The weekly sun., 1864-08-20
GENERAL sHlsRMAN.
J.oases IN the Late Battles.

Washington, Aug. f0.-Nsjc, General Sherman.
in transmitting The following OK iAl report Of Gen.
Logan 10 Gen, Hsllcct, says:-
although the number Of dead re bes ssems ex-
cessive am disposed to give full CT edt 70 the re.
por ths though our loss was only ,aS2i IN killed.
the field nearly equsllcd thss pumbev. WIS., a32o"
Beyore Atlanta, Ga, July 24.--tseursi: Ihavs
,he honor to report the following general sum-
this army on the sed uN.:
Total loss in killed, wounded and nnGne.
a,Sel, and ten pieces Of artillery. We have
buried and delivered W the Enemy, under
nag Of truce sent IN by them. N rtnt o
dead IN front of the Fourth Division Of ths srnc
corps. including those on the ground not now &C.
cupied by our troops, General Blair reports. WIN
swcl the number Of their dead on his front 10 Two
thousand. Tho number Of their dead, bur.sd in
front Of the 18th CORPS up " this hour 10 800, an
the commanding oHoer reports that ct loast as
many more are yea mnburied, buryins parties be
front Of the 10Th corpA wss l2?. We have ons
1000 OF their wounded IN cur hsnds, tho isrs,r
number Of wounded being carried on during sne
turcd IS stand Of colorA aud have them now. We
also captured 1000 stand Of ARMS Tho attack 'ras
made on our lines seven times and was se ven
times repulsed. Hoods and Hardee's corps ar.'
Whee'cr's cavalry, engaged us. We have ie'N TO
the roar 1000 prisoners Including 80 c. nm Ncn-
ed officers Of high rank. We still occupy the 6eld.
the trooI are in high spirits. detailet an. full
repo.; wul be forwarded w aocn completed.
Our total loss 1851. Eperny's dead thus o y re.
ported buried, or delivered to them af00. r,Ml Of
prisoners sent North, 1,0i7. Tosal Of prhs ,ner.
wounded, in our hands 100. Esimaasd h'ss Of
tic enemy At least 10000.
Very respectfully,
Joss A. LOGAN, Maj. -ssnaral.
Maj. Gen. W. 7. Sherman, Commanding Military
Division OF the Mississippi.
Lniess OmciaI.
Washington, Avgus lo.-No operations sbesore
Atlanta Of consequence are reported to-day. Por.
tions Of stonemAn's copmsud arc conrnu ng n
arrive and the total loss will exceed ono thou.
sand.
EDWIN N. STANTON, Secretary Of Y 'ar.
Colopel llcCoo Raid.
LouisrSlle. Aug. l0.-Thc Nashville UNe ~ has
official authority that the loss in McCooks raj will
not exceed Eve hundred.
thy kai.) - 80
correspondent from the hesdquarters( o. the
Army In front OF Atlanta, says: r.
On the sOth Of July there was an artiller}ND
between the enemy on tie right mud the s0th Cees
From an occasional firing during the night c.
ed into volleys at daylight, with sharp musk nd:
gageInent WAS progressing on that portion otro
line Later In the day tho list and I'd DvixoHA
Hookcr's old corps charged and captured tbesns
line of the rebe, rife pits with 100 prisoneree1
Ccor,un militia. and 1874 guns eft by the p.ckctac
their highi. Several rebels were killed in
charge, But our loss was very slight. -
Ia expcc ctaton of a siege, two G4-pounder rfA 4
o,ins were some time since sent from Rcbmtes
II Ia the same kind they used at VicksburResJ
least il throws the same description Of shell WIN
frequently saw there a missile six and az
inches 10 diameter, acorn shaped with sxpsbU
metal run upon and around the heel ono as
half inches IN width with protesting hsnge.
concusson from this gun Is very heavy, ahny
the heavc Tor miles around, and the nUae y
shell in Its flight through the air " like they
OF demon. One or two u theso ''pot-metal
Germs" as ouartcrmsstcr PieHett calls them,
dropped in and about Gen. 6choholdS hoedq
tcrs aud arc objects Of curiosity. A. degs
ior battsrng down permanent works they ssoe-
doub+, formidable, but for ordinary hssd pract
TOO unwieIdy. msil n6ad esTTe1s = mJ
moro uso1at and hes equA rsnge. Thass h.
suns we calculate 70 capture. = Withoua yailr.
fsn~,ostsnou. The snsmy en0nos ysuDsvS thso
They wiil psoSshiy b Vaksd ssd N e Ysnkes
.seSSss vbso thS 'o.S cay" svseuslsd.
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