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Hood’s retreat starts being discussed on page 131.
Resources
- Coming Like Hell!: The Story Of The 12th Tennessee Cavalry, Richardson’s (Paperback)
by Waldon Loving (Author)
E.P. Hudson of Greenville (R.F.D. No. 2), S.C. wishes to learn of any Confederates who may have nursed his father, P.W. Hudson of Company F, 16th South Carolina Regiment, who, on Hood’s retreat from Nashville, was left at Pulaski, Tenn. and died on February 12, 1865, in the hands of the Federal army.
- a notice in an issue of the Confederate Veteran
Battery I was known as Bouton’s Chicago Battery
The loyal people of the North-west, a record of prominent persons, places and events, during eight years of unparalleled American history.
Coatsworth, Stella S.
Page 676 – author says Battery I “to up the pursuit” during Hood’s retreat and chased them all the way to Florence, Alabama.
Name: Cotton, John Smith
DOB: April 25, 1825 DOD: August 1907 Age at Enlistment: 36
Date of Enlistment: November 21, 1862 Place of Enlistment: Murfreesboro, TN
Rank at Enlistment: Private Rank at Discharge: Private
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured): Captured on Hood’s Retreat from Nashville.
Comments: Was a conscript that was brought into service at Murfreesboro. Was detached as a nurse in Rome, GA in 1863. Sent back to the Company in 1864. He was captured on Hood’s Retreat from Nashville.
Private James Green Moody
Wounded at Perryville, Chickamauga, and Adairsville. Later Captured on Hood’s Retreat. Picture from U.C.V. Company B scrapbook.
The Forty-ninth Infantry (three years) was organized at camp Noble, Tiffin, from August 15, to September 22, 1861.
On November 30, it participated in the battle at Franklin, Tenn., having previously (from November 24 to 28) been present at Columbia, Tenn. From December 15 to 16, it was engaged at Nashville, and subsequently in the pursuit of Hood’s army to Huntsville, Ala., where it was in camp until March, 1865.
The One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry (three years) was organized at Toledo in August, 1862, and mustered in September 5 and 6 of that year. It was an out-and-out northwestern Ohio command, ‘made up of men from Wood, Lucas, Sandusky, Fulton, Williams and Defiance counties.
“It was severely engaged during both days of the fighting in front of Nashville and in a charge on the second day it captured 3 Confederate battle-flags and a large number of prisoners, losing 7 killed and 15 wounded. After pursuing Hood for some distance, the regiment was sent to North Carolina.”
The Union Army -Vol 2.
The First Light Artillery (three years) was organized under the militia law of 1860. and formed a part of the Ohio militia. It consisted of six companies, having one gun each. The Colonel was James Barnett.
On November 23, it broke camp at Pulaski, and while falling back toward Nashville disputed the ground with Hood day by day. On the 10th it checked Hood’s advance into Franklin, and covered the rear of the Federal column moving out, and reached Nashville on the night of December t. The loss of the battery in killed and wounded at the battle of Franklin was twenty-three. It was highly complimented by Gen. Stanley for gallant services in the field. On December 14, the battery was in the general engagement between Gens. Thomas and Hood, at Nashville, also it sharply engaged the enemy at Rutherford’s creek, being in the advance column of the Federal forces in Hood’s retreat to the Tennessee river. In March, 1865, it moved with the 4th Corps into East Tennessee and North Carolina, and in April returned to Nashville.
“Battery D – It was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Nashville and after the army of Hood was driven across the Tennessee river the battery returned to Nashville and was sent with the 23d corps to Wilmington, N. C.”
The Union Army – Vol 2
The Seventy-second Infantry (three years) was organized at Fremont in the last quarter of 1861.
In September, the 72d entered Arkansas and Missouri to aid in opposing Price, but recrossed the Mississippi in November, and, on December 6 or 7, took part in the affair at Little Harpeth, Tenn., where it lost eleven men killed and wounded. On December 15 and 16 it took part in the brilliant fighting at Nashville, and from December 17 to January 1, 1865, was engaged in the pursuit of Hood.
Womack, Felix G. Pvt. E CSR, Pension
Enlisted 5/15/61.
Received a flesh wound at Atlanta and was in the hospital for a month or two. States he was worn down and captured on the retreat from Nashville and paroled due to his condition at Shelbyville. Had a wife and seven children.
Smith, Allen Pvt. H CSR, Pension
Enlisted 5/18/61. AWOL from 11/18/1862 to 12/18/62. Present on 4/64 muster.
Pension #9938 filed 3/9/1908 accepted.
Living in Warren Co. Born in Bledsoe Co. Was 70y/o. Received a flesh wound at Atlanta and was in the hospital for a month or two. States he was worn down and captured on the retreat from Nashville and paroled due to his condition at Shelbyville. Had a wife and seven children. J.C. Biles and Charles M. Rutledge vouched for him.
McCormack, James William – Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Exchanged. Captured at Triune, Tennessee on December 19, 1864, during Hood’s retreat from Nashville, Tennessee. Sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois. Residence Gallatin, Tennessee.
The 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega, 16 March 1862, with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties. It reported to Gen’l Danville Leadbetter at Chattanooga shortly after. It then moved up to Knoxville, where it was brigaded under Gen’l Seth Barton, in Carter Stevenson’s Division. The regiment was at the investment of Cumberland Gap, and it took part in the fight at Tazewell. With Gen’l E. K. Smith’s column, it was in the Kentucky Campaign, without coming up with the enemy. When the forces came back, it was permanently brigaded with the 20th, 23rd, 30th, and 46th Alabama regiments, under Gen’l Edward D. Tracy of Madison, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. In December, the 31st accompanied Stevenson’s Division to Vicksburg. In May 1863 it helped defend Port Gibson, Mississippi, where the regiment suffered severely. It fought at Baker’s Creek, and the loss was heavy. As part of the Vicksburg garrison, the regiment suffered through the siege, and after losing a number killed and wounded, it was surrendered with the fortress. Placed in parole camp at Demopolis, the 31st was soon exchanged. With Gen’l Edmund Pettus in command of the brigade, the regiment joined the Army of Tennessee, and it was engaged with slight loss at Mission Ridge. It wintered at Dalton, and it participated in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta.
The regiment followed Gen’l John Bell Hood into Tennessee and sustained severe losses at Columbia and Nashville, and was the rear-guard of the retreating army. Transferred to North Carolina, the regiment was hotly engaged at Bentonville, and a fragment of the 1100 with which it entered the service surrendered at Greensboro, as part of Pettus’ Brigade. There were 260 effectives in January, 1863, with 21 k and 37 w at Vicksburg. There were 23 casualties at Chattanooga, and in December, 1863, there were 452 present with 323 arms. Only 180 were fit for duty in January 1865, and less than 100 surrendered in April. Toward the close of the war, the 31st was consolidated with the 23rd and 46th Infantry and redesignated the 23rd Consolidated Infantry Regiment at Smithfield, 9 April 1865.
Field and staff officers: Col. Daniel Robinson Hundley (Madison; wounded, Port Gibson; captured, Port Gibson, Big Shanty, Georgia); Lt. Col. Thomas Mann Arrington (Montgomery); Major George W. Mattison (Talladega; transferred to line duty); John W. Shorter (Georgia; captured, Champion’s Hill; resigned); and William M. Garrard (Georgia)
Captains, and counties from which the companies came:
- Co. “A” (Cherokee County; some of company paroled as of Co. “K”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Isaac P. Moragne (resigned, 13 Aug 62); Henry W. Pickens (resigned, 30 March 63); W. L. Hughes (wounded, Jonesboro)
- Co. “B” (Talladega County; also called Co. “A”; company paroled as part of Co. “K”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): William S. Chapman (resigned, 26 Sept 62); Robert A. Hardie (resigned, 12 Dec 63); William H. Hancock (transferred); William J. Rhodes (wounded, Kinston, Bentonville)
- Co. “C” (Cherokee County; also called Co. “B”): Marshal J. Alexander (resigned, 28 Aug 62); Joseph J. Nix (wounded, Champion’s Hill, Jonesboro; captured, Champion’s Hill; resigned, 26 April 63 and March 65)
- Co. “D” (Calhoun County; evidently became Co. “G”, 23rd AL Infantry): E. T. Thompson; (dropped from rolls, 2 June 64); John Rose (paroled as Capt., Co. “G”, 23rd AL Infantry)
- Co. “E” (Talladega County; also called Co. “D”): Archibald Carter (resigned, 27 Aug 62); G. W. Watts (resigned, 19 Nov 63); Frank M. Shouse
- Co. “F” (Talladega County; also called Co. “E”): Robert M. McKibbin
- Co. “G” (Shelby County; also called Co. “K”; mustered 22 March 62 as Cobb’s Co., Frazer’s 23rd AL Infantry, and on 4 May 62 as Cobb’s Co., Hundley’s 31st AL Infantry): James Cobb (resigned, 2 Sept 62); William H. Shelby (resigned, 21 Nov 63); Robert B. Pruitt
- Co. “H” (Randolph County): Augustus A. West (resigned, 27 Aug 62); Andrew J. Reeves (resigned); James L. Williams (captured, Missionary Ridge)
- Co. “I” (Montgomery County): John M. Shields (resigned, 10 Sept 62); Thomas M. Arrington (promoted); L. W. Vick
- Co. “K” (Shelby County; some of the company finally paroled as Co. “H”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Norman P. Reeves (appointed, surgeon); John W. Pitts (resigned, 10 Nov 62); Samuel W. Morgan (dropped from rolls, 17 June 64); J. T. McClanahan
Historical resources:
- Bibliography
- Muster roll (via email)
- Other webpages
The 23rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery on 19 November 1861, with companies recruited in Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe and Wilcox counties. It was ordered to Mobile shortly after that and attached to Gen’l Adley H. Gladden’s Brigade, remaining there until the following February. During the stay there of two months, the regiment lost 82 men by disease. It then moved into East Tennessee and was brigaded under Gen’l Danville Leadbetter of Mobile and then under Gen’l Seth Barton of Tennessee, and in June 1862, under Col. Thomas Hart Taylor of Kentucky. The 23rd performed much arduous duty in East Tennessee and formed part of Carter Stevenson’s Division, Kirby Smith’s Corps, in the Kentucky campaign. When the army returned to Tennessee, a brigade was formed of the 20th, 23rd, 30th, 31st, and 46th Alabama regiments and placed under Gen’l Edward D. Tracy of Madison.
In December 1862, with Stephenson’s Division, the 23rd was moved to Vicksburg, and a few days later was present at the fight at Chickasaw Bayou. It was engaged at Port Gibson where the brigade commander fell, and it lost heavily there in killed, wounded, and captured. Gen’l Stephen D. Lee then took command of the brigade. At Baker’s Creek, the 23rd was engaged and lost a number captured. The next day, it was in the fight at Big Black Bridge. When the army fell back, the regiment was left, by oversight, and for 12 hours resisted the whole federal army, without severe loss. Retiring into Vicksburg, the regiment shared in that siege, fighting day and night, but without many casualties. Paroled immediately, the regiment was soon exchanged and joined the Army of Tennessee just after the Battle of Chickamauga., Gen’l Edmund Pettus of Dallas commanding the brigade. The 23rd took part at Missionary Ridge with light loss and wintered at Dalton, Georgia. At the beginning of the campaign, it suffered heavy losses at Resaca, but it was constantly in front of Union Gen’l William T. Sherman all the way to Atlanta and Jonesboro, suffering very severely in the latter fight. The regiment marched with Gen’l John Bell Hood into Tennessee, was engaged at Columbia with considerable loss, and at Nashville, where many of the men were captured. It guarded the rear of the retreating army and moved into the Carolinas.
From Branchville to Bentonville, it fought Sherman and was consolidated with the 31st and 46th Alabama, with J. B. Bibb as colonel, Osceola Kyle of Coosa at Lt. Col., and J. T. Hester as Major, and sufrrendered at Salisbury, NC. Nearly 1200 names were on the rolls of the 23rd; it had 435 muskets at Rocky-face, and 76 surrendered at Salisbury, under Col. Bibb. Near the close of the war, the 23rd was consolidated with the 31st and 46th Infantry at Smithfield, 9 April 1865.
Field and staff Officers: Cols. Franklin King Beck (Wilcox; captured, Vicksburg; KIA, Resaca); Joseph Branajah Bibb (Montgomery; wounded, Nashville); Lt. Col. Joseph Branajah Bibb (promoted); Majors Felix Tait (Wilcox; resigned, 9 Aug 1862); John J. Longmire (Monroe; resigned, 25 Jan 1864); Francis McMurray (Macon; wounded, Missionary Ridge; retired); A. C. Roberts (Marengo; KIA, New Hope Church); James T. Hester (Montgomery); Adjutants Henry Goldthwaite (Mobile; resigned); J. T. Norman (Macon; captured, Port Gibson); and William Beard (Conecuh)
Captains, and counties from which the companies came:
- Co. “A” (Wilcox County; paroled as part of Co. “C”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): John J. Longmire (promoted); G. H. Moye (resigned, 13 Nov 63); J. W. Steen (captured, Vicksburg; wounded, Atlanta)
- Co. “B” (Macon County; paroled as part of Co. “I”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Francis McMurray (wounded, Port Gibson, and captured; promoted; resigned, 21 March 64) F. A. Rutherford (KIA, Jonesboro); Lt. Carnie Leslie
- Co. “C” (Marengo County; paroled finally as part of Co. “I”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): A. L. Norwood (resigned); Amariah C. Roberds (promoted); Robert Chapman; Alfred Bethea (resigned, 2 Sept 62)
- Co. “D” (Conecuh County): D. K. Smith (resigned, 10 Sept 62); James T. Hester (promoted); James M. Anderson
- Co. “E” (Monroe County; paroled as part of Co. “D”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): G. G. Mathews (resigned, 24 Feb 63); H. M. Graham (captured, Vicksburg)
- Co. “F” (Lowndes County; paroled as part of Co. “D”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Henry P. Reid (resigned, 3 Jan 63); S. Oliver Merriwether (captured, Port Gibson)
- Co. “G” (Choctaw County; paroled as part of Co. “D”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Alfred Yates (resigned, 13 Sept 62); John Stephens (KIA, Port Gibson); W. W. Johnson (resigned, 13 April 64); M. Butterfield; (KIA, Atlanta); R. F. Campbell
- Co. “H” (Conecuh County; paroled as part of Co. “E”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): Thomas D. McCall (resigned, 29 April 63); B. L. Selman (captured, Vicksburg; wounded, Resaca); 2nd Lt. J. T. McDonald
- Co. “I” (Baldwin County; paroled as part of Co. “E”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): R. Y. Rew (resigned, 9 Feb 63, and 30 March 63); W. H. Myles (captured, Vicksburg)
- Co. “K”, King Guards (Wilcox and Clarke counties; paroled as part of Co. “C”, 23rd AL Infantry, Consolidated): William E. Powe (resigned, 10 Nov 62); Greene D. McConnell (captured, Vicksburg)
Historical resources:
- Bibliography
- Flag [Notes, photograph] [Description only]
- Muster roll (via email)
- Other webpages
History of Battery G
from the pen of Samuel J. Churchill,
Medal of Honor
(for action on 12.15.64)
excerpted from his book, _Genealogy and Biography of the Connecticut Branch of the Churchill Family in America_ (Lawrence, KS: Journal Publishing, 1901), pp. 71-77.
Samuel Joseph Churchill
Residence DeKalb County IL; Enlisted on 8/6/1861 at DeKalb, DeKalb Co., IL as a Private. On 10/5/1861 he mustered into "Battery G" Co. IL 2nd Light Artillery He Re-enlisted on 4/15/1864 He was Mustered Out on 9/4/1865 Promotions: * Qtr Master Serg Other Information: born 11/1/1842 in Rutland, Rutland Co., VT died 6/3/1932 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS Medal of Honor Information: He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on 12/15/1864 at Nashville, TN. (Stood manfully at his post and for some minutes worked his gun alone)
[At Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois, the battery was mustered into federal service.]
During the siege of Nashville, Tennessee, by Rebel General Hood, we were in line of battle two weeks, firing more or less every day. We could hear the rebel band play, “Whose been here since I’se been gone.” To answer them our band would play, “Yankee Doodle.” On December 14, 1864, the Union line advanced and attacked the rebel army in their fortifications. We had to march for some distance under a galling fire from the enemy before we could get our battery in position. . . . Our battery was ordered in position on high ground in plain view of two rebel batteries, one to our right and the other directly in front, about 240 yards distant, which were doing their best to dislodge the Union forces, and several men and horses were killed before we could get our battery into position. My gun, a 12-pound Napoleon, was located about eight feet to the right of a large brick house. . . .It was there that I won my medal of honor. [After a member of my crew ran terrified from the gun, his panic spreading to other members of the crew, and] in the face of a terrible rain of shot and shell from the enemy, I loaded and fired my gun eleven times alone before assistance came. The rebel batteries were silenced and driven back and the Union forces took an advanced position. The result of the battle is well known in history. . . .
On December 16, 1864, we fought from early morn until 4 p.m., when we succeeded in putting the rebel army to flight, capturing many cannon and small arms. The Union loss was 400 killed and 1,740 wounded; the rebel loss was 4,462 killed and missing. We followed up Rebel General Hood’s retreat as far as Eastport, Tennessee, where we were obliged to stop on account of our rations giving out; and for two weeks we subsisted on dry corn. Soon after this the Sixteenth Army Corps was ordered down the river to New Orleans, Louisiana, and took ship for Mobile Bay, Alabama, where was one of the last strongholds of the rebellion.
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