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ADDENDA.
Report of casualties of the Fourth Army Corps from May 3 to June 5, 1864.
Killed. Wounded
Command Officers Men Officers Men
Headquarte -- -- 1 1
rs Fourth
Army Corps
First 1 60 17 390
Division
Second 9 162 41 831
Division
Third 20 271 61 1,249
Division
Total 30 493 120 2,471
Missing Aggregate
Command Officers Men Officers Men
Headquarte -- -- 1 1
rs Fourth
Army Corps
First -- 22 18 472
Division
Second -- 11 50 1,004
Division
Third 4 251 85 1,771
Division
Total 4 284 154 3,248
Brigadier-General Wood reports 255 of his men as missing at the action of May 27, and in reference thereto appends to his report a written explanation, of which the following is a copy:
I visited the battle-field of Pickett's Mills twice yesterday and examined it closely. The numerous single graves and several lines of trenches on the battle-field outside of the enemy's intrenchments (capable of containing from twenty-five to forty bodies) fully explain where most of the 255 missing of that day went to. I am fully satisfied that nearly the whole of them were either killed outright on the field or were wounded and could not be brought away, fell into the hands of the enemy when we abandoned the field at 10 p. m. on the 27th.
Respectfully submitted.
O. O. HOWARD,
Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Near Acworth, Ga., James 8, 1864.Brigadier-General WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.List of casualties in Fourth Army Corps in action of June 27, 1864.
Killed Wounded
Command Officers Men Officers Men
First 1 7 7 77
Division
Second 12 70 45 445
Division
Third -- 1 2 6
Division
Total 13 78 54 528
Missing Aggregate
Command Officers Men Officers Men
First --- -- 8 84
Division
Second 1 82 58 597
Division
Third -- -- 2 7
Division
Total 1 82 68 688
Total loss, 756.
Respectfully submitted.
O. O. HOWARD,
Major-General, Commanding.
Brigadier General WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE,
A. A. G. and Chief of Staff, Dept. of the Cumberland.
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