[The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman Vol. II. by William T. Sherman]@TWC D-Link bookThe Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman Vol. II. CHAPTER XVIII 44/47
Our railroad was done to the rear of our camps, Colonel W.P.Wright having reconstructed the bridge across the Chattahoochee in six days; and our garrisons and detachments to the rear had so effectually guarded the railroad that the trains from Nashville arrived daily, and our substantial wants were well supplied. The month, though hot in the extreme, had been one of constant conflict, without intermission, and on four several occasions -- viz., July 4th, 20th, 22d, and 28th--these affairs had amounted to real battles, with casualty lists by the thousands.
Assuming the correctness of the rebel surgeon Foard's report, on page 577 of Johnston's "Narrative," commencing with July 4th and terminating with July 31st, we have: Aggregate loss of the enemy.........
10,841 Our losses, as compiled from the official returns for July, 1864, are: Killed and Missing.
Wounded.
Total. Aggregate loss of July.......
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