No. 124.
Report of Capt. Alonzo D. Harvey, Fifteenth Battery
Indiana Light Artillery,
of operations December 15-16, 1864.
HDQRS. BATTERY NO. 15, INDIANA VOL. ARTILLERY,
In the Field, Tenn.,
December 22, 1864.
GENERAL: I have the honor to report to you that Battery No.
15, Indiana Volunteer Artillery, Capt. Alonzo D. Harvey commanding, marched
from position on heights near Fort Negley, Nashville, Tenn., at 8 a.m. December
15, 1864, and moved with Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, to the right
of our line and marched about six miles, when we took position on heights at 4
p.m. and expended eighty rounds of shell. We then advanced a distance of half a
mile and took a position near a small house, where we fired thirty-five rounds
of shell, when it became dark and we ceased firing. Then we went to a hill
one-quarter of a mile farther to the front and erected temporary breast-works
and placed the guns in position within range of the enemy's guns, getting all
ready for action before daylight, and at daylight on the 16th we opened on the
enemy and fired 200 rounds of shell. We then ceased firing and moved the left
section to a position on the left of the First Brigade, Second Division,
Twenty-third Army Corps, and again opened with sections at 1 p.m., and kept up
fire during the afternoon, assisting in shelling the enemy's works while the
charge was being made at 4 p.m., expending 560 rounds of shell, making a total
expenditure of ammunition of 875 rounds during the two days' fight. After the
charge was ended we were ordered to the left of the Granny White pike, where we
went into camp for the night.
I am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
ALONZO D. HARVEY,
Captain, Commanding
Battery.
Major-General COUCH,
Commanding Second Division, Twenty-third
Army Corps.
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. 398-9
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