ORs: (US) Report of Capt. Henry R. Miller, 18th OH Inf.,
of skirmish at Short Mountain Crossroads

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 1, Page 902

HDQRS. DETACHMENTS 18TH OHIO AND 9TH MICH. REGTS.,
August 30, 1862.

Yesterday at 1 p. m. we were attacked in our position, 8 miles west, on the Manchester and McMinnville Railroad, by General Forrest’s rebel cavalry, consisting of one regiment Texas Rangers, Colonel Wharton; one battalion Alabama Cavalry, Captain Bacot; one battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Major Smith, and one battalion Kentucky Cavalry. We repulsed the enemy, with a loss of 9 killed and 40 wounded, several mortally. Among the killed, Captain Houston; among the mortally wounded, Lieutenant Butler, who died this morning. Our loss, 9 wounded, 5 severely. The rout complete, the rebels throwing away arms and fleeing, leaving on the field their dead and several of their wounded. They set on fire a small trestle between us and Manchester, half a mile distant from us, which we put out, and have now repaired the damage. The enemy have gone in the direction of Sparta.

H. R. MILLER,
Captain, Commanding.

General HASCALL,
Commanding Fifteenth Brigade, McMinnville, Tenn.