N0. 7.
Reports of Major General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, commanding Army of the Cumberland.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
In the Field, near Dallas, Ga., June 5, 1864.

COLONEL: I have the honor to report the operations of my command for the month of May
as follows: . . .

. . . . On the 28th our line stood as follows: Hooker's corps (Twentieth) on the right, with Davis' division, of Palmer's corps, still on his right, but acting as a support to the Army of the Tennessee; two divisions of Howard's corps (Fourth) on the left of Hooker; then the Army of the Ohio, Major-General Schofield commanding. Wood's division, of Howard's corps, on the left of Schofield's command, with Johnson's division, of Palmer's corps, on the left of Wood; Stoneman's division of cavalry holding a hill to the left of Johnson, and then McCook's division of cavalry holding the road leading from Burnt Church to Marietta, via Golgotha, and guarding the left of the army. During the 28th there was considerable artillery firing, with skirmishing at intervals during the day and night. . . .

GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding

OR V38, Pt. 1, Ser. 72, p. 145