Report of Brigadier General C. D. Anderson, Georgia Militia, commanding brigade, of engagement at Griswoldville, November 22.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE,
East Macon, November 24, 1863.

GENERAL: Below please find a report of the casualties of the Third Brigade, which would have been forwarded sooner had I not been too unwell since my return to camp to do any business until thei morning:

My brigade went into the action on the 22nd instant, I suppose about 2 o'clock, as you are aware, on the extreme left of the command. After driving the enemy through the field, across the ravine to the edge of the woods, about 100 yards beyond the ravine, I halted them, and although our ammunition was nearly exhausted I held that position, firing slowly, until dark. The enemy having ceased firing, and having been informed that our forces were being withdrawn on the right, I withdrew my brigade slowly and in good order, and reported you you at Griswoldville, I am glad to be able to say that the men and officer of my command, although the suffered severly, as the list of casualties will show, acted well.

Respectfully submitted.

C. D. ANDERSON,

Brigadier-General, Third Brigade.

Major-General PHILLIPS,

Commanding First Division, Georgia Militia.

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Report of Lieutenant Colonel B. D. Evans, commanding Georgia State Line, of engagement at Griswoldville, November 22.

HEADQUARTERS Georgia STATE LINE,
November 24, 1864.

GENERAL: I have the honor to report the part my command took in the engagement with the enemy on the 22nd November.

Having been ordered to lead the advance on the march on the 22d, upon arriving wihtin one mile of Griswoldville, I was informed by Major Cook, of the Twenty-third Battalion, that the enemy had reoccupied the place. I immediately sent forward a lien of skirmishers to feel the position of the enemy and drive their pickets. This line advanced through the village and halted at the enemy's picket line. At this point my line of battle joined the battalion of Major Cook and Major Jackson, who formed on my right. We advanced again our skirmishers and drove in the enemy's line of pickets, and took position on the edge of the old field recently occupied by the enemy. We soon discovered the army drawn up in line of battle in the opposite woods behind temporary breat-works. I had been in line but a few moments before ordered to advance and attack the enemy in front, Major Cook and Major Jackson on the right, my left being supported by General Anderson's militia brigade, who were to make a simultaneous attack on the enemy's right. By some misunderstanding or mistake the order to advance did not reach Major Cook till my command had been some time in motion. We charged down through the old field alone, but were soon supported handsomely by Majors Cook and Jackson, on my right, both regiments of the State Line keeping a fine line under a most galling and destructive fire from the entire line. The command