The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report., chapter 12, page 152

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[152] two unimportant bridges and attacked several trains passing over the road, burning a few cars. The troops along the railroad were always on the alert, rendering it difficult for any very serious damage to be perpetrated. All breaks or interferences to travel were speedily removed by the well-organized construction party under the immediate superintendence of Col. W. W. Wright (Forty-fourth U. S. Colored), chief engineer military railroads of the military division.

I have the honor to annex hereto a consolidated list of casualties for tile month, a return of prisoners captured, and the amount of ammunition expended.

The detailed reports of the subordinate commanders will be forwarded as soon as handed in.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Geo. H. Thomas, Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding. Lieut. Col. R. M. Sawyer
, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Mil. Div. of the Mississippi.

Inclosure no. 1.

List of casualties in the Army of the Cumberland during the month of June, 1864.

Corps.	Killed.		Wounded		Missing.		Aggregate
Corps.	Officers.	Men.	Officers.	Men.	Officers.	Men.	Aggregate
Fourteenth Corps	19	289	49	1,067	2	43	1,469
Fourth Corps	40	406	127	2,027	3	115	2,718
Twentieth Corps	8	178	83	1,206	3	82	1,560
Total	67	873	259	4,300	8	240	5,747

Southard Hoffman, Assistant Adjutant-General. Hdqrs. Department of the Cumberland, Near Kenesaw Mountain, July 2, 1864.

Inclosure no. 2.

Report of arms, accouterments, &c., captured, lost, and becoming surplus in the Army of the Cumberland, for the month of June, 1864.

	Captured.	Lost.	Surplus.
Springfield rifles, caliber .58	40	398	475
Enfield rifles, caliber .57	24	418	274
Austrian rifles, caliber .54	73	0	0
Spencer rifles	0	0	49
Sporting rifles	4	0	0
Total	141	816	798¹

T. G. Baylor, Capt. of Ord., Chief Ord. Officer, Dept. of the Cumberland. near Atlanta, Ga., July 31, 1864.

1 Rendered surplus by reason of men being killed or wounded and sent to the rear.

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1891.

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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report.
Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Ed.

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Inclosure no. 1.

List of casualties in the Army of the Cumberland during the month of June, 1864.

Inclosure no. 2.

Report of arms, accouterments, &c., captured, lost, and becoming surplus in the Army of the Cumberland, for the month of June, 1864.

The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Ed.

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Inclosure no. 1.

List of casualties in the Army of the Cumberland during the month of June, 1864.

Inclosure no. 2.

Report of arms, accouterments, &c., captured, lost, and becoming surplus in the Army of the Cumberland, for the month of June, 1864.

The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report.
Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Ed.