No. 122.
Report of Capt.
William F. Scott One hundred and eighty-third Ohio Infantry,
of operations
November 29-30, 1864.
HEADQUARTERS 183D
REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEERS,
Nashville, Tenn.,
December 9, 1864.
SIR: I have respectfully to present the following as the
report of the operations of my command since its removal from Columbia, Tenn.,
29th of November, 1864:
Left Columbia at 12 m. and marched to Spring Hill, a
distance of nine miles. Were posted with Forty-fourth Missouri Volunteers one
mile from town, where we lay on arms till 2 a.m., when we took up our line of
march for Franklin, Tenn., a distance of nine miles. Arrived at 12 m., and at 4
p.m. were attacked by the rebel army under General Hood. Were engaged till 2
a.m. of Thursday, when we crossed the Harpeth River and marched to Nashville, a
distance of eighteen miles. Were posted in intrenchments immediately to the
left of Fort Negley, where the command now lies.
A list of the killed, wounded, and missing is as follows.*
Very respectfully,
W. F. SCOTT,
Captain, Commanding
183d Ohio Volunteers.
Lieut. J. B. McLOE,
Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General.
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* Nominal list (omitted) shows 2 officers and 4 men killed,
3 officers and 33 men wounded, and 78 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. 397
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