AUGUST 1st.—Hot and clear; but it rained yesterday three-quarters of an hour in the afternoon.
Our loss in the affair at Petersburg is about 800, the enemy’s 3500. We captured 2000 small arms.
We have nothing yet from Atlanta, but no doubt there has been another battle. I hope no disaster has befallen us there. No doubt the wires have been cut by the raiders, and roads also. It is a critical time in Georgia. But Virginia triumphs over the assaults of Grant, all will go well.