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I submit the following estimate of property and supplies appropriated or destroyed by my command during the march from Atlanta to Savannah:
Taken for use:
Horses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Mules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Corn. . Pounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,421
Corn fodder. . Do. . . . . . . . . . . 262,000
Rice fodder. . Do. . . . . . . . . . . 88,000
Beef-cattle. . Head. . . . . . . . . 700
Bacon. . Pounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,700
Sugar. . Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
Molasses. . Gallons. . . . . . . . . . 1,000
Taken for use:
Potatoes. . Bushels. . . . . . . . . 2,000
Meal. . Saks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Salt. . Barrels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Destroyed:
Cotton bales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700
Cotton gins and mills. . . . . . 50
Flour mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Saw-mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Factories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The amounts of articles of forage and subsistence given above are those given in the returns of my quartermaster and commissary. In addition to these amounts, there was doubtless as much more of all such articles taken by the division for use of the men and animals, who subsisted bounteously on the country passed through.
Railroad destroyed.
On East Point Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Between Atlanta and Chattahoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/2
Between Social Circle and Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Between Madison and Oconee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Between Milledgeville and Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Between Tennille and Davisborough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1/2
Railroad bridges across the Oconee and Ocmulgee, besides a large number of small bridges, trestle, water-tanks, &c. ; also large quantities of new ties, railroad timbers, cord wood, &c.
The following table will show the casualties and losses in my command during the entire campaign:
During the march. During siege of Savannah.
Officers. Men. Officers. Men.
Killed. . . . 1 8
Wounded. . . 1 5 53
Missing. . 37 . 9
Total. . . 38 6 70
In concluding this report, I must express my high appreciation of the officers and men whom I have so long commanded, and whose conduct and general discipline on this campaign were worthy of their past well-earned reputation.
I desire to return my thanks to the gentleman composing my staff, departmental and personal. Some deserve special mention for their efficiency and uniform attention to duty. To Captain W. T. Forbes, assistant adjutant-General, I am especially indebted for the faithful performance of every duty devolving upon him. I must also commend Captain Eugene Schilling, my topographical engineer, for his general
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