Letter
B. R. Johnson, July 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS JOHNSON’S DIVISION,
July 24, 1864.
COLONEL: The enemy have been very quiet during the past twentytour hours. General Gracie has kept the enemy from advancing their sap-rollers. Colonel McAfee, commanding Ransom’s brigade, reports that the artillery on his left opened upon a working party on the Baxter road yesterday and compelled them to cease work. Colonel Goode, commanding Wise’s brigade, reports that in picket-firing he gives the enemy as good as is sent. General Gracie suggests that if he was supplied with the “Travis fire,” which is prepared by Captain Travis, in Mobile, Ala., that he thinks he could destroy the enemy’s sap-rollers.
The following casualties are
respectfully submitted: Wise's brigade
wounded, 4. Elliott's brigade, killed, 1; wounded, 4 (1 mortally). Ran.
som's brigade, wounded, 4. Gracie's brigade, killed, 1. Total, 2 killed
and 12 wounded.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
som's brigade, wounded, 4. Gracie's brigade, killed, 1. Total, 2 killed
and 12 wounded.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: B. R. Johnson reports on Confederate defensive actions and casualties near enemy sap-rollers, recommending use of Captain Travis's fire to destroy Union engineering efforts.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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