The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-01-30

Capt. d. II. NOrtoR, Il. Il. Il. q, I'd OtUIs
SIR: In accordance with duty, have th,
honor to submit the report of the part thi
baigade, under my command, took in til.
recent battles before Murfrees6ero', Tenn
| The five regiments, 36th Ind. Maj. kinley
9th Ohio, Col. Anderson, gath Ohio. Col
Jones, S4th Ill, Colonel Waters and 23d
Ky. Maj Hamrick; aggregate officers and
men, 1888, LEFT our camp near Nashville
! Tenn, Dec. Goth, 1862, with the division
bivouaced that night in front of Lavergne
IL miles distant. Next day, eth, we NOV
ed to the west bank of Stewards creek,
miles, and my brigade was put 10 front &c
the right of the pike. the pekets ct the
enemy separated from ours by the creek
With light skirmisbing We rested here until
Monday morning, the 29th, when we receiv-
ed orders and NOV ed forward in double lines
Of battle, the Seth Ind. and 84sh Ill. in front
line; wading Stewart's creek, waist deep to
most of The men, to within p miles of Muir.
| frsesboro'. where we arrived near sun set,
with diminishing all the way which was on.
! IL ended by the close OF day-we there
rested fos the night. At early morn. Skin
mishing again commenced and continued
during the day with more severity than be-
fore, The artillery taking a heavy part
This ended again with the day. Up to this
time the loss 10 my brigade was ten woun-
ded. During the night the brigade was re-
lieved from the front by the brigade OF Col.
Hazsns. and returned to the rear to rest and
to be held in reserve. Thus on the bright
Wednesday morning, Dec. 2lst, the divis-
ion. under command of its brave General,
at early day was in battle line; the brigade
of Gen. Cruft on the right and that of Col
Hazan on the left, both in double lines with
nv brigade in reserve in rear OF the center,
in suppo,,ing distance. with the batteries OF
Cockerell aud Parsons in position to support
the lines. Whilst we were per.ectlng our
lines in the morning, the divisions OF Gens.
Neglev and Rousseau filed by my rear,
through a heavy cedar grove. which lay IN
the rear Of Gen. Crafts brigade, and imme-
diately to the right of my brigade: The
brigade Of Col. Hazens In an open cotton
feId, the pike dividing his lett from the
division OF Gen. Wood, the line OF these
two divisions resting nearly perpendicular
to the pike. The engagement had been
raging fercely some distance to our right
during the early morning, and at near
O'Clock the clash Of arms 10 our right had
SO far changed position. that saw the rear
OF my brigade would soon be endangered
hence l set about changing my front to the
rear, W hich was done in quick time. when
the left when changed little retired to
support the right of Col. Hazen's brigade.
then closely engaged with the enemy. Our
two brigades formed V. My brigade was
not more than thus fronted to the rear be-
fore the enemy appeared IN heavy lines.
pressing the forces of ours that had been
engaged to the right Of our division on our
new front in fearful confusion. In this new
formation the 9th Ohio aud Seth Ind. were
in the front line, the latter on the right sup |
ported in the second line by the S4th ILL.,,
and Esd Ky. with the Gath Ohio in an OBJ
liaue form a little to the right Of the rear
line In this shape the 36th Ind. and 9th
Ohio advanced into tie woodland about two |
hundred and fifty yards. and there met the |
enemy in overwhelming numbers. Here
Maj kinley, Capt. Shultz and others Of the |
36th lad fell, the former named badly woun- /
ded, the latter killed. Col. Anderson. of
the 9th Ohio, was here wounded, and his
Adj't.. a. G. Williams and Lieut.. Foster
fell dead, with several others Of their COM
rades. These two regiments were forced
from the woodland and retired to the right
n the direction of the pike. while the other
3 regiments. aided by the s gun battery.
by Lieut.. Parsons, with the eff.
icient aid OF Lieuts. Huntington and Cush-
ng. poured a CALLING fire into the ranks of
he pursuing enemy, causing him to break in
and retire back to the woods out
# our reach, leaving the field covered with
heir dead and dying, with the heavy loss OF
he a6th Ind, and 9th Ohio lying mingled
With them on the bloody held. After some
lalf hour or three quarters, the enemy re-
lewe'l his attempt to advance. but was again
epulsed with heavy loss on both sides, this
vas between IL AID l2 O'Clock. II enemy
loi longer appearing in our immediate front.
md the lines of our forces that had retired
" been driven from the right. by this time
we're reformed parallel with the pike So tina,
he from. of the brigade was again chang ed
10 as to assist the brigade of Col. Hazen 10
he direction as formed in the morning
The 9th Ohio and seth Ind. were soon
brown forward near the pike and had a
errlbe conflict with the enemy. Here Col.
Iones and Maj Terry both fell aud were
,arried off the field in dying condition.
Zach regiment of the brigade, from this un-
il night closed the awful scene, alternately
ook its part in holding the position that We
occupied in the morning. The enemy hav-
ng gained the heavy cedar woods to the
light of where we first took position in the
it became necessary to so change
ur po sition as to not be in reach OF small
rms from that woodland. hence. at night
Ill., the center Of the from, line of the brig.
de laid on the pike and diagonslly across
le same. fronting to the south east. our left
esting at the right lines OF Gen. Woods
vision. We were then little retired and
lie center OF the brigade about $50 yards to
ne left of where we commenced in the
forming. We ceased fighting for the night
the front lines on the pike. During The
az each demonstrating exhausted--had
replenish their ammunition, many of them
aving fired over loo rounds.
When Maj. kinley, of the 36'h Ind. fell,
early at the commencement In the morn-l
y, the command Of the regimen: devolved
pom Capt. Woodard. And upon the fall of
oil. Jones and Maj Terry. OF the cath O.,
apt. Weller was le.tin command.
Although was at Shiloh. and common