80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, November 1864

*Dates*	*Synopsis*	*Quotes*
Nov. 1 Tuesday	Resaca Revisited.	"Marched early, passing Calhoun [Georgia] and reaching Resaca about 1 PM." --1st Lieut. Isum Gwin Co. D, from his leather-bound pocket diary.
Nov. 2 Wednesday
Nov. 3 Thursday
Nov. 4 Friday
Nov. 5 Saturday	Overnight Travel. Started for Johnsonville, Tenn., at 5:00 p.m. Traveled all night.
Nov. 6 Sunday	Gillem's Station to Johnsonville. Reached Gillems Station at daybreak. Departed there in afternoon and reached Johnsonville, Tenn., at 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 Monday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 8 Tuesday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 9 Wednesday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 10 Thursday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 11 Friday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 12 Saturday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn. Discharged from the Army. Recruit Theodore Busha Co. G
Nov. 13 Sunday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 14 Monday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 15 Tuesday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 16 Wednesday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 17 Thursday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 18 Friday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn. Returned from sick leave. Pvt. John K. King Co. A Pvt. Joshua Shannon Co. A	"Arrived at the Regt at 8 A.M. Another night on the [railroad train] cars without sleep. Johnsonville is 84 miles from Nashville in Humprey Co. [County] on the Tenn River. I found all the boys in good health. I was as glad to see them as they was to see me. It has been raining 5 days. The small tents look unpleasant for comfort. I had been absent since the 14th of May." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, diary.
Nov. 19 Saturday	Johnsonville. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn. "Still raining. Very unpleasant."
Nov. 20 Sunday	Promotions. Camped at Johnsonville, Tenn. Weather is now clear. Commissioned by Ind. Gov. Morton as officers. 1st Sergt. Enos H. Kirk Co. E as 1st Lieut. 2nd Lieut. James E. Walker Co. B as 1st Lieut.
Nov. 21 Monday	Marching Orders Received. Ordered to prepare to march to Columbia, Tenn., but remained camped at Johnsonville, Tenn. Co. A on picket duty.
Nov. 22 Tuesday	Expecting to Move. Ready to march to Columbia, Tenn., but remained camped at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Nov. 23 Wednesday	Departed Johnsonville. Reveille at 4:00 A.M. Left by railroad train at 6:00 A.M. Arrived at Nashville, Tenn., at 6:00 P.M. Departed to Columbia, Tenn. Spent night riding on train. "Leaving that place [Johnsonville, Tenn.] November 23, 1864, by railroad, via Nashville, we arrived at Columbia, Tenn, about 2 a.m. of the 24th instant..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64
Nov. 24 Thursday	Thanksgiving Day. 80th and rest of 2nd Brig. reached Columbia by railroad train in middle of the night. Disembarked and initially formed on hill near fort. Spent remainder of day and evening entrenching. "...we were ordered by Colonel Moore [commander of the 2nd Brig.] into the earth-works on the south side of the town and the fort. About 10 a.m. I received orders to march out the Mount Pleasant pike. After proceeding about a mile [the 80th] was detached from the [2nd] brigade, and moved to the right of the pike, where I relieved a battalion of cavalry, who were guarding a ford across the creek that ran into Duck River, and about one mile from its mouth. Here [the 80th] threw up a barricade of rails, and at 10 p.m. Captain Lee, assistant commissary of musters, brought me orders to move to a commanding position 250 yards to my left...After completing another barricade I permitted my men to rest during the remainder of the night..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64	"Arrived at Columbia at 4 Ocl [O'clock] A.M. The troops in line of Battle, our Brigade was ordered into line. Keermishing [skirmishing] in front - Occasionally Cannonading. Hood [Confederate forces under Maj. Gen John Bell Hood] is advancing." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, diary.
Nov. 25 Friday	Building Earthworks. Spent day and evening building fortifications at Columbia. Co. B under fire while on picket duty. Regt. sent to new position at midnight. "...at 8 a.m. on the 25th Colonel Moore moved my regiment... [The 80th then] constructed earth-works to the pike, a distance of 300 yards. Company B, Captain Mosier [William Mosier] commanding, was on picket and under fire during the day, but sustained no loss. At 6 p.m. I received orders to march at 12 that night to Duck River railroad bridge..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64	"Troops still in line throwing up breastworks." --Pvt. John K. King, Co. A, personal diary.
Nov. 26 Saturday	All Night, All Day. Spent midnight to dawn relocating to new position on south side Duck River railroad bridge at Columbia. Then spent day and evening building defensive positions there. "...pouring down rain. Not pleasant." "...my regiment [and the 23rd Mich. Inf.] were separated from the remainder of the brigade about 1 o'clock in the morning, and compelled to return to the pike, when we marched to Duck River bridge, arriving there shortly after daylight of the 26th instant. Here we were again occupied in erecting earthworks..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64 "The brigade arrived at the bridge at daylight. Here the brigade was put into position, with its right across the railroad near Duck River, and its left near the road leading from the ford to near the railroad bridge to Columbia. They were immediately set to work throwing up earth-works, covering nearly three times their front." --Col. Orlando K. Moore, commanding 2nd Brig., report of operations between Nov. 14, '64 and Jan. 23, '65.	"Still keermishing. Our Brigade mooved at 3 A.M. out on the left near the R.R. [railroad] Heavy kerm. [skirmishing] all day. We worked all day and all night." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, diary.
Nov. 27 Sunday	South of the Duck. Spent day and night building fortifications to defend Duck River railroad bridge. Last of Federal wagon trains crossed bridge to north side of river. "The enemy has made no real attack, and I am satisfied he does not intend to attack." --U.S. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, Nov. 27, '64, telegram from Columbia, Tenn., to U.S. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at Nashville, Tenn.	"Working all day, heavy keermishing with the lonsome sound of the Cannon. Preparing to retreat." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, diary.
Nov. 28 Monday	Bridges Burned. "...occupied in erecting earthworks until 3 a.m. on the morning of the 28th of November, when we were ordered to cross Duck River and build works on the north side, but before finishing them the enemy's skirmishers made their appearance on the opposite bank, and occupied our attention until 11 a.m., when they opened upon my regiment with artillery. After firing a few shots two guns of the Twenty-second Indiana Battery, on my right, silenced those of the enemy. Nothing more of interest transpired during the day or night..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64
Nov. 29 Tuesday	Forced March. "...at 10 a.m. on the 29th I moved in obediance to Colonel Moore's orders, toward the Franklin pike. On arriving within two miles and a half of Spring Hill the enemy's skirmishers opened upon us and we were ordered into line of battle, and marched to within one mile of Spring Hill, where we halted for an hour, after which we resumed our march..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64, report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64 "At 9 a.m. on the 29th I was ordered to move with my brigade...Shortly before reaching Spring Hill...the remainder of the brigade was formed in line of battle across the road, forming a second line, and advancing in this order until after dark, halting near town for a short time, when I received orders to march on the Franklin pike, with one regiment thrown out as an advanced guard. Halted at midnight and put the brigade in position to cover the cross-roads near Thompson's Station." --Col. Orlando K. Moore commanding 2nd Brig., report of operations between Nov. 14, '64 and Jan. 23, '65. "General Schofield's troops are pushing for Franklin as rapidly as possible. The General says he will not be able to get farther than Thompson's Station to-night, and possibly not farther than Spring Hill. He regards his situation as extremely perilous, and fears he may be forced into a general battle tomorrow or lose his wagon train." --Capt. William J. Twining, Chief Engineer, Army of the Ohio, Nov. 29, '64, telegram from Franklin, Tenn., to U.S. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at Nashville, Tenn.
Nov. 30 Wednesday	Battle of Franklin. Departed Thompson's Station at 2:00 a.m. after 2 hr. rest. Marched till dawn when arrived Franklin, Tenn. Spent morning and early afternoon entrenching. Fought off sustained Confederate attacks from late afternoon into late evening. Wounded in action at Franklin, Tenn. Cpl. John A. Chambers Co. C Sergt. Vincent Corben Co. K Cpl. Adam Emmert Co. F Pvt. Henry Ferrell Co. H Pvt. John Hunley Co. H Cpl. James L. Knowles Co. F Pvt. William C. McIntire Co. E Pvt. William H. H. Ranner Co. G Pvt. William H. Spore Co. E Sergt. George W. Walker Co. B "... [reached] Franklin at 7 a.m. on the 30th instant, and were again occupied in building works. At 4 p.m. the enemy moved upon us, but were driven back in confusion. During the engagement I received orders to send two companies to take possession of the works on the left of the Twenty-third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, where troops had been driven back. I sent Companies C and H under Captain Cochran [John T. Cochran of Co. C], who retook the works and held them during the fight, taking 40 prisoners, including 1 major, 1 inspector general, and 2 lieutenants. My loss during the fight was 10 men wounded..." --Lieut. Col. Alfred D. Owen, commanding 80th Ind., Dec. 5, '64 report of operations from Nov. 23, '64, to Dec. 5, '64 "Marched again at 2 a.m. on the 30th, arriving at Franklin at 7 a.m...I put my brigade [in] position, under the direction of the general commanding the division, with its right resting on the Centerville pike, and left on the northwest slope of the hill near the Columbia pike, on the west side of the town, and immediately commenced in trenching the position...The officers and men were very much exhausted, having been worked night and day for several days previous, and not having enjoyed a night's rest since leaving Johnsonville, yet they went to work cheerfully and threw up a strong line of works...There was very little skirmishing in my front, but at 4 p.m. the enemy advanced his troops in three lines of battle, driving in the pickets and pushing boldly up to the works, evidently hoping to carry them with ease, but he was met by a firm line and driven back in confusion. The men of my brigade stood to their works without flinching...After another charge the troops to the immediate left of my brigade left their works, and the enemy occupied them...At this juncture I ordered two companies of the Eightieth Indiana Infantry to the left to support the line...The enemy made repeated charges at short intervals with fresh troops until late at night, nearly every time reaching the works at some point of my line. The many hand-to-hand encounters over the works are strongly attested to by the number of bayonet wounds received by the men. The enemy succeeded in planting his colors twice upon the works..." --Col. Orlando K. Moore, commanding 80th's brigade, report of operations between Nov. 14, '64 and Jan. 23, '65.	"Arrived at Franklin at 7 A.M. We got just time to get breakfast and went to diging rifel pits, worked very hard. All the army was there at 12 Oc M. [12 o'clock midday] The Rear guard keermishing all the way. At 2 P.M. heavy keerm. [skirmishing] and at 4 P.M. their line was moving on our works. They made 11 successive charges, but was handsomly repulsed everytime, with heavy looss. It was a continual roar of muskets and cannons until 9 P.M. wheer only an occasionaly shot was fired. It was really unpleasant to hear the cryes and groans of the wounded, yet I think it would have been worse to see the field of slaughter the next morning. At 12 M. we left for Nashville. As the 4th A.C. was in our rear we retreated slow." --Pvt. John K. King Co. A, diary.

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	November 1864 80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry An American Civil War Regiment
Colonel Alfred Dale Owen of the 80th Indiana Field & Staff Commanded the regiment from January 1864 to June 1865 Image shows him circa 1862-1863 as the 80th's Regimental Adjutant Photo and permission to use it courtesy of Brian and Triva Schrader Picture shown above has been electronically enhanced by Deep Vee Productions To view a larger copy of this and the original image, click HERE