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Hdqrs. Seventy-Third Illinois Infantry Vols., Atlanta, Ga.,
September
11, 1864
.
Colonel: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my command in the recent campaign:
The Seventy-third Regiment
Illinois Infantry Volunteers marched from Cleveland, Tenn.,
May
3, 1864
, numbering about 250 guns; was engaged in action at Resaca,
Ga.,
May
14
and
15
; at Adairsville
May
17
; in various skirmishes from Dallas to Kenesaw Mountain; in the action of
June
27
at Kenesaw; that of
July
20
at Peach Tree Creek; in the operations before Atlanta from
July
22
to
August
26
, and in the engagement at Jonesborough, Ga., on
September
1
.
The casualties in the command have been 2 commissioned officers wounded, 16 enlisted men killed or died of
wounds, and 37 wounded, making a total of 55.
To my officers and men I return my hearty thanks for their prompt obedience to my orders and ready performance
of duty at
all times.
I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,