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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 68 (search)
ouisville, the Eighth Indiana and Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry acting as rear-guard. But one man of my regiment was wounded in this action. In the battle of Sunday, the fourth day of December, my regiment was brought into action about ten o'clock A. M., forming on the left of the Third Kentucky, and with it driving the cavalry of Wheeler and Williams (more than three times their number) from their barricades and the houses of Waynesboro. Major Kimmel, commanding First battalion, and Captain John M. Porter, since promoted Major, commanding a portion of the Third battalion, assaulted the barricades on the main street, and Major Appel, with the Second battalion, drove in the right of the enemy, posted in the woods, from their position, exposing their flank to so hot a fire that the whole line gave way and victory was secured. My loss on that occasion was one killed, two mortally wounded, (since died,) and eleven wounded. From Waynesboro we marched on Savannah, passing to the south as