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853 Series I Volume VII- Serial 7 - Ft. Henry-Ft. Donelson

Page 853 Chapter XVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

Third Brigade.

Colonel J. C. BROWN, 3rd Tennessee.

3rd Tennessee.

18th Tennessee.

32nd Tennessee.

Not Brigaded.

1st Kentucky Cavalry.

1st Louisiana Cavalry.

FLOYD'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General JOHN B. FLOYD.

20th Mississippi.

36th Virginia.

50th Virginia.

51st Virginia.

56th Virginia.

Guy's (Virginia) battery.

BOWEN'S BRIGADE.

Colonel JOHN S. BOWEN, 1st Missouri.

9th Arkansas.

10th Arkansas.

22nd Mississippi.

25th Mississippi.

1st Missouri.

27th Tennessee.

Eldridge's battery.

Hart's battery.

Hudson's battery.

Lyon's battery.

Miller's battery.

CLARK'S BRIGADE.

Brigadier General CHARLES CLARK.

8th Kentucky.

1st Mississippi.

3rd Mississippi.

42nd Tennessee.

7th Texas.

Tennessee cavalry (Forrest's).

8th Tennessee Cavalry, battalion.

Huey's cavalry (one company).

Wilcox's cavalry (one company).

Williams' cavalry (one company).

Green's (Tennessee) battery.

Maury's battery.

Abstract from return of the First Division, Western Department, Major General Leonidas Polk, commanding, for January, 1862.

[Headquarters Columbus, Ky.]

Present for duty

Troops. Officers Men Officers Men

1st Division 215 3,329 ....... .......

2nd Division 288 4,193 2 70

3rd Division 159 2,526 13 234

Columbus garrison 87 1,035 ....... .......

Miscellaneous+ 205 2,560 72 1,048

Total 954 13,643 87 1,352

Troops. Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate

present present

and absent

1st Division 7 73 4,267* 7,797

2nd Division 21 354 6,167 6,813

3rd Division 19 358 4,262 4,667

Columbus garrison 30 429 2,225 2,429

Miscellaneous+ 6 90 5,140 6,077

Total 83 1,304 22,061 24,783

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*Including General Polk's staff.

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+At Camp Beauregard, Fort Pillow, Island Numbers 10, Moscow, New Madrid, Paris, and Trenton.

#A return of the troops of the Western Department, commanded by Major-General Polk, for the same period, gives the following "recapitulation:"

Effective total

Stations Infantry Artillery Cavalry

Columbus 12,061 1,260 307

Fort Pillow 1,064 ............ .............

Island No. 10 207 ............. .............

Trenton 458 ............. ............

New Madrid 1,036 120 .............

Paris ............ ............ 1,093

Total 14,826 1,380 1,400


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