, 1864-08-11

LoAsc& to 1Dd1ann Troop&-I utest Wow
OF Ele Situation.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T1ibune]
lND1ANAro11s, Wednesday, Aug. 10.
The loss of the, 5th Indiana cavity In
stoneman'e recent raid sums up as folio ws
The Colonel, two Majors. one staff officer,
two Captaine, nine Lieutena1ts and 319 en-
listed men.
Lieut.. Colonel M5ron B1ker, Of the 18th
1tdiana was killed on Saturday last in .
ekirmish near Atlanta Though young
man he vas brave and efficient oiacer.
New YORK, Wednesday,, Aug, 10--The
-R<ra|d's correspondent, near Atlanta, says
The operations around the city hare settled
down to regu1ar siege. We arc pounding
away on every side, and It IL Doomed to be
coon reduced. The rebels have : :.rrisoned
their forts and intrenchments vi :. militia,
and use thttr veterans to operate where re-
qui1ed, their line running so thut they can
be mnsstd d With great rapidity.
Yesterday a demonstration Was made
. along our lines. resulting In driving The
rebels back to their sintrenchment ts. gaining
the 1iae-plts and capturing picket .tsgrye
Of twenty five men.
Tie rebels cannot continue long IL atlanta.
If they continue burting against our works,
they Will SOON wear themselves out, without
doing us much hurt, and run the risk Of los
ing their communications, upon which We
are constantly operating. The Macon line Is
the only one lett them, It Is said we have
they cart succeed In bursting through our
lines somewhere. Yet we are so powerfully
Intrehched that single line is able to hold
uuE works against any assault OF theirs.
The cleanliness md comfort If the inmates
Of our hospitals reflect great credit OF the
medical gentlemen in attendance.
WAsu1nGToS, Wednesday, August TO-
General Sherman, In transmitting General
logan's official report to General Halleck,
sayF, although tte number Of dead rebels
seemed excessive, he ia disposed to give full
credit to the re:ort that though our loss was
enem}'s dead On the field alone amounr:d to
3,2220; the total number OF prisoners sent
Nort1, 1,017; total prisoners in our hands,
wounded, LOCO; estimated loss OF the enemy,
ut least ID, 900.
HEADQUARTERS DEr'T ARMY TENNESSEE
BEFoRE ATLANTA, Ga, June n. 18A.
GENERAL: have the honor to report the
the lossts Of this army on the I'D inst mt ::
Total loEs, killed, wounded and missing,
SCI, anu ten pieces of artillery.
We hare buried and delivered to the enc.
my, under flag Of truce sent in By them In
front Of the l7th army corps, LOCO Of their
killed.
The number OF their dead in front Of the
18th Division OF the came Corps, including
hose on tue ground not now occupied b7
| our troops, Cen Blair reports will swell the
number If their dead on his front to 1000.
| The number of dead buried in front Of the
18th Corps up to this hour, Is $50, and the
commanding officer reports that at least az
many more are yet unburied The number
OF bead buried in front of the 10th Corps wae
42222- We have over 1,000 of their wounded
| In our hands. the larger number Of wound
ed being carried oil during the night after
the engagement By t.em- We captured
aow; az aiso captured 1000 stsnd Of farms. Tue
attack Tas made On our lines scven times
and was seven times repulsed. Hoods anc
Hardee's corps, and Wheeler's cavalry en-
gagged Us. We haye sent to the rear l ,0ot
prisoners. including thirty.thIee commits
stoned officers Of high rank We still occu
| spirits.
4 detailed and full report vil1 be forward
ed a. soon Us completed.
| REORGANIZATION. .
@ Eneny's dead thus far rep; 1ted, buried or '''
rotsI 1s19o nT5eopers ,g sse sent NORTH Nitbi" i9i
Total prisoners wounded in our hauds.>, =. 10
Estimated loss Of tbe enemy. 1t least 1000
Very respectfully. 3our obi serT't..
JoHS A. LooAx; III Gen.
TO Major Gen. ": F. Sherman, Conn 'd'g. Malitar
Division Of the mississippi.
LOSSES m WISCONSIN REGIMENTS.
The 37th and 3sth Wisconsin regiment
were actively engaged on the 30th, in tn
unsuccessful attack on Petersburg. Lieut.
Col. Pier, Of the 39th, communicates to til
Governor the casualties Of that regiment, a
follows:
Capt Ferris mertally wounded while at the hea
Of his conpany-hae since died.
Lieut. Holton, wounded in The thigh by ball, No
Comnsnr A. i Killed.
Company B, 8 Killed wounded and missing.
Company Z, 2 killed, wounded and missing.
Total kil.ed, wounded andmtseing, -.
Being On uetal at headquarters, l WIS not In tn
yery respectfully, C.K, PMR,
! lteut. Col 3stll Wis. Vols
] 4 correspondent OF the Madison State Jour
nal gives the following 81 the casualties 0
the S1th:
The S3th Wisconsin iost a. follows: Killed, 20
wnUDded, 81 missing, 81. Total 14l.;
No officers were killed. The wounded are q
ideut. L. q. Beal1, commanding Co. B, se1iouaty
Captain Frank A. Cole, commanding Co. E, se
I Led, Vim. T. Atwell. Co. 9. leg of above til
1ent, 4. A Buuett> Co. E, n head.
| fferf (;9> J. AeDM 20, Z, n thigh