Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-12-14
Incidents Of the Lafe Great
Rattzee FRANKLIN, Fenns
oALLaSTRY, Of col oPDTckE AND TIE IN
yNcIBLR l25TH OHIO.

~oALLaSTRY, OF o oPDTckE And TIE IN
yNcIBLR l25rH OHIO.
Daring the bloody. desperate batsls-at1
Franklin. Tennessee, on the 39th uft.
one onset OF the rebels was 80 i~rresist-
able a. to break our lines. IL is dssorib-
ed by q Nashville letter writer in the
Cincinnati GGsetfS.
;Soldiers,-said the rebel general Hood
you have but to break yonder lines,
and Nashville with all its spoils becomes
your Own! Break yonfer lines. and the
war in Tennessee Is ended Break them,
and there IS no longer any force to with
stand your triumphant march to Ohio !
Soldiers! follow med"
Loud cheers rent the air ana in a tu-
multi OF enthusiasm and heroim, the reb-
els rushed frengiedly toward our works,
with the settled determination to take
them or die. ~
Shot. shell and musket bali seemed to
have no ettect ia staying the progress of
that charged multitude than feathers and
SNOW fakes. Hundreds OF them fell By
the way, but hundreds more reached the
parapets. stuck their guns under the be ID
logs and fired, mounted over the works,
charged with the b~ayonet. and at one
point, where Cox's and Isgner's men
fought together, they actually brok our
line and drove Us from the Horksi
oPpTcKk REsToRfs n.
The moment vas an exceedingly crit.
ieL one. and General Stenley's Keen eye
towards Col. Qpdycke, 18th Ohio, whose
brigade had beer a: yes bat partially en-.
gagged .'Opdycke" said the Gen, ''our
80 I, krOtan .znlAr 80 rn, $1,000.
ed" 1T shall be" replied the gallant
and other regiments of that brigade,
fallen back rallied; the soldier whose am
muuition wes exhausted went at the"gray
backs" with his bayonet or the butt
end OF bis musket, and OF all who entered,
only al insigni6eant few flung themselves
over the parapst and tsd back 40 their
rs5sl comrades.
We have received a short pencil note
dated Nashville, December I'd, from one
who was IN The battle of tie S0fh, which
saws; We ~repulsed the enemy night be-
fore last at Franklin, With great sisogh-
ter 20 them. Oar loss from loo TO 1900
killed and wounded. Rebei loss over,
8. 900 killed and wounded, and we cap
tured 1880 prisoners aud II stand OF
oolors. Opdyck's Brigade did nobiy and
saved the army BY filing q gap created
In the line whels some conscr"o Tell
back"
The correspondent OF the New York
Herald in describing the break IN oar
cenue-WagnePs and Biley's brIgades
-ca The third assault OF the rebels says;
The charge was 50 impetuous, the exhsus
ton of u men - great, that the centre
was broken. The We brigades swung
wide apart, as you have seen hugh gates
swung open. In this case they swung
open to reveal 0pdycke's brigade IN re-
serve.
"Oodycke, ! want that line restored r.
cried Stanly-
Conclude It done, General" va. the
prompt reply -.
The rebels were nov within our works,
yelling ike demons. Wasner's men on
their left, aud Riley's on their right. con-
tinued TO pour upon their TANKS an efec-
tive fire, and when Colone. Opdycke
charged rapidly upon them, the rebels
turned in still greater confusion and fed,
leaving a large number of wounded and
not less than seven battle flags In Colonel
Qpdyeke'e possession.
A correspondent OF the Cleveland Her.
aid, furnishes additional particulars, as
follows:
There are numbers OF our men who are
reported missing, who were no doubt kill
ed as we fought SO long and subsequent
ly re:reated in darkness. we were unable
to identity our dead. General Stanley was
slightly wounded il the neck; Opdycke
had a horse shot under him. Generals
Schofeld, Cox, Wagner, and Ruser were
on the field under the hottest fire and
seemed as Indifferent TO danger as they
would on review.
append a list Of the casualties IN the
l25th Ohio, and ] trust your readers will
not fail TO appreciate our brilliant victory
Had it not been for the first Brigade the
battle of Franklin might have been a VIC
tory glorious to the Southern rms.
List of casualties in the l25th o. Volun
teers. on the 29th and Both of November.
1861