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Sunday, August 23, 2020

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, May 12, 1864 – 6:30 p.m.

NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE,                     
May 12, 18646.30 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