NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA
COURT-HOUSE,
May 12, 1864—6.30
p.m.
The eighth day of battle closes, leaving between 3,000 and
4,000 prisoners in our hands for the day's work, including 2 general officers
and over 30 pieces of artillery. The enemy are obstinate and seem to have found
the last ditch. We have lost no organization, not even that of a company, while
we have destroyed and captured one division (Johnson's), one brigade (Doles'),
and one regiment entire of the enemy.
U.S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
Major-General HALLECK,
Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
36, Part 1 (Serial No. 67), p. 4
