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Battle of Utoy Creek
The battle began at about 10:00, when Cox’s division met the advanced skirmishers of
Bate’s Division. Bate was so well entrenched that in order to
get the Federal’s to fight he need to lure them in. The battle commenced
near the intersection of what is now Willis Creek Rd. and
Cascade Rd. near East Point Ga. Through the night the
Confederates felled trees about 4 ft off the ground and
interlaced them together. This made it nearly impossible to
enter the works. In fact the 8th Tennessee was the only regiment
to make the works, only to be captured and lose their colors.
The 8th Tenn. was in reserve with 5 companies of the 104th Ohio.
The initial attack made by the 100th, 16th Ky. and the 112th Ill.
. The brigade lost 306 men plus 2 regimental flags. Bate’s
losses were reported very light some 15-20 in all. After the
charge, the men had to literally crawl out of the thickets to
get back to the lines. The Confederates knowing the men were
trapped or crawling out kept firing through the night. The
wounded and dead were left out on the field all night and most
of the next day. Isaac Metzger was one of those wounded left on
the field. Isaac had two broken legs, shot in the shoulder, hand
and thorax. He laid there all night, the Rebs took his boots and
his hat against his pleadings. The next day the right flank was
finally taken by the 14th Corps and he among others was taken
into our lines. He died that day. The 100th would have a hard time recovering
from Utoy but the war wouldn't wait for them. They stayed in and around
Atlanta for the next month.
The 100th charged the works held by Hardee's Corps, William B. Bate's Division,
Tylers Brigade:
37th Georgia
2nd Tenn.
10th Tenn.
15th Tenn.
37th Tenn.
20th Tenn.
30th Tenn.
4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
The casulties that the brigade took were as follows(records taken from the
Offical Records Gen. Reilly's report):
104th Ohio ------10 killed 19 wounded 0 missing
112th Illinois-----14 killed 54 wounded 0 missing
16th Kentucky-----2 killed 10 wounded 1 missing
100th Ohio-------34 killed 54 wounded 9 missing
8th Tennessee----26 killed 53 wounded 16 missing
These are the casualties sustained by the 100th Ohio in the Battle of Utoy Creek
Killed
CO LAST FIRST RESULT DETAILS
D ADAMS GEORGE KIA
G CAREY BARNEY KIA REDUCED CORPL
I CASKEY JOHN KIA
F CLUTTER ANDREW KIA
A CULBERSTON FRANK KIA DIED FROM WOUNDS 8/30/64
F CUNNINGS IRA RT. THIGH AMPUTATED; D. 9/5/64
F DICKEN ISSAC KIA
K ELLIOTT JOHN KIA
C ELY GEORGE KIA
C EWERS RICHARD KIA
G FISHER WILLIAM A KIA
I FREECE WILLIAM KIA
D HARPER DAVID KIA
B JACKSON WILLIAM KIA
D JOHNSON ASA KIA
K KLINE BARNEY KIA
F LUCAS RANATUS KIA
H MALLORY ALVIN KIA
B MCCLURE DAVID KIA
H MCLAUGHLIN DAVID KIA
D MEEK ENOCH KIA
G METZKER ISSAC THORAX PENE. RT. HAND THIGH FRACT. LT THIGH SEVERE
C MOSS ROSS RT. THIGH AMPUTATED DIED IN NASHVILLE
I OSBORN JOHN KIA
H PELTON BENJIMAN DIED OF WOUNDs
F PHILLIPS EDWARD KIA
F RATHBUN BENJIMAN PELVIS PENETRATING
I RIBLET JOHN KIA
F RUCKLE JOHN KIA
F SAGER JACKSON KIA
F SALSBURY CYRUS KIA
E SIDELL WILLIAM KIA
F SMITH LEROY KIA
F STEBBINS CUYLER RT. SHOULDER THIGH FLESH; DIED 9/1/64
H STODDARD WILLIAM KIA
H STUTESMAN JAMES KIA
F TRAPP ANDREW KIA
F WAGGONER GEORGE HEAD MORTAL; D. 8/17/64
C WILLIAMS HENRY KIA
F WILCOX GEORGE DIED OF WOUNDS 8/10/64
G WYMAN CHARLES KIA
E YOUNG JOSEPH KIA
Wounded
G SHOEMAKER GEORGE
D BARRINGER JOHN RIGHT ARM AMPUTATED
E STUGARD WILLIAM
C BARKDOLL GEORGE
I BARNES GILBERT LT. THIGH FLESH
F BATT LEVI RT. THIGH FLESH
H BOOREAM DAVID BACK LT. THIGH FLESH
A CLOUGH CHARLES LT. LEG AND RT. ANKLE DISLOCATED.
D CRAM JOHN NO RECORD
F CRAMER ISRAEL LT. SHOULDER AND BACK SEVERE; RESIGNED
B DAWSON EDWARD SHOT LEFT FOREARM
F DISHER CHRISTIAN GUN SHOT LUNG
D DUCK FRANK GUN SHOT THIGH
D FLEMING JAMES FACE FLESH; D. SULTANA 4/27/65
E FREEMAN ALONZO NECK
D FULMER JOHN RT. HIP FLESH
C HARDINGER DANIEL RT. ARM FRACTURE SEVERE
H HARRINGTON HENRY FINGERS RT. HAND
F HELLER RANATUS DIED ON SULTANA FROM SCALDS 4/29/65
I HERB DANIEL UTOY RT THIGH
B HOLLOPETER GIDEON WOUNDED SHOULDER
D HOPKINS HIRAM LT. HIP KNEE SEVERE
D HUFFORD WILSON THORAX PENETRATING
C JOHNSON ELI
A KELLER GEORGE RT. FOOT
I MCCARTNEY JACOB LT. HIP FLESH
I MCCREARY ANDREW LT. ARM
I MILLER MARTIN CONCUSSION; OUT AT KNOXVILLE
I MUNGER ANDREW BOTH THIGHS FLESH
K NICHOLS HENRY RT. THIGH FLESH
D OHLINGER GEORGE LT. LEG FLESH
H PAGE NOBLE LT. LEG FLESH
F PINKERTON GEORGE LT. LEG FLESH
I POORMAN ANDREW LT. HAND WAR DEPT.
G RONEY MICHAEL WOUNDED HIP 4 WEEKS ATLANTA HOS,
F SAUGSTON ISSAC RT. ARM FLESH
F SCOTT RUFUS WND HEAD LEFT FOREARM
K SHALL FREDRICK BONE OUT OF LEFT ARM USED FROM MULE(LISTED IN 1890 CENSUS)
C SHORTHILL STEWART LT. THIGH FLESH
O SLEVIN PATRICK BREVET BRIG GENERAL 1867 SEVERE WOUNDS IN HIP AND ARM
C SMITH RICHARD RT. SHOULDER FLESH
B SNYDER HENRY LT. LEG FLESH
F STEWART JACOB S RT. LEG FLESH
F TRAPP ELIAS RT. SHOULDER SEVERE
C TULE EDWARD RT. THIGH RT. HAND
C WEBB WATSON LOST LEG UTOY
D WELLS JOHN FINGERS RT. HAND
D WHEELER WILLIAM RT. SHOULDER survived sultana
G WIDMER JOSEPH WOUNDED ARM REUM.
E WILKINSON CHARLES PELVIS PENETRATING
A WILLIAMS EDGAR LT. HAND
G WILSON EZEKIAL LT WOUND THIGH
B YAGER ABSALOM LT KNEE FLESH
I ZUBER JOHN NECK SEVERE
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