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The Daily Dispatch: July 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
Hooker's corps. The rebel loss in killed, wounded, and missing exceeded six thousand, including three Brigadier Generals. On the extreme left our operations were equally successful, Gen. McPherson driving the enemy for several miles. Gen. Blair's division advanced a mile and a half south of the Augusta railroad. On the morning of the 21st (Thursday) the enemy were driven, with but small loss to us, to their works immediately around Atlanta; and on the 23d (Friday) they had withdrefeat and death: The Government has received dispatches from General Sherman, announcing that on Friday the Rebels, under Gen Hood, massed a heavy force against his left wing, consisting of McPherson's grand division, composed of Logan's and Blair's corps, and made a desperate attack, gaining a temporary advantage. The enemy did terrific fighting, in which a number of charges were made on both sides, but were repulsed with much slaughter and driven into their fortifications. Major G