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I am under special obligations to Colonel Given, Seventy-fourth Ohio; Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, First Wisconsin, and Lieutenant-Colonel Griffin, Thirty-eighth Indiana, who have commanded demi-brigades, for valuable assistance.
To the members of my staff I am also indebted for the energy and fidelity with which they have performed their respective duties.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. F. MOORE,
Colonel Sixty-ninth Ohio Vet. Vol. Infty., Commanding Brigadier
Captain G. W. SMITH,
Actg. Asst. Adj. General, First Div., 14th Army Corps.
[Inclosure.]
Casualties in the Third Brigade during the campaign in Northern Georgia up to September 8, 1864.
Killed. Wounded. Missing.
Comman Office Men. Office Men. Office Men. Aggre
d. rs. rs. rs. gate.
1st 1 9 3 82 ...... ...... 95
Wiscon
sin
Volunt
eer
Infant
ry..
21st 2 32 5 119 ...... 2 160
Ohio
Vetera
n
Volunt
eers..
37th 1 16 6 73 ...... ...... 96
Indian
a
Volunt
eers..
38th 1 19 7 73 ...... 3 103
Indian
a
Vetera
n
Volunt
eers..
74th 1 17 4 88 ...... ...... 110
Ohio
Vetera
n
Volunt
eers..
69th 1 20 2 103 1 ...... 127
Ohio
Vetera
n
Volunt
eers..
79th ...... 6 2 79 ...... ...... 87
Pennsy
lvania
Vetera
n
Volunt
eers..
Total. 7 119 29 617 1 5 778
.
The above list does not contain the casualties of the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania, as no report could be obtained from that regiment.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. F. MOORE,
Colonel Sixty-ninth Ohio Vet. Vol. Infty., Commanding Brigadier
Numbers 113.Report of Lieutenant Colonel William D. Ward, Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry.
HDQRS. THIRTY-SEVENTH INDIANA VOL. INFANTRY,
Atlanta, Ga., September 9, 1864.SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this command during the campaign, commencing May 7, 1864, and ending September 8, 1864:
On the 7th day of May the regiment broke camp at Ringgold, Ga., and marched about eight miles and bivouacked in about three miles of Buzzard Roost. The next day the regiment moved about two miles to the front, and on the 9th of May the regiment moved in line of battle across an open field under the fire of the enemy, and took position on a hill in a short range of the enemy's artillery and sharpshooters. This position was held until 10 p. m. May 10, 1864, when the regiment was relieved by the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer
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