No. 104.
Report of Capt.
Samuel L. Demarest, Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry, of operations December
15-16, 1864.
HDQRS. TWENTY-FIFTH
MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Near Columbia, Tenn.,
December 22, 1864.
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to make the following report of
the operations of this regiment on the 15th and 16th instant:
On the 15th instant the regiment marched out with the First
Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and was identified with all
the movements of the brigade on the right flank of the army. About 3 p.m. we
supported a charge made by dismounted cavalry, in which 2 batteries of 4 guns
each were captured, with a number of prisoners. Immediately after the regiment
was engaged in another charge, where 3 pieces of artillery were captured.
During this day 2 commissioned officers and 2 men were slightly wounded and 1
man severely wounded. During the night works were constructed; and on the 16th
we supported a charge made by a portion of the Sixteenth Corps, a number of the
Twenty-fifth Michigan taking active part in the charge, and being instrumental
in taking prisoners.
The following is a list of casualties.*
Very respectfully,
S. L. DEMAREST,
Captain, Commanding.
Capt. T. C. HONNELL,
Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General.
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* Nominal list (omitted) shows 2 officers and 3 men wounded.
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. 374-5
