Savannah, May 25th 1874
Col.: Kinloch Falconer )
My dear Major,"
It occurred to me
in looking at the returns of the A."
of J. for may 1st 1864, that in
your statement published by me
and attacked by Hood in his N. O."
article, [ ] brigade (1345
[ ]) is included twice. In that re-
port, as it is, although on its way
to the army and again in the [ ]
of Sallis’ troops you report as
[ ] at Resaca on the 13th then
again on the other side. On the re-
turn of May 1st is a remark
that 814 (effective) of Mercer’s bri-
gade arriving after the return