, Lieutenant D. Davis, wounded n the thigh. Co. C, Simeon Banhs killed; Martin Heath, wounded in the arm, slightly; William Kana, wounded in the face; M.V. Walk, wounded in the forehead, slightly; Isaac Lewis, wounded in the elbow. Co. D, Sergeant B. Yonker wounded in the shoulder, slightly; G. Porter, wounded in the shoulder, slightly. Co. E, Corporal Robert Monfort wounded in the foot, slightly. The men of our regiment have behaved nobly.
Yesterday, two brothers of the Twelfth Illinois, attached to our regiment, met with a very severe accident, resulting in the death of one of them. One was shot through the left lung, and his brother, assisted by three other men, was carrying him off the field when he was shot through the right lung. The one that was shot first died within a few hours. The other one was living up to this time.
Colonel Chapman, Acting Brigadier General, had his horse shot. Major McClure is running this machine at present--does bully. Our officers, as a general thing, does pretty well. Captain Spencer, Thompson, Moffat, Tel and Greiham are all bully fellows.
The rebels shot a woman yesterday in the foot. If anything happens I will let you know. We are lying in camp today.
C. N. White
P.S. We are at present in camp at Stevensburg.
C.N.W.
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