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In the battle of the 22nd the total Union loss in killed, wounded, and missing, 3,500, and 10 pieces of artillery. Rebel loss, prisoners captured, 3,200. Known dead of the enemy in front of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Corps and one division of the Seventeenth Corps, 2,142. The other division of the Seventeenth Corps repulsed six assaults of the enemy before it fell back, which will swell the rebel loss in killed to at least 3,000. There were captured from the enemy in this battle 18 stand of colors and 5,000 stand of arms.
Brigadier-General Garrard, commanding Second Cavalry Division, has just returned from a raid upon the Georgia railroad, having lost 2 men and brought in 200 prisoners and a fair lot of fresh horses and negroes. He destroyed the railroad bridges across the branches of the Ocmulgee and the depots at Conyers, Covington, and Social Circle.
By command of Major-General Thomas:
WM. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Consolidated report of the casualties in the Army of the Cumberland during May, June, July, and August, 1864.
Killed
Command Month Officers Men Total
Fourth Army Corps May, 1864 30 493 523
June, 1864 40 406 446
July, 1864 4 71 75
August, 1864 5 33 38
Total 79 1,003 1,082
Fourteenth Army May, 1864 14 210 224
Corps
June, 1864 19 289 308
July, 1864 16 166 182
August, 1864 8 151 159
Total 57 816 873
Twentieth Army May, 1864 22 387 409
Corps
June, 1864 8 178 186
July, 1864 20 310 330
August, 1864 1 39 40
Total 51 914 965
Cavalry command Four months 9 115 124
May, June,
July and
August, 1864
Total 9 115 124
Grand total 196 2,848 3,044
Fourth Army Corps September 1 to 5 34 39
end of
campaign
Fourteenth Army ..do.. 12 210 222
Corps
Grand total 213 3,092 3,305
Wounded
Command Month Officers Men Total
Fourth Army Corps May, 1864 120 284 2,591
June, 1864 127 115 2,154
July, 1864 33 13 508
August, 1864 4 27 178
Total 284 439 5,431
Fourteenth Army May, 1864 54 75 1,154
Corps
June, 1864 49 43 1,116
July, 1864 50 129 787
August, 1864 27 22 820
Total 180 269 3,877
Twentieth Army May, 1864 127 499 3,007
Corps
June, 1864 83 82 1,289
July, 1864 86 202 1,466
August, 1864 8 11 189
Total 304 794 5,951
Cavalry command Four months 42 1,101 524
May, June, July
and August,
1864
Total 42 1,101 524
Grand total 810 2,603 15,783
Fourth Army Corps September 1 to 27 21 299
end of campaign
Fourteenth Army ..do.. 50 15 674
Corps
Grand total 887 2,656 16,756
Missing
Command Month Officers Men Total
Fourth Army Corps May, 1864 4 284 288
June, 1864 3 115 118
July, 1864 2 13 15
August, 1864 3 27 30
Total 12 439 451
Fourteenth Army May, 1864 2 75 77
Corps
June, 1864 2 43 45
July, 1864 6 129 135
August, 1864 .... 22 22
Total 10 269 279
Twentieth Army Corps May, 1864 2 499 501
June, 1864 3 82 85
July, 1864 9 202 211
August, 1864 ..... 11 11
Total 14 794 808
Cavalry command Four months 68 1,101 1,169
May, June,
July and
August, 1864
Total 68 1,101 1,169
Grand total 104 2,603 2,707
Fourth Army Corps September 1 2 21 23
to end of
campaign
Fourteenth Army ..do.. 1 15 16
Corps
Grand total 107 2,639 2,746
Aggregate
Command Month Officers Men Total
Fourth Army Corps May, 1864 154 3,248 3,402
June, 1864 170 2,548 2,718
July, 1864 39 559 598
August, 1864 12 234 246
Total 395 6,589 6,964
Fourteenth Army May, 1864 70 1,385 1,455
Corps
June, 1864 70 1,399 1,469
July, 1864 72 1,032 1,104
August, 1864 35 966 1,001
Total 247 4,782 5,029
Twentieth Army May, 1864 151 3,766 3,917
Corps
June, 1864 94 1,892 1,560
July, 1864 115 231 2,007
August, 1864 9 7,355 240
Total 369 1,698 7,724
Cavalry command Four months 119 1,698 1,817
May, June,
July and
August, 1864
Total 119 20,424 1,817
Grand total 1,110 327 21,534
Fourth Army Corps September 1 to 34 849 361
end of
campaign
Fourteenth Army ..do.. 63 21,600 912
Corps
Grand total 1,207 22,807
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding Department.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Atlanta, Ga., September 19-20, 1864.
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