I respectfully under sharp fire, with coolness and intelligence. I am, general, most respectfully, your obedient servant, a Of these, 4 at Resaca and 20 at Atlanta were abandoned by the enemy to the whole army, thougч they were taken possession of by the Army of the Cumberland. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 1864. I have examined the foregoing interesting report of General Barry, and confirm it in all respects. The large captures of artillery credited the Army of the Cumberland, if unexplained, might lead to misunderstanding. That army captured in fair battle 13 guns, viz, 4 by Hooker at Resaca, 8 by Davis at Jonesborough, and 1 by Kilpatrick. Of the remainder, 34 were found in Resaca, Rome, and Atlanta, and were the equal fruits of all the armies, but the Army of the Cumberland, having the center, first occupied these places, and got charge of the captures, whereas the other two armies on the flanks were always moved around, so as to operate on the flanks of the retreating enemy, but they are, of course, equally entitled to the credit of capturing the fortified places in which these guns were found. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding. No. 5. Report of Capt. Thomas G. Baylor, Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army, Chief of Ordnance. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Atlanta, Ga., September 18, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a list of ordnance and ordnance stores captured by and from the enemy, together with a list of ammunition expended in the campaign, from May 4 to September 8, 1864. The expenditures of ammunition were quite large, still at no time during the campaign, notwithstanding the several interruptions of our railroad communications, were we without a good supply. Great credit is due Lieut. Col. G. W. Schofield, chief of ordnance, Army of the Ohio; Capt. D. H. Buel, chief of ordnance, Army of the Tennessee; Lieut. O. E. Michaelis, acting chief of ordnance, Army of the Cumberland, and Capts. E. F. Townsend, S. H. Hogan, and S. W. Armstrong, in charge of ordnance depots, for zeal and efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Capt. D. H. Buel was captured on the 7th instant, near Rough and Ready, bringing a dispatch from Major-General Howard to you, by a scouting party of Jackson's cavalry. It was very unfortunate to be taken prisoner just at the close of the campaign, when our army was marching to occupy Atlanta, the object and result of its four months' operations. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Capt. and Chief of Ordnance, Mil. Div. of the Miss. Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Comdg. Military Division of the Mississippi. [Inclosure.] Report of artillery captured by and from the enemy during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. Report of artillery captured by and from the enemy, &c.-Continued. Total number of guns captured from the enemy, 48; captured by the enemy, 16. Report of gun carriages, &c., captured by and from the enemy during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. The Army of the Cumberland captured a quantity of artillery implements, equipments, and spare parts of caissons. Eight of the field carriages and parts of carriages captured at Jonesborough, Ga., were destroyed for want of transportation, by order of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, commanding Army of the Cumberland. Report of ammunition captured by and from the enemy during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. Report of expenditures of artillery ammunition during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. 44-inch rifled gun ammunition. Total. Army of the Cumberland, MajorGeneral Thomas. Report of small-arms captured by and from the enemy during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. 3,368 5,059 Report of small-arms ammunition expended during the campaign commencing May 4 and ending September 8, 1864. 11,637,560 7,908, 222 93, 655 23,300 126, 195 15,000 68,000 83,000 609 1,200 7,113 7,113 11,815,299 Capt. and Chief of Ordnance, Mil. Div. of the Mississippi. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 1864. [Indorsement.] Respectfully forwarded. Captured guns in Resaca, Rome, and Atlanta, though credited to General Thomas, belong equally to all the armies. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding. No. 6. Report of Capt. Orlando M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Chief Engineer, of operations July 1-October 31, 1864. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 8, 1865. SIR: In accordance with the circular from the Engineer Bureau, dated September 2, 1865, I have the honor to report as follows, concerning "the engineer operations and the works of attack and defense conducted under my superintendence during the year ending June 30, 1865:" This report will naturally be divided into four parts, viz: First. The Atlanta campaign, from the 1st of July, 1864, to the occupation of the city, September 2, 1864. Second. The new defenses of Atlanta and the Savannah campaign, including the time from the 3d of September, 1864, to the 25th of January, 1865. Third. The campaign from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C., from January 25, 1865, to March 22, 1865. Fourth. The campaign from Goldsborough, N. C., to Raleigh, N. C., and the march from Raleigh to Washington City, from April 10, 1865, to 20th of May, 1865. The operations connected with the march of General Sherman's army, extending over a great portion of the Southern States, were of a very rapid character. Such of them as legitimately belonged to the engineer department were so intimately blended with the whole that it is impossible to separate them. In order to explain clearly why bridges were built and roads made in the localities where they were, it will be necessary to give the movements of the army somewhat in detail when the reasons will generally be evident. The labors of the engineers were directed to facilitate these movements, and always with a distinct idea of their object. First. The Atlanta campaign, from the 1st of July, 1864, to the occupation of the city, September 2, 1864. On the 1st of July, 1864, I was on duty as chief engineer with the army commanded by Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, then before Kenesaw Mountain, a position to which I had been assigned by Special Field Orders, No. 1, headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, dated Chattanooga, Tenn., May 3, 1864. At that time the engineer organization for the army in the field was altogether inadequate. There were within the limits of the military division the following engineer organizations, viz: First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, and First Missouri Engineers. Both these regiments belonged to the Army of the Cumberland, and were distributed as fol |