My force at the beginning of the fight was less than 800 effective men. The loss was as follows:
Killed 50
Wounded 132
Missing 21
Total 203
The aggregate loss in the two engagements is as follows:
Killed 111
Wounded 289
Missing 231
Total 631
The missing are either prisoners or killed. Most of them were captured on the mountain on the 14th.
Captain Whiting and Lieut. John Birney, C. S. Army, of my staff, were both wounded. They, with Capt. Greene Peyton, assistant adjutant-general, discharged their respective duties with ability and gallantry.
