, 1864-12-23

zion then resumed Tho march to Nashville;
marching al nIsnt Fith ea1 ssh5 nm H
road about mile from town. The t0th Ohio Vas
the left Of tho brigade. the LEFT Of hts regi-
ent resting On ths Ean1lin t R9e fae on he
The 44th Missouri and 1s3d Ohio = their support
in The eecond line, occupying the same position
,elatye to the Franklin p'Ec as nc "a and 18th.
and had not finished when the. nrst assault
WIS made. The disposition q toe eaiance Of tho
ecssaEy for me to give It. A division Of the 9TH
Corps, in position in our immediate front with
sht i, sF TSs onp fomps1sd n , By t1o %
ia1i back II great confusion and disorder The
rebels, having previously u,assed their. forces on
the pke, plainly foreecelng that this was the SAIL
and even cfueeed our works with our OWL men;
The 5cth Ohio, being danked on tho LEFT hy the
rebels coming In on the road, vas compelled to
resisted apy further advance Of the enemy. The
rebels saw at once the advantage they had gainod,
and took possession Of the pits eFacnated by tbs
Isdlng fire, also to u. fire from parties Of the
enemy who had got under cover Of the second hne
OF works and our rear. As the four companies on
Se1 ; G Ss e e. n1s4 as
While executing this movement, Lieut. Jameson,
Of Co B, Was severely wounded and with 2 men ot
M s9 but reae5cd s ses
ond line: Lieut. Beegle, Of Co G. waa either Killed,
woundea or take4 prisoner, as S ne has got been
heard Of since. The yasney tnns & created WIS IN
stantlY hlledup by the enemy they at the same
time crowding Intoa gap between The nd and he
regiment Oh its right We were thus exposed to
epaladtng die rom bolh fanks' md nnaele to
tire to the second line, about out rods In The rear
During this movement Lieut.; Col. Stockton
was severely wounded ~, IN 1te neSk by =
Cd in Tie head and Lieut.. Packer, Of CO r
wounded, it IS Thought fatally, sa be could not be
removed to the rear. Capt E. e. PrioI, 3 CO.,
ment fell back, while leaning over the breast-.
works firing his revolver at the rebels crouch1ug
on The other side. He, also, could not be removed
was reformed and Capt Sexton, D Co., The senior
officer present, assumed command. Under cover
OF the darkness, Capt Sexton led the regiment IN
to @ our rs oe oe e caSr1y tho %
what WIS supposed, the pits On our left had not
been secccupied hy our forces, hat we're still held
sy hs enemy Ths wh ne e Ms
darkness, could not distinguish friend Or foe,
compelled us to tall back again: In this
charge Lieut. Stokes, Co., was shot through the
by our troops. under the caro- eAa FedcFa. Sur
geon, detailed to take charge Of the wounded Who
could a5 n9t be TemoTsd =, About ,s p A. tGapt Ssx
charge as unsuccessful as the first In thia charge
the e1ght corporals composing the color-suafd
were Filled OF wounded. Corp. Harvey Wilson,
the colors On the frat line ofworks. Immediately
after Corp. Jacob Galley. A Company, was Killed
in attempting to perform the same seed. In these
Capt. Carter, Company, volunteered to lead an
olher regiment In a charge to regnin the works
from which they had been driven, and II ia feared
that he was killed OF severely wounded, as he was
seen to fall and did not return with the regiment
when it was compelled to retire. Our lossea fully
attest the bravery Of men and officers. The regi-
mcnt went into the fgght $50 strong; 1t lost out
OF 10 officers, aud 143 enlisted men-tota1, Isl.
could mention particular instances Of bravery, but
By doing so might be unjust to others whose
equally daring deeds did not come under my no.
Of the force evacuated the town. We reached
Nashville on the afternoon Of Dec. Lat. We ara
now In the 1st brigade, Sd division, detachment
Army OF tue Tennessee, Mai Gen. A. ]. Smith
commanding. This is the mall address Of the
regiment E.