Abstract from monthly return of the Artillery, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Colonel H. P. Jones commanding, for June 30, 1864; headquarters near Petersburg, Va.

Present for duty.

Command Officers Men. Effective Aggregate

total present

present.

Field and staff 2 ........ ........ 2

Bogg's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 3 3 6 9

Sturdivant's 1 97 105 116

battery

Martin's 3 67 70 77

battery

Total 7 167 181 202

Coit's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 2 6 6 8

Wright's 5 102 107 120

battery

Brandford's 2 47 51 59

battery

Total 9 155 164 187

Read's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 5 1 1 6

Company A, 2 70 80 96

Marshall's

battery. a

Company B, 3 67 73 76

Macon's battery

Company C, 3 59 68 75

Hampden Light

Artillery.

Company D, 3 84 94 102

Blount's

battery

Total 16 281 316 355

Moseley's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 5 1 7 13

Slaten's 3 73 80 89

battery

Young's battery 4 77 83 93

Miller's 3 121 130 140

battery

Cumming's 2 33 37 41

battery

Pegram's 4 109 117 125

battery

Total 21 414 454 501

Grand total 55 1,017 1,115 1,247

Prisoners of war

Command Aggregate Pieces of Aggregat Officer Men.

present field e s

and artillery present

absent. . and

absent

last

monthly

return.

Field and 2 ........ 1 ....... ......

staff

Bogg's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 10 ....... 10 ...... ......

Sturdivant's 141 4 141 2 6

battery

Martin's 96 3 94 ...... ......

battery

Total 247 7 245 2 6

Coit's ......

artillery

battalion:

Staff 8 ...... 8 ...... ......

Wright's 138 4 138 ...... ......

battery

Brandford's 115 3 115 ...... ......

battery

Total 261 7 261 ....... ......

Read's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 7 ....... 8 ...... ......

Company A, 128 5 132 ...... ......

Marshall's

battery. a

Company B, 112 4 117 ...... ......

Macon's

battery

Company C, 122 4 127 ...... 12

Hampden

Light

Artillery.

Company D, 138 5 142 ...... ......

Blount's

battery

Total 507 18 526 ....... 12

Moseley's

artillery

battalion:

Staff 14 ....... 14 ...... ......

Slaten's 121 4 121 ...... ......

battery

Young's 115 4 116 ....... ......

battery

Miller's 162 4 163 ...... ......

battery

Cumming's 105 2 105 ...... ......

battery

Pegram's 162 6 162 ...... ......

battery

Total 679 20 681 ....... ......

Grand total 1,696 52 1.714 2 ......

a One gun disabled.

Program's Kelly's and Webb's batteries on detached service-the first with Moseley's battalion, the second at Kinston, N. C., the third at Weldon, N. C.

HEADQUARTERS,
Near Petersburg, July 1, 1864.

Honorable J. A. SEDDON,

Secretary of War:

General Beauregard reports a feeble demonstration made by enemy on a portion of general Johnson's lines about 5 p. m. yesterday. His skirmishers, supported by two lines of troops, drove in our skirmishers, which were re-established at dark. In the various conflicts with the enemy's cavalry in their late expedition against the railroads, besides their killed and wounded left on the field, over 1,000 prisoners, 13, pieces of artillery, 30 wagons and ambulances, many small-arms, horses, ordnance stores, and several hundred negroes taken from the plantations on their route were captured.

R. E. LEE,

General