No. 143. Revort of Lieut. Col. E. Hibbard Topping , one hundred and tenth Illinois Infantry.

Hdqrs. 110TH Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Atlanta, Ga., September 6, 1864 .

Captain: We left McAfee 's, March 13 , to go to Nashville, Tenn., to guard a wagon train through to the front. Arrived at Nashville, Tenn., March 15 , and there remained waiting for the train to be fitted out until May 8 , when we started for the front with a train of wagons. May 9 , had 1 man wounded by a runaway team. May 11 , chased a party of guerrillas near Ferguson 's plantation, between Shelbyville and Tullahoma, Tenn. May 26 , joined the corps near Dallas, Ga. Continued with the train until June 26 , when we were ordered to report with command to division headquarters. Since that time we were part of the time at division headquarters and part of the time with the train until July 20 , when we joined the brigade. Our lines were shelled very heavily by the rebels August 5 . Very near all the regiment (about ninety men) was on the skirmish line in the advance on the 7th of August . Our loss was 1 enlisted man killed, 16 enlisted men wounded, 3 of whom have since died. Was on the second line of battle in the charge on the 1st of September until near dark, when we were placed on the first line. Loss, I enlisted man killed, 1 commissioned officer and 8 enlisted men wounded, besides 1 enlisted man wounded by the explosion of a box of ammunition in the ordnance train.

Total casualties-2 enlisted men killed, 1 commissioned officer and 26 enlisted men wounded.

E. Hibbard Topping, Lieutenant Colonel, Comdg . 110th Illinois Infty. Vols. Capt. Charles Swift , Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., 3d Brig., 2d Div., 14th Army Corps.