The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-10
An Enormous Lie.

We have befare alluded 10 the statement Of the
Virginia renegade. General Thomas, made in an
order OF the day." the erect that he had buried
three thousand two hundred Of our dead after the
battles Of The Goth and 22i ultimo hesorc Atlanta
When IN point 81 fact, and According - The ainis
son e the New Yoik fTosla, the Yankees sa~tain-
"a a most disastrous repulse, ari would have been
aiiely routed bu; for the exertions of Mcpherson.
who was killa in tho acton IN order thas the put
i,c may have The best possible opportunity 10 pass
Judgment upon this report, We here rerub,ish II,
with an analysis of Us confused statement:
Army liz tSar,arras July 20, iSGi.
9 The Maior-0cbef,.i commanding the army con-
g9a'ula'es the traops upon the brilliant success ~
tending the Union sfnS III the a', baltic. IA !si'
battle OF The 9o;h instant, IN which the iwchteih
tar4ss one division OF the Fourth dors alii pau OF
the Fourteenth corps were enaae.d, the t7'h .hoh
ios, Ia ki'icd wounded and missing, was one shou-
sand sexrn bundled and thirty-tlIrcc. In front Of
the twentieth t,las thc1c wcIr put out OF the night
Sax ,h,ss md rebels. Eve hundcd and si&ty-thTec ot
the enemy were buried by our awa troops, ana the
Y.:S we're permitted TO bury two hundred and tity.
The second division al the Fourth CORPS IFp>ed seven
different assaults Of the enemy with osht los 10
;hcnisc seS and which must have Swe!irt the num-
Ter ct lead hurfoi hy thc rch,is 10 beyond tlTuc
hundred We also captured seven stands Of color$.
Na official reDoT; has been received of the part
taken III the battle by the Fourteenth corps In the
hattie of the 22l instant, the total Union loss m
killed. wounded and missing, was three thousand
ave hundred and ten pieces IF artillery The rebel
loss prisoners captured was three thousand two
hundred. The known dead Of the enemy IN ttont o!
The Fslceuth and Sixteenth corps, aud ore DIVISION
Of the Seventeenth corps, was two Thousand glc
hundred anal fagty-tao. The other dINiaons OF the
Seventeenth Coz ~ lYpuScd six assaults of the enc
NV etour they fell back, and which will swell the
rctr loss in killed ut least three thousand The
latest report states buried over three thousand
80 hnuirei rebels killed IN this fight. There were
captured from the enemy, IN thus battle, eighteen
Stands of colo,s and five thousand stands OF al
s.By order OF Maior-ticnrral Thomas.
Nv ID. WHtPpLr, Assistant Adlutant- Gcneral."
In the fight OF the 2oth it seems, iii front OF one
Yankee corps alone, five hundred and sixty-thgec
rebels buried by the Yankees, and therehcs were
permitted TO bury two hundred and fifty more 50 that
in front OF that corps alone, that day, eight hun
dred and thirteen rcbeis were iI'c". The second
division of the Fourth corps buried three hundred
mcrc-,otal foT that day, one thousand ono hundred
and thirteen kiNed. There was DO report from the
Fourteenth corps; consequently their share OF men
slain is not included in this list. On the 22d, the Eff
teonth and Sixteenth corps, and one division Of
the Seventeenth, killed two Thousand one hundred
and forty three. Added 10 one thousand one han
,lrei ana thirteen, this makes three thousand two
huudIei and fitysix thus iar. The other divisions
of the Seventeenth corps killed. it seems, at least
three thousand. Grand total six thousand two
hundred and ffty-sx, exclusive OF what the other
division OF the Fourteenth corps killed on the 20h
which, We have seer, was not reported, hut which
it is fair to put down at three hundred, that
the amount ct killing done on the same day by The |
orc division Of the Fourth corps, This makes II |
g1ana total of six thousand five hundred and fifty
six lcbels Killed on those two days, the 10th and !
ed. Now, throughout this war, the wounded have !
'lnifosmly been to the killed as SIX to ono. Pre-
stunning III" proportion To have been maintained i'll
these battles, there must have been Thirty |
nine thousand three hundred ana thiTty-~ix round.
ell. Added ia the three thousand nine hundred rnl
fty-eix killed, have total, i'll ke.. and wound
ed OF - $50 A The rebels also lost POO prisoners
then tota. loss Killed Wou!dri aud prisoners
According 10 the NcIaaious renegade tIoIn NiIair.i
1902 This WIS much greater victory than WI |
1eIoo and yet the Yankees have fixed canon
orderef no 7e Dsi'r,, and proclaimed ,.o day oil
Thanksgiving. What can they be Waiting Tor,
a single circumstance connected with this stu
rendous victory IL that il was gained over a single
corps OF General Hoods army, and that that corps
stll retains its organization III spite Of such ire
mendous loss What large co,i's II must have
been. and what nrodigious amy GcneIal Hood
must nave under bis command That notliin.
might be wanting TO complete the strange character
Of this unhcard OF victory, the VictoJs lost only
1888 men-that is 10 say, but one man for every
thirty lost By the rebels
But the most singular thing OF alt is that there !
should be General bold enough to make sucn
statement as this TO army which had Just been
sisnally defeated, and have known the truth
of the case; War DEPARTMENT which could TOLERATE,
such gross ''lschoUd; and people, TO whose gen.
s!'.i and secretary would dare TO publish it.
1t is refreshing to know that III spite OF this pTeat
paper reverse, GenaGti Hood stiil holds his own t-
fore Atlanta and Is not likely TO be driven from his
position.