ColonelJ。A。McDowell,commandingthefirstbrigade,heldhisgroundonSunday,tillIorderedhimtofallback,whichhedidinlineofbattle;andwhenordered,heconductedtheattackontheenemy’sleftingoodstyle。Infallingbacktothenextposition,hewasthrownfromhishorseandinjured,andhisbrigadewasnotinpositiononMondaymorning。Hissubordinates,。ColonelsHicksandWorthington,displayedgreatpersonalcourage。ColonelHicksledhisregimentintheattackonSunday,andreceivedawound,whichitisfearedmayprovemortal。Heisabraveandgallantgentleman,anddeserveswellofhiscountry。Lieutenant—ColonelWalcutt,oftheOhioForty—sixth,wasseverelywoundedonSunday,andhasbeendisabledeversince。Mysecondbrigade,ColonelStuart,wasdetachednearlytwomilesfrommyheadquarters。HehadtofighthisownbattleonSunday,againstsuperiornumbers,astheenemyinterposedbetweenhimandGeneralPrentissearlyintheday。
ColonelStuartwaswoundedseverely,andyetreportedfordutyonMondaymorning,butwascompelledtoleaveduringtheday,whenthecommanddevolvedonColonelT。KilbySmith,whowasalwaysinthethickestofthe,fight,andledthebrigadehandsomely。
IhavenotyetreceivedColonelStuart’sreportoftheoperationsofhisbrigadeduringthetimehewasdetached,andmustthereforeforbeartomentionnames。Lieutenant—ColonelKyle,oftheSeventy—first,wasmortallywoundedonSunday,buttheregimentitselfIdidnotsee,asonlyasmallfragmentofitwaswiththebrigadewhenitjoinedthedivisiononMondaymorning。Greatcreditisduethefragmentsofmenofthedisorderedregimentswhokeptintheadvance。Iobservedandnoticedthem,butuntilthebrigadiersandcolonelsmaketheirreports,Icannotventuretonameindividuals,butwillindueseasonnoticeallwhokeptinourfrontline,aswellasthosewhopreferredtokeepbacknearthesteamboat—landing。Iwillalsosendafulllistofthekilled,wounded,andmissing,byname,rank,company,andregiment。AtpresentIsubmittheresultinfigures:
[SummaryofGeneralSherman’sdetailedtable:]
Killed318