Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-08-11
Gen. Thomas'g CircuIar-The
Contest Of the 29d-T'he Gem
test or the 27th--ChanHes In
Command
NASHVILLE Topn Julv .


=. NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 81. 1854.
maJ-Gen. Thomas, commanding the
Army OF the Cumberland, has issued the
folowing interesting circular to. the army
near Atlanta: -. -,
ARMY HEADQUARTERS, July 20, 1864.
Ihe Major-General commanding the army
congratulstes the troops upon the brilliant
success attending the Union army in the late
battles. In the battle OF the 2Oth instant.
in which the 10Th Corps, one division of The
4th Corps. and part Of the l4th Corps were
engaged, the total Union loss 10 killed,
wounded, and missing was one thousand
seven hundred and thirty three. In form.
OF the 10th Corps there we're put out Of tho
the fight six thousand Rebels, five hundred
and sixty-three Oft the enemy we're buried by
our own troops, and the Rebels were permit
ted to bury two hundred and fifty. The
second division of the corps repulsed seven
different assaults Of the enemy with light
loss to themselves, and which must have
swelled the number of dead buried by tbs
Rebels to beyond three hundred. 20
We also captured seven stands of calors.
No official report has been received of the
part taken in the battle by the l4th Corps;
ln the battle of the 22d inst. the total Union
loss in killed, wounded and missing was
ell loss in prisoners was 3,20o. The knowa
dead OF the enemy in front Of the 18th and
10th Corps and one division of the 18th
! Corps was 2,l42.
The other divisions Of 18th Corps repulsed
six assaults Of the enemy before they fell
back, which will swell the Rebel loss in killed
to at least 1900. The latest report states
We buried over 5000 Rebels killed in the
hight: There were capturedfrom the enemy
in this battle eighteen stands of eolors and
| 5000 stands of arms By command of
Nal Gen. THOMAS.
w. d. WuipPLE, Assistant Adj Gen.
The battle ofthe ed was flank attack Of
the enemy upon our left. During that
attack the 18th Corps was crumbled up; but
not until it had rspulsed several of the
desperate charges ofthe Rebels. and afforded
time for Logan, who temporarily succeeded
Mcpherson 10 command Of the Army Of the
Tennessee, to face about and repel the
assaults made on him. Our correspondents
with that army state that the Rebels were
driven back to their last line of works around
the city.
The battle Of the 2sth inst. was an assault
in force on the 18th Corps, and appears to
have resulted in as complete defeat of the
Rebels as that of the 22d. Six hundred
and forty-two dead Rebels were baried By
our forces after that battle. .,..
We here append an Official list Of
figures from Gen. Sherman. His esti-,
mate of our loss on the ODD is the same
as Gen Thomas's-namely, $500; and
he gives the following complete, exact,
and interesting statement as to the two
battles;
Total loss of Unionists, July 20.......l, $50
Rebel dead counted and buried, July
lis
Rebel dead counted and buried, July
I..........."............ ......"..........2, l43
Rebel dead in front of 18th Corps not
IN our hands,. TOO
, Rebel colors captured, July 26.......... Z
: Rebel colors captured, July 22.........- I8
Rebel prisoners captured. $500
s Union loss all told. July 22.............3, 500
g Union loss of cannon, pieces............. 10
I Total Union $50
f Total Union loss of artillery pieces. 10
, Total Rebel loss in killed ed...........3,95 955
Total Rebel loss in prisoners. 200
; Total Rebel loss in colors.. 25
1t is estimated that the proportion OF
wounded to killed was much less than
usual, because of the closeness and
desperatioA of these remarkable con-
5 tests; and that the wounded, instead Of
t being seven times, are not more than
+ twice as many as the killed--an unpre,
9 cedented fact. If we assume that es
e innate as correct, then the total loss Of
!. the Rebels in the two battles of The
,e Goth and 22d near Atlanta is 15,065
against total loss on our side of $3.50. Ad
ding losses in the battle of the 9TH. ant
the Rebel total cannot be less than 20 r00(
which, in proportion to tho whole