William S. Rosecrans to Depariment, December 5, 1862

GENERAL:

Below is a report of the number and caliber of guns, mounted and dismounted, at Nashville, which were captured from the enemy: No. 1, 24-pounder iron gun, mounted on bank of river near reservoir. No. 2) 32-pounder iron gun (Parrott), mounted on corner of reservoir. No. 3, 24-pounder iron gun (smooth bore), mounted on Lebanon pike. No. 4, 32-pounder iron gun (Parrott), mounted on end of Summer street. No. 5, 32-pounder iron gun (Parrott), Mipiteted at General Palmer’s headquarters. No. 6, 24-pounder iron gun (smooth bore), mounted under Saint Cloud ill. Nos. 7 and 8, 24-pounder iron guns (smooth bore), mounted on Fort Negley. No. 9, 24-pounder iron gun (smooth bore), mounted at railroad tunnel. No. 10, 24-pounder iron gun (smooth bore), dismounted at Fort Neeley. No. 11, 32-pounder howitzer (iron), mounted at old Lunatic Asylum. No. 12, >, 32-pounder iron Parrott, mounted on floating bridge. Dismounted at ordnance depot: one 100- pounder columbiad, two: 32-pounder rifled iron guns, five 24-pounder carronades, and twelve 6-pounder iron guns, unserviceable, spiked; three 24-pounder iron smooth bores and one 18-pounder iron smooth bore, serviceable, and four 6-pounder iron guns, unserviceable. Of the guns at the ordnance depot there are but three 24-pounders and one 18-pounder iron smooth bores that are considered safe. Very respeetfully, JAMES BARNETT, Colonel, and Chief of Artillery Fourteenth Army Corps.

Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS,