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685 Series I Volume XXXVIII-III Serial 74 - The Atlanta Campaign Part III

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from the artillery connected with the cavalry was, as was the case in the last report, incomplete, because of the operations in the enemy's rear.

Non report is made of Williams' and Waddell's battalions, which were some days since ordered to report to Brigadier-General Wright, as above stated, other than to make known their armament. Those battalions were inspected by me some three weeks since and found in very fair condition, but no inspection could be made at a date sufficiently near for this report.

During the engagement at Jonesborough on the 1st instant, six Napoleons and two 10-pounder Parrott guns were captured by the enemy on Cleburne's line, though the horses were saved, as they were some distance in rear for protection from the enemy's fire. One company has been resupplied with guns, and the other has been mounted as scouts, by request of its officers, under the direction of the provost-marshal-general of the army.

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Respectfully submitted.

CHAS. SWETT,

Captain Artillery and Actg. Insp. General of Artillery.

[Inclosure.]

Approximate statement of ordnance stores destroyed in the evacuation of Atlanta September 1, 1864.

32-pounder gun shell............................ 100

24-pounder gun shell............................ 16

24-pounder gun canister......................... 57

20-pounder Parrott shell........................1,050

12-pounder gun shell............................2,268

12-pounder gun shot.............................1,544

12-pounder gun canister......................... 818

12-pounder howitzer shell....................... 637

12-pounder howitzer canister.................... 782

12-pounder mountain howitzer shell.............. 60

12-pounder mountain howitzer spherical case..... 384

10-pounder Parrott shell........................3,181

6-pounder gun shot.............................. 448

6-pounder gun spherical case.................... 110

6-pounder gun canister.......................... 368

3-inch rifle canister........................... 154

3-inch rifle shell.............................. 339

2 1/2-inch rifle shell.......................... 20

12-pounder howitzers, bronze.................... 3

6-pounder rifles, bronze........................ 2

6-pounder smooth-bores, iron.................... 4

3-inch rifle.................................... 1

6-pounder gun carriages and limbers............. 4

6-pounder gun carriages and limbers, damaged.... 2

12-pounder howitzer carriages and limbers....... 2

12-pounder howitzer carriage.................... 1

12-pounder Napoleon carriage, damaged........... 1

12-pounder Napoleon caissons and limbers........ 7

12-pounder Napoleon caissons and limbers (no

chests)......................................... 2

12-pounder Napoleon caissons and limbers, damaged 7

12-pounder Napoleon caissons and limbers

(no chests), damaged............................ 10

12-pounder Napoleon caissons, damaged........... 2

12-pounder howitzer caissons and limbers,

damaged......................................... 4

3-inch rifle caissons and limbers, damaged...... 7

12-pounder Napoleon ammunition-chests, damaged.. 9

6-pounder Napoleon ammunition-chest, damaged.... 1

Battery forges and limbers, damaged............. 3

Spare wheels, damaged........................... 7

3-inch Hotchkiss shell, damaged................. 173

10-pounder Parrott shell, damaged............... 320

12-pounder solid shot, damaged.................. 327

12-pounder shell, damaged....................... 224

12-pounder canister, damaged.................... 18

20-pounder Parrott shell, damaged............... 181

20-pounder Parrott shot damaged................. 9

10-pounder Parrott shell, damaged............... 49

24-pounder shell, damaged....................... 24

30-pounder shell, damaged....................... 31

32-pounder shell, damaged....................... 22

42-pounder shell, damaged....................... 1

Hotchkiss shell, damaged........................ 211

3-inch shot, damaged............................ 17

6-pounder shot, damaged......................... 58

6-pounder spherical case, damaged............... 67

6-pounder shell, damaged........................ 35

6-pounder canister, damaged..................... 81

6-pounder James shell, damaged.................. 21

3-inch rifle shell, damaged..................... 109

Boxes of ammunition, damaged.................... 43

Ammunition-chests, damaged...................... 33

Artillery saddles, damaged...................... 12

Breeching, damaged.............................. 20


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