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Return of casualties in the Union forces - Continued.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers Men. Officers. Men.

.

CAVALRY.

Brigadier General

BENJAMIN H.

GRIERSON.

Second Brigade.

Colonel EDWARD F.

WINSLOW.

3rd Iowa. . . . 1 . . . 17

4th Iowa. . . . 1 . . . 15

10th Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . .

1st Illinois Light . . . . . . . . . . . .

Artillery, Battery

K.

Total Second . . . 2 . . . 32

Brigade.

THIRD Brigade.

Colonel DATUS E.

COON.

3rd Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . .

(detachment).

7th Illinois . . . 1 . . . 2

(detachment).

9th Illinois. 1 3 2 20

2nd Iowa. . . . . . . . . . 1

Total THIRD Brigade. 1 4 2 23

Unassigned.

7th Kansas. . . . 1 . . . 1

Total cavalry. 1 7 2 56

Grand total. 8 69 30 529

Captured or missing.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate.

CAVALRY.

Brigadier General

BENJAMIN H.

GRIERSON.

Second Brigade.

Colonel EDWARD F.

WINSLOW.

3rd Iowa. . . . 1 19

4th Iowa. . . . 1 17

10th Missouri. . . . 1 1

1st Illinois Light . . . . . . . . .

Artillery, Battery

K.

Total Second . . . 3 37

Brigade.

THIRD Brigade.

Colonel DATUS E.

COON.

3rd Illinois . . . . . . . . .

(detachment).

7th Illinois . . . 1 4

(detachment).

9th Illinois. . . . 1 27

2nd Iowa. . . . . . . 1

Total THIRD Brigade. . . . 2 32

Unassigned.

7th Kansas. . . . 1 3

Total cavalry. . . . 6 27

Grand total. . . . 38 674

OFFICERS KILLED OR MORTALLY WOUNDED.

Major Eugene A. Rawson, 72nd Ohio.

Colonel Alexander Wilkin, 9th Minnesota.

Lieutenant Augustus A. Burdick, 12th Iowa.

Lieutenant Lewis hardy, 7th Minnesota.

Surg. Lucius B. Smith, 7th Minnesota.

Captain Josiah Borough, 122nd Illinois.

Lieutenant William H. Herron, 52nd Indiana.

Lieutenant John H. McMahon, 9th Illinois Cavalry.

Lieutenant Jesse W. Mayo, 61st U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 4. Report of Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower, U. S. Army, commanding First DIVISION.


HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Memphis, Tenn., July 27, 1864.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to take the following report of the part taken by my DIVISION on the late expedition to Tupelo, Miss.:

I left La Grande on the morning of the 5th instant with my command, which was composed of the following brigades and batteries: First Brigade, Colonel McMillen, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Second Brigade, Colonel Wilkin, Ninth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; THIRD Brigade, Colonel Woods, Twelfth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; Fourth Brigade, Colonel Ward, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer In-


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