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381 Series I Volume XLV-I Serial 93 - Franklin - Nashville Part I

Page 381 Chapter LVII. CAMPAIGN IN NORTH ALA. AND MIDDLE TENN.

The following is a list of the casualties in my brigade:

Report of casualties in Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps.

Killed Wounded Missing Total

Command. Off Men Off Men Off Men Offi Men Aggre

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23rd 1 1 - 13 - 3 1 17 18

Michigan

Infantry

80th - - - 6 - - - 6 6

Indiana

Infantry

129th - 4 1 12 - 1 1 17 18

Indiana

Infantry

111th 1 11 4 30 - 8 5 49 54

Ohio

Infantry

118th - 1 - 5 - - - 6 6

Ohio

Infantry

107th 1 1 2 15 - - 3 16 19

Illinois

Infantry

Total 3 18 8 81 - 12 11 111 122

Respectfully submitted.

ORLANDO H. MOORE,

Colonel Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry, Commanding, Brigade.

Lieutenant S. H. HUBBELL,

Actg. Asst. Adjt. General, Second Division, 23rd Army Corps.


HDQRS. SECOND Brigadier, SECOND DIV., 23rd ARMY CORPS,
In the Field, December 22, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my brigade in the battles of the 15th and 16th instant near Nashville, Tenn.:

I broke camp on the morning of the 15th, and had my command in readiness to move at 5 a.m. in pursuance of orders received from the general commanding the division the previous evening. Marched at 9 a.m., following Harvey's battery across the Franklin and Granny White pikes: halted near the Hardin pike and formed line of battle in rear of the First Prigade: remained in this position until 1 p.m., when I received orders to move by the right flank, conforming to the movements of the First Brigade, and moved to the right of General Smith's line. The lines were advanced a short distance, when the enemy opened fire upon us with artillery and infantry. I was ordered to move my brigade on the left of the First Brigade, and then charged the enemy. The enemy's artillery was soon captured by the troops on my right and his infantry routed. The troops moved on in disorder, owing to the roughness of the ground and the rapidity with which they advanced. The enemy made very little resistance; many of them were captured, and the rest fled and confusion. After following them nearly a mile I halted my command, formed line of battle in an advanced position, and, as night was setting in, threw up a line of breast-works and occupied the position during the night, my line connecting with the First Brigade on the right and General Smith's command on the left. Two of my regiments, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry and One hundred and twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, were sent, by direction of the general commanding the division, to the right of the division during the night. On the morning of the 16th the line was moved a short distance to the right to close an interval, and


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