Dispatch
Bushrod R. Johnson to G. W. Brent, July 19, 1864
HEADQUARTERS JOHNSON’S DIVISION,
July 19, 1864.
CoLONEL: Nothing unusual has occurred along the lines since last report. Sharpshooting and shelling was quite brisk yesterday; General Gracie’s pickets got the best of the sharpshooting; they claim to have killed a Yankee officer of some rank while crossing an open place. General Gracie’s brigade collected 1,000 shells and solid shot yesterday, together with 350 or 400 pounds of lead; the other commands were also engaged in the same manner but have not yet forwarded detailed reports. General Gracie suggests that a ration of whisky would be very acceptable to his command.
The following casualties are
respectfully submitted: Wise's brigade,
wounded, 1. Gracie's brigade, killed, 1 (unnecessarily exposed);
wounded, 4. Elliotts brigade, wounded, 6. Ransom's brigade, killed,
2; wounded, 3. Total, 3 killed and 14 wounded.
I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
wounded, 4. Elliotts brigade, wounded, 6. Ransom's brigade, killed,
2; wounded, 3. Total, 3 killed and 14 wounded.
I am, colonel, 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 ongoing skirmishes with Union forces, casualty figures, captured ammunition, and General Gracie's request for whisky rations to Colonel G. W. Brent in July 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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