December 30, 1862 – Skirmish, Rock Spring

No circumstantial reports filed.

Excerpt from Wheeler’s Report of January 29, 1863 on activities during the Stones River Campaign, relative to the skirmish at Rock Spring, December 30, 1862.

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About noon we arrived in the vicinity of La Vergne and found it filled with soldiers and large trains parked in the fields surrounding the place. We immediately charged in three columns, completely surprising the guards, who made but slight resistance.

We immediately paroled the prisoners, amounting to about 700, and destroyed immense trains and stores, amounting to many hundred thousands of dollars.

We then proceeded to Rock Spring, attacked, captured, and destroyed another large train. We then marched on Nolensville without opposition, capturing large trains, stores, and arms, and about 300 prisoners. . .

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OR, Ser. I, Vol. 20, pt. I, p. 959