No. 132.
Report of Capt. Jacob
Miller, Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry,
of operations
December 15-16, 1864.
HDQRS. SIXTEENTH
KENTUCKY VETERAN VOL. INFANTRY,
Spring Hill, Tenn.,
December 22, 1864.
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to make the following report of
the part my regiment took in the movement of the army on the 15th and 16th
instant:
On the 16th [15th] instant, at 6.30 a.m., we moved from our
camp in rear of our works, on the right of the Franklin pike, and formed
column, by division, en masse with the brigade. Soon after orders were
received, and we moved to the right of our line, where our regiment again
formed line of battle, the One hundred and fourth Ohio and Twelfth Kentucky
resting in our front. At 12 m. it was evident that a move was being made to the
right. At 1 p.m. orders were again received, and we continued our movement
slowly to the right. At 4 p.m. we again formed line of battle for the purpose
of supporting the Third Brigade of the Second Division, which at the time was
advancing a short distance to the right and about 100 yards to the front. Soon
the rattle of musketry was heard, and we were ordered forward on double-quick
to form on their right and rear, their right having become hotly pressed. Night
coming on the Third Brigade, Second Division, was withdrawn and we moved
forward and took position on the line they had occupied, with our right resting
on the Twelfth Kentucky and left on the One hundredth Ohio. By direction of
Colonel Doolittle, commanding brigade, we constructed a line of earth-works
during the night to protect our front. During the whole time we were
constructing our works the enemy's sharpshooters, a few hundred yards in our
front, and immediately in front of works they were at the same time
constructing, kept up a constant firing. On the morning of the 16th no change
on the part of the enemy in our front was visible, only that they had finished
their works, some 400 yards distant, which looked very formidable. The sharpshooters
continued their firing, and at 8.30 o'clock one man of Company D, while coming
from the rear to the works, was struck in the left hip, causing a severe flesh
wound. We remained in this position until 3 p.m., when we were ordered to charge
and occupy the enemy's works in our immediate front, which we did, driving the
enemy's skirmishers before us and their artillerists from their guns, who were
just in the act of charging them with canister. Night coming on, we encamped
some 200 yards to the left and rear of the enemy's works, constructing a line
of earth-works.
I am, captain, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
JACOB MILLER,
Captain, Comdg.
Sixteenth Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
Capt. J. H. BROWN,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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. 418-9
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