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Ouster's famous Cavalry Brigade, which sustained the highest percentage of loss of any brigade in the mounted service :-

Killed and Died of Wounds,

1st Michigan Cavalry 164

5th Michigan Cavalry 141

6th Michigan Cavalry 135

7th Michigan Cavalry - - 85

Total (during the war) 525

THE "STAR" BRIGADE —HECKMAN'S. EIGHTEENTH CORPS.

Killed and Died of Wotinds.

25th Massachusetts Infantry - - - 161

27th Massachusetts Infantry 137

23d Massachusetts Infantry 84

9th New Jersey Infantry 96

55th Pennsylvania Infantry 208

Total (during the war) 686

In each of these brigades there were, at times, slight changes, unnecessary to specify here, as they were but temporary arrangements ; the brigades proper were organized as stated. Then there was the Maryland Brigade ; the Second Jersey Brigade ; the Eagle Brigade--Mower's, of the Sixteenth Corps,—which carried the live eagle; Wilder's Light ning Brigade, composed of mounted infantry ; and several crack brigades whose total losses, as brigades, cannot well be stated, owing to the many changes in their organizations.

Here are three fine brigades, with rosters showing their organizations as they stood October 20, 1863, at the time the Army of the Cumberland was reorganized. The losses credited each regiment were incurred during their entire term of service, during which they served in other brigades and corps. These brigade organizations were not continuous and unchanged like those previously cited ; they are mentioned in this connection because they were noted brigades.

STEEDMAN'S* (!ST) BRIGADE.

SHERIDAN'S f (2o) DIVISION, FOURTH CORPS.

Killed and Died of Wotinds.

36th Illinois 204

44th Illinois- .. 135

73d Illinois. 114

74th Illinois.--. 83

88th Illinois. 103

22d Indiana. 153

2.1st Michigan. 83

2d Missouri _ 91

15th Missouri . 115

24th Wisconsin . Ill

Total (during the war) 1,192

* Known, also, as Kimball's ; and Opdycke's. t Afterwards, Newton's Division.

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