My regiment was formed
west of the Wilkinson pike, with the Eighth Minnesota on my right and the One
hundred and seventy-fourth Ohio on my left. I advanced my command on the
double-quick about 300 yards, driving the enemy's skirmishers in confusion, and
capturing three prisoners. I halted my command for a few moments to form and
send forward my skirmishers, encountering the enemy in heavy force in my front.
I reported the same to General Milroy. I was immediately ordered to advance
through the cornfield. I drove the enemy from the edge of the woods. I halted
to form, and found the enemy in my front: occupying a hastily constructed
rifle-pit. I charged these works and captured them, killing Colonel Weaver and
capturing 2 commissioned officers and 33 men. I formed my command immediately,
executing in a northwesterly direction with the intention of capturing a
section of artillery that was to my right and rear. The enemy, seeing this
movement, commenced falling back as I advanced. My men shot the artillery
horses and captured two guns. The enemy's loss in my front will not exceed 25
or 30 killed and wounded.
The following are the number of killed, wounded, and missing in my command: I commissioned officer wounded, 1 enlisted man killed and 33 wounded; aggregate, 35; number of men engaged, 540.
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. 627
