Posted on 11/01/2024 6:36:15 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Sunday, Oct. 30.
Since the army retired to its old quarters on Friday, nothing of importance has transpired.
The rebel cavalry followed our troops closely as they returned, but were prevented from doing any damage of importance.
The only captures they made at this time were some eight or ten ambulances, which had taken a wrong direction, but even these they could not get away. The horses were cut loose and run off, and our men burned the wagons.
The rebel cavalry made repeated attempts to charge, but were each time repulsed with loss.
During the day the entire army reached the positions occupied by it previous to making the movement, when the rebels at once withdrew, and they also returned to their former positions.
Our losses will reach about fifteen hundred, as far as can be ascertained at present.
The Second Corps, which did the most of the fighting, lost ten officers killed and thirty-one wounded. They also lost seventy-seven men killed, four hundred and eighty wounded, and about four hundred missing.
The Fifth Corps lost about one hundred and thirty altogether.
The Ninth Corps lost upward of one hundred and fifty, mostly belonging to the Colored Division.
The casualties in the Cavalry Division are not known precisely, but are thought to be about two hundred.
Many of those classed as missing will undoubtedly return to camp, as the number of stragglers was large, and they are constantly coming in.
The loss of the enemy was severe, and some say more than our own in killed and wounded.
We have 828 prisoners and four battle-flags, most of which were taken by the Second Corps.
The highest praise is given by all to the officers and men of the Second
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