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366 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
the army was reorganized, the Sixty-fifth holding its place in the
brigade, with Colonel Ilarker in command. On December 26th the brigade
moved on the Nashville Pjke, fighting its Avay into Lavergne, across
Stewart's Creek, and up to Stone River. On'the 29th, at night, the
regiment forded the river, armpit deep, in the face of a galling fire,
and gained the opposite bank, where they formed and engaged the
enemy; but supporting troops, failing to arrive, they were forced to
retire, wlik-h was done in good order. The men lay on their arms all
night, and early the next day moved to the support of McCook's Corps,
which was having much the worst of it in a fierce battle. For eight
hours the regiment was engaged before the enemy was finally put to
rout. The loss of the Sixty-fifth in this engagement amounted to nearly
175 killed, wounded and •missing. Forty officers and men were killed.
Stone Uivcr was the most destructive battle in which the regiment
participated.
At Chickainauga, on September 19th and 20th, the regiment was again
engaged, but on the last named day retreated to Mission Ridge, thence
fell back to Chattanooga, at which latter place, on November 2.'!-25, it
was again closely engaged and lost heavily, there being in killed, wounded
and missing no less than 100 men. Added to this was the loss in the
battle at Mission Ridge, on the 25th, in which thirteen were killed and
two wounded.
The regiment next participated in the Atlanta campaign, and was
engaged at Rocky Face Ridge, May 5-9, 1864; at Adairsville, May 17th,
18th ; at New Hope Church, May 28th; at Kenesaw Mountain, from June
9th to .'H)th, losing ten in killed and wounded ; at Big Shanty, on June 28th;
at Peach Tree Creek, with a loss of four killed, one wounded and one missing.
During the siege of Atlanta the. regiment was also engaged. It
participated in the flanking movement to Jonesboro, and from there
advanced to Lovejoy. After the rebels evacuated Atlanta the regiment
returned to that place and went into camp. Three weeks later it joined
in pursuit of Hood. It marched to Mission Ridge and thence by rail
went to Alpine, Georgia. After four days of rest it again moved to
Chattanooga, and did guard duty along a line of railroad near the Tennessee
River. On November 29th it participated in the battle at Springfield,
losing forty-one killed, wounded, captured and missing. Again, on
the IJOtb, at Franklin, it was engaged with a loss of forty-two men.
On the !kl of October the non-veterans were discharged and sent home.
This left the Sixty-fifth with only P50 available men. The last battle
of the regiment was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on the 15th and 16th
of December, 1864, and after following the defeated rebels for some time
returned to the city and went into camp.
In Jiutc, 1865, the regiment moved from Nashville to Johnsonville,
Avhen it embarked on transports for New Orleans. It remained here for
several weeks, and was then ordered to Texas, Avhere it performed garrison
duty at San Antonio until December, 1865, when it was ordered to
Camp Chase, Ohio, and was mustered out, paid and discharged, on the
2d day of January, 1866.