80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, January 1863 History

*Dates*	*Synopsis of 80th Service*	*Quotes*
Jan. 1 Thursday	Died at Columbia, Ky. Pvt. James Lunday Co. I Captured by Morgan's Raiders at Columbia, Ky. Cpl. Robert M. Henry Co. H Pvt. Elijah E. Richardson Co. H Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Abraham Keasley Co. C Cpl. Francis M. Keith Co. C Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Andrew Stephens Co. H	"on the first day of january, '63, on new ers (New Year's) day we were all captured bye morgins kentucky Raiders. thare were 90 of us in all, sick and nurses, Robert M. Henery [Cpl. Robert M. Henry of Co. H], my step brother was with me. we were all swrn to wRiten paroles as prsisners. next day him and i reported to our regment, the 80 company, H. the curnel [the 80th's commanding officer Colonel Charles Denby] sed he had no controle over us But he could advise us what to doo. tolde us we could go home if we wanted to, so we reported to govner morton [Ind. Gov. Oliver P. Morton] n 30 dayes so we don so and were home three weakes then we repoorted to the govner, was sent out to the Exchange Barox (barracks) stade there all winter. In May the 7 i was Exchanged Back to the servis went to my regment..." --Pvt. Elijah E. Richardson Co. H, 80th Ind., from a letter he wrote March 11, 1916 about his Civil War service. At the time of his capture Pvt. Richardson was detached from the 80th serving as a Nurse in an Army hospital at Columbia, Ky.
Jan. 2 Friday	Morgan Breaks the Railroad. Federal report on cavalry raid into Ky. led by C.S.A. Gen. John Hunt Morgan in late Dec. '62. "Morgan destroyed Bacon Creek and Nolin bridges and trestle-work at Elizabethtown and Muldraugh's Hill. Will take four or five weeks to repair damage."
Jan. 3 Saturday	Died at Lebanon, Ky. Pvt. Archibald Warnock Co. A "I am advised that it is contemplated when the Legislature meets in this State to pass a joint resolution acknowledging the Southern Confederacy, and urging the States of the Northwest to dissolve all constitutional relations with the New England States. The same thing is on foot in Illinois. --Ind. Gov. Oliver P. Morton, telegram to U.S. Sec. of War Edward M. Stanton
Jan. 4 Sunday
Jan. 5 Monday
Jan. 6 Tuesday	Discharged from the Army due to wounds received in action at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. William Alford Co. D Pvt. John Brewer Co. B Pvt. Elisha E. Gilley Co. D
Jan. 7 Wednesday	Discharged from the Army due to wounds received in action at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. Benedict R. Bixler Co. F Pvt. Joseph Howard Co. K Pvt. George Rogers Co. F	"On Thursday night last, as Lieut. L .C. Turbett [2nd Lieut. Lewis C. Turbett Co. I] was returning home from a party a few miles from Vincennes, Indiana, in company with his wife and another lady, the horse attached to the buggy shied at an object on the road, throwing one of the wheels on to a stump. As Lieut. T jumped from the buggy his pistol fell from his belt, and striking the wheel, caused its discharge, the ball entering the lower part of the abdomen, and death ensued in a few hours. He belonged to the 80th Indiana Regiment." Daily Evening Gazette newspaper, Indianapolis, Ind.
Jan. 8 Thursday	Died at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. William J. Richardson Co. H	"...there were 90 poor unfortunate men ready to embark, and most of whom were disabled for life in the battle of Chaplin Hills [Perryville]. Some had legs amputated, others were minus arms...They generally appeared lively, but what made them so? It certainly was not the ride they were about to take in the [railroad] cars, for every joult would add to their pain. Their future prospects in life could not produce pleasurable emotions; for being deprived of the use of their limbs, how will they be able to obtain a comfortable living for themselves and families? Ask them where they are going and they will reply with a smile: "I am going home!" This solves the problem and explains the mystery." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written while sick in Hospital No. 8, Lebanon, Ky.
Jan. 9 Friday	Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Hugh Evans Co. B
Jan. 10 Saturday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky.	"Without the agricultural and domestic labor of the slaves, tens of thousands of whites, who have been and are now in the rebel army, could not have been withdrawn from the cultivation of the ground, and the various other pursuits requisite to supply, for that whole region, of the actual necessities of life. Without the slaves, their numerous and extensive earth works, fortifications, and the like, their immense transportation of military stores and munitions, a vast amount of labor in camps and on marches (to say nothing of the active service as soldiers, said in many instances to have been rendered by slaves), could by no possibility have been accomplished. The intent and design of the proclamation [the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas in rebellion] its actual effect, if it has its intended operation, is forever to deprive the "enemy" of this vital, absolutely essential, and as I have just said, indispensable, means of carrying on the war." --Charles P. Kirkland, article in Princeton Clarion newspaper, Princeton, Gibson County, Ind.
Jan. 11 Sunday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky.
Jan. 12 Monday	Resignation Letter. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Letter of resignation by Col. Charles Denby commanding 80th to U.S. Maj. Gen. W. Foster, Asst. Adj. Gen., Dept. of the Ohio. "I hereby tender my immediate and unconditional resignation of the position of Colonel of the 80th Regiment Indiana Volunteers on the grounds of physical disability. I suffer habitually in riding with a very severe cramp in my left leg - walking affords no relief. The cramp is caused by an accident which happened many years ago and the side effects whereof were scarcely felt by me until after I entered the service. I have consulted various medical advisors who uniformly say there can be no remedy. I have therefore no recourse left but to return to a sedentary life." Died in hospital at Jeffersonville, Ky. Pvt. John Hunley Co. H, "leg amputation"
Jan. 13 Tuesday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Joseph W. Showse Co. G
Jan. 14 Wednesday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Died at New Haven, Ky. Pvt. John S. Cox Co. C Died at home in Alfordsville, Ind. Pvt. Nathaniel McCard Co. D
Jan. 15 Thursday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Oliver Williams Co. C	"I learned from a Ohio gentleman who has tried it, that to grind up [army hard] crackers in a coffee mill, mix it up and set it where it will keep a little warm about two hours to rise, then stir in one third as much flower alone. He says they are as light as buck wheat, and he considers them better than buck wheat cakes. When I get to camp I must try it." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written while sick in Hospital No. 8, Lebanon, Ky.
Jan. 16 Friday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Died at Lebanon, Ky. Pvt. Joseph L. Melton Co. C, "measles" Discharged from the Army due to wounds received in action at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. James Harvey Co. K Resigned from the Army. Capt. Cutter S. Dobbins Co. B 1st Lieut. Thomas J. Walker Co. I	"My letters from home had so accumulated that they nearly filled up my side coat pockets & I found it necessary to destroy some of them...I read over these mementoes of affectionate regard, one by one, and placed them in the stove before me to be consumed, turning my head that my eyes might not behold the scene." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written while sick in Hospital No. 8, Lebanon, Ky.
Jan. 17 Saturday	Change of Command. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Resignation from the Army accepted. Col. Charles Denby F&S
Jan. 18 Sunday	Brooks Takes Command. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as 80th officers. Lieut. Col. Lewis Brooks F&S, as Col. Capt. James L. Culbertson Co. C, as Maj. Maj. George T. Simonson F&S, as Lieut. Col.
Jan. 19 Monday	Promotions Continue. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. C officer. 1st Sergt. John T. Cochran Co. C, as Capt. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. William Fry Co. K Pvt. William D. May Co. E Pvt. John A. Rutter Co. F	"I now seat myself to inform you that I am yet enjoying good health. Hoping when these lines comes to yore hand that find you all enjoying the same... We have been under marching orders but we haven't started yet and I don't know when we shall. We have plenty to eat yet. We don't suffer for anything to eat." --Pvt. Daniel McDonald Co. E, letter to his wife Julia from New Haven, Ky. "It is worthy of remark that since I entered the army I have not been so subject to cold[s] as I have only been attacked twice...last October, where I slept near a fire in a comfortable room, and the other since I entered the hospital where the room is kept constantly warm. Whereas on the other hand I have slept out in the open air with insufficient covering in the rain, in frost, and in due so heavy as to wet my blanket completely through, and would take no cold from it." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written while sick in Hospital No. 8, Lebanon, Ky.
Jan. 20 Tuesday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. William Forrester, Co. F Pvt. Charles Kimens, Co. G Pvt. Thornton McCoy Co. G Pvt. Joseph Wallace Co. F
Jan. 21 Wednesday	New Haven. Camped at New Haven, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. David Henson Co. K Pvt. Jesse J. Overton Co. E Pvt. Jacob M. Pruett Co. E Reported as a deserter. Pvt. William Mairis Co. A
Jan. 22 Thursday	On the Cars. Departed New Haven, Ky. by railroad train enroute to Louisville, Ky. Discharged from the Army due to wounds received in action at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. Gregory Roth Co. F Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Joseph Dunning Co. G	"The stage [coach] drove in at 1 o'clock and out stepped Dr. Jacquess [George B. Jacquess 80th Field & Staff] and Capt. Tucker [John W. Tucker], of Company D. I had but a few minutes conversation with the Dr. as he was going out on the 2 o'clock [railroad] train to New Haven [Ky.]. I told him I felt about well enough to join the regiment, but that I had hoped to be paid off before I left here so I could get a good pair of boots, for the water ran through the pores of my shoes and on a march or while slopping about in camp my feet would be constantly wet...he voluntarily loaned me six dollars, for which I gave him my due bill and many thanks. I went to the boot store and purchased a most excellent pair of thick, water proof boots that came up to my knees for $5.00." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen, Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written while sick in Hospital No. 1, Lebanon, Ky.
Jan. 23 Friday	Louisville. Arrived at Louisville after midnight. Marched to a campground and set up tents. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Samuel A. Thorp Co. G Pvt. Joshua Westhaver Co. B Resigned from the Army. 2nd Lieut. James H. C. Lowe Co. F Reported as deserters. Sergt. Uriah Clements Co. B Cpl. Patrick R. Doyle Co. B	"We have left New Haven on the 22nd. We got on the [railroad train] cars and came here to Louisville last knight about 2 o'clock and I cant tell where we shall go from here. We expect our pay before we leave here... Our Cornal [Col. Charles Denby] has resined [resigned] and gone home and I don't no the cause of it and our leutenent cornal [Lt. Col. Lewis Brooks] has gone for some time but I dont know whether he is gone for good or not... We have plenty to eat yett we have fresh pork when ever we want it. Generly do our own buchering." --Pvt. Daniel McDonald Co. E, letter to his parents.
Jan. 24 Saturday	Louisville. Camped at Louisville, Ky. Resigned from the Army. Chaplain M. M. C. Hobbs F&S
Jan. 25 Sunday	Louisville, Ky. Camped at Louisville, Ky. Died at Columbia, Ky. Pvt. John W. Merritt Co. C, "measles" Discharged from the Army. Pvt. James C. Alvis Co. A
Jan. 26 Monday	Louisville, Ky. Camped at Louisville, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Cpl. Thomas J. Alford Co. D Pvt. Henry Blacketer Co. H Pvt. Jacob Warner Co. K	"Arrived in camp [from extended hospital duty at Perryville, Ky.] at 8 A.M. found the boys all well." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, personal diary.
Jan. 27 Tuesday	Taking the Cars. Left camp at 2:00 P.M. Departed Louisville at 3:00 P.M. by railroad train bound for Elizabethtown, Ky. Spent night on the train. Died in hospital at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Wilford Miles Co. B Discharged from the Army. Pvt. James H. Hood Co. G Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Jacob McMullin Co. E	"We left camp at 2 P.M. and went to the depot. We boarded a train and were on the cars all night." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, personal diary. "After reaching here we learned that our Regiment left the city today on the 3 o'clock train for Elizabethtown, on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, with 130 men able for duty. It is said that they are permanently detached from the Brigade, and are ordered there to guard a bridge. The railroad has been torn up this side of Elizabethtown [by C.S.A. cavalry raiders led by Col. John Hunt Morgan], and is not yet repaired, so to reach that place it will be necessary to march 13 miles." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written at Louisville, Ky.
Jan. 28 Wednesday	Elizabethtown. Train unable to reach Elizabethtown due to destruction caused by C.S.A. Cavalry. Marched 11 mi. to Elizabethtown along Louisville & Nashville railroad track. Camped in or near Elizabethtown, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Joseph R. Blanford Co. B Pvt. George W. Meadows Co. F	"We are in a good room to stay all night." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, personal diary.
Jan. 29 Thursday	Near Elizabethtown. Guarding Louisville & Nashville railroad near Elizabethtown, Ky. Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Joseph B. Richardson Co. H	"I met with Thos. Cook [Pvt. Thomas J. J. Cook Co. H] to dine with his sister, Mrs. Summers, who resides in the city...John Mayo [Pvt. John W. Mayo Co H], James McCorkle [Pvt. James A. McCorkle Co. H], and James Thompson [Pvt. James Thompson Co. H], arrived here today from [Winslow in] Pike [County, Ind.]. The two former having been parolled after battle at Perryville, and since exchanged, and the latter who went home in November, having mashed his hand, and went home to let it heal up. After dark it was announced that we can get to the Regiment on the train starting early in the morning." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written at Louisville, Ky.
Jan. 30 Friday	More Promotions. Guarding Louisville & Nashville railroad near Elizabethtown, Ky. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. B officers. 1st Sergt. Thomas J. Brooks Co. B, as Capt. 2nd Lieut. James T. Melton Co. B, as 1st Lieut. Sergt. James E. Walker Co. B as 2nd Lieut. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. D officer. 1st Sergt. Isum Gwin Co. D, as 2nd Lieut. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. G officer. Sergt. Jeremiah C. Gladish Co. G, as 1st Lieut. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. I officer. Sergt. William S. Emery Co. I, as 2nd Lieut. Died in hospital at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Samuel Risley Co. C, "consumption" Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Robert Moats Co. C Pvt. Francis R. Tewell Co. B Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Leonard Mattingly Co. B	"I met with Captains Culbertson [James L. Culbertson Co. C] & Spain [Harrison M. Spain Co. E] and Lieutenant Kimble [Jesse C. Kimball Co. A] of the 80th. They have been home and are going to Elizabethtown in company of our squads tomorrow morning. I inquired how things looked in Indiana and, Captain Culbertson shook his head and replied that matters there looked "squally enough", that things looked "streeked". Can it be possible that the rebellion is going to spread into Indiana? Heaven forbid that the horid scenes enacted in Kentucky and Tennessee and other states in the Union, should be re-enacted on Indiana soil!" --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written at Louisville, Ky.
Jan. 31 Saturday	Near Elizabethtown. Guarding Louisville & Nashville railroad near Elizabethtown, Ky. Strong wind and cold rain after dark. Discharged from the Army due to wounds received in action at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. John Lavely Co. B Discharged from the Army. Pvt. Samuel Lunday Co. B Pvt. William Shoemaker Co. I	"...our Regiment is divided up in squads of one or two companies in a place to guard the [rail]road, and is scattered along for 10 or 12 miles of the track. Companies H. and C. are about 2 miles from town...My own opinion is that our Regiment is so nearly "plaid out" that we will only be used to guard bridges or something of that kind. Our 1st Lieutenant Collins [John J. Collins Co. H] has resigned and gone home. I have no idea who will be his successor nor do I suppose we have enough men to hold an election." --Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H, 80th Ind., diary entry, written near Elizabethtown, Ky. "Owing to hard service, the health of the 80th Regt., Ind. Vols. is so bad that we have got permission to go into Convalescent Camp, and have been assigned to this post, Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky., a healthy location, with good hospital advantages, where we expect to collect all our sick." --Surg. George D. Jaquess F&S, 80th Ind., public appeal for hospital stores, sent to newspapers in S.W. Ind., Jan. 31, '63.

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	January 1863 80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry An American Civil War Regiment
Private Elijah E. Richardson of Company H, 80th Indiana Captured by Morgen's Raiders on January 1, 1863 at Columbia, Ky. Photograph courtesy of Elijah's Great Grandson John Wineinger Image displayed above has been electronically enhanced by Deep Vee Productions