80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, November 1862 History

*Dates*	*Synopsis of 80th Service*	*Quotes*
Nov. 1 Saturday	Danville. Regt. camped at Danville, Ky. Died at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Thomas Dunn Co. B Died. Cpl. Lewis J. Stevens Co. E	"We learn from the New Albany Ledger that a number of runaway negroes arrived on the banks of the Ohio below that city, opposite where a regiment of Indiana soldiers were stationed recently. The negroes stated that they were runaway slaves and wanted to get into Indiana. The Hoosier soldiers informed them that if they attempted to cross the river they would be fired upon; that their object in going to war was not to make Indiana an asylum for negroes. The slaves put back into Kentucky." --Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky., regarding an unidentified Ind. regt.
Nov. 2 Sunday	Danville. Regt. camped at Danville, Ky. In City Hospital, Louisville, Ky. Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell Co. C Pvt. Thomas Bicknell Co. I Pvt. William Blankenship Co. I Pvt. Calvin H. Frost Co. C Pvt. James H. Hood Co. G In Hospital No. 12, Louisville, Ky. Pvt. James F. Alford Co. D Pvt. John Gilley Co. D	"With regiment at Danville, Ky." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, personal diary.
Nov. 3 Monday	Died at Crab Orchard, Ky. Pvt. Louis Spears Co. K "winter fever" Died in hospital at New Albany, Ind. Pvt. William Hall Co. K "conjestive chill"	"Justice to the Eightieth Indiana requires that their valor on this hard fought field [Perryville] should be acknowledged. Though only a few weeks in the service, they behaved with the coolness and bravery of veterans, and won the highest praises from their companions in arms." --letter signed by "W" printed in Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 4 Tuesday
Nov. 5 Wednesday	Died at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Walter Wilson Co. G
Nov. 6 Thursday		"He [C.S.A. Gen. Braxton Bragg] said that he and his Government had been misled by their Kentucky friends, who had represented the State as ripe for revolution. They had been deceived, but the mistake was discovered too late. The campaign, he said, which they had urged, had been made, and made in vain, at a great cost of men and materials...He said they had anticipated obtaining not less than fifty thousand recruits, whereas they had not received five thousand." --New York Herald report reprinted in Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 7 Friday	Died at Columbia, Ky. Pvt. John Sheets Co. K "measles"	"I went to [teach at] my school as usual, but was met by a pupil whose father has sent me a daily paper containing a list of soldiers in the hospitals of Louisville [Ky.], with my husband's name among them. The news struck like a blow, and only one thought came, "I must go to him!" So leaving my school in charge of a young lady pupil, (it was on Friday) I went to the shop of my brother-in-law, told him the news and asked him to loan me $25, and take me to Vincennes [Ind.] to the [railroad] train. He willingly consented but on reaching Vincennes, found there was no train until the next morning.... You can imagine how trying was this delay. I might be too late." --Mrs. Charlotte Bicknell, wife of then Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell, Co. C, 80th Ind., from a Mar. 29, 1906, letter she wrote about her Civil War memories.
Nov. 8 Saturday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky. Died at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Morgan Johnson Co. D Pvt. George McElhany Co. G "conjestive chill" Died at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. John J. Welton Co. G	"Several soldiers were in my [railroad] car, and among them a noble looking [Army] officer, quite elderly, that I learned was Gen. O. O. Howard [General Oliver O. Howard]. Encouraged by his genial manner, I found an opportunity to address him and inquire about finding the hospital I sought. He kindly told me that he would help me find my husband but was engaged for that evening. However, if I would stop at the Galt House [hotel in Louisville], where he was located he would take a carriage in the morning and go with me to seek him. Another delay; but young and a stranger in the city, I could only wait." --Mrs. Charlotte Bicknell, wife of then Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell, Co. C, 80th Ind., from a Mar. 29, 1906, letter she wrote about her Civil War memories.
Nov. 9 Sunday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky.	"True to his promise Gen. Howard was ready about 8 o'clock in the morning. Driving to the address given he bade me remain in the carriage while he went into the hospital and made inquiries. Looking over the list there was no one on their books bearing that name, and they knew of no such man. But he was told that on the day previous, a number of soldiers had been sent out to Park Barracks, three miles in the country, as able to join their regiments, and he might be there. So we drove to Park Barracks, and sought for him. No such man was there. Still, there were a few of those men, not considered able to go to their regiments, and they had been returned to the city and taken to Jefferson Barracks. It was possible he might be there. We were soon there and again I sat in the carriage while Gen. Howard investigated, --but all in vain; no such name was on the books or known there. There was no more that we could do... But as long as memory lives, my heart will honor the name of Gen. O. O. Howard, he was ideally generous, kind and true." --Mrs. Charlotte Bicknell, wife of then Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell, Co. C, 80th Ind., from a Mar. 29, 1906, letter she wrote about her Civil War memories.
Nov. 10 Monday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky. Died at Perryville, Ky. Pvt. Amos R. McMullen Co. G "measles"	"The Eightieh Indiana regiment is at Danville, where letters to its' soldiers can be addressed for the present." --Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 11 Tuesday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky. Admitted to Hospital No. 11, Louisville, Ky. Cpl. Andrew J. Turney Co. B	"[Indiana Governor Oliver P.] Morton said he was just from the Federal Capital, with glorious news...The rebellion was on its last legs. Texas, the great source of supply of meat for the rebels, would be speedily cut off by our expedition of gunboats. We would starve them out, as we had commenced to do in the beginning. The North at last had come to be desperately determined. He assured those who heard him that they might go forth confident that victory would perch on the national standard..." --Chicago Times report reprinted in Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 12 Wednesday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky. Died at Bowling Green, Ky. Pvt. John Knowlen Co. G "typhoid fever" Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Benjamin Rosecrans Co. B	"I visited the 80th Indiana in camp near Danville, Ky., and found them much reduced from diarrhoea, yet in good spirits, and proud of the part they took in the battle of Perryville, Oct. 8th. I am happy to say the 80th is improving in health, and again ready to meet the enemy. They bore a conspicuous part in that sanguinary field, having to contend against one Tennessee, one Arkansas, and two Mississippi regiments, but they stood to their posts like veterans, notwithstanding they had only left camp one month before the engagement." --anonymous correspondent, Evansville Journal newspaper, Evansville, Ind.
Nov. 13 Thursday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky.	"I have taken some pains to ascertain the sentiments of the troops passing through this city, and I have almost unanimously found them to be, that they have arrived in "Dixie," in the land of the enemy, and are "to be let loose," to confiscate and appropriate or destroy as they please...And for the prevalance of such ideas the papers and those who control public sentiment in the North are responsible. These have ignorantly sneered at our former "neutrality," and so often spoken lightly of our Unionism, maintained at the expense of riven families and bleeding hearts, bitter reproaches, and often life itself, that our hard lot of being the outside row in the Union cornfields is now made still harder...It is time the locality of "Dixie" were determined -- that all Northern troops were taught emphatically that they have not reached its borders when they have crossed the Ohio river." --Correspondent "CIVIS," Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 14 Friday	Danville. Camped at Danville, Ky. Died at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Andrew Jewel Co. K "typhoid fever" Transferred from hospital at Lebanon, Ky., to hospital at New Albany, Ind. Cpl. Turner M. Johnson Co. K Reported as a deserter. Pvt. William Winas Co. I	"...a letter came from my husband, written on the very day that we so vainly sought him in Louisville, in the building we last visited. This was more than I could bear, and I sank down and gave way to a burst of tears. We had followed him from one place to another. He had been returned to the city barracks as unable to go to his regiment, but his name had not been registered, and he could not be found..." --Mrs. Charlotte Bicknell, wife of then Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell, Co. C, 80th Ind., from a Mar. 29, 1906, letter she wrote about her Civil War memories.
Nov. 15 Saturday	On the March. Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Henry Alvis Co. A	"My husband longed to be with his soldier friends, so, soon after this watching his chance, he started weak and alone, to walk to his regiment forty miles away. I only remember of one stop he made. Tired and hungry he called one night at a negro cabin, and asked to stay all night, saying that he was a soldier on his way to his regiment. She knew by his blue uniform that he was a Union soldier and all the negroes were for the union. He told her he had no money, but that he had a little coffee that he would give her. This pleased her, as the south had no coffee then. So she kindly took him in, cooked him a supper of corn-bread, bacon and coffee and made him a bed on the floor, where he was glad to lie down and rest... In the morning the kind woman gave him his breakfast and starting on he reached his regiment in safety." --Mrs. Charlotte Bicknell, wife of then Cpl. Eli P. Bicknell, Co. C, 80th Ind., from a Mar. 29, 1906, letter she wrote about her Civil War memories.
Nov. 16 Sunday	Columbia. Camped at Columbia, Ky. Died at Danville, Ky. Pvt. James Shaver Co. H
Nov. 17 Monday	Columbia. Camped at Columbia, Ky. 80th, as part of the 34th Brigade, was transferred from 10th Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio to District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio. Reported as a deserter. Pvt. Amon F. Watson Co. H "Hereafter no officer or private will be permitted to leave camp without a pass signed by the Commanding Officer of the Brigade...No citizen allowed within unless passed by the officer of the day." --Special Order 2 by Col. W. P. Reed, commanding 80th's Brigade.
Nov. 18 Tuesday	Election Held. Camped at Columbia, Ky. Elected by the men in Co. H. Sergt. Daniel C. Ashby Co. H, as 2nd Lieut. Sergt. Henry J. Higgs Co. H, as 1st Sergt. 1st Sergt. William H. H. Ivy Co. H, as Captain Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as Co. K officer. Sergt. Bailey McConnell as 2nd Lieut. Transferred from hospitals at Lebanon, Ky., to hospitals at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Henry Alvis Co. A Pvt. John Black Co. E or H? Pvt. Henry Blacketer Co. H Pvt. Morris Blair Co. H Pvt. Alonzo Coleman Co. G Pvt. Joseph Davidson Co. C Pvt. Joseph H. Higgins Co. A Pvt. David McNealy Co. H Pvt. Francis M. Sanders Co. C Pvt. Pleasant Smith Co. E	"Last Monday was County Court day...A large amount of property was sold under execution...A negro man sold for $815, an evidence that the "proclamation" has not rendered this species of property valueless." --Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 19 Wednesday	Rain and No Tents. Camped at Columbia, Ky. In hospital at Bowling Green, Ky. Pvt. Franklin Rogers Co. G	"...last Saturday Jobe [Pvt. Job F. Heath Co. H] and Deek Walker [Pvt. Dessix L. Walker Co. H] fell out of ranks some place they was bothe un well... We held an E lection yesterday for the pour pose of e lect a 2 lieu tenant...D C A [Sergt. Daniel C. Ashby Co. H] got 6 votes Gleeson [Pvt. Joseph P. Glezen Co. H] got 4 vots W H H ivy [1st Sergt. William H. H. Ivy Co. H] got 24 votes...it has been araining of ten on for 4 Days and it still looks like rain... [we are] with out eny tents..." --Sergt. Albert Pancake, Co. H, 80th Ind., in letter to his father William Pancake.
Nov. 20 Thursday	Columbia. Camped at Columbia, Ky.
Nov. 21 Friday	Columbia. Camped at Columbia, Ky.	"A soldier in one of the hospitals, who lost one of his arms, was rejoicing over the fact. Said he: "My grandfather lost a leg in the Revolutionary War, and our family have been bragging over it ever since. That story is an old one, and now I am going to be the hero of the family." --Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky., soldier and regt. not identified
Nov. 22 Saturday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Died at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Thomas J. Dedrick Co. H "It is hereby ordered that an election be held in Company H for a Captain. All the members of the Company will vote. No vote by proxy will be received. Any member of the Regiment is Eligible to the position." --Special Order No. 2 by Col. Charles Denby, commanding 80th Ind.
Nov. 23 Sunday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Died at Lebanon, Ky. Pvt. Thomas Bicknell Co. I Pvt. William P. Cannon Co. B
Nov. 24 Monday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Commissioned as Co. H officers. Sergt. Daniel C. Ashby as 2nd Lieut. 1st Sergt. William H. H. Ivy as Capt. In Hospital No. 1 at Danville, Ky. Pvt. David Bicknell Co. C Pvt. James Haskins Co. I Pvt. David Henson Co. K Pvt. George McElhaney Co. G Pvt. Colen N. Young Co. K In Hospital No. 2 at Danville, Ky. Pvt. David Fisher Co. K Pvt. Charles W. Morgan Co. B In Hospital No. 3 at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Wilford Mills Co. B Pvt. James M. Queen Co. B Pvt. Thomas Queen, Co. B In Hospital No. 4 at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Joseph Able Co. D Sergt. George W. Potter Co. G Co. H elections results. "In insurance of Special Order No. Two from Regimental Head Quarters, we hereby certify that an election was held in Company H for Captain and that at such election Wm. H. H. Ivy [1st Sergt. William H. H. Ivy, Co. H] received the number of twenty six votes, being a majority of all the votes cast." --Capt. James L. Culbertson Co. C Capt. Cutter S. Dobbins Co. B 1st Lieut. Jesse C. Kimball Co. A
Nov. 25 Tuesday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. In Hospital No. 5 at Danville, Ky. Pvt. Jefferson Jarrell Co. K Transferred from hospitals at Lebanon, Ky., to hospitals at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. James Adams Co. K Pvt. Edmund M. Barnett Co. E Pvt. George Breece Co. K Pvt. Jesse Bucknor Co. C Cpl. Henry Cook Co. G Pvt. Noah Cooper Co. K Pvt. James H. Finney Co. A Pvt. Benjamin F. Gibner Co. C Pvt. John Gilley Co. D Pvt. William Hedrick Co. C Pvt. John Hipple Co. A Pvt. Wilson Hunt Co. D Sergt. William Johnson Co. K Pvt. Edward Monk Co. K Pvt. Samuel Redman Co. F Pvt. John W. Robins Co. C Cpl. Charles Sellers Co. I Pvt. Joshua Shannon Co. A Pvt. Isaac Spillman Co. F Cpl. William Tomlinson Co. I Pvt. George T. Wagoner Co. D Pvt. Felix N. Westfall Co. F Cpl. William T. Whiting Co. F Pvt. George A. Williams Co. I Pvt. Richard L. Williams Co. G Pvt. Romelia B. Williams Co. F	"I had for dinner sausages and Cabbage and beans, Crackers and fat and molasses... you can tell Mag that it is out of the question to send my likeness [photograph] to her for I can't get it taken here... I was Knocked down in the battle...I was only stunned for a while in three or four days I was all right... The officers are not half as hard on us as I expected they would be on us and John Cooper [Cpl. John L. Cooper Co. E] is sick...and John Rutledge [Pvt. John B. Rutledge Co. E] is sick at this time. There is a great many sick in our regiment at this time..." --Pvt. Daniel McDonald, Co. E, in a letter to "Mother McDonald" from Columbia, Ky. "President Lincoln, in the course of an interview with unconditional Union Kentuckians, discussed at length the question of emancipation. He said he would rather die than take back a word of the proclamation of freedom, and he dwelt upon the advantages to the Border States of his scheme for the gradual abolishment of slavery...Mr. Lincoln also expressed his determination to enforce vigorous measures to rid the State of rebel sympathizers..." --Louisville Daily Journal newspaper, Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 26 Wednesday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Died in hospital at Danville, Ky. Sergt. George W. Potter Co. G "fever"
Nov. 27 Thursday	Thanksgiving. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Discharged from Army. Pvt. David Akin Co. B	"We shall meet, but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair; We shall linger to caress him when we breathe our evening prayer. When a year ago we gathered, joy was in his mild blue eye, But a golden cord is severed, and our hopes in ruin lie." --From the 1862 song The Vacant Chair by George F. Root
Nov. 28 Friday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Died in hospital at Danville, Ky. Pvt. James M. Queen Co. B
Nov. 29 Saturday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky.
Nov. 30 Sunday	Columbia. Camped near Columbia, Ky. Died in hospital at Columbia, Ky. Cpl. Christian Kolla Co. I Reported in Hospital No. 7 at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Job Meadows Co. C Reported in Hospital No. 12 at Louisville, Ky. Pvt. William D. Slaughter Co. C

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