The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-07-14
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Tons lf tine 2ISt OnlO henilnchO, ""
rim. i.. memorable Georgia cam
pasl, viii be read with interest by
those who have had friends and reIa
tivos in that gallant rrgiment' nc Nc
county in the State OF Ohl1 mas greas
er reason for patriotic prize III .h' W
noble services of her 20, lanI son'
than Hancock. Here is the iepo. -
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ATLANTA. Ca, Sept. ., 1854
! SIN: In obedience to orders, ]
have the honor to report the opera.
tions of the 2lst Regiment Ohio In.
fantry Volunteers under my com
mand in the Georgia campaign to the
morning of September 2, 1864
! The regiment moved under com
mand of Colonel James NJ. Neibling,
from Ringold, Ca, May Z, and he
continued TO command it until the
morning of May 2S, when he was Sc
verely wounded, and the command
devolved upon myself. Not being
present the hrst sixteen days of the
campaign, ! cannot mention definite
ly the operations for that time. The
regiment, however, participated in
the affair at Buzzard Roost, and sub.
scquently in the affair at Resaca.
The casualties in the regiment, to
the time of my taking command, are
one enlisted man killed, and fourteen
enlisted men wounded in action
May 81, Lieut.. John w. Berry, hav-
ing his company (K) deployed as
! skirmishers in an attempt 60 regain u
/ hill which was abandoned without u
light on the evening of the 9th be
fore, at Pumkinvinc Creek, lost six
men killed and two wounded. This
little dash gave us the crest of hill
which commanded the position of the
enemy in our which position
was held by this regiment until the
enemy Withdrew. The firing on both
sides continued incessantly between
the skirmishers and pickets. 1t would
make this report too volTiinous to
detail the numerous skirmishes and
hrings, earth works built and march.
es performed by this regiment during
the campaign. 1t has written its his
tory in this respect indellibly from
Ringgold to Jonesboro, Ga, during
4 period of three months and twenty
days ofrestless vigilance For twelve
days together it occupied the front
line ut Bald Knob, before Kencsaw
Mountain, sustaining loss OF one Of
.ficer, the gallant Lieutenant Dilworth
killed, and eleven men killed and
wounded. The artillery practice at
tins position was the most desperate
| have witnessed Near Winnings
Station, Ga, on the 9th of july, 1864,
the regiment had most spirited af
fair with two regiments OF the enemy,
the 4th Mississippi and 5fth Louis.
lana, driving them out Of their rifle
pits into their main works, killing and
wounding number and capturing
seventeen prisoners and their ord
nance store My regiment com.
menced the attack with twelve Off
GERS and three hundred and eighty
two enlisted men. Our loss was iir-
teen enlisted men killed, aud two Off.
GERS and thirty-sevcn enlisted men
wounded and one officer missing =
The regiment continued to hold the
captured works and to annoy The en-
envy in his main works. During the
night he abandoned his whole line
North Of the Chattahooche, and hy
four o'clock, A. ~, the 10th, The
sliirmish line, under Captain Daniel
Lewis, advanced, and III a short time
reached the river. In this affair no
other troops chan my own regiment
were engaged on our side; and it was
q fair specimen OF the tenacious
fighting qualities displayed on other
other occasions by the gallant officers
and brave men composing this com
mand.
On the 2lst of July, while march.
ing in line of battle, the gallant Gap
tain Lewis above named was killed.
In the operations before Atlanta the
regiment was under the enomy's fire
every day, and though no general
battle was delivered by either side
along our immediate front, our list Of
casualties became large from the al
most incessant sAolling andmusketry
of the enemy. IN the battle before
Jonesboro, Septe,lber lst inst. which
resulted so gloriously to our arms,
this regiment was eng"g ed, charging
through :. dense brush thicl ri under
q murderous FIRE fron the enemy,
losing five enlisted men killed, thirty
enlisted men wounded, and oue en-
listed man missing; and captured one
rebel Adjutant, fix men and twenty
four stand OF arms.
We took prisoners aa follows:
July 8, eighteen privctes, at Vim
ing's Station.
July 10, five privates, st Vinirg's
Station.
July 20, one private, on Nancy's
Creek.
July %, two rrivat2s, on Peach
Tree Creek.
Sept. l, one olcer and six pri-
Yates, at Jonesboro, Georgia.
Total, thirty-threo. Total stand
of arms captured, fifty four.
Our casualties are:
Officers killed 2
Officers wounded b
! Privates killed 32
Privates wounded ll9