Dispatch
Unknown to Colonel, July 4, 1864
HEADQUARTERS JOHNSON’S DIVISION,
July 4, 1864.
COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report for the last twenty-four hours:
General Gracie reports unusual activity among the enemy in his front last night, and the commanding officer of Johnson’s brigade thinks that he prevented the enemy from establishing a line of rifle-pits by the constant fire of his vedettes and pickets. Brigadier-General Elliott and Colonel Faison report nothing of interest, save that the fire from the enemy’s pickets was brisker last night than it has been for some days. The two mortars and one mountain howitzer were placed in position near General Gracie’s line last night.
The following list of casualties is
respectfully submitted: Ransom's
brigade, killed, 2; wounded, 1. Elliott's brigade, wounded, 5. Johnson's brigade, wounded, 1. Total, 2 killed and 7 wounded.
Brigadier-General Elliott keeps details at work by day on trench
cavalier, and Wise's brigade furnishes the detail by night. Two hundred men of Wise's brigade worked last night in rear of Pegram's battery, and 100 men on the new battery near the left of Elliott's brigade,
making chambers for two additional guns. [The whole second line in
Brigadier-General Elliott keeps details at work by day on trench
cavalier, and Wise's brigade furnishes the detail by night. Two hundred men of Wise's brigade worked last night in rear of Pegram's battery, and 100 men on the new battery near the left of Elliott's brigade,
making chambers for two additional guns. [The whole second line in
rear of Pegram's battery has been opened and can be occupied by
troops.* A part only is completed. Ransom's brigade had 200 men at
work last night strengthening the batteries on its line; eighty men
from the reserved regiment of Ransom's brigade were engaged last
troops.* A part only is completed. Ransom's brigade had 200 men at
work last night strengthening the batteries on its line; eighty men
from the reserved regiment of Ransom's brigade were engaged last
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: A military report details enemy activity, defensive actions, artillery placements, and casualty figures during a 24-hour period in the Civil War on July 4, 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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