No. 113.
Report of Lieut. Col. Isaac R. Sherwood, One hundred and eleventh Ohio
Infantry,
of operations November 21-December 5, 1864.
HEADQUARTERS 111TH OHIO
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Nashville, Tenn.,
December 5, 1864.
SIR: In accordance with orders I have the honor to submit
the following report of my command from the 21st of November to date:
On the 21st of November my command left Johnsonville, on the
Tennessee River: and came on cars about forty miles on the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad. At this point we found a train of cars burning upon the
track. By order of General Ruger I unloaded my command from the cars and set
them clearing wreck. Remained here until 10 p.m. 22d, when, after clearing
track and relaying a portions, we proceeded to Nashville, from thence by
railroad to Columbia, where we arrived at 3 a.m. of the 23d. Remained in the
vicinity of Columbia until the night of the 27th, frequently changing position
and building some seven lines of breast-works. On the night of the 27th we
crossed to north bank of Duck River, and went into position at daylight on the
28th on the right of the railroad. Went with right wing of my regiment down
Duck River two miles to guard a ford. Skirmished some with cavalry, losing one
man mortally wounded. On the 29th I received orders to remain with my regiment
until dark guarding the railroad bridge across Duck River and the fords, the
balance of the command having moved out on Franklin pike. Skirmished
considerably during the day, losing two men, one mortally wounded, the other
severely. On the evening of the 29th I concentrated my command, One hundred and
eleventh Ohio and seventy-five men of the Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry, and
started out without a guide to find the Franklin pike. Struck the pike at 10
p.m. and reached Franklin at noon on the 30th, making a march from the ford on
Duck River of twenty-four miles. On the morning of the 30th the rebel cavalry
attacked our wagon train, drove off our cavalry, and were making for the train.
My regiment drove them off, losing one man severely wounded in the neck. Upon
arriving at Franklin I was assigned a position on the left of the brigade. We
threw up temporary breast-works, which were not completed when our skirmishers
were driven in and the rebels in three lines came up on our front. They were
repulsed in my front and on the right, but the regiment on my immediate left
gave back, and for a moment I feared the line was lost. I ordered my regiment
to “fix bayonets and stand by the works,” which they did. At this juncture
Capt. P. H. Dowling came up, and by great exertion succeeded in rallying a
portion of the broken line, brought them forward, and retook a portion of the
works on my immediate left. The fighting was incessant on my left and in front
until midnight, and most of my guns became so hot that they could scarcely be
handled. At midnight, in accordance with orders, I brought my regiment off the
field with the balance of the brigade. Marched the balance of the night, and the
next day, December 1, reached Nashville at 2 p.m., where we have since been in
position.
In the engagement at Franklin all my officers and men
behaved to my entire satisfaction. A list of casualties, in accordance with
orders, has been placed in the hands of Doctor Brewer, brigade surgeon.
Losses — killed, 12; wounded, 40; missing, 2; total, 54.
Very respectfully,
your most obedient servant,
ISAAC R. SHERWOOD,
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Commanding Regiment.
Capt. HENRY A. HALE,
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. 387-8
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