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Consolidated Summaries in the armies of Tennessee and Mississippi during the campaign commencing May 7, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, and ending after the engagement with the enemy at Jonesboroa and the evacuation at Atlanta, furnished for the information of General Joseph E. Johnston

Columbus, Georgia, April 3, 1866.
Consolidated Summary of Casualties of the Armies of Tennessee and Mississippi in the Series of Engagements around and from Dalton, Georgia, to the Etowah River, for the Period commencing May 7, and ending May 20, 1864:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Hardee's119859978
Hood's2831,5641,847
Polks army, Mississippi42405447
4442,8283,272

Consolidated Summary of Casualties of the Armies of Tennessee and Mississippi in the Series of Engagements around New Hope Church, near Marietta, Georgia:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Hardee's1731,0481,221
Hood's103679732
Polk's army, Mississippi33194227
3091,9212,230

Consolidated Summary of Casualties of the Armies of Tennessee and Mississippi in the Series of Engagements around Marietta, Georgia, from June 4 to July 4, 1864:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Hardee's2001,4331,633
Hood's1401,1211,261
Polk's army, Mississippi1289261,054
4683,4803,948

Consolidation of the above three reports is as follows:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Dalton to Etowah River4442,8283,272
New Hope Church3091,9212,230
Around Marietta4683,4803,948
1,2218,2299,450

[577] Consolidated Summary of Casualties of the Army of Tennessee (Army of Mississippi being merged into it) in the Series of Engagements around Atlanta, Georgia, commencing July 4, and ending July 31, 1864:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Hardee's5232,7743,297
Lee's3512,4082,759
Stewart's4362,1412,577
Wheeler's cavalry29156185
Engineer's22123
1,3417,5008,841

Consolidated Summary of Casualties in Army of Tennessee in Engagements around Atlanta and Jonesboroa from August 1 to September 1, 1864:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Hardee's1411,0181,159
Lee's2481,6311,879
Stewart's93574667
4823,2233,705

Consolidation of which two reports is as follows:

Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total
Around Atlanta, July 4 to July 31, 18641,3417,5008,841
Atlanta and Jonesboroa August 1 to September 1, 18644823,2233,705
1,82310,72312,546

I certify that the above reports are from the returns made to my office, and are in my opinion correct.

(Signed) A. J. Foard, Medical Director late Army of Tennessee.
Note.-The Atlanta-Dalton campaign began on May 7th, and ended on the 1st of September, 1864, and the above reports are exact copies of those made to the commanding general during its progress, and in the order in which they here appear.

General Johnston commanded from the commencement of the campaign until the 18th of July, when he was relieved from duty, and General Hood assigned to the command of the army. Hence the casualties of battle which occurred in the army between the 4th and the 18th of July belong to the period of General Johnston's command, and are as [578] follows: killed, sixty-seven; wounded, four hundred and fifty-five; total, five hundred and twenty-two. These figures, added to the total of casualties as reported up to July 4th, viz., killed, twelve hundred and twenty-one, wounded, eight thousand two hundred and twenty-nine, total, nine thousand four hundred and fifty, gives the entire losses (killed and wounded) in battle for the whole army, while under the command of General Johnston, as follows: viz., killed, twelve hundred and eighty-eight; wounded, eight thousand six hundred and eighty-four; total, nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-two. A deduction of the same, viz., killed, sixty-seven, wounded, four hundred and fifty-five, total, five hundred and twenty-two, from the total of casualties reported from July 4th to September 1st, viz., killed, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, wounded, ten thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, total, twelve thousand five hundred and forty-six, gives of killed seventeen hundred and fifty-six, wounded, ten thousand two hundred and sixty-seven; total, twelve thousand twenty-three, as the entire losses in killed and wounded during that period of the campaign when the army was commanded by General Hood, viz., from July 18 to September 1, 1864, when it ended, and the army was then prepared for the campaign into Tennessee.

(Signed) A. J. Foard, Medical Director late Army of Tennessee.

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