Dispatch
Unknown, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS,
Near Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
General A. P. Hill reports that General Mahone in retaking the salient possessed by the enemy this morning recovered the four guns with which it was armed, captured 12 stand of colors, 74 officers, including Brigadier-General Bartlett and staff, and 855 enlisted men. Upward of 500 of the enemy’s dead are lying unburied in the trenches. His loss slight.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Near Petersburg. Summary: General A. P. Hill reports General Mahone's successful recapture of a salient near Petersburg, seizing artillery, prisoners including Brigadier-General Bartlett, and inflicting heavy enemy casualties with minimal losses.
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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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