No. 111.
Report of Col. Charles A. Zollinger, One hundred and twenty-ninth
Indiana Infantry, of operations November 23-December 5, 1864.
HDQRS. 129TH REGT.
INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Nashville, Tenn., December
5, 1864.
COLONEL: I have the honor to transmit the following as a
part taken by the One hundred and twenty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry in the late campaign in Tennessee:
On the morning of November 23, 1864, my regiment was put
aboard the cars at Johnsonville, Tenn., from which place we proceeded to
Columbia, Tenn., arriving there on the morning of the 24th, and took position
on the right of One hundred and eighteenth Ohio, in support of brigade. At 10
a.m. same day was ordered out to protect the railroad bridge across Duck River,
where we remained until after dark, at which time we were ordered to move and
join the brigade. We there took position on right of brigade and fortified
during the night. At this place we remained until 2 a.m. November 26, when we
moved back (with brigade) to Duck River bridge, where we again fortified, and
kept the position until 2 a.m. November 28, at which time we were ordered to
cross the river (crossing on railroad bridge), where we again took position in
support of the brigade, and remained in that position until 8 p.m., when we
were ordered to take position in front line on the right of the One hundred and
eighteenth Ohio, where we fortified during the night, and remained at our works
until 12 m. November 29, when we were ordered to move in rear of the One
hundred and eighteenth Ohio in the direction of Franklin, Tenn., and on
arriving within two miles of Spring Hill was ordered back one mile and a half
to guard a point until Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and one
division of Fourth Army Corps should pass, which we did, and at 12 o'clock
(midnight) we started and rejoined the brigade near Spring Hill, and without
halting marched with it to Franklin, arriving at daylight November 30. Breakfast
over, we took position near town, near Franklin pike, where we fortified and
sent out pickets. At 4 p.m. the enemy advanced in three lines of battle, drove
in our pickets, and charged our works repeatedly, with heavy slaughter to
themselves and comparatively small to us. At about 3 a.m. December 1 we moved
out in direction of Nashville, Tenn., where we arrived same evening and where
we still remain.
In closing this report I have the honor to state that the
officers and men of my command discharged every duty assigned them cheerfully
and promptly, and deserve the title of true soldiers and devoted friends of our
country.
List of casualties of my regiment are as follows.*
I am, sir, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. A. ZOLLINGER,
Colonel, Commanding
129th Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
Col. O. H. MOORE,
Comdg. Second Brig., Second
Div., Twenty-third Army Corps.
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* Nominal list (omitted) shows 4 men killed, 1 officer and
15 men wounded and 2 men missing.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
45, Part 1 (Serial No. 93), p. 384-5
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