wounded, of three hundred and thirteen non-
commissioned officers and privates killed, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine wounded,
and fifty-seven missing; making a total loss of
two thousand four hundred and thirty-eight killed,
wounded, and missing.

I am, General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

CHARLES J. FAULKNER,
Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. G.

T. J. JACKSON,
Lieutenant-General.

HEADQUARTERS OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL EWELL,
July, 1863.

in the advance, as he approached the town, formed
his line of battle in two lines, the first composed of
the brigades of Pender, Gregg, and Thomas, under
the command of General Gregg, and the second, of
Lane's, Archer's, and Brockenbrough's brigades,
under command of General Archer. General Early,
with the brigades of Early, Trimble, and Hays,
took position in the wood on the right and left of
the road leading to the ford. The Federal infantry
lined the high banks of the Virginia shore, while
their artillery, formidable in numbers and weight Official:
of metal, crowned the opposite heights of the Po-
tomac. General Hill's division advanced with
great gallantry against the Federal infantry, in
the face of a continuous discharge of shot and
shell from their batteries. The Federals, mass-
ing in front of Pender, poured a heavy fire into
his ranks, and then extending with a view to turn
his left, Archer promptly formed on Pender's
left, when a simultaneous charge was made, which
drove the enemy into the river, followed by an
appalling scene of the destruction of human life.
Two hundred prisoners were taken. This posi-
tion, on the bank of the river, we continued to
hold that day, although exposed to the enemy's
guns and within range of his sharpshooters, posted
near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Our in-
fantry remained at the river until relieved by cav-
alry under General Fitzhugh Lee.

On the evening of the twentieth, the command moved from Shepherdstown and encamped near the Opequon, in the vicinity of Martinsburg. We remained near Martinsburg until the twentyseventh, when we moved to Bunker Hill, in the County of Berkeley.

The official list of casualties of my command, during the period embraced in this report, will show that we sustained a loss of thirty-eight officers killed and one hundred and seventy-one

General Jackson's official report. I found the MAJOR: I herewith forward to you the last of two missing pages, and had the whole re-copied. You will now oblige me by having my resignation approved by General Lee and forwarded to the Secretary of War.

I am truly yours,

CHARLES J. FAULKNER.

I certify that the above is an authentic report by Lieutenant-General Jackson of the operations of his command from the fifth to the twentyseventh September, 1862; that, after undergoing his last revision, he had directed it to be copied, with a view to its being signed and forwarded by him, which purpose was interrupted by movements of General Hooker, resulting in the battle of Chancellorsville. There is an omission of that customary notice of his staff, which he was in the habit of inserting in the final copy of his reports previous to its being forwarded.

CHARLES J. FAULKNER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

List of Casualties in the Fights at Boonsboro', Crampton's Gap, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, and Shepherdstown, in September, 1862.

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REPORT OF MAJOR-GENERAL D. H. HILL.
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION.

General R. H. Chilton, A. A. G.:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report the op-
erations of my command, from the battles around
Richmond until after the battle of Sharpsburg.

On the twenty-third of July, I was detached from my division, and placed in charge of the department of the south side, extending from Drewry's Bluff to the South Carolina line. As General McClellan was then at Westover, on the James, some thirty miles from Richmond, and it was thought he might attempt an advance by the south side, my first attention was given to the defences in that direction. Heavy details were made from the division and two brigades near the bluff, to complete a line of intrenchments around it, and controlling the Petersburg road. Not a spade full of earth had been thrown up about Petersburg, and it was in a wholly defenceless condition. A system of fortifications was begun, (which subsequently met the approval of the chief engineer, Colonel J. F. Gilmer, C. S. A.,) and the brigades of Ransom, Walker, and Daniel were put to work on it. About a thousand negroes were procured (chiefly from North Carolina) and employed in like manner. Pontoon bridges were constructed at several points to make the connection rapid and secure between the two positions to be secured. The defences of the Appomattox were also strengthened, and a movable car planned and ordered to prevent a landing at City Point. An effort was made to organize and make efficient the numerous independent companies in the department, which had been of little use and much expense to the country. A concentration of these troops at Weldon and Goldsboro' was ordered to prevent the cutting of our important lines southward.

An expedition was sent out, under Colonel J. R. Chambliss, to within two miles of Suffolk. Arrangements were made for the defence of the Blackwater, Chowan, and Tar Rivers, and a point selected for fortifications on the Roanoke to secure Weldon.

On the twenty-first August, I left Petersburg to join the army in Northern Virginia, and was given command of McLaws's division and three brigades of my own division at Hanover Junction. The brigades of Ripley and Colquitt, of my division, were in advance of us, at Orange CourtHouse. On the twenty-sixth August, we left Hanover Junction, and joined General Lee at Chantilly, on the second September, three days after the Yankees had been finally and decisively beaten in the second great battle of Manassas. On the fourth, Anderson's brigade was sent to fire on the Yankee trains at Berlin, and, with two brigades, we drove away the Yankee forces near the mouth of the Monocacy, and crossed the Potomac. That night and the next day were spent in destroying the lock and canal banks. The aqueduct could not be destroyed for want of powder and tools. The night of the fifth, my division followed General Jackson to within a few miles of Frederick. The General being disabled by the fall of his horse, the next morning I was placed in charge of all the forces, and marched into Frederick. The telegraph wires were cut and the station seized. A few stores and prisoners were taken in the city.

On the tenth, my division constituted the rear guard, and had charge of the immense wagon train moving in the direction of Hagerstown. On the thirteenth, I was ordered by General Lee to dispose of my troops so as to prevent the escape of the Yankees from Harper's Ferry, then besieged, and also to guard the pass in the Blue Ridge, near Boonsboro'. Major-General Stuart In accordance with instructions from the General reported to me that two brigades only of the commanding Army of Northern Virginia, I made Yankees were pursuing us, and that one brigade a personal examination of the Yankee shipping would be sufficient to hold the pass. I, however, and encampment, on the twenty-eighth instant, sent the brigades of Garland and Colquitt, and and determined to attack it from Coggins's Point ordered my other three brigades up to the neighand Meycock's, on the south side. This expedi-borhood of Boonsboro'. An examination of the tion was intrusted to Brigadier-General French, pass, very early in the morning of the fourteenth, and was a complete success. Forty-three pieces, satisfied me that it could only be held by a large under command of General Pendleton and Colo- force, and was wholly indefensible by a small one. nel J. T. Brown, were placed in position on the I accordingly ordered up Anderson's brigade. A night of the thirty-first, on the banks of the river, regiment of Ripley's brigade was sent to hold within easy range of the objects to be reached. another pass, some three miles distant, on our Much damage was done to the Yankee shipping, left. I felt reluctant to order up Ripley and some destruction of life caused in the camp, and Rodes from the important positions they were the wildest terror and consternation produced. holding, until something definite was known of The report of General French is herewith sub- the strength and designs of the Yankees. About mitted. This officer had charge of the expedition, seven o'clock, they opened a fire upon our right, agreeably to the wishes of General Lee. Doubt- and pushed forward a large force through the less the night attack had much to do with the evacuation of Westover, as it made McClellan feel that his shipping was insecure. Two days after, he took possession of Coggins's Point, and maintained a force on the south side till he left the river. His gunboats were attacked at the mouth of the Appomattox, and points were selected for the further harassing of his shipping.

dense woods, to gain a practicable road to our rear. Garland's brigade was sent in to meet this overwhelming force, and succeeded in checking it, and securing the road from any further attack that day. This brilliant service, however, cost us the life of that pure, gallant, and accomplished Christian soldier, General Garland, who had no superiors, and few equals, in the service. The

Yankees, on their side, lost General Reno, a renegade Virginian, who was killed by a happy shot from the twenty-third North Carolina. Garland's brigade was badly demoralized by his fall, and the rough handling it had received, and had the Yankees pressed vigorously forward, the road might have been gained. Providentially, they were ignorant of their success, or themselves too much damaged to advance. The Twentieth North Carolina, of this brigade, under Colonel Iverson, had attacked a Yankee battery, killed all the horses, and driven off the cannoneers. This battery was used no more that day by the Yankees.

march in line of battle, and sweep the woods before them. To facilitate their movements, I brought up a battery and made it shell the woods in various directions. Anderson soon became partially, and Drayton hotly, engaged. But Ripley did not draw trigger-why, I do not know. The Fourth North Carolina (Anderson's brigade) attempted to carry a Yankee battery, but failed.. Three Yankee brigades moved up in beautiful order against Drayton, and his men were soon beaten and went streaming to the rear. Rosser, Anderson, and Ripley still held their ground, and the Yankees could not gain our rear.

Anderson's brigade arrived in time to take the Affairs were now very serious on our left. A place of the much demoralized troops of Garland. division of Yankees was advancing in handsome There were two mountain roads practicable for style against Rodes. I had every possible gun artillery, on the right of the main turnpike. The turned upon the Yankee columns; but, owing to defence of the farther one had cost Garland his the steepness of the acclivity, and the bad hanlife. It was now intrusted to Colonel Rosser, of dling of the guns, but little harm was done to the the cavalry, who had reported to me, and who had "restorers of the Union." Rodes handled his artillery and dismounted sharpshooters. General little brigade in a most admirable and gallant Anderson was intrusted with the care of the manner, fighting, for hours, vastly superior odds, nearest and best road. Bondurant's battery was and maintaining the key-points of the position sent to aid him in its defence. The brigade of till darkness rendered a farther advance of the Colquitt was disposed on each side of the turn-Yankees impossible. Had he fought with less pike, and that, with Lane's battery, was judged obstinacy, a practicable artillery road to the rear adequate to the task. There was, however, a would have been gained on our left, and the line solitary peak on the left, which, if gained by the of retreat cut off. Yankees, would give them control of the ridge Colonel Gordon, the Christian hero, excelled commanding the turnpike. The possession of his former deeds at Seven Pines, and in the batthis peak was, therefore, everything to the Yan-tles around Richmond. Our language is not cakees; but they seemed slow to perceive it. I had a large number of guns from Cutt's artillery placed upon the hill on the left of the turnpike to sweep the approaches to this peak. From the position selected, there was a full view of the country for miles around. But the mountain was so steep that ascending columns were but little exposed to artillery fire. The artillerists of Cutt's battalion behaved gallantly, but their firing was the worst I ever witnessed.

pable of expressing a higher compliment.

General Rodes says the men and officers generally behaved well; but Colonel Gordon, Sixth Alabama, Major Hobson, Fifth Alabama, and Colonel Battle, Third Alabama, deserve especial mention for admirable conduct during the whole fight. We did not drive the enemy back, or whip him; but, with one thousand two hundred men, we held his whole division at bay for four hours and a half, without assistance from any one, losing, in that time, not more than half a mile of ground.

He estimates his loss at four hundred and twenty-two, out of one thousand two hundred taken into action, but thinks that he inflicted a threefold heavier loss on the Yankees. Colonel Gayle, of the Twelfth Alabama, was killed; and Colonel O'Neal. Twenty-fourth Alabama, and LieutenantColonel Pickens, of the Twelfth, severely wounded.

Rodes and Ripley came up soon after Anderson. Rodes was sent to the left to seize the peak already mentioned, and Ripley was sent to the right to support Anderson. Several attempts had been made previous to this, by the Yankees, to force a passage through the woods on the right of, and near, the turnpike. But these were repulsed by the Sixth and Twenty-seventh Georgia, and the Thirteenth Alabama, of Colquitt's brigade. Major-General Longstreet came up about four It was now past noon, and the Yankees had o'clock with the commands of Brigadier-Generals been checked for more than five hours. But it Evans and D. R. Jones. I had now become was evident that they were in large force on both familiar with the ground, and knew all the vital sides of the road, and the signal corps reported points; and, had these troops reported to me, the heavy masses at the front of the mountain. In result might have been different. As it was, they answer to a despatch from General Longstreet, I took wrong positions, and, in their exhausted conurged him to hurry forward troops to my assist-dition after a long march, they were broken and ance. General Drayton and Colonel G. T. Anderson came up, I think, about three o'clock, with one thousand nine hundred men, and I felt anxious to beat the force on my right before the Yankees made their grand attack, which I feared would be on our left. Anderson, Ripley, and Drayton were called together, and I directed them to follow a path until they came in contact with Rosser, when they should change their flank,

scattered. Our whole left was now fairly exposed, and the Yankees had but to push down to seize the turnpike.

It was now dark, however, and they feared to advance. All the available troops were collected behind a stone wall, to resist an approach upon the turnpike from the left. Encouraged by their successes in that direction, the Yankees thought that it would be an easy matter to move directly up the