No. 131.
Report of Lieut. Col.
John S. White, Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry,
of operations
November 30, 1864.
HDQRS. SIXTEENTH
KENTUCKY REGT. VET. VOL. INFANTRY,
Nashville, Tenn.,
December 6, 1864.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the
part taken by my regiment on the 30th ultimo, in the engagement at Franklin.
Tenn.:
This regiment arrived at Franklin at 12 noon of that day and
went into position on east side of Columbia pike, with its right resting on
same, and proceeded immediately to throw up works. Before completing these I
received orders to stand to arms, the firing having commenced in front. I
formed my men behind these works, where I remained quiet, until observing a
portion of the line in my front give way, I ordered my regiment to charge the
enemy, who were occupying the works so abandoned, which it did, engaging them
in a hand-to-hand conflict, which lasted about forty minutes. I succeeded in
driving them beyond the works, inflicting a heavy loss. Many prisoners were
taken by my regiment; as to the exact number it is impossible for me to give an
estimate. As the battle was still raging, I was compelled to send them to the
rear. This position was held until about 10 p.m., when I was ordered to
withdraw, which I did, moving in the direction of Nashville, at which place I
arrived morning of December 1.
List of casualties: Commissioned officers — killed, 2;
wounded, 3. Enlisted men — killed, 8; wounded, 40; missing, 16. Total, killed,
10; wounded, 43; missing, 16. Aggregate, 69.
I have the honor to
be, respectfully,
J. S. WHITE,
Lieut. Col., Comdg.
Sixteenth Kentucky Regiment Vet. Infantry.
Lieutenant STEARNS,
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. 417-8
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