No. 356. Report of Major John W. Fairfax, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General, C. S. Army, of operations September 30-October 1.1
HDQRS. LONGSTREET’S CORPS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VA.,
Ball’s House, October 4, 1864.
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that there were 469 prisoners of war captured on the north side of the James on the 30th of September and 1st of October, including 16 officers and 118 negroes sent to Richmond. In additional thereto there were 134 wounded, left at Field’s division hospital.
I am, colonel with great respect, your obedient servant,
JNO. W. FAIRFAX,
Major, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General.
All are included up to the fourth day.
OULD.
Lieutenant Colonel W. H. TAYLOR,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Source:
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 871 ↩