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372 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II

Page 372 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. Chapter LVII.

1,000 rounds time-shell, light 12-pounder; 3,000 rounds percussion-shell, Schenkl 3-inch rifle; 1,000 rounds fuse-shell, Hotchkiss 3-inch rifle; 500,000 rounds cartridges, elongated ball, caliber .58. General Donaldson has received orders to take it on board.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General.

NASHVILLE, December 27, 1864.

Brigadier-General WHIPPLE,

Chief of Staff:

Telegram received. Ammunition will be shipped to-night.

A. MORDECAI,

Captain and Chief of Ordnance.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 27, 1864.

Captain MORDECAI,

Nashville:

Report immediately the number of pieces of artillery that has been captured from the enemy during the recent engagements and up to the present time; also the number of small-arms collected on the field.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

NASHVILLE, December 27, 1864.

Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,

Chief of Staff, Department of the Cumberland:

Fifty-three pieces of artillery, with carriages complete, have been collected, as having been captured on the 15th and 16th instant; two more have arrived from Franklin. Three thousand and thirty-four small-arms have been shipped up from the battle-field of the 15th and 16th instant. A full report is forwarded to-day.

A. MORDECAI,

Captain and Chief of Ordnance, Department of the Cumberland.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 27, 1864.

Captain A. MORDECAI,

Nashville:

Yours of to-day received. More guns, probably six, will be shipped from Columbia as soon as road is open, and we got two out of the creek at this place yesterday. The rebels destroyed much ammunition and about 1,000 muskets here.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General.


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